The Portland Timbers are a professional soccer club based in Portland, Ore., and compete in Major League Soccer (MLS). On March 20, 2009, MLS awarded Portland the league’s 18th franchise, and the Timbers played their inaugural season in North America’s top-flight professional soccer league in 2011. The Timbers have been a beloved part of the Portland sports landscape since their early beginnings in the original North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1975, launching the era of “Soccer City USA” in the Rose City. The Timbers play at Providence Park, one of the most exciting and authentic soccer environments in the country, and have sold out every league match since joining MLS in 2011 and have a Season Ticket Waiting List of more than 10,000 fans.
The LA Galaxy are Major League Soccer’s most successful club. Based in Carson, Calif. at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy have won the MLS Cup a record six times (2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2024), the MLS Supporters’ Shield four times (1998, 2002, 2010, 2011) and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup twice (2001, 2005) since their inception in 1996. The Galaxy are the premier club in MLS, with stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Robbie Keane, Giovani dos Santos, Javier Hernandez and Cobi Jones representing LA over the team’s 25 years in MLS. For more information on the LA Galaxy, visit www.lagalaxy.com.
Seattle Sounders FC is a professional soccer club based in Seattle and competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Sounders FC was established in November 2007 as a MLS expansion team, making it the 15th team in the league. Fans chose the Sounders name through an online poll in 2008, making the Seattle Sounders FC the third Seattle soccer team to share the moniker.