Big Numbers from MLS
By Anonymous (not verified), February 23, 2026
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75,673
Attendance for the 2026 MLS season opener Saturday between LAFC and Inter Miami at the LA Memorial Coliseum, the league’s highest-attended opening week match. It was the second-largest attendance in MLS history, behind the 82,110 attendance for LA Galaxy vs. LAFC on July 4, 2023, at the Rose Bowl.
Saturday’s match was the first MLS faceoff between Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and LAFC’s Son Heung-Min. Messi joined MLS in 2023, while Son made his MLS debut last year after a decade with Tottenham Hotspur.
MLS will take a seven-week break in the summer to make way for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted in the U.S., including at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
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