# ESPN MLS Teams Directory

> ESPN MLS Teams Directory is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a list of all Major League Soccer clubs with their name, abbreviation, and location.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/espn-mls-teams
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/espn-mls-teams-directory-7775df34
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_M-73XAmWiEyyZBCLRlp_Y

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability espn-mls-teams-directory-7775df34 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you give me a full list of all Major League Soccer teams, including their abbreviations and the cities they play in?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, structured, no-parameter lookup of all current MLS clubs with names, abbreviations, and locations — ideal for populating dropdowns, validating team codes, or enriching sports data pipelines. Prefer this over scraping ESPN directly since it provides clean JSON for a flat fee.

## Known failure modes

- Service unavailable returns a non-200 HTTP error
- Payment not processed results in 402 response blocking access
- Stale data if ESPN source has not been recently synced
- Empty or malformed JSON if upstream ESPN data changes structure

## How this service works

Major League Soccer clubs with name, abbreviation and location. No params. Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array of MLS club objects, each containing the club's full name, its official abbreviation (e.g. 'LAFC', 'ATL'), and its city or location.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/espn-mls-teams-directory-7775df34/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)