FIFA president Gianni Infantino addressed MLS owners at the league’s Board of Governors meeting this week, becoming the first FIFA president to attend a board meeting since MLS’s founding in 1996.
“I was very happy for the first time that the FIFA president comes to an MLS meeting of this nature,” Infantino said. “We have great events coming up here in North America with the new Club World Cup next year, the World Cup in ‘26, so a lot of promotion for soccer, or football as we call it.”
The MLS Board of Governors consists of a representative from ownership of each of...