{"id":902902,"date":"2026-05-02T04:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/matchday-11-everything-to-know-for-this-weekends-biggest-matches-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T04:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:18:10","slug":"matchday-11-everything-to-know-for-this-weekends-biggest-matches-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/matchday-11-everything-to-know-for-this-weekends-biggest-matches-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchday 11: Everything to know for this weekend&#8217;s biggest matches | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<article xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Matchday 11 is upon us, highlighted by several enticing regional rivalries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look ahead to key games on deck this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>\u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/2049934310896030128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WHEN:<\/strong> Saturday, 7:15 pm ET\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>WATCH:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/soc.cr\/4mLmML8\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>, FS1<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The Florida Derby will be played in Miami proper for the first time as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/inter-miami-cf\/\">Inter Miami CF<\/a> seek their first-ever victory at Nu Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Argentine icon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/lionel-messi\/\">Lionel Messi<\/a>, the fixture&#8217;s highest-scoring player (eight goals), will look to extend the Herons&#8217; 11-match unbeaten streak across all competitions and level the club&#8217;s all-time record against their Florida rivals (7W-8L-4D).<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Adding confidence, Miami&#8217;s other Designated Players have also found form in their last four matches. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/german-berterame\/\">Germ\u00e1n Berterame<\/a> netted three times in that span and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/rodrigo-de-paul\/\">Rodrigo De Paul<\/a> contributed 1g\/3a, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/rodrigo-de-paul-makes-world-cup-statement-with-inter-miami-golazo\">stunning game-winner<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/rslvsmia-04-22-2026\/\">2-0 win<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/real-salt-lake\/\">Real Salt Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the opposite end of the Eastern Conference table, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/orlando-city\/\">Orlando<\/a> are finding their feet after a tumultuous start saw longtime head coach Oscar Pareja <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/orlando-city-mutually-part-ways-with-oscar-pareja\">depart the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re beginning to stabilize under interim manager Mart\u00edn Perelman, earning an impressive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/orlvsclt-04-22-2026\/\">4-1 victory<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/charlotte-fc\/\">Charlotte FC<\/a> before falling in a tightly-contested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/dcvsorl-04-25-2026\/\">3-2 loss<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/d-c-united\/\">D.C. United<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/martin-ojeda\/\">Mart\u00edn Ojeda<\/a> doubled his season goal tally with a quality brace against Charlotte. They&#8217;ll lean on the Argentine playmaker as All-Star winger\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/marco-pasalic\/\">Marco Pa\u0161ali\u0107<\/a> recovers from a thigh injury.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WHEN:<\/strong> Saturday, 9:30 pm ET\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>WATCH:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/soc.cr\/3R23jK4\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Southern California rivals meet when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/san-diego-fc\/\">San Diego FC<\/a> host high-flying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/los-angeles-football-club\/\">LAFC<\/a> at Snapdragon Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Chrome-and-Azul enter Saturday&#8217;s matchup on a five-match losing streak, looking to correct the mistakes that have led to four red cards in their last six games.<\/p>\n<p>Led by 2025 MLS Newcomer of the Year\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/anders-dreyer\/\">Anders Dreyer<\/a> (5g\/4a), SDFC hope to maintain their perfect record against their northern neighbors. They won both matches against LAFC in their inaugural season last year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Black &#038; Gold will search for their first win against San Diego amidst a testing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/\">Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> semifinal series with back-to-back LIGA MX champions Toluca.<\/p>\n<p>While their CCC focus may lead to the rotation of South Korean superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/son-heung-min\/\">Son Heung-Min<\/a> (0g\/7a) or others on Saturday, Gabon international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/denis-bouanga\/\">Denis Bouanga<\/a> (4g\/4a) could be LAFC&#8217;s main man after being suspended for Wednesday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/2026\/matches\/lafcvstol-04-29-2026\/\">2-1 Leg 1 win<\/a> over Toluca.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WHEN:<\/strong> Sunday, 5:30 pm ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>WATCH:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/soc.cr\/4cNKGko\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/st-louis-city-sc\/\">St. Louis CITY<\/a>\u00a0(14th place) aim to close the gap on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/austin-fc\/\">Austin FC<\/a> (13th place) when they visit Q2 Stadium for Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire.<\/p>\n<p>With both sides currently outside of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs picture, they&#8217;ll look to climb the Western Conference table with three points.<\/p>\n<p>For Austin, a win could mean cracking those playoff positions after snapping their seven-match winless streak with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/atxvshou-04-25-2026\/\">2-0 Copa Tejas victory<\/a> over rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/houston-dynamo-fc\/\">Houston Dynamo FC<\/a> last weekend, led by 1g\/1a from club-record signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/myrto-uzuni\/\">Myrto Uzuni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Verde &#038; Black forward should receive reinforcements soon with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/us-men-s-national-team\/\">USMNT<\/a> striker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/brandon-vazquez\/\">Brandon Vazquez<\/a>, homegrown standout\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/owen-wolff\/\">Owen Wolff<\/a> and midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/daniel-pereira\/\">Dani Pereira<\/a> all nearing returns from injury. And of course, Uzuni is already supported by Uruguay international and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/\">2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> hopeful\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/facundo-torres\/\">Facundo Torres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis CITY&#8217;s star man, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/marcel-hartel\/\">Marcel Hartel<\/a>, also recorded 1g\/1a in his last match. Despite the German attacker&#8217;s efforts, they suffered a narrow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/stlvssj-04-25-2026\/\">3-2 loss<\/a> to league-leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/san-jose-earthquakes\/\">San Jose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors will need Hartel, along with Swiss goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/roman-burki\/\">Roman B\u00fcrki<\/a>, to step up if they&#8217;re to earn their first road win under head coach Yoann Damet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/matchday-11-everything-to-know-for-this-weekend-s-biggest-matches\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Samatha Badon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Matchday 11 is upon us, highlighted by several enticing regional rivalries. Let&#8217;s look ahead to key games on deck this weekend. \u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 30, 2026 WHEN: Saturday, 7:15 pm ET\u00a0 WATCH: Apple TV, FS1 The Florida Derby will be played in Miami proper for the first time as Inter Miami [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":902903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1272,119564,2005],"tags":[7839,119563],"class_list":{"0":"post-902902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-everything","8":"category-matchday","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-everything","11":"tag-matchday"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}