Given that the comparisons of a Canadian Premier League to MLS are inevitable, here is a good article discussing MLS' formative years, and how despite their stability today, it was a long road to get there.
https://juneof86.com/2017/05/25/less...eation-of-mls/
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On December 17, 1993, World Cup USA 94 chairman and CEO/US Soccer president Alan I. Rothenberg announced the formation of Major League Soccer and unveiled the league’s logo.
The creation of a Division 1 league in the United States was a stipulation from FIFA as part of the U.S.’s successful bid for the World Cup. FIFA wanted the league to debut before the World Cup took place. Instead, two days before the World Cup draw, the league announced it would launch on April 9, 1995 with 12 teams.
In the end, MLS launched a year late, two teams short of its target and with a revamped logo.
The Canadian Premier League has vowed to learn the lessons of the past as they seek to create a nationwide soccer league.
CPL supporters would be well-advised to do the same.
The first dozen years of MLS (before-Toronto FC attracted the attention of many in Canada to the league) was full of mis-steps and setbacks before finding stability, and now, a level of success. If the early years of the league was full of trial and error, the creation of the league was something else entirely.
As Canadian soccer diehards follow the rumours and progress of the Canadian Premier League’s creation it is illuminating to also review the incubation of MLS before it saw the light of day.
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