2024 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season	2024
Dates	February 21 – October 19; (regular season); October – December 7; (playoffs);
Matches played	209
Goals scored	607 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristian Arango; (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Miami 5–0 Orlando; (March 2); LAFC 5–0 Nashville; (March 23); Seattle 5–0 Montréal; (April 6)
Biggest away win	Chicago 0–4 Salt Lake; (April 20)
Highest scoring	8 goals:; Miami 6–2 RBNY; (May 4); Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado; (May 18)
Longest winning run	7 matches:; Cincinnati; (April 20 – present)
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches:; Salt Lake; (March 23 – present)
Longest winless run	9 matches:; Portland; (March 16 – May 12); Atlanta; (April 6 – present)
Longest losing run	5 matches:; Kansas City; (April 27 – present)
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 2025 → All statistics correct as of March 9, 2024.

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.

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.^[2] FC Cincinnati are the reigning Supporters' Shield holders; the Columbus Crew are the reigning MLS Cup champions.^[3]

Pre-season matches ran from January 19 through February 17.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

^ Cite error: The named reference Arrowhead was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Hernandez, Cesar (May 18, 2023). "San Diego awarded 30th MLS team, will debut in 2025". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
^ Mac Kay, Brianna (December 9, 2023). "Columbus Crew top LAFC to win franchise's third MLS Cup". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^ "2024 MLS Preseason Schedule and Results". January 2, 2024. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
^ "MLS unveils 2024 Regular Season schedule". MLSsoccer.com. December 20, 2023. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ Carlisle, Jeff (March 1, 2024). "U.S. Open Cup revamp to feature just 8 MLS first teams". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ Noor Haq, Sana (June 15, 2022). "MLS and Apple announce 10-year streaming deal". CNN. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

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[2] Hernandez, Cesar (May 18, 2023). "San Diego awarded 30th MLS team, will debut in 2025". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.

[3] Mac Kay, Brianna (December 9, 2023). "Columbus Crew top LAFC to win franchise's third MLS Cup". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

[4] "2024 MLS Preseason Schedule and Results". January 2, 2024. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

[5] "MLS unveils 2024 Regular Season schedule". MLSsoccer.com. December 20, 2023. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

[someMLS-6] Carlisle, Jeff (March 1, 2024). "U.S. Open Cup revamp to feature just 8 MLS first teams". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

[7] Noor Haq, Sana (June 15, 2022). "MLS and Apple announce 10-year streaming deal". CNN. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

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