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The 2025 Austin FC Schedule has Dropped

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Austin FC has announced the full 34-match schedule for its 2025 Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season. Austin will kick off its fifth season with its home opener on Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. CT against Sporting Kansas City.

Austin FC’s first road match of 2025 will be at the Portland Timbers on Saturday, March 1 at Providence Park.

Austin FC’s schedule features 28 total matches against their 14 fellow Western Conference clubs: one home and one away match against every other Western Conference team.

The 2025 MLS regular season will conclude on Decision Day, October 18, when Austin will face San Jose Earthquakes at PayPal Park.

Austin FC will play six inter-conference matches against Eastern Conference opponents in 2025, three at home and three on the road.

Austin FC will host Atlanta United FC, New York Red Bulls, and New England Revolution, while traveling to face FC Cincinnati, D.C. United, and CF Montréal.

Atlanta and New England will each visit Q2 Stadium for the first time, while Austin FC’s trip to Cincinnati on May 10 will mark the first time the club have traveled to TQL Stadium.

Austin FC’s 2025 MLS regular season schedule features three Wednesday matches, 28 Saturday matches, and three Sunday matches.

Also, Austin FC will host the 2025 MLS All-Star Game at Q2 Stadium in Austin on Wednesday, July 23.

The MLS All-Star Skills Challenge is scheduled for Tuesday, July 22.

Austin to Host 2025 MLS All-Star Game

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Austin FC is finalizing a deal to host the 2025 Major League Soccer All-Star Game at Q2 Stadium in summer 2025, according to ESPN.

Austin FC Tifo at the 2022 Western Conference Semifinal

The Columbus Crew are hosting the 2024 All-Star Game at Lower.com Field, where the MLS All Stars will play the best of Liga MX on July 24, 2024.

Will we see Lionel Messi at Q2 Stadium next summer? That would be awesome.

Austin FC Facing Mazatlán FC, FC Juárez to Open Leagues Cup 2023

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Austin FC has drawn with Liga MX clubs Mazatlán FC and FC Juárez for the Leagues Cup 2023 group stage.

Leagues Cup 2023

As a result of their fourth-place finish in the 2022 MLS Supporters’ Shield standings, Austin FC is a seeded MLS team for Leagues Cup 2023.

The locations, dates, and kickoff times for these matches will be announced in the coming months.

Leagues Cup is a new, first-of-its-kind tournament featuring all 29 MLS and 18 Liga MX clubs. Both leagues will pause their respective seasons for the month-long event beginning on Friday, July 21 with the final taking place on Saturday, August 19.

The tournament will be played across the U.S. and Canada. The champion, as well as the second and third-place finishers, will qualify for the Concacaf Champions League, and the opportunity to earn a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup.

The inaugural edition of the Leagues Cup will feature 15 groups consisting of three teams.

Teams in each group will play each other once at the home venue of the group’s seeded MLS team, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout rounds.

Liga MX champions CF Pachuca and MLS champions Los Angeles FC receive byes directly to the knockout rounds.

Matches cannot end in a tie with League Cup’s unique format. In the event a group stage match is tied at the end of 90 minutes, both teams receive one point. The winner of the ensuing penalty shootout gets an additional point.

Get more details on the 2023 Leagues Cup.

The First Austin FC Playoff Match is on National TV

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Austin FC is making its debut in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs game on Sunday, where they will be hosting Real Salt Lake in a Western Conference Round One matchup.

Driussi and Wolff

The playoff match will be broadcast nationally at 2 PM CT on ABC, ESPN Deportes in US; TSN, and TVA Sports in Canada).

The game sold out in less than five minutes, way before it was announced what day or time it would be held.

Austin has sold out 34 consecutive MLS home matches, the league’s longest active streak.

Time and Day for the First Austin FC Playoff Match

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Major League Soccer has announced the match schedule and broadcast details for the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs and 2022 MLS Cup.

Austin FC playoffs 2022

Austin FC will host Real Salt Lake on Sunday, October 16 at Q2 Stadium with a 2:00 PM Central kickoff.

During the regular season, Austin FC defeated Real Salt Lake 3-0 on September 14 and lost to Real Salt Lake on May 14 in a 2-1 margin.

The match will be broadcast on ABC and ESPN Deportes.

On game day, the first 10,000 fans to Q2 Stadium will receive special edition YETI RAMBLER® 10oz tumblers.

Yeti Austin FC Rambler

Gates will open two hours before kickoff (30 minutes earlier than regular season matches).

The match will be the first playoff match in Austin FC’s young history, and the first major league playoff game ever to be played in Austin. Tickets sold out in minutes after going on-sale last week.

All matches played in the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs are single-elimination matches.