Major League Soccer announced a major shift in its competition calendar to a July-May schedule in 2027, aligning the league with the European calendar, on Thursday.

America’s top-level league currently runs from February through November. The change will be implemented in July 2027, and the regular season will conclude in April 2028, with May allocated for playoffs.

The league will also morph into a single-table competition, but will include five six-team divisions at the start of the new, altered season, according to The Athletic's Paul Tenorio.

The new competition calendar also features a winter break from mid-December to early or mid-February, like Germany’s Bundesliga and France’s Ligue 1.

“The calendar shift is one of the most important decisions in our history,” MLS Commissioner

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