2024 Major League Soccer season
The 2024 Major League Soccer season 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.
| Season | 2024 |
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| Dates |
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| Matches played | 111 |
| Goals scored | 314 (2.83 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 5 players (6 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Miami 5–0 Orlando (March 2) LAFC 5–0 Nashville (March 23) Seattle 5–0 Montréal (April 6) |
| Biggest away win | San Jose 0–3 Colorado (April 13) |
| Highest scoring | 7 goals: Chicago 4–3 Montréal (March 16) Austin 4–3 San Jose (April 6) |
| Longest winning run | 3 matches: Houston (March 16 – March 30) Philadelphia (March 23 – April 6) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches: Philadelphia (February 24 – present) |
| Longest winless run | 6 matches: Dallas (March 2 – present) |
| Longest losing run | 4 matches: Dallas (March 2 – March 30) New England (February 24 – March 17) San Jose (February 24 – March 16) |
| Highest attendance | 72,610 SKC 2-3 MIA (April 13) |
| Lowest attendance | 16,223 COL 1–1 NSH (March 2) |
| Average attendance | 25,805 |
← 2023
All statistics correct as of March 9, 2024. | |
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. FC Cincinnati are the reigning Supporters' Shield holders; the Columbus Crew are the reigning MLS Cup champions.
Pre-season matches ran from January 19 through February 17. 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. 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.
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.