MLS Commissioner Don Garber says the timing was right to overhaul the MLS logo.
In 2015, the league will enter it's 20th year.
"Next year is our 20th season and it's an important milestone for us because it's the first full turn of a generation," Garber noted. "We've seen this enormous connection that we've had with young people who've grown up with the game and early in the league's history were players and youth participants and not really engaged fans.
"Now they've all grown up and they're energized. They're active supporters of their local MLS club and their respective national teams. And we wanted to reflect that new energy."
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