Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 1996, San Jose Clash da DC United sun yi fice a gaban magoya baya 31,683 da ke jiran a filin wasa na Spartan a San Jose, California. Wannan lamari na tarihi shi ne wasa na farko da aka taba yi a gasar kwallon kafa ta Major League - wani sabon safiya ga wasan da duniya ta fi so a kasar da har yanzu ba a yi nasara ba. Da yake taƙaita abin da ya faru ga ESPN, mai sharhi Ty Keough ya kwatanta wannan muhimmin "haihuwar sabuwar zamani ga ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amirka". Idan aka duba baya a kan fim daga wannan maraice mai dadi yanzu yana da wuya kada a ji wani nostalgia. Shirts masu fadi, gashin gashi mai tambaya da kuma gyare-gyaren dokoki masu ban mamaki don yin wasanni mafi ban sha'awa duk sun kasance wani ɓangare na kwarewar MLS. An yi amfani da agogo na ƙidaya don samar da wasan kwaikwayo a ƙarshen kowane rabi. Ko da mafi ban mamaki, an daidaita wasanni da aka yi ta hanyar harbi wanda ya ga 'yan wasan da ke kai hare-haren suna gudu tare da kwallon daga 35-yards kafin su yi ƙoƙari su doke mai tsaron gida na gaba. Yayin da MLS ke shirin fara kakar wasanta ta 20, yana da wuya a fahimci yadda gasar ta ci gaba a lokacin da ya wuce. Da daɗewa ba za ka so ka yi wasa da dokokin wasan ba. Masu halarta sun fi girma fiye da kowane lokaci yayin da adadin ƙungiyoyin da ke ciki ya ninka daga 10 a cikin kamfen na 1996 zuwa 20 a cikin 2015. Sauran hudu za a kara su zuwa 2020. A saman wannan, sabuwar kakar ita ce ta farko na sabon TV na gida da yarjejeniyar kafofin watsa labarai tare da FOX, ESPN da Univision da ke da darajar dala miliyan 700 a cikin shekaru takwas. Wannan adadi na iya zama mara kyau kusa da dala biliyan 5.1 da masu watsa shirye-shiryen Burtaniya suka biya kwanan nan don gasar Premier ta Ingila, gasar kwallon kafa mafi arziki a duniya, amma yana wakiltar ninki uku a darajar yarjejeniyar MLS ta baya. A cewar Phil Rawlins, babban mai shi kuma shugaban sabuwar kungiyar MLS, Orlando City Soccer Club, "masana'antu da wasan kanta sun ci gaba sosai" a Amurka. Ya yi imanin cewa abin da zai yi daidai da shekaru 50 na ci gaba a yawancin sauran masana'antu an samu a cikin shekaru biyu na farko na MLS. Kungiyar Rawlins misali ne na...
Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta MLS ta 20 za ta fara a karshen mako. Kungiyar ta sauya sosai tun lokacin da aka kafa ta a shekarar 1996. Wasu suna tambaya ko akwai bukatar sauya dokoki game da iyakar albashi da kuma canja wurin aiki.