Next season will look a little different for the Philadelphia Union and Major League Soccer. Sure, there is a new team joining the crowd as the expansion team Charlotte FC finally gets underway. The other reason it will look different is that opening games will take place at the end of February, the earliest MLS has ever kicked off.
This is in part due to the quadrennial event, the FIFA World Cup, which will start at the end of November. Since the world’s summer tournament is being moved to the winter, some of the international dates are getting adjusted.