 Cities seeking consideration for an inaugural MLS team were also expected to secure 10,000 assurances from fans for season tickets.By the June 3, 1994 deadline for MLS team bids, Seattle organizers had secured fewer than 1,500 such assurances.These low numbers were a result of competition between the ticket campaign for the MLS expansion team and for the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) Sounders expansion team.