Q 01/05

MLS was founded in 1993 as part of the United States' successful bid to host which event?

A) The 1994 FIFA World Cup

B) The 1996 Summer Olympics

C) The 1999 Women's World Cup

D) The 1991 Gold Cup

Answer · why

A) The 1994 FIFA World Cup

FIFA wanted a top-flight professional league as a condition of awarding the tournament, so the league existed on paper three years before a ball was k...

Q 02/05

How many teams contested MLS's inaugural season in 1996?

A) 10 clubs

B) 12 clubs

C) 14 clubs

D) 16 clubs

Answer · why

A) 10 clubs

Each of them played 32 games, and only after two expansion sides arrived in 1998 did the league reach a dozen clubs.

Q 03/05

Who scored the only goal of the first ever MLS match on April 6, 1996?

A) Roy Lassiter

B) Marco Etcheverry

C) Eric Wynalda

D) John Harkes

Answer · why

C) Eric Wynalda

The game was carried live by ESPN and the winner arrived in the 88th minute, sparing the new league a goalless opening night.

Q 04/05

At which venue was the first MLS match played?

A) Foxboro Stadium

B) RFK Stadium

C) The Rose Bowl

D) Spartan Stadium

Answer · why

D) Spartan Stadium

About 31,000 fans turned up to the San Jose State campus ground, comfortably above the modest crowds the league would average that year.

Q 05/05

D.C. United won three of the first four MLS Cups. In which year did they win their fourth?

A) 2004

B) 2006

C) 2008

D) 2010

Answer · why

A) 2004

The club had also become the first American side to win a CONCACAF club championship back in 1998.