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North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States of America (U.S.) and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.

In 1967 two professional soccer leagues started in the United States: the FIFA-sanctioned United Soccer Association and the unsanctioned National Professional Soccer League. The National Professional Soccer League had a national television contract in the U.S. with the CBS television network, but the ratings for matches were unacceptable even by weekend daytime standards and the arrangement was terminated. The leagues merged in 1968 to form the North American Soccer League (NASL). It has been suggested that the timing of the merge was related to the huge amount of attention given throughout the English-speaking world to the victory by England in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and the resulting documentary film, Goal. The league lasted until the 1984 NASL season when it suspended operations. However, four NASL teams (Chicago, Minnesota, New York, and San Diego) joined the Major Indoor Soccer League for its 1984-85 season. The NASL itself operated an indoor soccer league from 1979-80 to 1981-82 and in 1983-84.

Major League Soccer (MLS) is a North American professional soccer league. MLS represents the top tier of the American Soccer Pyramid and is comprised of 14 clubs, although the league intends to expand to 16 clubs by 2010. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with teams playing 30 games each.

A total of 16 clubs have competed in Major League Soccer, but only six have won the MLS Cup: D.C. United, Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Chicago Fire, Kansas City Wizards, and Houston Dynamo. The current Major League Soccer champions are the Houston Dynamo, who won their second title in the 2007 season.