Major League Soccer granted Miami an expansion franchise Monday, a franchise owned in part by global-soccer icon David Beckham.
Atlanta United, a former expansion franchise which played its inaugural season in 2017, extended a friendly welcome to the newest franchise in MLS.
Atlanta United’s first season ended with a shootout-loss in the quarterfinals of the MLS playoffs. The team finished the regular season 15-9-10 and placed fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Miami will not begin play until the 2020 season.
