Portland Timbers
A log is cut with a chainsaw for every home goal.
Tailgates, supporters' sections and no relegation
MLS is a road-trip league. Twenty-nine cities, wildly different climates, and supporters' sections modelled on Europe but louder about it. Add USL and NISA below it and you get a young football culture inventing itself in public.
Trivia for the pub
A log is cut with a chainsaw for every home goal.
Signed Pelé and Beckenbauer, sold out Giants Stadium, then vanished.
Beckham's move here in 2007 changed the league's economics permanently.
27 clubs · 1 divisions
Atlanta United FCMercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia
AustinQ2 Stadium Austin, Texas
CharlotteBank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina
Chicago FireSoldier Field Chicago, Illinois
Colorado RapidsDenver Soccer Stadium Denver, Colorado
Columbus CrewScottsMiracle-Gro Field Columbus, Ohio
DC UnitedAudi Field Washington, D.C.
FC CincinnatiTQL Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio
FC DallasToyota Stadium Frisco, Texas
Houston DynamoShell Energy Stadium Houston, Texas
Inter MiamiNu Stadium Miami, Florida
LA GalaxyDignity Health Sports Park Carson, California
Los Angeles FCBMO Stadium Los Angeles, California
Minnesota UnitedAllianz Field Saint Paul, Minnesota
Nashville SCGeodis Park Nashville, Tennessee
New England RevolutionGillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts
New York CityYankee Stadium The Bronx, New York Citi Field Queens, New York
New York RBSports Illustrated Stadium Harrison, New Jersey
Orlando CityCairo International Stadium
Philadelphia UnionSubaru Park Chester, Pennsylvania
Portland TimbersProvidence Park Portland, Oregon
Real Salt LakeAmerica First Field Sandy, Utah
San DiegoSnapdragon Stadium San Diego, California
Seattle SoundersLumen Field Seattle, Washington
SJ EarthquakesPayPal Park San Jose, California
Sporting KCSporting Park Kansas City, Kansas
St. Louis CityEnergizer Park St. Louis, Missouri