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| Season | 2026 |
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| Teams | 30 |
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The2026 Major League Soccer season is the upcoming 31st season ofMajor League Soccer (MLS), the top professionalsoccer league in the United States and Canada. It is also the 48th overall season of a national first-division men's soccer league in the United States sanctioned by theUnited States Soccer Federation. The league has 30 clubs that are divided into theEastern andWestern conferences, which each have 15 teams.
The regular season is scheduled to run from February 21 to November 7 with 34 matches for each team, primarily against opponents in the same conference. A six-week break from May 25 to July 16 is planned for the2026 FIFA World Cup, which is being hosted in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The playoffs are scheduled to be played during an uninterrupted period in November and December that culminates inMLS Cup 2026, the league's postseason championship.[1] The 2026 season be the final full season played under the spring–autumn format, as MLS plans to transition to a autumn–spring format beginning with the2027–28 season. A shortened season with 14 matches is scheduled to be played in early 2027.[2]
All MLS matches during the regular season and playoffs are planned to be broadcast onApple TV, an online streaming service operated byApple Inc. It replaces Apple's previous league streaming service,MLS Season Pass, which had a separate subscription fee and was used from 2023 to 2025.[3]