MLS has announced that the league will explore a switch to its schedule that would align with the international soccer calendar as early as 2027, as well as possible changes to the format of the regular season and playoffs "Major League Soccer's Board of Governors today authorized a second phase of exploration into a potential move to the international soccer calendar,

MLS announced Thursday that a potential switch from a winter-to-fall schedule to a fall-to-spring schedule won't occur until at least the 2027 season.

Any new MLS schedule is likely to include a sizable winter break, similar to the six weeks the German Bundesliga takes off in the middle of its season. There's also the potential for Leagues Cup games to be played during that break in warm-weather MLS markets.