Mls Reveals 2026 Schedule Featuring Two-month Break For World Cup

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play a Major League Soccer lucifer successful their caller stadium for nan first clip connected 4 April, 1 of nan highlights of nan league’s schedule that was revealed Thursday.

The 2026 MLS regular play starts 21 February and runs done 7 November. It’ll beryllium nan past play successful nan February-to-November model, pinch a shortened play planned for 2027 and past nan new summer-to-spring calendar for nan 2027-28 run to person align pinch different world leagues.

Inter Miami will unfastened nan play pinch 5 consecutive roadworthy matches, which presumably will let for nan finishing touches to beryllium made to Miami Freedom Park – nan team’s still-under-construction location adjacent Miami International Airport. It’s not clear yet if location will beryllium preseason aliases different matches astatine nan stadium earlier nan 4 April date.

The location opener for Inter Miami will beryllium against Austin FC, a 7.30 p.m. commencement wrong nan caller 25,000-seat stadium. Messi signed a three-year hold successful caller weeks to stay pinch nan squad into 2028 and getting that woody done guaranteed that he – arsenic nan squad agelong hoped – will beryllium location for nan commencement of their tally astatine nan caller facility.

Miami Freedom Park’s opening will commencement a planned tally of 3 caller MLS stadiums successful a three-season span, pinch New York City FC’s Etihad Park group to unfastened successful 2027 and a caller downtown stadium for Chicago Fire slated to unfastened successful 2028.

There will beryllium a astir two-month break for nan 2026 World Cup, pinch nary matches scheduled betwixt 25 May and 16 July.

Among nan last pre-break matches: a double-header connected Fox connected 24 May pinch Inter Miami facing Philadelphia followed by LAFC against Seattle.

The MLS play will resume soon earlier nan extremity of nan World Cup; MLS has immoderate rivalry games scheduled for 16 and 17 July, anterior to nan third-place lucifer connected 18 July and nan World Cup last connected 19 July.

All 510 MLS regular play matches adjacent play will beryllium disposable connected Apple TV successful much than 100 countries and regions, pinch nary blackouts and – successful a alteration – nary further subscription required. Some MLS matches will besides beryllium disposable connected Fox networks successful nan US, on pinch TSN and RDS successful Canada.

There will beryllium 15 matches connected nan season’s opening weekend, 21 and 22 February. Among them: St Louis City playing big to Charlotte FC connected 21 February, earlier FC Cincinnati takes connected Atlanta United successful nan return of coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino.

Also that night: Messi and Inter Miami unfastened nan play against LAFC astatine nan iconic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Among nan 22 February slate: LA Galaxy hosting New York City FC for Sunday Night Soccer connected Apple TV, followed by nan Seattle Sounders FC and Colorado Rapids playing connected FS1.

The MLS All-Star Game will beryllium successful Charlotte connected 29 July, 1 time aft nan skills challenge. The force for nan MLS All-Star Game has yet to beryllium announced.

The convention will observe Fifa’s November model earlier opening nan playoffs, which will let for nan postseason to tally without interruption starting 18 November.

The convention has not revealed nan afloat postseason schedule.