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airlines has provided charter service to mls teams since 2020 and became the league s official carrier in 2022 274 rules and officials edit when the league began play it tried to gain popularity by americanizing the game the game clock counted down in each half and stopped for certain dead ball and matches level at the end of regulation were resolved with a running penalty shootout 275 now mls follows the rules and standards of the international football association board ifab since 2005 the playoff extra time structure follows ifab standards two full 15 minute periods followed by a penalty shootout if necessary u s soccer hired the first full time professional referees in league history in 2007 as part of the league s game first initiatives 276 major league soccer has been implementing fines and suspensions since the 2011 season for simulation diving through its disciplinary committee which reviews plays after the match the first player fined under the new rule was charlie davies fined 1 000 for intentionally deceiving match officials 277 mls uses the list of banned substances published by the world anti doping agency 278 branding edit the current mls logo debuted in 2014 ahead of the league s 20th season replacing an earlier logo that featured a stylized boot and ball the current logo is a simple crest with a diagonal stripe the mls wordmark and three stars that represent community club and country the logo was designed to be remixed in different color schemes that match teams when used on merchandise and jerseys 279 the first mls anthem was unveiled in 2007 and was composed by audiobrain the current league anthem debuted in 2020 and was composed by film score composer hans zimmer it s used during league broadcasts and as a prelude to kickoff at stadiums 280 team names edit for more information on mls team names see the individual team entries in the early years of mls teams were typically given official nicknames in the style of other u s sports leagues e g columbus crew los angeles galaxy new england revolution several club names in mls originated with previous professional soccer clubs such as the 1970s era nasl team names san jose earthquakes seattle sounders portland timbers and vancouver whitecaps 281 d c united was the only mls team to adopt european naming conventions during the 1990s 282 in more recent years european style names have become increasingly common in mls with expansion teams such as real salt lake toronto fc new york city fc atlanta united fc minnesota united fc and fc cincinnati along with rebrandings such as fc dallas formerly the dallas burn 283 sporting kansas city formerly the kansas city wizards 284 and cf montréal formerly the montreal impact austrian beverage company red bull gmbh owns and sponsors the new york red bulls as well as other sports teams outside the u s 157 media coverage edit main article major league soccer on television see also list of current major league soccer broadcasters mls season pass on apple tv edit since 2023 all mls and leagues cup matches as well as certain matches from mls next pro and mls next are streamed worldwide on mls season pass via apple tv this agreement ended the previous regional sports network based system 285 the contract allows for some broadcasts on linear television espn and univision exited negotiations apparently because mls would not allow them to stream via their own platforms or use their own commentators 101 286 following their departures fox sports joined apple as mls linear broadcast partners in the u s with bell media s tsn and rds doing so in canada 287 united states edit from 2012 to 2014 mls matches were broadcast by nbc sports with 40 matches per year primarily on nbcsn and select matches broadcast on the nbc network 288 the move from fox soccer to the more widely distributed nbcsn caused viewership numbers to double for the 2012 season 289 soccer united marketing partnered with google and bedrocket media ventures in 2012 to launch kicktv a premium youtube channel with original soccer programming 290 kicktv was sold to copa90 in 2015 to form its american branch 291 in 2020 soccer united marketing signed a multi year agreement with bleacher report to produce content and highlights for mls and the u s national teams through the 2022 season 292 from 2015 to 2022 mls matches were broadcast nationally by espn networks and fox sports in english and univision networks in spanish under an eight year contract each broadcaster had a window for national regular season matches with unimás airing a game on friday nights in spanish and additional matches on univision deportes network and espn and fox sports 1 airing matches on sunday evenings in english espn fs1 and univision shared coverage of the playoffs while abc and fox alternated broadcasting the mls cup final in english in total at least 125 matches were aired per season across all three networks the three contracts have an average estimated value of 90 million per season five times larger than the average 18 million value of the previous contracts with espn univision and nbc sports 293 294 295 matches not televised nationally were broadcast regionally often by regional sports networks like bally sports nbc sports regional networks spectrum sports and root sports and sometimes by terrestrial stations like ktxa wgn and kmyu 56 regionally televised matches were available outside their local markets on espn which replaced mls live from 2018 until 2022 296 canada edit montreal impact hosting d c united august 2012 currently english language national mls broadcast rights in canada are held by the tsn networks through a five year deal first renewed in 2017 the networks primarily broadcast matches involving the league s canadian franchises in combination with separate regional rights deals giving tsn exclusive rights to all toronto fc and vancouver whitecaps fc matches 297 298 299 a limited number of matches are also carried by ctv 299 tva sports held exclusive french language rights to mls in canada from 2017 to 2023 as part of a separate regional rights deal it also held exclusive rights to all cf montréal matches 299 300 in 2018 online streaming service dazn obtained the league s digital out of market service mls live with live and on demand streaming of matches featuring u s teams matches with canadian teams were only available after a 48 hour delay to protect the league s main rightsholders tsn and tva sports 301 international edit mls also entered into a four year contract with sky sports to broadcast two mls matches per week in the united kingdom and ireland from 2015 to 2019 302 as part of the agreement sky sports broadcast at least two mls regular season matches each week as well as the mls all star game every mls cup playoff game and the mls cup final the matches appeared across sky s family of networks it also carried weekly mls highlights across various platforms including sky sports news and skysports com sky sports also broadcast at least one match from mls decision day the final day of the mls regular season many of the matches on decision day every year are expected to determine the final spots for the mls cup playoffs 303 dsport owned by discovery communications began televising league matches in india in 2017 304 sbs sport australia broadcast one mls game per week in australia from 2025 305 video games edit major league soccer is a playable league in the ea sports fc series the efootball series and the football manager series the league made its video game debut in 1999 with fifa 2000 kids video game company humongous entertainment had the rights to teams and players for their game backyard soccer mls edition and for backyard soccer 2004 306 307 in 2000 konami released espn mls gamenight and two years later they released its sequel espn mls extratime 2002 the league made its first appearance in the management series football manager 2005 in 2004 308 player records edit see also major league soccer records and statistics 2026 major league soccer season player statistics list of major league soccer players with 100 or more goals and list of major league soccer players with 400 or more games played statistics below are for all time leaders statistics are for regular season only bold indicates active mls players as of august 23 2026 309 310 goals rank player years goals 1 chris wondolowski 2005 2021 171 2 kei kamara 2006 2013 2015 2020 2022 2025 147 3 landon donovan 2001 2014 2016 145 4 jeff cunningham 1998 2011 134 5 jaime moreno 1996 2010 133 6 josef martínez 2017 2025 2026 present 130 7 bradley wright phillips 2013 2021 117 8 ante razov 1996 2000 2001 2009 114 9 jason kreis 1996 2007 108 10 gyasi zardes 2013 2024 106 assists rank player years assists 1 landon donovan 2001 2014 2016 136 2 steve ralston 1996 2010 135 3 brad davis 2002 2016 123 4 carlos valderrama 1996 2002 114 5 preki 1996 2005 112 6 jaime moreno 1996 2010 102 7 marco etcheverry 1996 2003 101 8 sacha kljestan 2006 2010 2015 2022 99 9 carles gil 2019 present 93 10 cristian espinoza 2019 present 92 shutouts clean sheets rank player years shutouts 1 nick rimando 2000 2019 154 2 kevin hartman 1997 2013 112 3 stefan frei 2009 present 105 4 sean johnson 2010 present 96 5 joe cannon 1999 2013 86 6 jon busch 2002 2015 83 7 bill hamid 2009 2022 80 8 brad guzan 2012 2025 78 9 zach thornton 1996 2011 76 10 matt reis 1998 2013 75 games played rank player years games 1 nick rimando 2000 2019 514 2 kyle beckerman 2000 2020 498 3 dax mccarty 2006 2024 488 4 kei kamara 2006 2013 2015 2020 2022 2025 464 5 sean johnson 2010 present 452 6 darlington nagbe 2011 2025 445 7 diego chará 2011 present 442 8 jeff larentowicz 2005 2020 437 9 diego fagúndez 2011 present 436 10 stefan frei 2009 present 433 player records active edit statistics below are for all time leaders who are still playing in the league statistics are for regular season only as of september 8 2026 309 goals rank player goals 1 josef martínez 130 2 hany mukhtar 90 3 brian white 87 4 diego fagúndez 79 5 denis bouanga 75 assists rank player assists 1 carles gil 93 2 cristian espinoza 92 3 maxi moralez 91 4 julian gressel 81 5 diego fagúndez 80 shutouts rank player shutouts 1 stefan frei 105 2 sean johnson 96 3 andre blake 71 games played rank player games 1 sean johnson 449 2 diego chará 440 3 diego fagúndez 434 4 stefan frei 433 5 wil trapp 374 awards edit at the conclusion of each season the league presents several awards for outstanding achievements mostly to players but also to coaches referees and teams the finalists in each category are determined by voting from mls players team employees and the media 311 mls best xi sigi schmid coach of the year award mls comeback player of the year award mls defender of the year award mls fair play award individual team mls goal of the year award mls goalkeeper of the year award mls golden boot mls humanitarian of the year award landon donovan mvp award mls newcomer of the 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