LA Galaxy manager Bruce Arena called the first year of Major League Soccer "challenging," with many involved not sure where the league would go after it staged its first game on April 6, 1996.
MLS turned 20 years old as a league on Wednesday, and Arena, who was involved in the league's first match, said that he and most everyone involved in the fledgling venture were "scrambling" right from the start.
"We had a very inexperienced league with a bunch of people who didn't have much experience in soccer at a high level or professional sports," Arena told MLSSoccer.