RE: MLS announces plan to expand to 30
Given that Charlotte seems to be the current front runner for team #30, this looks like what we'll end up with in a few years:
Western Conference
Northwest - Sacramento, San Jose, Vancouver, Portland, Seattle
Southwest - LA Galaxy, Los Angeles FC, Dallas, Houston, Austin
Central - Salt Lake, Colorado, Minnesota, Kansas City, Saint Louis
Eastern Conference
Northeast - Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toronto, Montreal
Southeast - Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Orlando
Atlantic - DC United, Philadelphia, NY Red Bulls, New York City FC, New England
With a 34 game schedule, everyone plays home and away in their division (8 games), everyone else once (25 games), and one extra game against someone in their own conference, with one exception - Saint Louis and Chicago would play each other, as it is not mathematically possible for an odd number of teams to play an odd number of games against each other. This might push the schedule to 36 games, as then everyone can have one extra East-West matchup (which preserves the return game between Chicago and Saint Louis), plus one extra game against each of the other two divisions in their own conference (which helps the California teams).
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