Q 01/05

MLS was founded in 1993 to keep a promise the United States made when bidding to host which event?

A) The FIFA World Cup

B) The Summer Olympics

C) The Women's World Cup

D) The Gold Cup

Answer · why

A) The FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup: U.S. Soccer promised FIFA a top-division professional league in return for the 1994 tournament, so MLS existed on paper for three ...

Q 02/05

Which 1998 expansion club won the MLS Cup in its first season?

A) Chicago Fire

B) Real Salt Lake

C) Minnesota United

D) Colorado Rapids

Answer · why

A) Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire beat the two-time defending champions 2-0 in the final and also won that year's U.S. Open Cup, completing a double in their debut season.

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

Eric Wynalda's goal spared the new league a goalless opening night on live national television, and it was later chosen as the first MLS Goal of the Y...

Q 04/05

The San Jose Clash hosted the first MLS match at which Bay Area stadium?

A) Stanford Stadium

B) Spartan Stadium

C) Candlestick Park

D) Oakland Coliseum

Answer · why

B) Spartan Stadium

Spartan Stadium, San Jose State's football ground, stayed the club's home until 2005, when the players and coaches were moved to Houston and San Jose ...

Q 05/05

Which club won three of the first four MLS Cups and added a fourth in 2004?

A) D.C. United

B) Colorado Rapids

C) Houston Dynamo

D) San Jose Earthquakes

Answer · why

A) D.C. United

D.C. United won the first final from 2-0 down in 1996, and its 2004 title came with 15-year-old Freddy Adu coming off the bench.