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.

Robert Summerscales | Dec 20, 2023

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

Published Dec 20, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.