SI.com · Dec 19, 2019
MLS Reveals 2020 Schedule: Key Dates, Elements for 25th Season
MLS's 2020 season–the league's 25th–kicks off in just over two months, and the schedule for the landmark campaign has been revealed.
MLS lifted the lid on the structure for the season on Thursday, with the addition of Inter Miami and Nashville SC adding a wrinkle into the schedule's construction. Last season, with 24 teams, and 12 in each conference, it was easy enough for clubs to play other 11 conference foes two times apiece and the 12 clubs in the other conference once. Now, with 26 teams in a 34-game set-up (and things bound to change in each of the subsequent two years as the league grows to 30 teams), things are a tad different.