Major League Soccer returns with an Orlando round-robin

The PGA Tour and NASCAR have returned, and now it’s time for MLS with a 26-day round-robin tournament in Orlando starting July 8.

Orlando City and the expansion Inter Miami FC will take the pitch for the first match of the MLS is Back tournament. All teams will be quartered at the Disney Swan and Dolphin properties, with behind closed door matches at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex. All matches will be televised and streamed.

Billed as “54 matches, 26 teams, six groups, and one tournament champion,” the champion receives an automatic berth in the 2021 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League tourney.

– David Johnson, DJGroup