MLS 2024 Season Start Date Confirmed With Lionel Messi's Inter Miami Set To Play Twice In Opening Week

Season 29 of Major League Soccer will start on February 21 with a game between Inter Miami and Real Salt Lake. The 2024 MLS fixture list was released this week.
MLS 2024 Season Start Date Confirmed With Lionel Messi's Inter Miami Set To Play Twice In Opening Week
MLS 2024 Season Start Date Confirmed With Lionel Messi's Inter Miami Set To Play Twice In Opening Week /

The 29th season of Major League Soccer will start on February 21 with a game between Lionel Messi's Inter Miami and Real Salt Lake at DRV PNK Stadium.

The fixture list for the 2024 MLS season was released on Wednesday.

Although the season will officially begin on February 21, most teams will start their 2024 MLS campaigns on February 24 when 11 matches will take place.

Inter Miami will play twice during the first week of the season, with a trip to Los Angeles Galaxy coming four days after their home opener.

The regular season will end on October 19, with the MLS Cup final scheduled for December 7.

MLS 2024 Week 1 Fixtures

Date

Time (EST)

Fixture

Feb 21

8pm

Inter Miami vs Real Salt Lake

Feb 24

2pm

Columbus vs Atlanta United

Feb 24

4.30pm

LAFC vs Seattle Sounders

Feb 24

7.30pm

Charlotte vs New York City

Feb 24

7.30pm

Philadelphia vs Chicago

Feb 24

7.30pm

Orlando City vs Montreal

Feb 24

7.30pm

D.C. United vs New England

Feb 24

8.30pm

Austin vs Minnesota

Feb 24

8.30pm

St. Louis vs Real Salt Lake

Feb 24

8.30pm

Houston Dynamo vs Sporting KC

Feb 24

8.30pm

FC Dallas vs San Jose

Feb 24

10.30pm

Portland vs Colorado

Feb 25

2.30pm

Cincinnati vs Toronto

Feb 25

5pm

Nashville vs NY Red Bulls

Feb 25

8.30pm

LA Galaxy vs Inter Miami

Inter Miami fans pictured at DRV PNK Stadium during an MLS game in 2021
The 2024 MLS season will kick off at DRV PNK Stadium on February 21 :: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire/Charles Trainor Jr

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