LAFC kicks off 2022 MLS season with earliest start on Feb. 26

Under the absorption of a yet to beryllium named caput coach, the caller look Los Angeles Football Club should expect a trial erstwhile the 2022 Major League Soccer play kicks disconnected Feb. 26.

The league-wide docket was unveiled Wednesday. The February opening time is the earliest successful league past to accommodate for the FIFA World Cup successful Qatar, which begins connected Nov. 18.

LAFC opens its 34-match MLS run by hosting the regular-season Western Conference champion Colorado Rapids for a midday lucifer astatine Banc of California. Earning its 2nd triumph against 4 losses versus the Black & Gold, Colorado vanquished LAFC 5-2 to adjacent the 2021 regular play arsenic the apical effect successful the West.

The pursuing weekend, LAFC welcomes the MLS Cup finalist Portland Timbers for the adjacent section successful their competitory rivalry. Portland holds a 5-4-4 grounds implicit LAFC aft winning each of their 3 matches past play by a 2-1 score.

The archetypal of 2 regular-season derby matches against the Galaxy takes spot April 9 astatine Dignity Health Sports Park. The instrumentality limb July 8 astatine Banc of California is among LAFC’s 16 nationally televised games (four connected FS1, 3 connected ESPN, 3 connected ABC, 1 connected FOX and 5 connected Univision/UniMas).

Through 4 regular seasons, the Galaxy is 5-3-5 against their crosstown rivals. LAFC earned lone 2 retired of a imaginable 9 points against the Galaxy successful 2021.

After facing Colorado and Portland astatine home, LAFC travels to Miami for the archetypal of 8 matches against Eastern Conference opponents. Toronto FC, which hired Bob Bradley soon aft helium agreed to portion ways with LAFC, is not connected a database that features Orlando, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Columbus, New York Red Bull, MLS newcomer Charlotte FC and MLS archetypal D.C. United.

A March 12 contention offers LAFC a look astatine Inter Miami’s DRV PNK Stadium, 1 of 4 soccer-specific stadiums they volition spot for the archetypal time. On April 24, LAFC visits Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium. A period later, LAFC returns to Ohio to play the Columbus Crew astatine Lower.com Field. And successful July, LAFC heads to the largest soccer-specific venue successful the U.S., Nashville’s caller 30,000 spot stadium.

May and August, featuring six matches each, are the club’s busiest months. LAFC closes the regular play astatine location Oct. 9 against Nashville, which switched from the eastbound to the westbound successful 2022 to equilibrium the MLS league standings astatine 14 teams apiece.