Soccer in the United States
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Soccer in the United States is the fourth most popular sport behind American football, basketball, and baseball, respectively. 27% of U.S. sports fans show an interest in soccer.
The USMNT playing at the TQL Stadium in 2021
Pelé crying while teammate Carlos Alberto consoles him, at the end of his speech during Pelé's farewell match, October 1977 (New York Cosmos)
Lionel Messi, regarded as one of the greatest soccer/football players in history playing for MLS team Inter Miami in 2025.
Columbus Crew fans in 2023
Major League Soccer
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Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canad
Soccer in the United States
…watched team sport in the U.S., behind only basketball and American football. The highest-level of men's professional soccer in the United States is Major League Soccer (MLS). The league's predecessor was the major professional North American Soccer League (NASL), which existed from 1968 until 1984. MLS began to play…
Built in 1999, Historic Crew Stadium (the home of the Columbus Crew until 2021) was the first soccer-specific stadium in MLS.
The 2010 season also brought the opening of the New York Red Bulls' soccer-specific stadium, Red Bull Arena.
Seattle Sounders FC (2009)
LA Galaxy (2011)