The 2027–28 Major League Soccer season is the upcoming 33rd season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is also the 50th overall season of a national first-division men's soccer league in the United States overseen by the United States Soccer Federation. The league has 30 clubs that are divided into the Eastern and Western conferences, each with 15 teams.
The 2027–28 MLS season will be the first to use a summer–spring calendar following a shortened "sprint" 2027 season which allowed the league time to change to the new format. Following this change, Major League Soccer announced the lifting of the rule limiting teams to two non-league competitions per season. As a result, for the first time since 2023, all 27 US-based MLS teams will participate in the US Open Cup, with first-round matches being played in July 2027, just prior to the start of the 2027–28 season, as well as allowing for participation in Leagues Cup and CONCACAF Champions Cup.
All MLS matches during the regular season and playoffs are planned to be broadcast on Apple TV, an online streaming service operated by Apple Inc.
Background When MLS began play in 1996, they elected to follow a spring–winter schedule to avoid conflicts with the National Football League; in 1996, every MLS team played in NFL or college football stadiums. In late 2025, MLS owners voted to shift the MLS calendar away from the schedule they had adopted since the league began in 1996 to a summer–spring calendar to align with the top European soccer leagues. The shift was made to help MLS teams align with global transfer windows, avoid international breaks, and hold playoffs without calendar interruptions. MLS started surveying fans and owners in 2024 to gauge interest in the calendar shift, and on a vote by MLS ownership on November 13, 2025, they officially approved the calendar change.
Format The 2027–28 season, the first full-length MLS season since the 2026 Major League Soccer season, will start in July 2027 and run through April 2028; MLS Cup Playoffs and the MLS Cup final will be held in May 2028. As part of the new calendar, MLS will observe a midwinter break from mid-December 2027 through early February 2028; no league matches will be scheduled in January 2028.
Teams Stadiums and locations Etihad Park, the new home of New York City FC, is expected to open in time for the 2027–28 season.
Team Stadium Capacity Atlanta United FC Mercedes-Benz Stadium 42,500 Austin FC Q2 Stadium 20,738 CF Montréal Saputo Stadium 19,619 Charlotte FC Bank of America Stadium 38,000 Chicago Fire FC Soldier Field 24,955 Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061 Columbus Crew ScottsMiracle-Gro Field 20,011 D.C. United Audi Field 20,000 FC Cincinnati TQL Stadium 26,000 FC Dallas Toyota Stadium 20,500 Houston Dynamo FC Shell Energy Stadium 22,039 Inter Miami CF Nu Stadium 26,700 LA Galaxy Dignity Health Sports Park 27,000 Los Angeles FC BMO Stadium 22,000 Minnesota United FC Allianz Field 19,400 Nashville SC Geodis Park 30,000 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 20,000 New York City FC Etihad Park 25,000 New York Red Bulls Sports Illustrated Stadium 25,000 Orlando City SC Inter.co Stadium 25,500 Philadelphia Union Subaru Park 18,500 Portland Timbers Providence Park 25,218 Real Salt Lake America First Field 20,213 San Diego FC Snapdragon Stadium 35,000 San Jose Earthquakes PayPal Park 18,000 Seattle Sounders FC Lumen Field 37,722 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Park 18,467 St. Louis City SC Energizer Park 22,423 Toronto FC BMO Field 28,351 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place 22,120
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