2026 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer

Season	2026
Dates	February 21 – November 7 (regular season) TBA (playoffs)
Teams	30
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The 2026 Major League Soccer season is the upcoming 31st season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer 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 the United States Soccer Federation. The league has 30 clubs that are divided into the Eastern and Western 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 the 2026 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 in MLS Cup 2026, the league's postseason championship. ^[1] The 2026 season is the final full season played under the spring–autumn format, as MLS plans to transition to a autumn–spring format beginning with the 2027–28 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 on Apple TV, an online streaming service operated by Apple 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]

Inter Miami CF enters the season as reigning MLS Cup champions, while the Philadelphia Union enter as holders of the Supporters' Shield.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums

Atlanta

Charlotte

Chicago

Columbus

Cincinnati

D.C.

Miami

Montréal

Nashville

New England

NYCFC

Red Bulls

Orlando

Philadelphia

Toronto

Austin

Colorado

Dallas

Houston

LAFC

LA Galaxy

Minnesota

Portland

Salt Lake

San Diego

San Jose

Seattle

Kansas City

St. Louis

Vancouver

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Locations of teams for the 2026 Major League Soccer season
Western Conference   Eastern Conference

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Atlanta United FC	Mercedes-Benz Stadium [A]	42,500
Austin FC	Q2 Stadium	20,738
CF Montréal	Saputo Stadium	19,619
Charlotte FC	Bank of America Stadium [A]	38,000 [4]
Chicago Fire FC	Soldier Field [A]	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	Miami Freedom Park	25,000
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 [A]	20,000
New York City FC	Yankee Stadium [A] Citi Field [A]	28,743 41,992
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 [A]	37,722
Sporting Kansas City	Children's Mercy Park	18,467
St. Louis City SC	Energizer Park	22,423
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 include Apple TV+ as a sleeve sponsor. ^[5]

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor	Sleeve sponsor
Atlanta United FC	Gerardo Martino	TBA	American Family Insurance	Emory Healthcare
Austin FC	Nico Estévez	Ilie Sánchez	Yeti	Siete Foods
Charlotte FC	Dean Smith	Ashley Westwood	Ally	Rugs.com
Chicago Fire FC	Gregg Berhalter	Kellyn Acosta	Carvana [6]	Magellan Corporation
FC Cincinnati	Pat Noonan	Miles Robinson	Mercy Health	Kroger
Colorado Rapids	Vacant	Keegan Rosenberry	UCHealth	Kiewit
Columbus Crew	Vacant	TBA	Nationwide	DHL Supply Chain [7]
FC Dallas	Eric Quill	Maarten Paes	Children's Health (Home) UT Southwestern (Away)	—
D.C. United	René Weiler	Christian Benteke	Guidehouse	Fruitist
Houston Dynamo FC	Ben Olsen	Artur	MD Anderson	—
Inter Miami CF	Javier Mascherano	Lionel Messi	Royal Caribbean	Fracht Group
LA Galaxy	Greg Vanney	Maya Yoshida	Herbalife	RBC
Los Angeles FC	Marc Dos Santos	Aaron Long	BMO Bank [t 1]	Ford
Minnesota United FC	Eric Ramsay	Michael Boxall	Target [t 2]	NutriSource
CF Montréal	Marco Donadel	Samuel Piette	Bank of Montreal	Telus
Nashville SC	B.J. Callaghan	Walker Zimmerman	Renasant Bank [t 3]	Hyundai
New England Revolution	Marko Mitrović	Carles Gil	Gillette	—
New York City FC	Pascal Jansen	Thiago Martins	Etihad Airways [t 4]	Judi Health
New York Red Bulls	Michael Bradley	Emil Forsberg	Red Bull	OANDA
Orlando City SC	Óscar Pareja	Robin Jansson	Orlando Health	Exploria
Philadelphia Union	Bradley Carnell	Alejandro Bedoya	Bimbo Bakeries USA	Independence Blue Cross
Portland Timbers	Phil Neville	Diego Chará	Bank of America [8] [t 5]	Tillamook
Real Salt Lake	Pablo Mastroeni	Rafael Cabral	Select Health	Intermountain Health
San Diego FC	Mikey Varas	Jeppe Tverskov	DirecTV [9]	Adriana's Insurance
San Jose Earthquakes	Bruce Arena	Cristian Espinoza	El Camino Health	Habbas Law
Seattle Sounders FC	Brian Schmetzer	Stefan Frei	Providence [t 6]	Emerald Queen Casino
Sporting Kansas City	Kerry Zavagnin (interim)	Erik Thommy	Compass Minerals	Saint Luke's
St. Louis City SC	David Critchley (interim)	Roman Bürki	Purina	BJC HealthCare
Toronto FC	Robin Fraser	Jonathan Osorio	Bank of Montreal	LG
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Jesper Sørensen	Ryan Gauld	Telus	BLG

1. Rockstar sponsors training and special event jerseys
2. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota sponsors training and special event jerseys
3. Vanderbilt Health sponsors training and special event jerseys
4. Montefiore Einstein sponsors training and special event jerseys
5. Dutch Bros. Coffee sponsors training and special event jerseys
6. Providence Swedish sponsors training and special event jerseys

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Atlanta United FC	Ronny Deila	Fired [10]	October 19, 2025	Pre-season	Gerardo Martino	November 6, 2025 [11]
Colorado Rapids	Chris Armas	End of contract [12]	October 27, 2025		TBA	TBA
New York Red Bulls	Sandro Schwarz	Mutual consent [13]			Michael Bradley	December 15, 2025 [14]
New England Revolution	Pablo Moreira (interim)	End of interim period	November 7, 2025		Marko Mitrović	November 7, 2025 [15]
Los Angeles FC	Steve Cherundolo	Mutual consent [a]	December 1, 2025		Marc Dos Santos	December 5, 2025 [16]
Columbus Crew	Wilfried Nancy	Signed by Celtic [17]	December 3, 2025		TBA	TBA

Regular season

Conference standings

MLS Eastern Conference table (2026)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlanta United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2	Chicago Fire FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for round one
3	FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Columbus Crew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Charlotte FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	D.C. United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Inter Miami CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	CF Montréal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the wild-card round
9	Nashville SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	New England Revolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	New York City FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	New York Red Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Orlando City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Philadelphia Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Toronto FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD 2026. 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 (2026)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austin FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2	Colorado Rapids	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for round one
3	FC Dallas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Houston Dynamo FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	LA Galaxy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Los Angeles FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Minnesota United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Portland Timbers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the wild-card round
9	Real Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	San Diego FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sporting Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	St. Louis City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD 2026. 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 won the Supporters' Shield.

Overall MLS standings table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlanta United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Austin FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Chicago Fire FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Charlotte FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Columbus Crew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Colorado Rapids	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FC Dallas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	D.C. United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Houston Dynamo FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	LA Galaxy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Los Angeles FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Inter Miami CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Minnesota United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	CF Montréal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Nashville SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	New England Revolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	New York City FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	New York Red Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Orlando City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Philadelphia Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Portland Timbers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Real Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	San Diego FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	St. Louis City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Sporting Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Toronto FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 21, 2026. 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)

Notes

1. Announcement was made originally on April 18, 2025

References

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