Fixtures
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/28 00:00 | 1 |
Inter Miami CF II vs SS Murata
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| 02/28 20:00 | 1 |
Philadelphia Union II vs Toronto FC II
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| 02/28 22:00 | 1 |
St Louis City II vs Sporting Kansas City II
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| 03/01 00:00 | 1 |
New York City FC II vs Carolina Core FC
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| 03/01 20:00 | 1 |
Chattanooga FC vs Crown Legacy
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| 03/01 21:00 | 1 |
Portland Timbers II vs The Town
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| 03/01 22:00 | 1 |
New York Red Bulls II vs Columbus Crew II
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| 03/01 22:00 | 1 |
Ventura County FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps II
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| 03/01 22:30 | 1 |
Real Monarchs SLC vs North Texas SC
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| 03/01 23:00 | 1 | FC Cincinnati II vs Connecticut United | View |
| 03/02 00:00 | 1 | Houston Dynamo II vs Colorado Rapids II | View |
| 03/02 01:00 | 1 |
New England Revolution II vs Atlanta United II
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Results
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/09 00:00 | 1 |
[1] New York Red Bulls II vs Colorado Rapids II
[3] |
6-4 |
| 11/03 01:30 | 126 | [3] Colorado Rapids II vs Minnesota United FC II [5] | 2-1 |
| 11/01 23:00 | 126 |
[1] New York Red Bulls II vs Philadelphia Union II
[2]
|
2-1 |
| 10/27 01:00 | 132 | [2] The Town vs Colorado Rapids II [3] | 2-4 |
| 10/26 23:00 | 132 |
[1] New York Red Bulls II vs Chicago Fire II
[6] |
5-3 |
| 10/26 22:00 | 132 | [1] St. Louis City SC II vs Minnesota United FC II [5] | 0-2 |
| 10/25 22:00 | 132 |
[2] Philadelphia Union II vs Huntsville City
[6] |
1-0 |
| 10/20 01:00 | 611 |
[2] The Town vs North Texas SC
[6]
|
3-0 |
| 10/20 00:00 | 611 |
[4] Real Monarchs SLC vs Minnesota United FC II
[5] |
1-2 |
| 10/19 23:00 | 611 |
[1] St. Louis City SC II vs Ventura County FC
[8]
|
3-0 |
| 10/19 23:00 | 611 |
[1] Darcis/Mannarino vs Carolina Core FC
[8]
|
5-1 |
| 10/19 23:00 | 611 |
[4] Chattanooga FC vs Huntsville City
[6] |
0-2 |
Teams
Philadelphia Union II
The Town
Colorado Rapids II
Tacoma Defiance
North Texas SC
Chicago Fire II
New England Revolution II
Minnesota United FC II
Houston Dynamo II
FC Cincinnati II
Vancouver Whitecaps II
New York City FC II
Real Monarchs SLC
Toronto FC II
Sporting Kansas City II
Inter Miami CF II
Orlando City II
Portland Timbers II
New York Red Bulls II
Austin FC II
Crown Legacy
Huntsville City
Ventura County FC
Los Angeles FC II
Atlanta United II
Chattanooga FC
Carolina Core FC
Connecticut United
RNY FC
Wikipedia - MLS Next Pro
MLS Next Pro (MLSNP) is a men's professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that is affiliated with Major League Soccer (MLS). It launched in 2022 with 21 teams and now comprises 27 reserve sides of MLS clubs and two independent clubs (Carolina Core FC and Chattanooga FC). MLS Next Pro is classified as part of the third tier of the United States soccer league system.
As of the 2025 season, 27 of the 30 MLS teams held affiliations with an MLS Next Pro team, with only the CF Montréal, D.C. United, and San Diego FC having no such franchise affiliation.
History
In the mid 2000's MLS teams began to form their own academies to begin the development of players. In 2005, MLS launched a reserve league with the then 12 teams that competed in MLS. This was an effort to allow games for the players amongst the academies for more meaningful competition.
MLS announced the dissolution of the Reserve League following the partnership formed with then-named USL. This allowed players to get loaned from teams in MLS to play minutes in teams in third division soccer. This was mandatory during the time of affiliation between MLS–USL clubs. During the partnership, teams in MLS began the foundings of their own B teams, or No. 2 teams. First teams among MLS to field B teams were: RSL, LA Galaxy, Toronto FC, and Portland Timbers.
Formation of the league
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 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 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 2 defeated Rochester New York FC 2–0. Wan Kuzain scored the first ever goal in 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 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.