| Competition: | MLS Next Pro |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Dates: | March 25 – September 18 (Regular season) (Playoffs) |
| Winners: | Columbus Crew 2 (1st Title) |
| Shieldtitle: | Regular season title |
| Shield: | Columbus Crew 2 (1st Title) |
| Matches: | 259 |
| Matches Footnote: | (252 RS, 7 PO) |
| Total Goals: | 882 |
| Total Goals Footnote: | (855 RS, 27 PO) |
| Best Player: |  Jacen Russell-Rowe Columbus Crew 2 |
| League Topscorer: | Jacen Russell-Rowe Columbus Crew 2 (21 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | CC2 9–0 CIN (September 18) |
| Biggest Away Win: | CHI 0–5 STL (June 11) |
| Highest Scoring: | CC2 9–0 CIN (September 18) |
| Longest Wins: | 7 PU2 |
| Longest Losses: | 13 RLM |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,446 CC2 4–1 STL |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
| Updated: | September 18, 2022 |
The 2022 MLS Next Pro season was the inaugural season of MLS Next Pro, the reserve league of Major League Soccer. It is the first season since 2014 where MLS had a standalone reserve league, the previous season being the MLS Reserve League. Including both MLS Next Pro and the MLS Reserve League, it is the ninth season of a reserve league operated by MLS. The league is sanctioned as a third division league by U.S. Soccer.
A total of 21 clubs, 20 MLS reserve teams and one independent team (Rochester New York FC) participated in the 2022 season. The regular season began on March 25 and was concluded on September 18, 2022.
Columbus Crew 2 defeated St. Louis City 2 4–1 in the inaugural MLS Next Pro Cup final on October 8.[1] [2]
See main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums.
The regular season will feature 24 matches in a mostly regionalized schedule. Teams will play two or three games against teams in their conference. Only four matches total will be played between teams in opposite conferences. Each conference will be divided into divisions of five or six teams for scheduling.[3]
 Beto Avila | Houston Dynamo 2 | Sporting Kansas City II | 3–0 (A)[5] | April 10 | |
| Jack Lynn | Orlando City B | Inter Miami CF II | 6–0 (H)[6] | May 21 | |
| Joshua Penn | Chicago Fire FC II | Toronto FC II | 6–2 (A) | May 27 | |
 Rauf Salifu | Sporting Kansas City II | North Texas SC | 4–2 (H)[7] | July 2 | |
| Gibran Rayo | Rochester New York FC | Philadelphia Union II | 3–0 (H)[8] | July 7 | |
| John Denis | New York City FC II | New England Revolution II | 4–0 (A) | July 10 | |
| Victor Bezerra | Chicago Fire FC II | Orlando City B | 3–4 (H) | July 17 | |
| Thomas Williamson | Minnesota United FC 2 | Colorado Rapids 2 | 3–3 (H) | August 6 | |
| Shanyder Borgelin | Inter Miami II | New England Revolution II | 4–2 (H) | August 7 | |
| Jacen Russell-Rowe | Columbus Crew 2 | FC Cincinnati II | 9–0 (H)4 | September 18 |
There was an eight-team playoff, where the top finisher in each division qualified, along with the next two top finishers in each conference. Seeding within each conference was based on conference standings, regardless of being division champions.[11]
----
----
| Award | Winner | Team | Reason | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Boot | Jacen Russell-Rowe | Columbus Crew 2 | 21 goals | [12] | |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Patrick Schulte | Columbus Crew 2 | 1.00 goals against average; 10 wins; 7 clean sheets | [13] | |
| Coach of the Year |  Laurent Courtois | Columbus Crew 2 | Won regular season title | [14] | |
| Goal of the Year |  Ryan Lima | New England Revolution II | vs FC Cincinnati 2 | [15] | |
| Save of the Year | Antonio Carrera | North Texas SC | vs Houston Dynamo 2 | [16] | |
| Most Valuable Player | Jacen Russell-Rowe | Columbus Crew 2 | 21 goals in 19 starts; 5 assists; 5 multi-goal games | [17] [18] |
| Month | Player of the Month | Team of the Month | Coach of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Position | Club | Player | Club | Keeper | Club | |||
| March/April | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | Tacoma Defiance | Forward | Houston Dynamo 2 | Kenny Bundy | Houston Dynamo 2 | Javier Otero | Orlando City B | [20] | |
| May | Jacen Russell-Rowe | Columbus Crew 2 | Midfielder | Rochester New York FC | Bruno Baltazar | Rochester New York FC | Jacob Jackson | New England Revolution II | [21] | |
| June | Jacen Russell-Rowe | Columbus Crew 2 | Midfielder | St. Louis City 2 | John Hackworth | St. Louis City 2 | Caíque | Rochester New York FC | [22] | |
| July | John Denis | New York City FC II | Midfielder | Tacoma Defiance | Wade Webber | Tacoma Defiance | Luka Gavran | Toronto FC II | [23] | |
| August | Klauss | St. Louis City 2 | Forward | St. Louis City 2 | John Hackworth | St. Louis City 2 | Patrick Schulte | Columbus Crew 2 | [24] | |
