Massive Report · Jan 25, 2021
MLS announces important dates for 2021 season
Photo by Ira L. Black - Corbis/Getty Images The 2021 Major League Soccer season has a starting date. The league’s 26th season will begin on Saturday, April 3, MLS announced on Monday, along with important dates for the upcoming season.
A full MLS schedule will be announced in the coming weeks. Despite a later start, clubs will go back to a regular 34-game schedule with Decision Day ending the regular season on Nov. 7. Teams can begin preseason on Feb. 22 with all players required to quarantine before returning to their clubs. The 2021 MLS Cup playoffs are set to start on Nov. 19, one week before Thanksgiving, and will culminate on Dec. 11 with the 2021 MLS Cup Final.