2027–28 Major League Soccer season
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- July 2027 - April 2028
(regular season) - May 2028
(playoffs)
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| Season | 2027–28 |
|---|---|
| Dates |
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| Teams | 30 |
← 2027 2028–2029 →
All statistics correct as of April 29, 2026. | |
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 follow the European Summer-to-Spring calendar following a shortened "sprint" 2027 Major League Soccer season which allowed the league time to change to the new format.
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.[1]
When MLS began play in 1996, they elected to follow a Spring-to-Winter schedule to avoid conflicts with the National Football League; in 1996, every MLS team played in NFL stadiums.[2][a] 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-to-Spring calendar to align with the top European soccer leagues.[3][4] The shift was made to help MLS teams align with global transfer windows, avoid international breaks, and hold playoffs without calendar interruptions.[4] 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[5]
