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Major League Soccer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Major League Soccer Countries United States Canada Confederation CONCACAF Founded 1993 Number of teams 15 Level on pyramid Level 1 Domestic cup(s) U.S. Open Cup Canadian Championship International cup(s) CONCACAF Champions League, SuperLiga, Copa Sudamericana (by invitation) Current MLS Cup Columbus Crew Current Supporters' Shield Columbus Crew Most MLS Cups D.C. United (4) Most Supporters' Shields D.C. United (4) TV partners ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Español TeleFutura, CBC, Rogers Sportsnet, GolTV Canada Website MLSnet.com 2009 season Major League Soccer (MLS) is the top-flight professional soccer (football) league based in the United States and sanctioned by United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer). The league comprises 15 teams, 14 in the U.S. and one in Canada. MLS represents the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids. Major League Soccer was founded in 1993 as part of the bid for the United States to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[1] The first season took place in 1996 beginning with 10 teams. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with teams playing 30 regular-season games each. Eight teams from the league compete in the post-season MLS Cup Playoffs, which culminate in MLS Cup. Contents [hide] 1 Competition format 2 History 2.1 Early years 2.2 Resurgence 2.3 2007–present 3 Organization 3.1 Ownership 3.2 Game First 3.3 Stadiums 3.4 Media coverage 3.5 Profitability 3.6 Rule changes 4 Teams 4.1 Expansion 4.2 Team names 4.3 Rivalries and 2-team cup competitions 5 Players 5.1 Regular season leaders 5.2 Playoff leaders 6 MLS commissioners 7 MLS awards 8 References 9 See also 10 External links [edit] Competition format The 2009 Major League Soccer season runs from March 19 to November. The 15 teams in the league are divided into the Eastern and Western Conferences — seven in the Eastern Conference, eight in the Western Conference. Each team plays 30 games, evenly divided between home and away matches. Each team competes against every other team twice, home and away, for a total of 28 games. The remaining two games are intra-conference matches, often highlighting geographic and conference rivalries. MLS has four berths in the CONCACAF Champions League. For CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10, qualifying teams include MLS Cup 2008 and Supporters' Shield winner the Columbus Crew, Supporters' Shield runner-up the Houston Dynamo, MLS Cup runner-up the New York Red Bulls, and 2008 U.S. Open Cup winner D.C. United. Columbus and Houston are automatically seeded into the Group Stage, while New York and D.C. are required to play in the Preliminary Round. MLS also has four berths in SuperLiga, a competition jointly organized by MLS and Mexico's national football governing body, the FMF. The top four overall teams from the 2008 season, excluding those participating in the Champions League, qualify for SuperLiga 2009. This includes the Chicago Fire, the New England Revolution, the Kansas City Wizards, and Chivas USA. [edit] History [edit] Early years In 1996, Major League Soccer's original ten teams, the Columbus Crew, D.C. United, the New England Revolution, the NY/NJ MetroStars, the Tampa Bay Mutiny, the Colorado Rapids, the Dallas Burn, the Kansas City Wiz, the Los Angeles Galaxy and the San Jose Clash, began play. The early years of the league gave rise to the Bruce Arena-led dynasty of D.C. United, which won MLS Cups in three of the league's first four seasons. It took the expansion Chicago Fire in 1998 to end United's stranglehold on MLS Cup. Also joining the league in 1998 was the Miami Fusion. After its first season, MLS suffered from a decline in attendance. The league's quality was cast into doubt when the U.S. men's national team, made up largely of MLS players, was eliminated in the first round of the 1998 World Cup and finished in last place. The league began to market itself on the talents of American players, both experienced veterans and fresh talents. Breakout stars like DaMarcus Beasley and Landon Donovan began making names for themselves in MLS before YouTube ESPN/MLS-chivas usa 2 chicago fire 3 mls 2009.wmv
breaking into and starring for the U.S. national team, while established players such as Brian McBride, Eddie Pope, and Clint Mathis continued to prove their value to both their MLS clubs and the U.S. national team. The league's ongoing financial problems led to the departure of Commissioner Doug Logan after the end of the 1998 season. Don Garber, a former NFL International chief, was hired in his place and his leadership became instrumental to shoring up the league's future. Construction of soccer-specific stadiums for the league's teams, largely funded by financiers such as Lamar Hunt and Phil Anschutz, became a point of emphasis to bring fiscal health and ensure the league's survival. Hunt's Columbus Crew Stadium, built in 1999, is often cited as a league model. On the field, the early wave of international players who had joined MLS at its inception drifted into retirement or moved on to clubs elsewhere in the world. The run-up to the 2002 World Cup saw a gradual shift in the league's philosophy toward the development of American talent, a move that would eventually lead to success for U.S. soccer. Despite this movement, declining attendances forced MLS to stop the bleeding by contracting the two Florida franchises, the Tampa Bay Mutiny and the Miami Fusion, just a few years after their establishment. This left the league with 10 teams, the same number as when the league began. [edit] Resurgence MLS Major Trophy Winners Season MLS Cup Playoff and League Champions MLS Supporters' Shield Regular Season Champions 2008 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 2007 Houston Dynamo D.C. United 2006 Houston Dynamo D.C. United 2005 Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes 2004 D.C. United Columbus Crew 2003 San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy 2001 San Jose Earthquakes Miami Fusion 2000 Kansas City Wizards Kansas City Wizards 1999 D.C. United D.C. United 1998 Chicago Fire Los Angeles Galaxy 1997 D.C. United D.C. United 1996 D.C. United Tampa Bay Mutiny The 2002 World Cup, in which the United States unexpectedly made the quarterfinals through wins against Portugal and Mexico, triggered a resurgence in American soccer and MLS. At MLS Cup 2002, held four months after the 2002 World Cup final, set an attendance record as a sellout crowd at Gillette Stadium saw the Los Angeles Galaxy win their first title. MLS drew international attention in 2004 with the debut of 14-year-old Freddy Adu for D.C. United, who entered the league with much fanfare and was heralded as one of the top prospects in American soccer history. MLS underwent a significant transition in the years leading up to the 2006 World Cup. After marketing itself on the talents of American players, the league saw some of its homegrown stars depart for more prominent leagues in Europe. Tim Howard, goalkeeper for the MetroStars, was sold to Manchester United in one of the most lucrative contract deals in league history. DaMarcus Beasley of the Chicago Fire left for PSV Eindhoven, while Landon Donovan, on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, was recalled to Germany. Donovan's stint in Germany was brief; before the start of the 2005 MLS season he was sold back to MLS to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Many more American players, though they factored little in the U.S. national team picture, did make an impact in MLS. In 2005, Jason Kreis of expansion club Real Salt Lake became the first player to score at least 100 career MLS goals. In 2005, the now defunct MLS Reserve Division was created, with each reserve squad playing 12 games, providing valuable playing time to develop non-starters on team rosters. It was also in this era that MLS expanded for the first time since the contraction of 2001. Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA began play in 2005, with Chivas USA becoming the second club in Los Angeles, sharing The Home Depot Center with the Galaxy. Chivas USA also became the first team in MLS to be directly connected to a foreign club, their sister club of Guadalajara. By 2006 the San Jose Earthquakes moved to Texas, becoming the Houston Dynamo, after funding for stadium could not be found in San Jose. The Dynamo became an expansion team, leaving their history behind for a new San Jose ownership group that would materialize years later in 2008. [edit] 2007–present Since 2007, Major League Soccer's leadership has taken steps to further internationalize the league in an effort to raise the level of play. Among the first moves in this regard was the Designated Player Rule, which helped MLS bring international stars into the league, despite the relatively meager MLS salary cap, and the creation of the SuperLiga, which places top MLS clubs against top Mexican clubs in an effort to provide more meaningful competition for both leagues. MLS changed the rules regarding foreign players in the league to allow more of them.[2] This period also saw expansion reach beyond the United States' borders into Canada, beginning with Toronto FC. The 2007 season witnessed the MLS debut of David Beckham, whose signing had been seen as a coup for American soccer. Beckham's contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy was made possible by the Designated Player Rule. Players such as Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Club América signed for the Chicago Fire, and Juan Pablo Ángel, who moved from Aston Villa to the New York Red Bulls, are some of the first Designated Players who have made major contributions to their clubs. The departures of Clint Dempsey to Fulham and Jozy Altidore to Villarreal, coupled with the return of former U.S. national team stars Claudio Reyna and Brian McBride to New York and Chicago, respectively, highlight the exchange of top prospects to Europe for experienced veterans to MLS. Several other well-known foreign players have followed Beckham and Blanco to MLS, including Guillermo Barros Schelotto to Columbus and Freddie Ljungberg to Seattle.[3] By 2008 San Jose had returned to the league, and in 2009 Seattle Sounders FC became the newest expansion franchise, opening to a crowd of 32,523 at Qwest Field. Presently MLS plans expansion into Philadelphia, Vancouver, and Portland. [edit] Organization Recently "expansion," "contraction," and "rebranding" have become buzzwords for the league and its fans. The league has renewed its emphasis on improving the quality of play by its teams via initiatives such as the Designated Player Rule and the creation of a league-wide youth development system.[4] [edit] Ownership MLS operates under a single-entity structure in which teams are centrally controlled by the league. In order to keep costs under control, revenues are shared throughout the league, player contracts are negotiated by the league, and ultimately players are contracted not with individual teams but with the league itself. The league fought a bitter legal battle with its players over its economic system, but this was eventually resolved with the players gaining some improved benefits in return for accepting the single entity structure. A court had also ruled that even absent their collective bargaining agreement, players could opt to play in other leagues if they were unsatisfied. The league's cost-controlling measures have attracted new ownership that have injected more money into the league, improving it and focusing the league's resources on fewer clubs. Examples include the Anschutz Entertainment Group's sale of the MetroStars to Red Bull, for an "excess of $100 million," according to the New York Times. Commissioner Garber said to the Los Angeles Times that, "the sale was part of a plan to have AEG decrease its holdings in MLS. We're pushing Hunt Sports to do the same thing." Commissioner Garber has stated that having multiple clubs owned by a single owner was a necessity in the first 10 years of MLS, but now that the league appears to be on the brink of overall profitability and has significant expansion plans, he wants each club to have a distinct owner. In order to help bring this about, the league is now giving more incentive to be an individual club owner, with all owners now having the rights to a certain number of players they develop through their club's academy system each year, sharing the profits of Soccer United Marketing, and being able to sell individual club jersey sponsorships. At one time AEG owned six teams in MLS, and have since sold the Colorado Rapids, the MetroStars, D.C. United and the Chicago Fire to new owners. AEG's remaining teams are the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo.[5] The other major owner-investor in MLS has been Hunt Sports, which owns the Columbus Crew and FC Dallas, having sold the Kansas City Wizards in to a local ownership group in 2006. The league now has 16 owners for their 18 clubs (including the 2010 Philadelphia club and the 2011 Vancouver and Portland teams). [edit] Game First The 2006-2007 MLS offseason has been considered by some to be the most productive in the history of the league,[6] and there were a number of changes made to the league, which have brought about an increase in the league's ability to compete financially as well as on the field. The league announced a youth development initiative,[4] which will require youth development programs for all of the league's teams. The hope is that by being able to sign up to two of its own youth players to the senior team each year that the league's teams will have an incentive to improve the quality of the league's talent in an organic way that will also benefit the league through transfer fees for outgoing players. Perhaps the first example of a success in "home-grown" talent development was New York's Jozy Altidore, who rose to prominence as one of the league's most skilled young strikers before fetching the league's record transfer fee in his move to Villarreal in 2008. The league also announced "Game First", a series of initiatives aimed at improving the league in several ways. One of the most immediate changes is that U.S. Soccer hired the first full-time professional referees in league history.[7] Another part of "Game First" was the creation of an official league anthem similar to other competitions from around the world. There are two versions of the MLS Anthem, an orchestral version that is performed before every regular season game and an orchestral chorus version with a chorus that is played before the MLS All-Star Game and MLS Cup. [edit] Stadiums Main article: Major League Soccer stadiums Since 1999, the league has overseen the construction and completion of seven venues specifically designed for soccer. Lamar Hunt broke new ground in this endeavor by financing the construction of MLS's first soccer-specific stadium, Columbus Crew Stadium. The Los Angeles Galaxy followed four years later with the opening of The Home Depot Center in 2003. Chivas USA has shared this venue with the Galaxy since their expansion season in 2004. It also played host to two consecutive MLS Cups, until FC Dallas opened Pizza Hut Park in 2005 and hosted the next two championships. The Chicago Fire began playing their home games in Toyota Park in 2006. 2007 saw the opening of Dick's Sporting Goods Park for the Colorado Rapids and BMO Field for Toronto FC. Near the end of the 2008 season, Rio Tinto Stadium became the home of Real Salt Lake. Other stadiums are currently under construction. Red Bull Arena, the new home of the New York Red Bulls, began construction in December 2007 with the goal of opening sometime in 2009. The Kansas City Wizards expect to move into their new stadium sometime in 2011. The Philadelphia expansion team plans to call the new Chester Stadium home when they enter the league in 2010. In 2011 the Portland Timbers will begin play in a newly-renovated PGE Park. The remaining clubs play in stadiums not original built for MLS. The New England Revolution, D.C. United, and Seattle Sounders FC play home games at NFL venues Gillette Stadium, RFK Stadium, and Qwest Field respectively. Whereas New England and D.C. are actively seeking to build their own soccer stadiums,[8] Seattle tarps off Qwest's upper bowl to provide an intimate gameday atmosphere. The Houston Dynamo and the San Jose Earthquakes are in the planning stages for their own soccer venues replacing Robertson Stadium and Buck Shaw Stadium. In 2011 the Vancouver expansion team will begin play in a refurbished BC Place, and will remain there until at least 2016, by which time the team hopes to complete construction on a planned waterfront soccer stadium. The move to soccer-specific stadiums has been seen as essential to building attendance and fan support for MLS. So far, every club that has built its own stadium has not only seen its game attendance rise,[citation needed] but also has helped MLS achieve profitability.[citation needed] Thanks to their new stadium, the Los Angeles Galaxy became the first club to turn a profit,[when?] followed by FC Dallas in 2006. [edit] Media coverage At the outset, MLS signed deals for coverage on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, while Univision, Galavision, and Telemundo broadcasted matches in Spanish. The original Univision deal lapsed after a few years, leaving only the ABC/ESPN family of networks as the league's national broadcasters. Fox Sports World (later rebranded as Fox Soccer Channel in 2005), Fox Sports en Español and HDNet began airing matches in 2003. The 2007 MLS season was the first season, however, for which television rights were sold to networks at a profit. Previously, MLS paid networks to broadcast its games. It is estimated MLS will receive about $30 million from TV revenue alone within the next eight years.[9] With the addition of Toronto FC, coverage of MLS expanded into Canada in 2007. The CBC, The Score and Rogers Sportsnet all broadcast Toronto matches nationwide. The league's MLS Direct Kick package, which broadcasts out-of-market matches, has been expanded to ensure that every league match is broadcast. Univision and its family of networks resumed MLS broadcasts in 2007 as well, with most matches airing on TeleFutura and Galavision on Sunday afternoons and evenings. The 2007 season was the first in the league's history in which every regular season match was telecast live, and many games were shown on national television. MLS Primetime Thursday on ESPN networks featured a live match for the first time on Thursdays each week, and Fox Soccer Channel's MLS Saturday expanded to a 3-hour format, with both a pregame and postgame show wrapped around the featured match each week. Additionally, Fox Soccer Channel produces their own news on MLS and special original programs on players, such as Beckham Unwrapped, a biographical update for summer 2007 on the Galaxy's David Beckham. Major League Soccer also offers streaming live video of some matches via its website. Sports Business Journal reported on December 23, 2008 that MLS and Soccer United Marketing had signed an international television broadcast contract with sports media company MP & Silva through 2013.[10][11] The figure is reportedly an "eight-figure deal" that covers the "rights to all MLS games, tournaments and events, including MLS regular season, MLS Cup Playoffs, MLS Cup, and the international competitions SuperLiga, InterLiga, and Pan-Pacific Championship."[10] InterLiga is the only non-MLS competition included in the deal. MP & Silva CEO Carlo Pozzali acknowledged that high profile, international players who were lured to MLS by the designated player rule have raised the international awareness and potential for popularity of MLS in international markets.[11] [edit] Profitability Shirt sponsorships Team Sponsor Value Chicago Fire Best Buy $7.5M over 3 years Chivas USA Comex $2M per year Columbus Crew Glidden $1M per year D.C. United Volkswagen $14M over 5 years Houston Dynamo Amigo Energy $1.9M per year Los Angeles Galaxy Herbalife $4M-$5M per year New York Red Bulls Red Bull Part of $100M deal for club and stadium Real Salt Lake XanGo $500K-$1M per year San Jose Earthquakes Amway Global $2-$3M per year Seattle Sounders FC Xbox 360 Live $20M over 5 years Toronto FC BMO $1M-$1.5M per year Major League Soccer has lost more than $350 million since its founding, according to a report by BusinessWeek in 2004.[12] However, there are positive signs for profitability in the near future. As soccer-specific stadiums are built, ownership expands and television coverage increases, MLS has managed to see their revenues increase while costs are kept to a minimum. The 2003 season saw the Los Angeles Galaxy make a profit in their first season at The Home Depot Center,[12] while FC Dallas turned a profit in similar fashion after moving into Pizza Hut Park in 2005.[13] Television coverage has consistently expanded throughout the league's history, as MLS brokered a deal with ESPN in 2006 for rights fees and a greater presence across its networks. The 2007 season saw the return of MLS to Univision and its Spanish-language networks. They joined Fox Soccer Channel and HDNet as the U.S. national outlets, and the league has mandated that every league game receive television coverage either nationally or locally in one or both teams' cities for broadcast on its Direct Kick package. In 2007, MLS teams started selling ad space on the front of jerseys to go along with the league-wide sponsorship partners who had already been advertising on the back of club jerseys, following the practice of international sport, specifically soccer. The league has established a floor of $500,000 per shirt sponsorship, with the league receiving a flat fee of $200,000 per deal.[14] Online gambling and hard liquor sponsorships are prohibited. As of January 2009, eleven of the league's fifteen teams have signed sponsorship deals to have company logos placed on the front of their team jerseys. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said on May 11, 2006 that he expects the league's clubs to be profitable by 2010 overall. He reported that FC Dallas and the L.A. Galaxy are already profitable, with several other clubs nearing profitability. A year later, he revealed that the Chicago Fire, the Colorado Rapids, and Toronto FC were on track for profitability by 2008.[13]. However in 2008 there were only three profitable MLS franchises; LA Galaxy, Toronto FC and FC Dallas [1]. [edit] Rule changes MLS experimented with deviations from IFAB rules and standards in its early years, some of which had been used in the NASL and continue to be used in college soccer and many high school associations. Among them was the use of a countdown clock, rather than a standard progressive clock, with time paused for dead ball situations at a referee's discretion. Halves ended when the clock reached 0:00, rather than at the whistle of the referee as was customary elsewhere. Also implemented was the use of shootouts to resolve tie games. These best-of-five contests placed a player 35 yards from goal with five seconds to put the ball past the opposing goalkeeper; if needed the shootout progressed into extra frames. A winning team received one standings point (as opposed to three for the regulation win). While IFAB rules allow teams to substitute three players during games, MLS allowed a fourth, goalkeeper-only substitute. MLS discarded the rule after 2003 and adopted the IFAB standard, prompted in part by a match in which then MetroStars coach and current U.S. national team manager Bob Bradley used a loophole to insert an outfield player as a fourth substitute. MLS eventually conceded that the rules changes, particularly the shootout, had alienated some traditional soccer fans while failing to draw new American sports fans as hoped. The shootout and countdown clock were eliminated after the 1999 season. MLS continued to experiment with the settling of tie games in regular season play. In 2000, a 10-minute golden goal period replaced the shootout for tied games. It was abandoned after 2003. The golden-goal overtime remained through 2004 for playoff matches, where it had been used since the league's inception. In 2005 the league adopted a playoff extra time structure that followed new IFAB standards for such situations: two full 15-minute periods, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. The away goals rule is not used in any playoff round. [edit] Teams RevolutionRed BullsDynamoRapidsWizardsCrewFC DallasD.C. UnitedFireToronto FCReal Salt LakeSounders FCEarthquakesGalaxyChivas USAThere are 15 MLS teams divided between the Eastern and Western Conferences. Each club is allowed 24 players on their full roster. Before its maiden season and inaugural draft, MLS allocated four marquee players across the initial ten teams. These inaugural allocations consisted of key U.S. national team and international players such as Eric Wynalda and Hugo Sánchez. The league added its first two expansion teams for the 1998 season: Miami Fusion and Chicago Fire. However, following the 2001 season, Miami and the Tampa Bay Mutiny were disbanded and MLS returned to ten teams. Since the 2004 season, the league has expanded with six new clubs: Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA in 2005, the Houston Dynamo in 2006, and Toronto FC in 2007. After relocating as an expansion team to Houston in 2006, the San Jose Earthquakes returned from hiatus in 2008. Seattle Sounders FC joined MLS for the 2009 season. As of 2009, MLS has had seventeen different clubs over the years, but only seven have won the MLS Cup. For the 2009 season, teams are aligned as follows: Team City Stadium Founded Joined Head Coach Eastern Conference Chicago Fire Bridgeview, IL Toyota Park 1997 1998 Denis Hamlett Columbus Crew Columbus, OH Columbus Crew Stadium 1994 1996 Robert Warzycha D.C. United Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium 1 2 1995 1996 Tom Soehn Kansas City Wizards Kansas City, KS CommunityAmerica Ballpark 1 2 1995 1996 Curt Onalfo New England Revolution Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium 1 1995 1996 Steve Nicol New York Red Bulls East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium 1 2 1995 1996 Juan Carlos Osorio Toronto FC Toronto, ON BMO Field 2006 2007 Chris Cummins Western Conference Chivas USA Carson, CA The Home Depot Center 2004 2005 Preki Colorado Rapids Commerce City, CO Dick's Sporting Goods Park 1995 1996 Gary Smith FC Dallas Frisco, TX Pizza Hut Park 1996 1996 Schellas Hyndman Houston Dynamo Houston, TX Robertson Stadium 1 2 2005 2006 Dominic Kinnear Los Angeles Galaxy Carson, CA The Home Depot Center 1995 1996 Bruce Arena Real Salt Lake Sandy, UT Rio Tinto Stadium 2004 2005 Jason Kreis San Jose Earthquakes Santa Clara, CA Buck Shaw Stadium 2 3 1995 1996 Frank Yallop Seattle Sounders FC Seattle, WA Qwest Field 1 2007 2009 Sigi Schmid Future teams Philadelphia Union Chester, PA Chester Stadium 2008 2010 Piotr Nowak Portland Timbers Portland, OR PGE Park 2009 2011 TBA Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC BC Place Stadium 1 2 2009 2011 TBA Notes Not a soccer-specific stadium To be replaced by a soccer-specific stadium Select games played at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Former teams Miami Fusion (1998–2001) Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001) [edit] Expansion Main article: Expansion of Major League Soccer MLS will expand to 16 teams in 2010, will expand to 18 teams in 2011, and plans to expand to 20 teams in 2012. The Philadelphia Union club is in place for 2010 with Vancouver and Portland joining the following season, and two yet to be determined franchises would begin play a year after that. The Union will play in a 20,000-seat stadium to be built just west of the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania.[15] On March 18, 2009 a press conference announced that a new MLS team in Vancouver, Canada will replace the existing USL-1 club in that city, and that it would keep some form of the "Whitecaps" name.[16] Vancouver will join the league in 2011. For at least its first season the Vancouver MLS club will play in BC Place stadium, which by then will have been renovated to include a soccer-specific configuration. However, the Vancouver ownership group is still hopeful that a new, completely soccer specific stadium will be approved for construction on the waterfront in downtown Vancouver. [17] On March 20, 2009 a press conference announced that a new MLS team in Portland will replace the existing USL-1 club in that city, and would keep the Portland Timbers name.[18] Portland will join the league in 2011. [edit] Team names Main article: Football club names For more information on MLS team names, see the individual team entries. Originally, in the style of other U.S. sports, teams were given nicknames at their creation such as the Columbus Crew, San Jose Clash, or Tampa Bay Mutiny. Two exceptions to this were D.C. United and Miami Fusion F.C., adopting conventions usually seen in European club names. However, new teams such as Real Salt Lake and Toronto FC continued this naming trend along with the Dallas Burn renaming themselves FC Dallas. Some of club names have their origins in defunct American professional soccer leagues like the NASL, such as the 70s-era San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders. C.D. Chivas USA is the only MLS team whose name does not specify a city, state, or region. The club is named for the Mexican team C.D. Guadalajara, who are often known by their nickname "Chivas," which translates to "Goats". The Mexican club, based in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Chivas USA share the same ownership. Though Real Salt Lake was not originally affiliated with Real Madrid, in 2006 the two clubs signed an agreement to play friendly matches every two years, and to co-sponsor a soccer academy and training facility in Utah.[19] The beverage company Red Bull owns the New York Red Bulls as well as other Red Bull-owned teams. [edit] Rivalries and 2-team cup competitions D.C. United — New York Red Bulls (Atlantic Cup) Chicago Fire — FC Dallas (Brimstone Cup) Los Angeles Galaxy — San Jose Earthquakes (California Clasico/Interstate 5 Rivalry) FC Dallas — Houston Dynamo (El Capitan Clasico/Texas Derby) San Jose Earthquakes — Seattle Sounders FC (Heritage Cup,[20]) Chivas USA — Los Angeles Galaxy (Honda SuperClasico) Columbus Crew — FC Dallas (Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup, pre-season) Colorado Rapids — Real Salt Lake (Rocky Mountain Cup) Columbus Crew — Toronto FC (Trillium Cup) [edit] Players Bold indicates active MLS players. [edit] Regular season leaders Goals Regular Season only Rank Player G 1 Jaime Moreno 125 2 Ante Razov 114 3 Jason Kreis 108 4 Jeff Cunningham 104 5 Taylor Twellman 99 6 Landon Donovan 90 7 Roy Lassiter 88 8 Raúl Díaz Arce 82 Carlos Ruíz 82 10 Preki 79 Goals Against Average Regular Season only, 1500+ MINS Rank Player GAA 1 Pat Onstad 1.07 2 Bouna Coundoul 1.16 3 Matt Pickens 1.21 4 Jon Busch 1.22 Troy Perkins 1.22 6 Kevin Hartman 1.23 7 Zach Thornton 1.29 8 Matt Reis 1.31 Joe Cannon 1.31 Jonny Walker 1.31 Games Played Regular Season only Rank Player GP 1 Steve Ralston 359 2 Chris Henderson 317 3 Kevin Hartman 307 4 Cobi Jones 306 5 Jason Kreis 305 6 Jesse Marsch 302 7 Chris Klein 297 Jaime Moreno 297 9 Jeff Cunningham 293 10 Jay Heaps 292 Minutes Played Regular Season only Rank Player MINS 1 Steve Ralston 31,645 2 Kevin Hartman 27,495 3 Chris Henderson 26,242 4 Jay Heaps 25,463 5 Jason Kreis 25,242 6 Cobi Jones 25,157 7 Chris Klein 25,049 8 Mark Chung 24,470 9 Jesse Marsch 24,152 10 Jaime Moreno 23,720 Last Updated April 11, 2009 [edit] Playoff leaders Goals Playoffs only Rank Player G 1 Carlos Ruíz 16 2 Landon Donovan 14 3 Roy Lassiter 13 4 Jaime Moreno 12 5 Ante Razov 11 6 Brian McBride 10 Preki 10 Taylor Twellman 10 9 Raúl Díaz Arce 8 Stern John 8 Goals Against Average Playoffs only, 300+ MINS Rank Player GAA 1 Adin Brown 0.66 2 Jon Conway 0.75 William Hesmer 0.75 4 Matt Reis 0.79 5 Jon Busch 0.88 6 Jeff Cassar 0.89 7 Matt Pickens 0.94 8 Zach Thornton 0.99 Jorge Campos 0.99 10 Danny Cepero 1.00 Games Played Playoffs only Rank Player GP 1 Cobi Jones 45 2 Kevin Hartman 44 3 Diego Gutiérrez 40 4 Jeff Agoos 39 5 Chris Armas 37 Jesse Marsch 37 7 Mauricio Cienfuegos 35 Ante Razov 35 9 Steve Ralston 34 10 Zach Thornton 33 Minutes Played Playoffs only Rank Player MINS 1 Kevin Hartman 4,042 2 Cobi Jones 3,938 3 Jeff Agoos 3,557 4 Chris Armas 3,383 5 Diego Gutiérrez 3,270 6 Jesse Marsch 3,228 7 Steve Ralston 3,164 8 Zach Thornton 3,013 9 Mauricio Cienfuegos 2,992 10 C.J. 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Atlantic 10 Conference Charlotte - Bobby Lutz Dayton - Brian Gregory Duquesne - Ron Everhart Fordham - Dereck Whittenburg George Washington - Karl Hobbs La Salle - John Giannini Rhode Island - Jim Baron Richmond - Chris Mooney St. Bonaventure - Mark Schmidt Saint Joseph's - Phil Martelli Saint Louis - Rick Majerus Temple - Fran Dunphy UMass - Derek Kellogg Xavier - Sean Miller 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Atlantic 10 Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference Boston College - Al Skinner Clemson - Oliver Purnell Duke - Mike Krzyzewski Florida State - Leonard Hamilton Georgia Tech - Paul Hewitt Maryland - Gary Williams Miami (Florida) - Frank Haith North Carolina - Roy Williams North Carolina State - Sidney Lowe Virginia - Dave Leitao Virginia Tech - Seth Greenberg Wake Forest - Dino Gaudio 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Atlantic Coast Conference
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Big 12 Conference Baylor - Scott Drew Colorado - Jeff Bzdelik Iowa State - Greg McDermott Kansas - Bill Self Kansas State - Frank Martin Missouri - Mike Anderson Nebraska - Doc Sadler Oklahoma - Jeff Capel III Oklahoma State - Travis Ford Texas - Rick Barnes Texas A&M - Mark Turgeon Texas Tech - Pat Knight 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Big 12 Conference
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Big West Conference Cal Poly - Kevin Bromley Cal State Fullerton - Bob Burton Cal State Northridge - Bobby Braswell Long Beach State - Dan Monson Pacific - Bob Thomason UC Davis - Gary Stewart UC Irvine - Pat Douglass UC Riverside - Jim Wooldridge UC Santa Barbara - Bob Williams 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Big West Conference
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Conference USA East Carolina - Mack McCarthy Houston - Tom Penders Marshall - Donnie Jones Memphis - John Calipari Rice - Ben Braun Southern Methodist - Matt Doherty Southern Mississippi - Larry Eustachy Tulane - Dave Dickerson Tulsa - Doug Wojcik UAB - Mike Davis UCF - Kirk Speraw UTEP - Tony Barbee 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Conference USA
Horizon League - Butler - Brad Stevens Cleveland State - Gary Waters Detroit - Ray McCallum Loyola (Chicago) - Jim Whitesell UIC - Jimmy Collins UW-Green Bay - Tod Kowalczyk UW-Milwaukee - Rob Jeter Valparaiso - Homer Drew Wright State - Brad Brownell Youngstown State - Jerry Slocum 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Horizon League
Independents Bryant - Tim O'Shea Cal State Bakersfield - Keith Brown Chicago State - Benjy Taylor Houston Baptist - Ron Cottrell Longwood - Mike Gillian New Jersey Institute of Technology - Jim Engles North Carolina Central - Henry Dickerson Savannah State - Horace Broadnax SIU-Edwardsville - Lennox Forrester Texas-Pan American - Tom Schuberth Utah Valley - Dick Hunsaker 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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Missouri Valley Conference Bradley - Jim Les Creighton - Dana Altman Drake - Mark Phelps Evansville - Marty Simmons Illinois State - Tim Jankovich Indiana State - Kevin McKenna Missouri State - Cuonzo Martin Northern Iowa - Ben Jacobson Southern Illinois - Chris Lowery Wichita State - Gregg Marshall 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Missouri Valley Conference
Mountain West Conference Air Force - Jeff Reynolds Brigham Young - Dave Rose Colorado State - Tim Miles New Mexico - Steve Alford San Diego State - Steve Fisher Texas Christian - Neil Dougherty UNLV - Lon Kruger Utah - Jim Boylen Wyoming - Heath Schroyer 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Mountain West Conference
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Ohio Valley Conference Austin Peay - Dave Loos Eastern Illinois - Mike Miller Eastern Kentucky - Jeff Neubauer Jacksonville State - James Green Morehead State - Donnie Tyndall Murray State - Billy Kennedy Southeast Missouri - Zac Roman Tennessee-Martin - Bret Campbell Tennessee State - Cy Alexander Tennessee Tech - Mike Sutton 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Ohio Valley Conference
Pacific-10 Conference Arizona - Russ Pennell Arizona State - Herb Sendek California - Mike Montgomery Oregon - Ernie Kent Oregon State - Craig Robinson Stanford - Johnny Dawkins UCLA - Ben Howland USC - Tim Floyd Washington - Lorenzo Romar Washington State - Tony Bennett 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Pacific-10 Conference
Patriot League American - Jeff Jones Army - Jim Crews Bucknell - Dave Paulsen Colgate - Emmett Davis Holy Cross - Ralph Willard Lafayette - Fran O'Hanlon Lehigh - Brett Reed Navy - Billy Lange 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Patriot League
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Southern Conference Appalachian State - Houston Fancher Chattanooga - John Shulman The Citadel - Ed Conroy College of Charleston - Bobby Cremins Davidson - Bob McKillop Elon - Ernie Nestor Furman - Jeff Jackson Georgia Southern - Jeff Price Samford - Jimmy Tillette UNC-Greensboro - Mike Dement Western Carolina - Larry Hunter Wofford - Mike Young 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Southern Conference
Southland Conference Central Arkansas - Rand Chappell Lamar - Steve Roccaforte McNeese State - Dave Simmons Nicholls State - J. P. Piper Northwestern State - Mike McConathy Sam Houston State - Bob Marlin Southeastern Louisiana - Jim Yarbrough Stephen F. Austin - Danny Kaspar Texas A&M-Corpus Christi - Perry Clark Texas-Arlington - Scott Cross Texas-San Antonio - Brooks Thompson Texas State - Doug Davalos 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! Southland Conference
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The Summit League Centenary - Greg Gary IPFW - Dane Fife IUPUI - Ron Hunter North Dakota State - Saul Phillips Oakland - Greg Kampe Oral Roberts - Scott Sutton South Dakota State - Scott Nagy Southern Utah - Roger Reid UMKC - Matt Brown Western Illinois - Derek Thomas 227's NCAA Basketball Tournament! The Summit League
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