Messi's Inter Miami to host Real Salt Lake in 2024 MLS opener

The North American league's 29th season will feature the earliest kickoff to any MLS campaign as eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi, who led Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title, begins his first full season with the Florida squad. Messi's first scheduled road match of the 2024 campaign comes only four days after the opener when Inter Miami will visit the Western Conference Los Angeles Galaxy on February 25th.

Each MLS team will play 34 matches, 17 each at home and on the road, with Messi's Inter Miami appearances at all MLS venues expected to draw huge crowds and high ticket resale prices. Miami will visit all 14 Eastern Conference MLS rivals during the season, the first of those matches coming on March 16 when Inter visits DC United in Washington.