MLS announces 2027 Sprint Season schedule

Major League Soccer announced today Sporting Kansas City’s 14-game schedule for the 2027 MLS Sprint Season, which will launch the league’s transition into its new summer-to-spring calendar to align the MLS schedule with the world’s top soccer leagues.

Sporting Kansas City will kick off the Sprint Season in Houston with the earliest regular season match in club history on Saturday, Feb. 20 during MLS Is Back weekend and the team’s regular season campaign will conclude 10 weeks later on Saturday, May 1 when SKC hosts the Portland Timbers at Sporting Park.

Sporting’s home schedule during the 2027 MLS Sprint Season kicks off with a highly-anticipated home opener on Saturday, Feb. 27 against the Vancouver Whitecaps – with tickets now available via SeatGeek – and the Sporting Park fixture list is highlighted by a visit from regional rivals St. Louis CITY SC on Saturday, April 3.

Sporting Kansas City Home Schedule in 2027 MLS Sprint Season

• Feb. 27 vs. Vancouver in earliest MLS home match in club history
• March 6 vs. Minnesota as frequent foes renew nicest rivalry in sports
• March 20 vs. San Jose to open three-game homestand for SKC
• March 27 vs. LA Galaxy in match-up with six-time MLS Cup champs
• April 3 vs. St. Louis as arch rivals visit Soccer Capital of America
• April 21 vs. Dallas in only mid-week home match of Sprint Season
• May 1 vs. Portland in 500th regular season home game all-time

Season tickets for Sporting’s 2027 Sprint Season start at $231 – in addition to the discounted Sporting U Pass for college students and Kids Chant Free option for families – and feature exclusive benefits, including a subscription to Apple TV and access to complimentary away match tickets. Fans interested in group tickets and premium tickets for Sprint Season home matches will be able to place deposits beginning in November.

Sporting KC will face all 14 opponents in the Western Conference once – seven home and seven away – over the course of 71 days, including matches on 11 straight Saturdays before a bye week on Decision Day (May 8).

The top eight teams in each conference will qualify for the Audi 2027 MLS Cup Playoffs, which will be played in a single-elimination format and will culminate with the 2027 MLS Cup presented by Audi on Memorial Day Weekend in May. The 2027 MLS Sprint Season – the first season for new MLS Commissioner Larry Berg – will also determine qualification for the 2028 Concacaf Champions Cup and 2028 Leagues Cup.

Every match of the MLS 2027 Sprint Season, along with studio programming and a wide range of on-demand content, will be available to watch in more than 100 countries and regions with an Apple TV subscription. The full schedule of Walmart Saturday Showdown and Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire matches – featuring enhanced productions with immersive pre- and post-game coverage -- will be announced at a later date.

Schedule is subject to change