2022 MLS Next Pro season

The 2022 MLS Next Pro season was the inaugural season of MLS Next Pro, the reserve league of Major League Soccer. It is the first season since 2014 where MLS had a standalone reserve league, the previous season being the MLS Reserve League. Including both MLS Next Pro and the MLS Reserve League, it is the ninth season of a reserve league operated by MLS. The league is sanctioned as a third division league by U.S. Soccer.

MLS Next Pro
Season2022
DatesMarch 25 – September 18
(Regular season)
September 24 – October 8
(Playoffs)
ChampionsColumbus Crew 2
Regular season titleColumbus Crew 2
Matches played259
(252 RS, 7 PO)
Goals scored882 (3.41 per match)
(855 RS, 27 PO)
Top goalscorerJacen Russell-Rowe
(21 goals)
Biggest home winCC2 9–0 CIN (September 18)
Biggest away winCHI 0–5 STL (June 11)
Highest scoringCC2 9–0 CIN (September 18)
Longest winning run7 PU2
Longest losing run13 RLM
Highest attendance7,446 CC2 4–1 STL
2023
All statistics correct as of September 18, 2022.

A total of 21 clubs, 20 MLS reserve teams and one independent team (Rochester New York FC) participated in the 2022 season. The regular season began on March 25 and was concluded on September 18, 2022.

Columbus Crew 2 defeated St. Louis City SC 2 4–1 in the inaugural MLS Next Pro Cup final on October 8.

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