7-728: The MLS Next All-Star Game , formerly known as the MLS Homegrown Game , is an exhibition match between selected players in MLS Next Pro . Similar to events such as Major League Baseball's All-Star Futures Game , the National Hockey League's NHL All-Star Skills Competition and the National Basketball Association's Rising Stars Challenge , the event serves as a supporting event to the league's all-star game . The inaugural game, held on August 4, 2014 against
14-477: A player gets for getting a red card or two yellow cards in the same game will be served by the player when next playing against the same opponent. The league runs from spring to fall with the season kicking off in March. Each team plays 28 regular-season games, followed by an 14-team playoff tournament. The league is divided into Eastern and Western Conferences. Unlike Major League Soccer, MLS Next Pro does not feature
21-580: Is a men's professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that is affiliated with Major League Soccer . It launched in 2022 with 21 teams and now comprises 27 reserve sides of MLS clubs and 2 independent clubs. MLS Next Pro is classified as part of the third tier of the United States soccer league system . On June 21, 2021, Major League Soccer announced the creation of a new professional league which would begin play in 2022. MLS has applied to
28-871: The Portland Timbers U23s at Providence Park , ended in a scoreless draw. The competition was held every season until 2020 when it was disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition resumed under its current name and format. † – Herivaux was named as an injury replacement for Heath. † – Goslin, Hernández, and Palmer-Brown were named as injury replacements for Davies, Farfan, and Tabla. MLS Next East Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. MLS Next West Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. MLS Next Pro MLS Next Pro ( MLSNP )
35-506: The USL Championship or USL League One initially planned to move those sides to MLS Next Pro by 2023. D.C. United 's formerly owned-and-operated reserve team was sold to independent buyers. The inaugural match of MLS Next Pro was played on March 25, 2022, at Hermann Stadium in St. Louis. St. Louis City SC 2 defeated Rochester New York FC 2–0. Wan Kuzain scored the first ever goal in
42-629: The United States Soccer Federation for the league to be sanctioned as a Division III professional league, the same level currently occupied by USL League One and the National Independent Soccer Association and one level below the USL Championship . MLS announced that Next Pro would start with at least 20 teams, many of them owned by Major League Soccer and development teams between their first-teams and their youth academies. All MLS clubs with reserve teams in
49-404: The 20th minute. The league makes use of unique rules such as all regular season draws being decided by penalty shootouts and the addition of concussion substitutions. On July 6, 2022, new rules for the league were introduced in the middle of the season. This included an off-field treatment rule meant to curb gamesmanship and timewasting and a new rule for red card suspensions: The suspension
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