The LA Galaxy, also known as the Los Angeles Galaxy, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), as a member of the Western Conference of the league.
 The club began play in 1996 as a charter team in the league.
The Laredo Honey Badgers were an American professional indoor soccer franchise based in Laredo, Texas.
 Founded in April 2013, the team was expected to make its debut in the Professional Arena Soccer League with the 2013–14 season but that launch was initially delayed until 2014 then cancelled after owner Judson Somerville suffered financial and legal setbacks.
 The team was to play its home games at the Laredo Energy Arena.
Seattle Sounders was an American professional soccer team founded in 1994 as a member of the American Professional Soccer League.
 In 1997, the team became a member of the USL First Division, the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid, until 2008, after which the majority of the team's staff and resources were directed to the new Major League Soccer franchise, Seattle Sounders FC.
Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional soccer franchise that competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS)' Western Conference.
 RSL began play in 2005 as an expansion team of the league.
 The club was founded in 2004 when the club's first owner and founder was awarded an expansion berth in Major League Soccer.
Los Angeles Football Club is an American professional expansion soccer franchise based in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
 The team plans to begin play in Major League Soccer (MLS) starting in 2018.
 The team was announced in October 2014.
Utah Blitzz was an American professional soccer team in based in Salt Lake City, Utah that played in the USL Pro Select League (later known as the USL Second Division).
 The club was founded in 2000 but folded following the 2004 season to make way for the Major League Soccer franchise, Real Salt Lake, to begin play in 2005.
 During its short existence the club was very successful, winning two league titles and finishing first or second in the Western Conference every season.
 The club played its home games at Rice-Eccles Stadium on the campus of the University of Utah.
Peter Bridgwater (7 March 1935 – 21 June 2005) was the first president of the San Jose Clash—later known as the San Jose Earthquakes—Major League Soccer franchise.
 Prior to arriving in the Bay Area, Bridgwater was an executive of the Vancouver Whitecaps franchise in the North American Soccer League.
 He had been involved with professional soccer in San Jose since 1984, when he was named general manager of the NASL's San Jose Earthquakes.
 Bridgwater purchased the Earthquakes later, but the NASL ceased operations in 1985.
 After the NASL went under, Bridgwater became a founder of the Western Soccer Alliance, which later became the USL First Division. "
Soccer America" called him "one of the men most responsible for keeping professional outdoor soccer alive [in the U.S.] after the collapse of the North American Soccer League".
 Bridgwater was also a venue director for the 1994 FIFA World Cup at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.
 Two years after the World Cup, the MLS was launched; Bridgwater served as the Clash's first president.
 He remained the general manager through the 1998 season, and played a role in having San Jose host matches for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C..
 The club was founded in 1995 as an inaugural Major League Soccer franchise, and began play in 1996.
 The club currently plays in MLS.
Overview of the 1990 American Professional Soccer League season.
 Although the Western Soccer League and the American Soccer League merged to form the American Professional Soccer League in 1990, the two leagues remained essentially independent leagues, linked by name alone.
 During this season, they ran separate regular season schedules with two different points systems.
 They each had their own playoff formats, had separate league MVPs and had their own All League teams.
 The first game between the two leagues came in September when the Maryland Bays of the American Soccer League defeated the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the Western Soccer League for the American Professional Soccer League championship.
Chris Klein (born January 4, 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former American soccer player who spent thirteen seasons in Major League Soccer and earned twenty three caps with the United States men's national soccer team.
 He is president of the LA Galaxy, promoted on Jan. 28, 2013, from vice president.

Question: What year did the American professional soccer franchise based in Carson, California whose president is Chris Klein begin to play?
Answer: 1996