Rather than overreaching and trying to fill US professional football stadiums, MLS gained stability by building six stadiums with capacities of 18,000 to 27,000, with two others scheduled to open.
MLS' average attendance of 15,504 for last year's regular season would have ranked it eighth among European leagues, behind Germany, England, Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Scotland but ahead of Russia and Turkey, according to a British report.
Of the league's 13 teams, the Galaxy and FC Dallas have shown a profit in their new stadiums and Chicago, Denver and Toronto are also expected to finish this season in the black, Garber said.
That said, in the 12 years since the inception of MLS, club owners have invested hundreds of millions of dollars without showing profitability across the board.
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