Charlotte FC begins 2025 season vs. Seattle. Here’s the club’s full MLS schedule.

Once again, the Charlotte FC home opener should be a spectacle.

Charlotte’s only playoff team in 2024 dropped its 2025 schedule Thursday afternoon, hosting rival Atlanta United FC on Saturday, March 1, at 2 p.m. — and the team will open the upper and lower bowls to fans.

Fans can get a jump on buying tickets to the home opener on the club’s website.

The team that in 2024 made it further in the MLS Cup than it had in its previous two years of existence enters Year 4 on a high — and will play the league’s best right off the bat. Head coach Dean Smith’s squad opens at Seattle at 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 22, and then after Atlanta the following week, will play Lionel Messi and Inter Miami on March 9.

Here’s the full schedule, including dates and times (all of which are ET). Please note this does not include the club’s participation in Leagues Cup and Open Cup.

Charlotte FC full schedule

Alex Zietlow

The Charlotte Observer

Alex Zietlow writes about the Carolina Panthers and the ways in which sports intersect with life for The Charlotte Observer, where he has been a reporter since August 2022. Zietlow’s work has been honored by the Pro Football Writers Association, the N.C. and S.C. Press Associations, as well as the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) group. He’s earned six APSE Top 10 distinctions for his coverage on a variety of topics, from billion-dollar stadium renovations to the small moments of triumph that helped a Panthers kicker defy the steepest odds in sports. Zietlow previously wrote for The Herald in Rock Hill (S.C.) from 2019-22. Support my work with a digital subscription