MLS is in it’s 29th season, started up in 1996. Looking back you find a number interesting aspects to look at as the heritage from NASL were very much seen. Bob Houghton, Ron Newman, Eddie Firmani, Timo Liekoski, Laurie Calloway and Thomas Rongen all having long associations with the famous past of NASL.

12 years after that last NASL season in 1984, it was time for new clubs to recruit new managers and players and get this professional soccer adventure going. MLS in it’s first years were similar to NASL in their’s. No one really noticed the professional game of soccer in US, before Pelè arrived, though it had their imports, clubs and stars long before the Brazilian maestro made it blossom.