article_snippet: Only founded in 2010, the team will make the team MLS bow this week.
article_snippet: The MLS is now approaching The MLS 20th season but has long been pejoratively regarded outside North America as a retirement home for once top-level players -- a plastic, commercially driven product devoid of any real identity offering one last payday before the limbs give out.
article_snippet: In a few years, we will listen a lot about the MLS," he said.
article_snippet: The forthcoming the MLS season marks the first of a new eight-year TV deal and media rights partnership with ESPN, FOX Sports and Univision.
article_snippet: On top of this, average attendance across the league for The forthcoming MLS season was the highest in recent the MLS history, according to data on the the MLS Attendance blog.
article_snippet: Yet questions remain over the long-term profitability of some teams.
article_snippet: A report from Forbes magazine in late 2013 found only 10 out of 19 the MLS franchises were making any money.