Not to be confused with 2023 Major League Soccer season.
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Football league season
MLS Next Pro
Season
2023
Dates
March 24 – September 24 (Regular season)
Champions
Austin FC II
Regular season title
Colorado Rapids 2
Matches played
391 (378 RS, 13 PO)
Goals scored
1,331 (3.4 per match) (1296 RS, 35 PO)
Top goalscorer
Rémi Cabral Jack Lynn MD Myers (19)
Biggest home win
SK2 7–1 WFC (July 2)
Biggest away win
LAG 0–5 CR2 (May 7) CC2 0–5 NYR (August 13) MIA 0–5 CC2 (September 3)
Highest scoring
NE2 5–5 CIN (April 30)
Longest winning run
11 CR2
Highest attendance
9,626 STL2 4–1 LAG (September 17)
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of October 22, 2023.
The 2023 MLS Next Pro season was the second season of MLS Next Pro, the reserve league of Major League Soccer. It featured 27 clubs—an increase of seven from the inaugural 2022 season. Atlanta United 2, New York Red Bulls II and LA Galaxy II joined the league from the USL Championship.[1] The expansion teams include Austin FC II (representing Austin FC),[2][3] Crown Legacy FC (Charlotte FC),[4] Huntsville City FC (Nashville SC),[5] and Los Angeles FC 2 (Los Angeles FC).[6] Rochester New York FC withdrew.[7] The regular season ran from March 24 to September 24.
^"Seven MLS Affiliated Clubs To Join MLS Next Pro In 2023". mlsnextpro. August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
^"Austin FC II Announced as Austin FC's MLS NEXT Pro team". Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^Veliz, Julian (March 26, 2023). "Match Report: Austin FC II vs. Houston Dynamo 2". Austin FC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^"Crown Legacy FC Earned a Point in Inaugural Match". Charlotte Football Club. March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^Turner, Scott (March 26, 2023). "Huntsville City Football Club wins penalty kick shootout in MLS NEXT Pro debut". AL.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^Arant, Alex (March 26, 2023). "Eyestone Stands Tall as North Texas SC downs 10-man LAFC 2". 3rdDegree.net. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^Lewis, Michael (March 10, 2023). "END OF THE LINE: Rochester NY FC (formerly the Rhinos) ceases operations". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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