2024 Major League Soccer season

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Major League Soccer
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Season 2024
Dates
  • February 21 – October 19
    (regular season)
  • October – December 7
    (playoffs)
Matches played125
Goals scored362 (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 scoring7 goals:
Chicago 4–3 Montréal
(March 16)
Austin 4–3 San Jose
(April 6)
LA 4–3 San Jose
(April 21)
Longest winning run3 matches:
Houston
(March 16 – March 30)
Philadelphia
(March 23 – April 6)
Longest unbeaten run7 matches:
Philadelphia
(February 24 – present)
Longest winless run7 matches:
Dallas
(March 2 – present)
Longest losing run4 matches:
Dallas
(March 2 – March 30)
New England
(February 24 – March 17)
San Jose
(March 30 – present)
Highest attendance72,610
SKC 2-3 MIA (April 13) [1]
Lowest attendance16,223
COL 1–1 NSH (March 2)
Average attendance25,805
← 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.

Contents

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]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
Atlanta United FC Mercedes-Benz Stadium [A] 42,500
Austin FC Q2 Stadium 20,738
Charlotte FC Bank of America Stadium [A] 38,000 [8]
Chicago Fire FC Soldier Field [A] 24,955
FC Cincinnati TQL Stadium 26,000
Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061
Columbus Crew Lower.com Field 20,011
FC Dallas Toyota Stadium 20,500
D.C. United Audi Field 20,000
Houston Dynamo FC Shell Energy Stadium 22,039
LA Galaxy Dignity Health Sports Park 27,000
Los Angeles FC BMO Stadium 22,000
Minnesota United FC Allianz Field 19,400
Inter Miami CF Chase Stadium [B] 21,550
CF Montréal Saputo Stadium 19,619
Nashville SC Geodis Park 30,000
New England Revolution Gillette Stadium [A] 20,000
New York City FC Yankee Stadium [A]
Citi Field [A] 		28,743
41,992
New York Red Bulls Red Bull Arena 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 Jose Earthquakes PayPal Park 18,000
Seattle Sounders FC Lumen Field [A] 37,722
Sporting Kansas City Children's Mercy Park 18,467
St. Louis City SC CityPark 22,500
Toronto FC BMO Field 28,351
Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place [A] 22,120
  1. ^
    Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity. Capacity may be increased to full capacity if demand requires.
  2. ^
    Temporary stadium.

Personnel and sponsorships

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]

TeamHead coachCaptainShirt sponsorSleeve sponsor
Atlanta United FC Flag of Mexico.svg Gonzalo Pineda Flag of the United States.svg Brad Guzan American Family Insurance Piedmont Hospital
Austin FC Flag of the United States.svg Josh Wolff Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Driussi Yeti Netspend
Charlotte FC Flag of England.svg Dean Smith Flag of England.svg Ashley Westwood Ally Centene
Chicago Fire FC Flag of the United States.svg Frank Klopas Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Xherdan Shaqiri Carvana [10] —
FC Cincinnati Flag of the United States.svg Pat Noonan Flag of Argentina.svg Luciano Acosta Mercy Health Kroger
Colorado Rapids Flag of the United States.svg Chris Armas Flag of the United States.svg Keegan Rosenberry UCHealth —
Columbus Crew Flag of France.svg Wilfried Nancy Flag of the United States.svg Darlington Nagbe Nationwide Tipico
FC Dallas Flag of Spain.svg Nico Estévez Flag of the United States.svg Paul Arriola Children's Health (home)
UT Southwestern (away)		—
D.C. United Flag of the United States.svg Troy Lesesne Flag of the United States.svg Steve Birnbaum Guidehouse The Fruitist
Houston Dynamo FC Flag of the United States.svg Ben Olsen Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Herrera MD Anderson —
Inter Miami CF Flag of Argentina.svg Gerardo Martino Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi Royal Caribbean Fracht Group
LA Galaxy Flag of the United States.svg Greg Vanney Flag of Japan.svg Maya Yoshida Herbalife —
Los Angeles FC Flag of the United States.svg Steve Cherundolo Flag of Spain.svg Ilie Sánchez BMO Bank Ford
Minnesota United FC Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Eric Ramsay Flag of the United States.svg Wil Trapp Target Allianz
CF Montréal Flag of France.svg Laurent Courtois Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Piette Bank of Montreal Telus
Nashville SC Flag of England.svg Gary Smith Flag of the United States.svg Walker Zimmerman Renasant Bank Hyundai
New England Revolution Flag of the United States.svg Caleb Porter Flag of Spain.svg Carles Gil UnitedHealth Santander
New York City FC Flag of England.svg Nick Cushing Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Martins Etihad Airways Capital Rx
New York Red Bulls Flag of Germany.svg Sandro Schwarz Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Forsberg Red Bull OANDA
Orlando City SC Flag of Colombia.svg Óscar Pareja Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Jansson Orlando Health Exploria
Philadelphia Union Flag of the United States.svg Jim Curtin Flag of the United States.svg Alejandro Bedoya Bimbo Bakeries USA Independence Blue Cross
Portland Timbers Flag of England.svg Phil Neville Flag of Colombia.svg Diego Chará DaBella (1 game) [11]
None (rest of season)		 TikTok
Real Salt Lake Flag of the United States.svg Pablo Mastroeni Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Arango Select Health Intermountain Health
San Jose Earthquakes Flag of the United States.svg Luchi Gonzalez Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Yueill Intermedia PayPal
Seattle Sounders FC Flag of the United States.svg Brian Schmetzer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Providence Emerald Queen Casino
Sporting Kansas City Flag of the United States.svg Peter Vermes Flag of Scotland.svg Johnny Russell Compass Minerals —
St. Louis City SC Flag of South Africa.svg Bradley Carnell Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Bürki Purina BJC HealthCare
Toronto FC Flag of England.svg John Herdman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Osorio Bank of Montreal GE Appliances
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Flag of Italy.svg Vanni Sartini Flag of Scotland.svg Ryan Gauld Telus —

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of appointment
Portland Timbers Flag of the United States.svg Miles Joseph (interim)End of interim periodNovember 6, 2023Pre-season Flag of England.svg Phil Neville November 6, 2023 [12]
Charlotte FC Flag of Italy.svg Christian Lattanzio Mutual consentNovember 8, 2023 [13] Flag of England.svg Dean Smith December 12, 2023 [14]
CF Montréal Flag of Argentina.svg Hernán Losada November 9, 2023 [15] Flag of France.svg Laurent Courtois January 8, 2024 [16]
New York Red Bulls Flag of the United States.svg Troy Lesesne End of contractNovember 14, 2023 [17] Flag of Germany.svg Sandro Schwarz December 14, 2023 [18]
Colorado Rapids Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Little (interim)End of interim periodNovember 17, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Armas November 17, 2023 [19]
Chicago Fire FC Flag of the United States.svg Frank Klopas (interim)December 5, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Klopas December 5, 2023 [20]
Minnesota United FC Flag of England.svg Sean McAuley (interim)January 5, 2024 Flag of New Zealand.svg Cameron Knowles (interim)January 5, 2024 [21]
D.C. United Flag of France.svg Frédéric Brillant (interim)January 10, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg Troy Lesesne January 10, 2024 [22]
New England Revolution Flag of the United States.svg Clint Peay (interim)December 19, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Caleb Porter December 19, 2023 [23]
Minnesota United FC Flag of New Zealand.svg Cameron Knowles (interim)March 13, 20242nd in West, 3rd Overall Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Eric Ramsay March 13, 2024 [24]

Regular season

Format

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]

Conference standings

MLS Eastern Conference table (2024)
PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Inter Miami CF 105232215+718Qualification for Round One and the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One
2 New York Red Bulls 9414139+416Qualification for Round One
3 FC Cincinnati 9423108+215
4 Columbus Crew 9315129+314
5 Toronto FC 9441912−313
6 Philadelphia Union 7304149+513
7 Atlanta United FC 8332139+411
8 New York City FC 934299011Qualification for the Wild card round
9 Charlotte FC 9342911−211
10 CF Montréal 83321216−411
11 D.C. United 92341214−210
12 Orlando City SC 82331015−59
13 Chicago Fire FC 92431118−79
14 Nashville SC 8134916−77
15 New England Revolution 8161514−94
Updated to match(es) played on April 21, 2024. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
MLS Western Conference table (2024)
PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 LA Galaxy 95132115+618Qualification for Round One and the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8521179+816Qualification for Round One
3 Real Salt Lake 9423158+715
4 Colorado Rapids 94231513+215
5 Minnesota United FC 8422139+414
6 Houston Dynamo FC 843198+113
7 Los Angeles FC 93331514+112
8 Austin FC 93331213−112Qualification for the Wild card round
9 St. Louis City SC 92161514+112
10 Sporting Kansas City 92251716+111
11 Portland Timbers 92341818010
12 Seattle Sounders FC 81439906
13 FC Dallas 8152712−55
14 San Jose Earthquakes 91801324−113
Updated to match(es) played on April 21, 2024. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall table

The leading team in this table will win the Supporters' Shield.

Overall MLS standings table
PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPts
1 Inter Miami CF 105232215+718
2 LA Galaxy 95132115+618
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8521179+816
4 New York Red Bulls 9414139+416
5 Real Salt Lake 9423158+715
6 Colorado Rapids 94231513+215
7 FC Cincinnati 9423108+215
8 Minnesota United FC 8422139+414
9 Columbus Crew 9315129+314
10 Houston Dynamo FC 843198+113
11 Toronto FC 9441912−313
12 Philadelphia Union 7304149+513
13 Los Angeles FC 93331514+112
14 Austin FC 93331213−112
15 St. Louis City SC 92161514+112
16 Atlanta United FC 8332139+411
17 New York City FC 934299011
18 Charlotte FC 9342911−211
19 CF Montréal 83321216−411
20 Sporting Kansas City 92251716+111
21 Portland Timbers 92341818010
22 D.C. United 92341214−210
23 Orlando City SC 82331015−59
24 Chicago Fire FC 92431118−79
25 Nashville SC 8134916−77
26 Seattle Sounders FC 81439906
27 FC Dallas 8152712−55
28 New England Revolution 8161514−94
29 San Jose Earthquakes 91801324−113
Updated to match(es) played on April 21, 2024. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

MLS All-Star Game

MLS All-Stars Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg v Flag of Mexico.svg Liga MX All-Stars
Lower.com Field, Columbus, Ohio [35]

2025 FIFA Club World Cup

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]

Attendance

Average home attendances

As of March 3, 2024
RankTeamGPCumulativeHighLowMean
1 Charlotte FC 162,29162,29162,29162,291
2 Nashville SC 130,10930,10930,10930,109
3 Seattle Sounders FC 130,06730,06730,06730,067
4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 129,62429,62429,62429,624
5 New England Revolution 129,29329,29329,29329,293
6 LA Galaxy 127,64227,64227,64227,642
7 Chicago Fire FC 126,59226,59226,59226,592
8 FC Cincinnati 125,51325,51325,51325,513
9 Orlando City SC 124,24924,24924,24924,249
10 St. Louis City SC 244,84622,42322,42322,423
11 Los Angeles FC 122,21422,21422,21422,214
12 Inter Miami CF 242,48921,35221,13721,245
13 Portland Timbers 241,63221,41120,22120,816
14 Austin FC 120,73820,73820,73820,738
15 Columbus Crew 120,40620,40620,40620,406
16 Sporting Kansas City 119,94219,94219,94219,942
17 Minnesota United FC 119,90619,90619,90619,906
18 Real Salt Lake 119,50919,50919,50919,509
19 D.C. United 119,21519,21519,21519,215
20 FC Dallas 238,19219,09619,09619,096
21 Philadelphia Union 118,73418,73418,73418,734
22 San Jose Earthquakes 118,00018,00018,00018,000
23 Houston Dynamo FC 235,33418,81816,51617,667
24 Colorado Rapids 116,22316,22316,22316,223
25 Atlanta United FC 00000
26 CF Montréal 00000
27 New York City FC 00000
28 New York Red Bulls 00000
29 Toronto FC 00000
Total29682,76062,29115,51623,543

Highest attendances

Regular season

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateMatchdayStadiumRef.
1Sporting Kansas City2–3Inter Miami CF72,610April 13, 20249 Arrowhead Stadium [1]
2Atlanta United FC4–1New England Revolution67,727March 9, 20244 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [38]
3Charlotte FC1–0New York City FC62,291February 24, 20242 Bank of America Stadium [39]
4Atlanta United FC2–2Philadelphia Union42,763April 14, 20249Mercedes-Benz Stadium [40]
5Atlanta United FC2–0Orlando City SC42,631March 17, 20245Mercedes-Benz Stadium [41]
6Atlanta United FC1–2FC Cincinnati42,600April 20, 202410Mercedes-Benz Stadium [42]
7Atlanta United FC3–0Chicago Fire FC42,525March 31, 20247Mercedes-Benz Stadium [43]
8Charlotte FC3–2Toronto FC31,414April 13, 20249Bank of America Stadium [44]
9Seattle Sounders FC0–2Vancouver Whitecaps FC30,550April 20, 202410 Lumen Field [45]
10Nashville SC0–0New York Red Bulls30,109February 25, 20242 Geodis Park [46]

Player statistics

As of April 21, 2024

Source: [47]

Goals

RankPlayerClubGoals [48]
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Arango Real Salt Lake 8
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF 7
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christian Benteke D.C. United 6
Flag of Serbia.svg Dejan Joveljić LA Galaxy
Flag of Scotland.svg Lewis Morgan New York Red Bulls
Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez Inter Miami CF
7 Flag of Gabon.svg Denis Bouanga Los Angeles FC 5
Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Giakoumakis Atlanta United FC
912 players4

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstScoreDate
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christian Benteke D.C. United New England Revolution 3–1 (H)February 24, 2024
Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Giakoumakis Atlanta United FC New England Revolution4–1 (H)March 9, 2024
Flag of Scotland.svg Lewis Morgan New York Red Bulls Inter Miami CF 4–0 (H)March 23, 2024
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Arango Real Salt Lake St. Louis City SC 3–1 (H)March 30, 2024
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists [49]
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Arango Real Salt Lake 6
Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dante Vanzeir New York Red Bulls
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Luciano Acosta FC Cincinnati 5
Flag of Argentina.svg Cristian Espinoza San Jose Earthquakes
Flag of Paraguay.svg Diego Gómez Inter Miami CF
Flag of the United States.svg Julian Gressel
Flag of Finland.svg Robin Lod Minnesota United FC
Flag of the United States.svg Diego Luna Real Salt Lake
Flag of Colombia.svg Santiago Moreno Portland Timbers
Flag of Spain.svg Riqui Puig LA Galaxy

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets [50]
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Bürki St. Louis City SC 3
Flag of the United States.svg Roman Celentano FC Cincinnati
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Johnson Toronto FC
Flag of Japan.svg Yohei Takaoka Vancouver Whitecaps FC
5 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Bono D.C. United 2
Flag of the United States.svg Drake Callender Inter Miami CF
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Clark Houston Dynamo FC
Flag of Paraguay.svg Carlos Coronel New York Red Bulls
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Freese New York City FC
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Luka Gavran Toronto FC
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Guzan Atlanta United FC
Flag of Croatia.svg Kristijan Kahlina Charlotte FC
Flag of France.svg Hugo Lloris Los Angeles FC
Flag of the United States.svg Zac MacMath Real Salt Lake
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maarten Paes FC Dallas
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dayne St. Clair Minnesota United FC
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Schulte Columbus Crew
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Stuver Austin FC

Awards

Team/Player of the Matchday

Goal of the Matchday

Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClubStatsRef.
February/March Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez Inter Miami CF 7 matches played, 5 goals, 3 assists [78]
April

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