Just four days ahead of the opening match of the inaugural season of MLS NEXT Pro, league executives announced that no game will end in a draw. ESPN reports that “games tied at the end of 90 minutes will be decided with penalty kicks.”
But the winner of the penalty shootout won’t exactly be the winner. Instead, both teams will get one point for the draw, and the team that comes out on top after the PKs (shoutout to Bob Bradley) will get an additional point.
In other words, in MLS NEXT Pro you get three points for a win, two points for a draw and penalty shootout win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.