Next year's MLS regular season will kick off on February 21st with each team playing 34 matches before concluding on November 7th, and the league will take a break for the World Cup in Mexico, Canada and the United States from May 25th to July 16th.
MLS scheduled its return just ahead of the July 19th World Cup final.
There will be 13 MLS Matches on February 21st's opening day, the first of them being Charlotte at St. Louis, and the day's slate includes Messi's Miami visiting Son Heung-min's Los Angeles FC at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
In March, Miami will visit Orlando, DC United, Charlotte and New York City before making a home season debut in Inter's new 25,000-seat stadium.
MLS will conclude its break for the World Cup with four matches on July 16th, including Toronto at Montreal, Vancouver at Chicago, Kansas City at St. Louis and Portland at Seattle. The 17th will feature Atlanta at Nashville and LAFC at the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Charlotte will host the MLS All-Star Game on July 29th.
After concluding the regular season, MLS will not play during a November FIFA window before the MLS playoffs begin.