Major League Soccer Research Paper

Introduction
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Soccer is played in every country on earth, and for many of them, it's their number one sport. The sport's beast leagues are traditionally in European countries such as England, Spain, Italy and Germany. Some are even considered to be in Latin American countries such as Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. The United States and Canada are not traditionally known for their high level leagues, however, Major League Soccer is quickly changing that.
Major League Soccer started off as a small, poor league, but has recently exploded in growth and quality. The recent explosion is something that many North American soccer fans should take note of, because Major League Soccer is growing rapidly.

Major League Soccer had a rocky and slow start, then slow and steady growth, and has recently exploded in quality and popularity.
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Major League Soccer (MLS) was founded on December 17, 1993, but wasn't officially launched until the season in 1996.
MLS's first season featured ten teams, the Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, Dallas Burn, Kansas City Wizards, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, NY/NJ MetroStars, San Jose Clash, and Tampa Bay Mutiny.
Because of the excitement and anticipation built from the recent 1994 World Cup hosted in the a United States, attendance the first year of MLS was an impressive 17,406.
However, despite it's high attendance in the first year, MLS was plagued by many glaring issues.
The first was that many of the original ten MLS teams played in a stadium that was owned by an NFL team. These stadiums were not built for soccer, and could seat two to three times each team's average attendance.
The second was that Major League Soccer adapted some very controversial rules in order to appeal to Americans. One was the rule that no games ended in draws, but each game would be decided by a hockey-style shoutout if tied at the end of regulation. Another was that the clock counted down the time, not count up the time, and was not controlled by the referee.
All of these issues were compounded by the fact that Major League Soccer's quality of play was too subpar. The United States' 1998 World Cup team mostly consisted of MLS players, which was eliminated in the group stages of the tournament after losing all three group games. This just showed Major League Soccer how much it had to improve.
Major League Soccer's struggles continued