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  • MLS
    MLS
    abbreviation
    Major League Soccer: the organization that oversees and regulates the men’s professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.
  • M.L.S.
    M.L.S.
    abbreviation
    Master of Library Science.

MLS

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Major League Soccer: the organization that oversees and regulates the men’s professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.

  2. Real Estate. Multiple Listing Service.


M.L.S. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Library Science.


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He’ll be just as focused going into Wednesday’s midweek MLS game in Colorado as he was for Canada’s round-of-16 game with Morocco, the most-watched soccer match in Canadian history.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Herrington has played just one season in Major League Soccer with the Colorado Rapids, but he did well enough to be named in the MLS All-Stars Team.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

One of the biggest moves this summer, despite being a free transfer, saw Poland captain Robert Lewandowski join MLS side Chicago Fire after his Barcelona contract expired.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Berg has some big shoes to fill just as MLS enters an important stage of its development.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

That park is a quarter-mile from the massive, futuristic-looking stadium that’s home to our city’s NFL and MLS teams.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

Self-described “M.L.S. road trippers,” they have visited numerous M.L.S. stadiums, and have watched teams in Tucson, Ariz., where as many as 11 clubs came together for preseason training in the past.

From New York Times Feb. 23, 2024

Messi’s M.L.S. limbo: Lionel Messi’s announcement last week that he plans to come to Inter Miami caught M.L.S. officials by surprise, a big reason he hasn’t yet finalized his contract.

From New York Times Jun. 15, 2023

Instead, Mr. Messi appears to be headed to Inter Miami, the M.L.S. team co-founded by David Beckham.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2023

The city’s attempt to advance the franchise out of the United Soccer League and join M.L.S. has become a yearslong courtship, yet unrequited.

From New York Times Aug. 8, 2022

But until now, failure was a regular rite of passage for M.L.S. in this annual tournament, with teams from the rival Mexican league having won the last 13 Concacaf tournaments.

From New York Times May 5, 2022

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