December 20, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Cincinnati News Release
Major League Soccer announced today the full 2024 MLS regular season schedule for FC Cincinnati. The defending Supporters’ Shield winners open their 34-game league slate at TQL Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 25 against Toronto FC. The league schedule runs through Decision Day 2024 on Saturday, Oct. 19 when FCC travel to Subaru Park to play Philadelphia Union.
The Orange and Blue will play 17 regular season games in the Queen City and 17 on the road. FC Cincinnati will face each of the other 14 Eastern Conference teams once at home and once away. FCC will meet six Western Conference opponents: St. Louis CITY SC, Los Angeles Football Club and the Colorado Rapids at home, and the San Jose Earthquakes, FC Dallas and Minnesota United on the road.
Three of FC Cincinnati’s first four regular season games will take place on a Sunday, as the Orange and Blue will balance regular season play and the club’s first-ever appearance in the Concacaf Champions Cup. The 2024 season-opener against Toronto FC on Feb. 25 is slotted in between FCC’s Champions Cup Round One home-and-away fixtures against Jamaican side Cavalier FC on Feb. 22 and Feb. 28. Should FCC advance to the Round of 16, those Champions Cup ties will take place in the subsequent midweeks.
Unlike last season, when four of FC Cincinnati’s first nine games came against Western Conference foes, this season the Orange and Blue will play strictly intraconference matchups in each of their first nine regular season games and in 14 of their first 16.
Cincinnati will face in-state rivals Columbus Crew for Hell is Real at Lower.com Field on Saturday, May 11 and at TQL Stadium on Saturday, September 14. The road tilt in May marks one of two already-scheduled nationally televised games on Fox Sports 1 (June 19 vs Philadelphia Union). All MLS games will feature on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV and can be found on the radio locally on iHeartMedia.
For the first time, FC Cincinnati will welcome St. Louis CITY SC to the Queen City on Saturday, May 18. That comes as part of a stretch when the Orange and Blue will play five of seven games between mid-May and into June at TQL Stadium, a venue in which Cincinnati led the league in regular season home wins (13) and win percentage (.824) in 2023.
FCC will also host at least three home games in July, beginning with hosting Inter Miami CF on Saturday, July 6. Following a July 20 MLS Cup Playoff rematch against the…
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