MLS has announced that Chivas USA has played its final match.
The 10-year-old club will cease operations and be replaced by an expansion club scheduled to launch in 2017.
As a result, MLS will be a 20-team league next year. Newcomers Orlando City and New York City FC will join the Eastern Conference while Sporting Kansas City and the Houston Dynamo.
In 2017, Atlanta and the new Los Angeles club will join the league, boosting membership to 22.
MLS plans to announce plans for LA2 on Thursday. As reported last month by SI.com, the new club will be owned by an investor group led by Vietnamese-American businessman Henry Nguyen. He’ll be joined by several minority partners, including Los Angeles Dodgers and Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber and Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan, among others.