2022 MLS Schedule: Each team´s calendar and key points to consider

The start date is sooner, there will be fewer midweek matches for every team, and there won’t be many games during crucial international windows. This will be a season like no other as the Men’s World Cup in 2022 occurs in the fall, and not the summer.

Charlotte FC kicks off their inaugural season on February 26 at DC United. They’ll be starting their campaign as the 28th team in MLS. Their inclusion in the eastern conference pushes Nashville SC to the western conference for the 2022 season. As a league that has a different team come in almost every year, there’s a lot of realignment in both conferences.

The schedule is anchored by a regular-season slate running from Feb. 26 through Decision Day on Oct. 9, when each of the league’s 28 clubs will play its 34th game against a conference rival in one of two, back-to-back broadcast blocks. 

The regular season will remain a largely intra-conference affair. Each team will play the other 13 clubs in its conference home and away (26 games total). The remaining eight matches will be against teams from the opposite conference. 

The 14-team MLS Cup playoffs will kick off the weekend following Decision Day, eliminating the lengthy break typically imposed by an international window. The 27th MLS Cup final will take place on Nov. 5, the earliest date for the championship game since 2002. The World Cup then starts on Nov. 21.

Nashville SC will open its new building, a 30,000-seat venue that will become the largest soccer-specific stadium in the U.S., on May 1. The opponent will be the Philadelphia Union, which knocked NSC out of the 2021 playoffs. Nashville will play its first eight games on the road. The new arena is located at The Fairgrounds Nashville, some three miles south of Nissan Stadium.

The final year of MLS’s current broadcast rights package will include a record 48 games aired on network TV (ABC, Fox, Univision, and UniMás). That includes nine matches on ABC and seven on Fox. Opening weekend broadcasts include New England at Portland (Feb. 26 on Fox), Colorado at Los Angeles FC (Feb. 26 on Univision), and NYCFC at LA Galaxy (Feb. 27 on ESPN).

MLS 2022 Schedule by team

Check the complete schedule of your favorite team here:

Atlanta United

Austin FC

Charlotte FC

Chicago Fire FC

FC Cincinnati

Colorado Rapids

Columbus Crew SC

D.C. United

FC Dallas

Houston Dynamo FC

Los Angeles Football Club

LA Galaxy

Inter Miami CF

Minnesota United FC

CF Montréal

Nashville SC

New England Revolution

New York City FC

New York Red Bulls

Orlando City SC

Philadelphia Union

Portland Timbers

Real Salt Lake

San Jose Earthquakes

Seattle Sounders

Sporting Kansas City

Toronto FC

Vancouver Whitecaps FC