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A seven-week break is built into next year’s Major League Soccer calendar to permit players to compete in the World Cup.

With the expanded 48-team format, the 2026 World Cup will be the largest in history. A total of 104 matches will be played, a ...

MLS’s last full season under its current spring-to-fall calendar configuration will be a unique one as the league looks to draft off the excitement around the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup in North ...

FC Cincinnati will begin its 34-game regular season schedule on Feb. 21 against Atlanta United FC at TQL Stadium. Major ...

Next season will be MLS's last before switching to a summer-to-spring schedule but there are still notable changes ...

MLS will pause after matches on May 24 and return to action on July 16, three days before the World Cup final at MetLife ...

The MLS' calendar change in 2027 could affect ticket sales in cold-weather markets like Real Salt Lake in Utah. Kelvin Kuo / USA Today Major League Soccer on Thursday made what commissioner Don Garber ...

Making the MLS games more accessible also comes as the U.S. hosts the World Cup next year and the league switches to a new calendar.

Fans fill the concourse before a friendly match between Bayer Leverkusen and St. Louis City SC’s City2 on Nov. 16, 2022, at CityPark (now Energizer Park). From just about the beginning, cold weather ...

Son Heung-Min #7 of the Los Angeles Football Club reacts after scoring a goal against Real Salt Lake during the first half of their game at America First Field on September 17, 2025 in Sandy, Utah.

Major League Soccer’s owners have voted to shift the league calendar to align with Europe’s top leagues and FIFA’s international calendar beginning in 2027, with MLS moving to a July-to-May schedule.