The 2020 Major League Rugby season was the third season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season schedule was released on September 23, 2019, and began on February 8, 2020.
Three teams made their debut in 2020: the New England Free Jacks, Old Glory DC, and Rugby ATL. The Seattle Seawolves were the defending champions, having won their second consecutive title from the previous year.
On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to increasing local social distancing restrictions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. One week later, MLR announced that the season was officially cancelled.
With three additional teams for the 2020 season, Major League Rugby moved to a two-conference format. For the regular season, each team was to play against the other teams in their conference twice and against every team in the opposite conference once, for a total of 16 games.
The playoffs expanded from four teams in 2019 to six teams in 2020, with the top three teams from each conference qualifying. The second- and third-placed team from each conference were to play each other in the conference semifinals, with the winner moving on to play the first-placed team in the conference finals. The winners of the conference finals would have to play against each other in the final for the championship.
The following are the matches for the 2020 Major League Rugby regular season:
<small>Updated to match(es) played on March 8, 2020</small><br/> <small>Colors: <span style="background:#97deff;">Blue</span>: home team win; <span style="background:#ffffbb;">Yellow</span>: draw; <span style="background:#ffcccc;">Red</span>: away team win.</small>
The top three teams from each conference would have qualified for the playoffs had the season not been cancelled. The top team in each conference earns a bye week while the second and third place team play in a conference semifinal.
The top ten try and point scorers during the 2020 Major League Rugby season were:
Last updated: March 9, 2020
Following the cancellation of the 2020 season, the MLR announced they would host a tournament, with each team, playing Rugby 20. The teams would enter a pool to select which nation they would play as. The MLR also announced that all of the MLR teams would be raising money and awareness for Feeding America's COVID-19 Response Fund, and that all matches would be streamed on the league's Twitch account.
The 1st ever Major League Rugby collegiate draft was held in 2020. Players were eligible for the draft after 3 years of college or if they had reached 21 years of age. Free agents were permitted try out to join teams at 18 years old.