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Major League Soccer

professional soccer league in the USA and Canada
Organization association_football_league Q18543
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Summary

Major League Soccer is an association football league[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of association football league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,605 views/month, #6 of 786).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3], Canada[4]
  • Instance of: business[5], professional sports league[6]
  • Headquarters location: New York City[7]
  • Chief executive officer: Don Garber[8]
  • Child organization or unit: Atlanta United FC[9], Austin FC[10], Charlotte FC[11], Chicago Fire FC[12], FC Cincinnati[13], Colorado Rapids[14], Columbus Crew[15], Chivas USA[16], FC Dallas[17], D.C. United[18], Houston Dynamo FC[19], Los Angeles FC[20], LA Galaxy[21], Inter Miami CF[22]
  • Commons category: Major League Soccer[23]
  • Has part(s): Eastern Conference[24], Western Conference[25], MLSsoccer.com[26], 1996 Major League Soccer season[27], 1997 Major League Soccer season[28], 1998 Major League Soccer season[29], 1999 Major League Soccer season[30], 2000 Major League Soccer season[31], 2001 Major League Soccer season[32], 2002 Major League Soccer season[33], 2003 Major League Soccer season[34], 2004 Major League Soccer season[35], 2005 Major League Soccer season[36], 2006 Major League Soccer season[37]
  • Inception: December 17, 1993[38]

Why It Matters

Major League Soccer has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . si.com. Retrieved . si.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Retrieved . scholarship.law.marquette.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . mlssoccer.com. Retrieved . mlssoccer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2C53-6804-CA33-512C-53A5
    Has part(s) → Eastern Conference, Western Conference, MLSsoccer.com +31
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  2. 10w ago · J 1982 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Eastern Conference, Western Conference, MLSsoccer.com +31
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Has part(s): Q139855045"
  3. 12w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q25000566
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Canadian Premier League"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genius artist id → Major-league-soccer
    P14541 → 4U73XZ
    Domain name → mlssoccer.com
    Nrk topic id → 1.12691095
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  5. 22w ago · SounderBruce · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image needs reharvest → —
    Image last checked license → —
    Image purged license → —
    Headquarters location → New York City
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Headquarters location: Pennsylvania Plaza"
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