ABSTRACT
Since the late 1960s, at least three prominent professional men's outdoor soccer leagues and one women's association were established in the US For one or more reasons, however, each had failed. To identify those sports businesses, in 1967 the 12-team North American Soccer League, which decided that year to change its name to the United Soccer Association (USA), and the ten-team National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) had each began their first regular season. Since the league's first competitive games in 1996, a Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup championship series has been played between those teams that excelled during the regular season. According to his statements that appeared in various publications, Commissioner Don Garber has asserted that a soccer facility is a more valuable economic asset for the long-term survival and prosperity of a MLS franchise and the league than for a team to recruit one or more high-priced American and/or international soccer athletes.
