Insider's team by team guide to the MLS is Back Tournament: A debut season for Beckham's Inter Miami, a French icon in Canada, and the absence of the league's best player

The MLS will resume on July 8.MLS/Getty/Abbie Parr

• The MLS returns on July 8 though it won't be as we know it.
• Dubbed the MLS is Back Tournament, 25 of the league's teams will battle it out in a "World Cup-style" tournament held at Walt Disney World in Florida that runs until August 11.
• Points in the group stages will count towards each teams regular season tally, while the overall winner will qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.
• The regular MLS season will then resume upon the tournament's completion.
• Ahead of kick off, Insider has produced a team-by-team rundown to get you up to speed.

On Wednesday July 8, four months after the 2020 season was halted amid the coronavirus pandemic, the MLS returns – though it won't be as we know it.

Dubbed the MLS is Back Tournament, 25 of the division's teams (FC Dallas has withdrawn after 10 players tested positive COVID-19) will battle it out in a "World Cup style" tournament held at Walt Disney World in Florida that runs until August 11.

Teams have been split into six groups, where they will each play three games in order to determine which 16 teams make it to the tournament's knockout rounds.

Points in the group stages will count towards each teams regular season tally, while the winner of the knockout phase will qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.

The regular MLS season will then resume upon the tournament's completion.

Ahead of kick off, Insider has produced a group-by-group, team-by-team rundown to get you up to speed.