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MLS continues to grow

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The 28th season of Major League Soccer gets underway ahead of a potentially era-defining period for the sport in the US and Canada. On the back of appearing at the 2022 World Cup, both nations with clubs in MLS are now looking ahead to 2026 when they will co-host the next World Cup with Mexico.

Just as USA ’94 led to the creation of MLS and its inaugural season in1996, the World Cup’s return to these shores 30 years later could have a similarly seismic effect on the sport domestically, which has so far bubbled under the surface in the region. Football is primed to become a national game alongside

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