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MLS to add four new teams
- Updated: December 16, 2016
Major League Soccer (MLS) will announce its 25th and 26th teams around the middle of next year, with each club set to compete by 2020, as it plans to eventually expand to a total of 28 franchises, commissioner Don Garber said on Thursday.
Expansion fees for teams 25 and 26 would be $150m (£120.6m), a cost that is projected to rise in conjunction with the timeline for teams 27 and 28, both of which would be selected at a much later date.
“We look forward to reviewing expansion applications in the coming months and conducting formal meetings in 2017 with possible team owners,” Garber said.
According to Garber, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville, Raleigh/Durham, Sacramento, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa/St Petersburg have publicly …
