no problem! the mls has two conferences set up in the MLS. once again, an inheritance/reflection of other american sports - but the nba/nfl/ncaa are a lot more headache inducing so the mls is easier to understand. the west & east are basically the teams that make up each division of the conference, so
west: colorado rapids, real salt lake, fc dallas, san jose earthquakes, houston dynamo, seattle sounders, la galaxy, sporting kanas city, portland timbers, cancouver whitecaps
east: chicago fire, new york fc, columbus crew, new york red bulls, dc united, orlando city, montreal impact, philadelphia union, new england revolution, toronto fc
the expansion teams so far are: atlanta (2017), los angeles fc (2018), minnesota (2018, but will play in 2017 if la fc isn't ready) & miami (tba). florida is considered part of the eastern conference, as is the south.
but lol if you want to introduce "south" conference, northeast, midwest, etc.... i invite you to take a look at the various conferences in the nba, for example. the nba operates on a generic "west/east conference" but they also have the subsets of atlantic, central, southeast, northwest, pacific, & southwest. do you really want the mls to do that? D:
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RE: Thanks for the detailed explantation
Date: 2015-07-30 02:05 pm (UTC)west: colorado rapids, real salt lake, fc dallas, san jose earthquakes, houston dynamo, seattle sounders, la galaxy, sporting kanas city, portland timbers, cancouver whitecaps
east: chicago fire, new york fc, columbus crew, new york red bulls, dc united, orlando city, montreal impact, philadelphia union, new england revolution, toronto fc
the expansion teams so far are: atlanta (2017), los angeles fc (2018), minnesota (2018, but will play in 2017 if la fc isn't ready) & miami (tba). florida is considered part of the eastern conference, as is the south.
but lol if you want to introduce "south" conference, northeast, midwest, etc.... i invite you to take a look at the various conferences in the nba, for example. the nba operates on a generic "west/east conference" but they also have the subsets of atlantic, central, southeast, northwest, pacific, & southwest. do you really want the mls to do that? D: