Season | 2024 |
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Dates |
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Matches played | 125 |
Goals scored | 362 (2.9 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Cristian Arango (8 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Miami 5–0
Orlando (March 2) LAFC 5–0 Nashville (March 23) Seattle 5–0 Montréal (April 6) |
Biggest away win |
Chicago 0–4
Salt Lake (April 20) |
Highest scoring | 7 goals: Chicago 4–3 Montréal (March 16) Austin 4–3 San Jose (April 6) LA 4–3 San Jose (April 21) |
Longest winning run | 3 matches: Houston (March 16 – March 30) Philadelphia (March 23 – April 6) |
Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches: Philadelphia (February 24 – present) |
Longest winless run | 7 matches: Dallas (March 2 – present) |
Longest losing run | 4 matches: Dallas (March 2 – March 30) New England (February 24 – March 17) San Jose (March 30 – present) |
Highest attendance | 72,610 SKC 2-3 MIA (April 13) [1] |
Lowest attendance | 16,223 COL 1–1 NSH (March 2) |
Average attendance | 25,805 |
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2023
All statistics correct as of March 9, 2024. |
The 2024 Major League Soccer season (MLS 2024) is the ongoing 29th season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, and the 46th season overall of a national first-division league in the United States.
The league's 29 teams are divided into the Eastern and Western conferences. This is the first season since the 2016 season to have no new expansion teams joining MLS; San Diego FC is scheduled to join the league in 2025. [2] FC Cincinnati are the reigning Supporters' Shield holders; the Columbus Crew are the reigning MLS Cup champions. [3]
Pre-season matches ran from January 19 through February 17. [4] The regular season began on February 21 and is scheduled to end on October 19, with a pause from mid-July to mid-August for the 2024 Leagues Cup, which comprises all MLS and Liga MX teams. The 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs are scheduled to begin in October and conclude with MLS Cup 2024 on December 7. [5] MLS will only send 8 senior squads to the 2024 U.S. Open Cup as part of a compromise with the USSF that allows most teams to be represented by MLS Next Pro teams. [6]
This is the second season that Apple and MLS will be part of a ten-year partnership for the broadcast and streaming rights to all MLS and Leagues Cup games, as well as select MLS Next and MLS Next Pro games, on the MLS Season Pass service within the Apple TV app. [7]
Note: All teams use Adidas as universal kit manufacturer. As part of Apple's broadcast contract, all MLS kits will include Apple TV+ as a sleeve sponsor. [9]
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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Portland Timbers | Miles Joseph (interim) | End of interim period | November 6, 2023 | Pre-season | Phil Neville | November 6, 2023 [12] |
Charlotte FC | Christian Lattanzio | Mutual consent | November 8, 2023 [13] | Dean Smith | December 12, 2023 [14] | |
CF Montréal | Hernán Losada | November 9, 2023 [15] | Laurent Courtois | January 8, 2024 [16] | ||
New York Red Bulls | Troy Lesesne | End of contract | November 14, 2023 [17] | Sandro Schwarz | December 14, 2023 [18] | |
Colorado Rapids | Chris Little (interim) | End of interim period | November 17, 2023 | Chris Armas | November 17, 2023 [19] | |
Chicago Fire FC | Frank Klopas (interim) | December 5, 2023 | Frank Klopas | December 5, 2023 [20] | ||
Minnesota United FC | Sean McAuley (interim) | January 5, 2024 | Cameron Knowles (interim) | January 5, 2024 [21] | ||
D.C. United | Frédéric Brillant (interim) | January 10, 2024 | Troy Lesesne | January 10, 2024 [22] | ||
New England Revolution | Clint Peay (interim) | December 19, 2023 | Caleb Porter | December 19, 2023 [23] | ||
Minnesota United FC | Cameron Knowles (interim) | March 13, 2024 | 2nd in West, 3rd Overall | Eric Ramsay | March 13, 2024 [24] |
The regular season consists of 34 matches for each team, split evenly between home and away games. The opening match was played on February 21, the earliest in league history; the regular season will end with Decision Day on October 19, which will comprise simultaneous intra-conference matches. Matches will be paused from July 26 to August 25 for the 2024 Leagues Cup, a knockout tournament that includes teams from MLS and Liga MX. The league will not pause matches for the 2024 Copa América, which will be played in the United States from June to July. Most regular season matches will be played on Saturdays and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. local time. [25] [26]
The 29 teams are divided into two conferences: the Eastern and Western. The 15 teams in the East will play a round-robin format with intra-conference teams and six matches against six opponents from the West. The 14 teams in the West will play a round-robin with intra-conference teams, an additional one or two intra-conference matches, and six to seven matches against opponents from the East. [25] [27] The top nine teams in each conference will advance to the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs, which begin with a wild card round for the eighth and ninth placed teams and is followed by a best-of-three series that was introduced in 2023. The remaining matches are single-elimination and culminate with the MLS Cup final on December 7. [26] [28]
Several new rules were scheduled to be introduced for the 2024 season following trials in MLS Next Pro, including in-stadium announcements of video assistant referee decisions, a time limit for substitutions, and mandatory off-field checks for injured players. [29] These initiatives were postponed by MLS due to an ongoing labor dispute with the Professional Soccer Referees Association, who organized a lockout of their referees. [30] [31] Replacement referees from outside the union, including former officials and those from lower level leagues other than USL, were called in to officiate MLS matches. [32] [33] The referees' union and MLS reached an agreement in time for the regular referees to return to the field for Matchday 7, on March 30. [34]
The 2024 MLS All-Star Game will be played between the MLS All-Stars and the Liga MX All-Stars on July 24. [35]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Inter Miami CF | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 18 | Qualification for Round One and the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One |
2 | New York Red Bulls | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 16 | Qualification for Round One |
3 | FC Cincinnati | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 15 | |
4 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 14 | |
5 | Toronto FC | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 13 | |
6 | Philadelphia Union | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 13 | |
7 | Atlanta United FC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 11 | |
8 | New York City FC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 | Qualification for the Wild card round |
9 | Charlotte FC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 11 | |
10 | CF Montréal | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 11 | |
11 | D.C. United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 10 | |
12 | Orlando City SC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 9 | |
13 | Chicago Fire FC | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 9 | |
14 | Nashville SC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | |
15 | New England Revolution | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 18 | Qualification for Round One and the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One |
2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 16 | Qualification for Round One |
3 | Real Salt Lake | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 15 | |
4 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 15 | |
5 | Minnesota United FC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 14 | |
6 | Houston Dynamo FC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 13 | |
7 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 12 | |
8 | Austin FC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 12 | Qualification for the Wild card round |
9 | St. Louis City SC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 12 | |
10 | Sporting Kansas City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 11 | |
11 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 10 | |
12 | Seattle Sounders FC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
13 | FC Dallas | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | |
14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 3 |
The leading team in this table will win the Supporters' Shield.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Inter Miami CF | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 18 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One [a] |
2 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 18 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One [b] |
3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 16 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One [c] |
4 | New York Red Bulls | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 16 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One [d] |
5 | Real Salt Lake | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 15 | Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 [e] |
6 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 15 | |
7 | FC Cincinnati | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 15 | |
8 | Minnesota United FC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 14 | |
9 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 14 | |
10 | Houston Dynamo FC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 13 | |
11 | Toronto FC | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 13 | |
12 | Philadelphia Union | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 13 | |
13 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 12 | |
14 | Austin FC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 12 | |
15 | St. Louis City SC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 12 | |
16 | Atlanta United FC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 11 | |
17 | New York City FC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 | |
18 | Charlotte FC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 11 | |
19 | CF Montréal | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 11 | |
20 | Sporting Kansas City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 11 | |
21 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 10 | |
22 | D.C. United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 10 | |
23 | Orlando City SC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 9 | |
24 | Chicago Fire FC | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 9 | |
25 | Nashville SC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | |
26 | Seattle Sounders FC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
27 | FC Dallas | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | |
28 | New England Revolution | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | |
29 | San Jose Earthquakes | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 3 |
MLS All-Stars | v | Liga MX All-Stars |
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The United States will be the host country for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. MLS clubs can qualify as a host nation club; however, the criteria for selection has not been announced. MLS clubs may also qualify through play in the 2021–2024 editions of the CONCACAF Champions Cup/CONCACAF Champions League.
Seattle Sounders FC are qualified as the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League winners. [36] If C.F. Monterrey is the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup champion, the Philadelphia Union will qualify as the highest-ranked non-champion in CONCACAF club rankings from outside of Mexico due to the two-team cap per country. [37]
Rank | Team | GP | Cumulative | High | Low | Mean |
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1 | Charlotte FC | 1 | 62,291 | 62,291 | 62,291 | 62,291 |
2 | Nashville SC | 1 | 30,109 | 30,109 | 30,109 | 30,109 |
3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 1 | 30,067 | 30,067 | 30,067 | 30,067 |
4 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 29,624 | 29,624 | 29,624 | 29,624 |
5 | New England Revolution | 1 | 29,293 | 29,293 | 29,293 | 29,293 |
6 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 27,642 | 27,642 | 27,642 | 27,642 |
7 | Chicago Fire FC | 1 | 26,592 | 26,592 | 26,592 | 26,592 |
8 | FC Cincinnati | 1 | 25,513 | 25,513 | 25,513 | 25,513 |
9 | Orlando City SC | 1 | 24,249 | 24,249 | 24,249 | 24,249 |
10 | St. Louis City SC | 2 | 44,846 | 22,423 | 22,423 | 22,423 |
11 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 22,214 | 22,214 | 22,214 | 22,214 |
12 | Inter Miami CF | 2 | 42,489 | 21,352 | 21,137 | 21,245 |
13 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 41,632 | 21,411 | 20,221 | 20,816 |
14 | Austin FC | 1 | 20,738 | 20,738 | 20,738 | 20,738 |
15 | Columbus Crew | 1 | 20,406 | 20,406 | 20,406 | 20,406 |
16 | Sporting Kansas City | 1 | 19,942 | 19,942 | 19,942 | 19,942 |
17 | Minnesota United FC | 1 | 19,906 | 19,906 | 19,906 | 19,906 |
18 | Real Salt Lake | 1 | 19,509 | 19,509 | 19,509 | 19,509 |
19 | D.C. United | 1 | 19,215 | 19,215 | 19,215 | 19,215 |
20 | FC Dallas | 2 | 38,192 | 19,096 | 19,096 | 19,096 |
21 | Philadelphia Union | 1 | 18,734 | 18,734 | 18,734 | 18,734 |
22 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 |
23 | Houston Dynamo FC | 2 | 35,334 | 18,818 | 16,516 | 17,667 |
24 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | 16,223 | 16,223 | 16,223 | 16,223 |
25 | Atlanta United FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | CF Montréal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | New York City FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | New York Red Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Toronto FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 29 | 682,760 | 62,291 | 15,516 | 23,543 |
Regular season
Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Matchday | Stadium | Ref. |
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1 | Sporting Kansas City | 2–3 | Inter Miami CF | 72,610 | April 13, 2024 | 9 | Arrowhead Stadium | [1] |
2 | Atlanta United FC | 4–1 | New England Revolution | 67,727 | March 9, 2024 | 4 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | [38] |
3 | Charlotte FC | 1–0 | New York City FC | 62,291 | February 24, 2024 | 2 | Bank of America Stadium | [39] |
4 | Atlanta United FC | 2–2 | Philadelphia Union | 42,763 | April 14, 2024 | 9 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | [40] |
5 | Atlanta United FC | 2–0 | Orlando City SC | 42,631 | March 17, 2024 | 5 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | [41] |
6 | Atlanta United FC | 1–2 | FC Cincinnati | 42,600 | April 20, 2024 | 10 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | [42] |
7 | Atlanta United FC | 3–0 | Chicago Fire FC | 42,525 | March 31, 2024 | 7 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | [43] |
8 | Charlotte FC | 3–2 | Toronto FC | 31,414 | April 13, 2024 | 9 | Bank of America Stadium | [44] |
9 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 30,550 | April 20, 2024 | 10 | Lumen Field | [45] |
10 | Nashville SC | 0–0 | New York Red Bulls | 30,109 | February 25, 2024 | 2 | Geodis Park | [46] |
Source: [47]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [48] |
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1 | Cristian Arango | Real Salt Lake | 8 |
2 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami CF | 7 |
3 | Christian Benteke | D.C. United | 6 |
Dejan Joveljić | LA Galaxy | ||
Lewis Morgan | New York Red Bulls | ||
Luis Suárez | Inter Miami CF | ||
7 | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | 5 |
Giorgos Giakoumakis | Atlanta United FC | ||
9 | 12 players | 4 |
Player | For | Against | Score | Date |
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Christian Benteke | D.C. United | New England Revolution | 3–1 (H) | February 24, 2024 |
Giorgos Giakoumakis | Atlanta United FC | New England Revolution | 4–1 (H) | March 9, 2024 |
Lewis Morgan | New York Red Bulls | Inter Miami CF | 4–0 (H) | March 23, 2024 |
Cristian Arango | Real Salt Lake | St. Louis City SC | 3–1 (H) | March 30, 2024 |
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Goal of the Matchday | |||
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Matchday | Player | Club | Ref. |
1+2 | Mateusz Bogusz | Los Angeles FC | [69] |
3 | Lorenzo Insigne | Toronto FC | [70] |
4 | [71] | ||
5 | Joakim Nilsson | St. Louis City SC | [72] |
6 | Ashley Westwood | Charlotte FC | [73] |
7 | Aníbal Godoy | Nashville SC | [74] |
8 | Raúl Ruidíaz | Seattle Sounders FC | [75] |
9 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami CF | [76] |
10 | Célio Pompeu | St. Louis City SC | [77] |
Month | Player | Club | Stats | Ref. |
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February/March | Luis Suárez | Inter Miami CF | 7 matches played, 5 goals, 3 assists | [78] |
April |