The league took a nine-day hiatus in early June for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, reduced from previous breaks.

[1] Los Angeles FC joined the league as an expansion franchise, while D.C. United debuted their new soccer-specific stadium, Audi Field.

Regular season The MLS SuperDraft is an annual event, taking place in January of each year, in which the teams of Major League Soccer select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league.

The allocations are ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2017 season, taking playoff performance into account.

Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list.