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Originally Posted by mistercorporate
Garber has been slowly expanding the number of maximum expansion franchises/cities every few years (probably to avoid alarming other North American leagues), so a 32 team league is entirely possible eventually. That said, Canada is still statistically over represented already, so yes we're unlikely to get more franchises here..
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I think 28 teams is more than enough for the top soccer league in North America. We are diluting the product enough as it is with 22 teams. Simply look at the payroll difference between the top team, TFC, 22.5 million, and the bottom teams, MTL and Houston, 5 million.
Imagine what the spread would be with 32 teams. Just because leagues like the NHL, NFL and MLB have 30+ teams doesn't mean that the MLS should or can replicate.