League vs League
MLS vs NFL
Major League Soccer versus National Football League — a side-by-side breakdown of two very different worlds of pro sports, plus the tools to compare their teams and players by the numbers.
Head to head
Soccer
Sport
American Football
1993
Founded
1920
30
Teams
32
February – December
Season
September – February
Goals
Scoring
Touchdowns, field goals
2 × 45 min
Game length
4 × 15 min
Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Son Heung-min
Stars today
Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson
Soccer
MLS
Major League Soccer
North America's top-flight soccer league.
Since 199330 teamsFebruary – December
American Football
NFL
National Football League
Most-watched league in the U.S., peaking with the Super Bowl.
Since 192032 teamsSeptember – February
Take it further
Compare teams & players from either league
CompariSport pulls real, historical stats going back decades. Pick 2–4 teams or players and see who leads every stat.