Major League Soccer Toronto Likely to Get Expansion Team At league meetings next weekend before the championship game , M.L.S . is expected to award its 13th franchise to Toronto and an ownership group led by Richard Peddie , the chief executive of the company that owns the Maple Leafs of the N.H.L . and the Raptors of the N.B.A . Government officials in Canada last week approved financing for a new stadium . ''