2025 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season2025
Dates
  • February 22 – October 18
    (regular season)
  • October 22 – December 6
    (playoffs)
Teams30
MLS CupInter Miami CF
(1st title)
Supporters' ShieldPhiladelphia Union
(2nd shield)
Champions Cup
(United States)
FC Cincinnati
Inter Miami CF
LA Galaxy
Los Angeles FC
Nashville SC
Philadelphia Union
Seattle Sounders FC
Champions Cup
(Canada)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches510
Goals1,530 (3 per match)
Best PlayerLionel Messi[1]
Top goalscorerLionel Messi
(29 goals)
Best goalkeeperYohei Takaoka
(13 clean sheets)
Biggest home winRed Bulls 7–0 LA Galaxy
(May 10)
Vancouver 7–0 Philadelphia
(September 13)
Biggest away winDC 1–7 Chicago
(June 7)
Highest scoring9 goals:
Nashville 7–2 Chicago
(April 26)
Atlanta 4–5 Columbus
(September 13)
Longest winning run9 matches:
Charlotte
(July 12 – September 13)
Longest unbeaten run12 matches:
Orlando
(March 15 – May 24)
Nashville
(April 26 – July 5)
Longest winless run16 matches:
LA Galaxy
(February 23 – May 28)
Longest losing run5 matches:
LA Galaxy
(April 19 – May 14)
D.C.
(July 12 – August 9)
Kansas City
(September 7 – October 4)
Highest attendance65,520
ATL 3–2 MTL (February 22)[2]
Lowest attendance10,645
DC 1–1 NE (May 28)[3][4]
Total attendance11,094,594[5]
Average attendance21,754[5]
2024
2026

The 2025 Major League Soccer season was the 30th season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, and the 47th season overall of a national first-division league in the United States.

MLS expanded to 30 clubs this season with the addition of San Diego FC, an expansion team awarded in 2023.[6] The league's 30 teams were divided into the Eastern and Western conferences, which each had 15 teams. The regular season ran from February 22 to October 18 and comprised 34 matches for each team, with a schedule that was primarily intra-conference with six inter-conference matches per team.[7] There was a break for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup in late June but no break for the 2025 Leagues Cup in August.[8][9] The San Jose Earthquakes hosted D.C. United on April 6, 2025, in a nod to the inaugural MLS match played by the same two teams, as part of recognition of the league's 30th anniversary.[8]

All MLS games were broadcast on MLS Season Pass for the third year as part of a ten-year partnership between MLS and Apple Inc. for the broadcast and streaming rights to all MLS and Leagues Cup games, as well as select MLS Next and MLS Next Pro games.[10]

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, hosted by the United States, took place during the middle of the season and included MLS participants Seattle Sounders FC, Inter Miami CF, and Los Angeles FC.[11] The 2025 edition of the Leagues Cup took place between July 29 and August 31.[12]

The LA Galaxy were the reigning MLS Cup champions and Inter Miami CF were the Supporters' Shield holders, having set the all-time points record during the 2024 season. The Philadelphia Union won the Supporters' Shield for a second time,[13] while Inter Miami CF won a first MLS Cup title after defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[14]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Atlanta United FC Mercedes-Benz Stadium[A] 42,500
Austin FC Q2 Stadium 20,738
CF Montréal Saputo Stadium 19,619
Charlotte FC Bank of America Stadium[A] 38,000[15]
Chicago Fire FC Soldier Field[A] 24,955
Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061
Columbus Crew Lower.com Field 20,011
D.C. United Audi Field 20,000
FC Cincinnati TQL Stadium 26,000
FC Dallas Toyota Stadium 20,500
Houston Dynamo FC Shell Energy Stadium 22,039
Inter Miami CF Chase Stadium[B] 21,550
LA Galaxy Dignity Health Sports Park 27,000
Los Angeles FC BMO Stadium 22,000
Minnesota United FC Allianz Field 19,400
Nashville SC Geodis Park 30,000
New England Revolution Gillette Stadium[A] 20,000
New York City FC Yankee Stadium[A]
Citi Field[A]
28,743
41,992
New York Red Bulls Sports Illustrated Stadium 25,000
Orlando City SC Inter&Co Stadium 25,500
Philadelphia Union Subaru Park 18,500
Portland Timbers Providence Park 25,218
Real Salt Lake America First Field 20,213
San Diego FC Snapdragon Stadium 35,000
San Jose Earthquakes PayPal Park 18,000
Seattle Sounders FC Lumen Field[A] 37,722
Sporting Kansas City Children's Mercy Park 18,467
St. Louis City SC Energizer Park 22,423
Toronto FC BMO Field 28,351
Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place[A] 22,120
  1. ^
    Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity. Capacity may be increased to full capacity if demand requires.
  2. ^
    Temporary stadium.

Transfers

MLS expansion draft

Personnel and sponsorships

Note: All teams used Adidas as universal kit manufacturer. As part of Apple's broadcast contract, all MLS kits included Apple TV+ as a sleeve sponsor.[16]

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor Sleeve sponsor
Atlanta United FC Ronny Deila Brad Guzan American Family Insurance Emory Healthcare
Austin FC Nico Estévez Ilie Sánchez Yeti Siete Foods
Charlotte FC Dean Smith Ashley Westwood Ally Rugs.com
Chicago Fire FC Gregg Berhalter Kellyn Acosta Carvana[17] Magellan Corporation
FC Cincinnati Pat Noonan Miles Robinson Mercy Health Kroger
Colorado Rapids Chris Armas Keegan Rosenberry UCHealth Kiewit
Columbus Crew Wilfried Nancy Darlington Nagbe Nationwide DHL Supply Chain[18]
FC Dallas Eric Quill Maarten Paes Children's Health (Home)
UT Southwestern (Away)
D.C. United René Weiler Christian Benteke Guidehouse Fruitist
Houston Dynamo FC Ben Olsen Artur MD Anderson
Inter Miami CF Javier Mascherano Lionel Messi Royal Caribbean Fracht Group
LA Galaxy Greg Vanney Maya Yoshida Herbalife RBC
Los Angeles FC Steve Cherundolo Aaron Long BMO Bank[t 1] Ford
Minnesota United FC Eric Ramsay Michael Boxall Target[t 2] NutriSource
CF Montréal Marco Donadel (interim) Samuel Piette Bank of Montreal Telus
Nashville SC B.J. Callaghan Walker Zimmerman Renasant Bank[t 3] Hyundai
New England Revolution Pablo Moreira (interim) Carles Gil Gillette
New York City FC Pascal Jansen Thiago Martins Etihad Airways[t 4] Judi Health
New York Red Bulls Sandro Schwarz Emil Forsberg Red Bull OANDA
Orlando City SC Óscar Pareja Robin Jansson Orlando Health Exploria
Philadelphia Union Bradley Carnell Alejandro Bedoya Bimbo Bakeries USA Independence Blue Cross
Portland Timbers Phil Neville Diego Chará Tillamook[19][t 5]
Real Salt Lake Pablo Mastroeni Rafael Cabral Select Health Intermountain Health
San Diego FC Mikey Varas Jeppe Tverskov DirecTV[20] Adriana's Insurance
San Jose Earthquakes Bruce Arena Cristian Espinoza El Camino Health Habbas Law
Seattle Sounders FC Brian Schmetzer Stefan Frei Providence[t 6] Emerald Queen Casino
Sporting Kansas City Kerry Zavagnin (interim) Erik Thommy Compass Minerals
St. Louis City SC David Critchley (interim) Roman Bürki Purina BJC HealthCare
Toronto FC Robin Fraser Jonathan Osorio Bank of Montreal LG
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Jesper Sørensen Ryan Gauld Telus BLG
  1. ^ Rockstar sponsored training and special event jerseys
  2. ^ Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota sponsored training and special event jerseys
  3. ^ Vanderbilt Health sponsored training and special event jerseys
  4. ^ Montefiore Einstein sponsored training and special event jerseys
  5. ^ Dutch Bros. Coffee sponsored training and special event jerseys
  6. ^ Providence Swedish sponsored training and special event jerseys

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Chicago Fire FC Frank Klopas Mutual consent October 20, 2024 Pre-season Gregg Berhalter October 20, 2024[21]
Austin FC Davy Arnaud (interim) End of interim period October 25, 2024 Nico Estévez October 25, 2024[22]
Philadelphia Union Jim Curtin Mutual consent November 7, 2024[23] Bradley Carnell January 2, 2025[24]
San Jose Earthquakes Ian Russell (interim) End of interim period November 7, 2024 Bruce Arena November 7, 2024[25]
FC Dallas Peter Luccin (interim) November 20, 2024 Eric Quill November 20, 2024[26]
Inter Miami CF Gerardo Martino Resigned November 22, 2024[27] Javier Mascherano November 26, 2024[28]
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vanni Sartini Mutual consent November 25, 2024[29] Jesper Sørensen January 14, 2025[30]
Atlanta United FC Rob Valentino (interim) End of interim period November 26, 2024[31] Ronny Deila December 20, 2024[32]
New York City FC Nick Cushing Fired November 26, 2024[33] Pascal Jansen January 6, 2025[34]
St. Louis City SC John Hackworth (interim) End of interim period November 26, 2024 Olof Mellberg November 26, 2024[35]
Toronto FC John Herdman Resigned November 29, 2024[36] Robin Fraser January 10, 2025[37]
CF Montréal Laurent Courtois Fired March 24, 2025[38] 15th in East, 30th overall Marco Donadel (interim) March 24, 2025
Sporting Kansas City Peter Vermes Mutual consent March 31, 2025[39] 15th in West, 30th overall Kerry Zavagnin (interim) March 31, 2025
St. Louis City SC Olof Mellberg Fired May 27, 2025[40] 14th in West, 28th overall David Critchley (interim) May 27, 2025
D.C. United Troy Lesesne July 10, 2025[41] 12th in East, 25th overall Kevin Flanagan (interim) July 10, 2025
Kevin Flanagan (interim) End of interim period July 16, 2025 14th in East, 27th overall René Weiler July 16, 2025[42][43]
New England Revolution Caleb Porter Fired September 15, 2025[44] 11th in East, 23rd overall Pablo Moreira (interim) September 15, 2025

Regular season

Format

The MLS regular season began on February 22 and ended on October 18 with "Decision Day". Each team played 34 matches – 17 at home and 17 away – primarily against opponents from the same conference. The schedule included two matches against opponents in the same conference, comprising a total of 28 matches, and six matches against opponents from the other conference. The regular season included breaks for the FIFA Club World Cup and CONCACAF Gold Cup from June 15 to 24. MLS did not include a break in regular season play for the month-long Leagues Cup, which began in late July.[45] The MLS Cup playoffs began on October 22 and comprised nine teams from each conference over five rounds in a variety of formats, beginning with a single match for the lowest-seeded wild card teams. The next round was a best-of-three round, which was then followed by single-elimination matches hosted by the team with the better regular season record. MLS Cup 2025 was played on December 6.[46][47]

Conference standings

MLS Eastern Conference table (2025)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Philadelphia Union 34 20 8 6 57 35 +22 66 Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2 FC Cincinnati 34 20 9 5 52 40 +12 65 Qualification for round one
3 Inter Miami CF 34 19 7 8 81 55 +26 65
4 Charlotte FC 34 19 13 2 55 46 +9 59
5 New York City FC 34 17 12 5 50 44 +6 56
6 Nashville SC 34 16 12 6 58 45 +13 54
7 Columbus Crew 34 14 8 12 55 51 +4 54
8 Chicago Fire FC 34 15 11 8 68 60 +8 53 Qualification for the wild-card round
9 Orlando City SC 34 14 9 11 63 51 +12 53
10 New York Red Bulls 34 12 15 7 48 47 +1 43
11 New England Revolution 34 9 16 9 44 51 −7 36
12 Toronto FC 34 6 14 14 37 44 −7 32
13 CF Montréal 34 6 18 10 34 60 −26 28
14 Atlanta United FC 34 5 16 13 38 63 −25 28
15 D.C. United 34 5 18 11 30 66 −36 26
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

MLS Western Conference table (2025)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Diego FC 34 19 9 6 64 41 +23 63 Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 18 7 9 66 38 +28 63 Qualification for round one
3 Los Angeles FC 34 17 8 9 65 40 +25 60
4 Minnesota United FC 34 16 8 10 56 39 +17 58
5 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 9 10 58 48 +10 55
6 Austin FC 34 13 13 8 37 45 −8 47
7 FC Dallas 34 11 12 11 52 55 −3 44
8 Portland Timbers 34 11 12 11 41 48 −7 44 Qualification for the wild-card round
9 Real Salt Lake 34 12 17 5 38 49 −11 41
10 San Jose Earthquakes 34 11 15 8 60 63 −3 41
11 Colorado Rapids 34 11 15 8 44 56 −12 41
12 Houston Dynamo FC 34 9 15 10 43 56 −13 37
13 St. Louis City SC 34 8 18 8 44 58 −14 32
14 LA Galaxy 34 7 18 9 46 66 −20 30
15 Sporting Kansas City 34 7 20 7 46 70 −24 28
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall table

The leading team in this table won the Supporters' Shield.

Overall MLS standings table (2025)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Philadelphia Union (S) 34 20 8 6 57 35 +22 66 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one[a]
2 FC Cincinnati 34 20 9 5 52 40 +12 65 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one[b]
3 Inter Miami CF (C) 34 19 7 8 81 55 +26 65 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16[c]
4 San Diego FC 34 19 9 6 64 41 +23 63 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one[d]
5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (V) 34 18 7 9 66 38 +28 63 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one[e]
6 Los Angeles FC 34 17 8 9 65 40 +25 60 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one[f]
7 Charlotte FC 34 19 13 2 55 46 +9 59
8 Minnesota United FC 34 16 8 10 56 39 +17 58
9 New York City FC 34 17 12 5 50 44 +6 56
10 Seattle Sounders FC (L) 34 15 9 10 58 48 +10 55 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16[g]
11 Nashville SC (U) 34 16 12 6 58 45 +13 54 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one[h]
12 Columbus Crew 34 14 8 12 55 51 +4 54
13 Chicago Fire FC 34 15 11 8 68 60 +8 53
14 Orlando City SC 34 14 9 11 63 51 +12 53
15 Austin FC 34 13 13 8 37 45 −8 47
16 FC Dallas 34 11 12 11 52 55 −3 44
17 Portland Timbers 34 11 12 11 41 48 −7 44
18 New York Red Bulls 34 12 15 7 48 47 +1 43
19 Real Salt Lake 34 12 17 5 38 49 −11 41
20 San Jose Earthquakes 34 11 15 8 60 63 −3 41
21 Colorado Rapids 34 11 15 8 44 56 −12 41
22 Houston Dynamo FC 34 9 15 10 43 56 −13 37
23 New England Revolution 34 9 16 9 44 51 −7 36
24 St. Louis City SC 34 8 18 8 44 58 −14 32
25 Toronto FC 34 6 14 14 37 44 −7 32
26 LA Galaxy 34 7 18 9 46 66 −20 30 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one[i]
27 Sporting Kansas City 34 7 20 7 46 70 −24 28
28 CF Montréal 34 6 18 10 34 60 −26 28
29 Atlanta United FC 34 5 16 13 38 63 −25 28
30 D.C. United 34 5 18 11 30 66 −36 26
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
(C) MLS Cup champions; (L) Leagues Cup winners; (S) Supporters' Shield winners; (U) U.S. Open Cup winners; (V) Canadian Championship winners
Notes:
  1. ^ As 2025 MLS Supporters' Shield champions
  2. ^ As highest-ranked club in 2025 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified
  3. ^ As 2025 MLS Cup champions
  4. ^ As Western Conference regular season winners
  5. ^ As second highest-ranked club in 2025 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified
  6. ^ As third highest-ranked club in 2025 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified
  7. ^ As winners of Leagues Cup
  8. ^ As winners of 2025 U.S. Open Cup
  9. ^ As third place of Leagues Cup

Results table

Home \ Away ATL AUS CHI CIN CLB CLT COL DAL DCU HOU LAX LFC MIA MIN MTL NEW NSH NYC NYR ORL PHI POR RSL SEA SDC SJO SKC STL TOR VAN
Atlanta United FC 2–2 4–2 4–5 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0
Austin FC 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–0
Chicago Fire FC 2–1 2–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–2
FC Cincinnati 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 3–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0
Columbus Crew 3–1 4–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Charlotte FC 2–0 1–4 2–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–4 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–0
Colorado Rapids 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–0
FC Dallas 2–0 1–3 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–4 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–4 2–1 3–0 0–1
D.C. United 0–0 2–4 1–7 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–6 2–1 2–2
Houston Dynamo FC 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–4 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–3
LA Galaxy 1–2 2–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–4 2–0 0–4 0–2 0–1 4–1 0–3 3–0
Los Angeles FC 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–1
Inter Miami CF 4–0 3–5 0–0 5–1 1–0 3–4 3–2 3–1 4–2 4–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–1
Minnesota United FC 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–4 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–3
CF Montréal 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–4 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–6
New England Revolution 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–3 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Nashville SC 0–1 7–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–5 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
New York City FC 4–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–1
New York Red Bulls 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 1–2 7–0 1–5 2–2 1–0 5–3 2–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1
Orlando City SC 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 3–3 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–4 1–0 3–1 4–2 1–2
Philadelphia Union 3–0 4–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–2 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Portland Timbers 1–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–4
Real Salt Lake 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–3
Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 5–2 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 5–2 4–1 2–2
San Diego FC 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–4 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1
San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 1–2 2–2 6–1 3–3 1–1 2–4 3–3 0–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–5 1–3 2–1
Sporting Kansas City 1–2 2–1 4–2 2–4 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–2
St. Louis City SC 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–3 0–3 1–2 3–1 2–4 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–0
Toronto FC 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 3–0 0–0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 7–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–5 4–1 3–0 3–2
Source: MLS
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

MLS All-Star Game

MLS All-Stars 3–1 Liga MX All-Stars
  • Surridge 28'
  • Baribo 51'
  • White 80'
Report
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza (United States)

MLS Cup playoffs

Bracket

The higher seeded teams hosted single-elimination matches, with the MLS Cup host determined by overall points in the Supporters' Shield table. During the best-of-three round, the team with higher seed hosted the first match (and the third match, if required).

Wild card
single match
Round one
best-of-three series
Conference semifinals
single match
Conference finals
single match
MLS Cup
single match
E1 Philadelphia Union 2 (4) 3
E8 Chicago Fire FC 3 E8 Chicago Fire FC 2 (2) 0
E9 Orlando City SC 1 E1 Philadelphia Union 0
E5 New York City FC 1
E4 Charlotte FC 0 0 (7) 1 Eastern Conference
E5 New York City FC 1 0 (6) 3
E5 New York City FC 1
E3 Inter Miami CF 5
E3 Inter Miami CF 3 1 4
E6 Nashville SC 1 2 0
E3 Inter Miami CF 4
E2 FC Cincinnati 0
E2 FC Cincinnati 1 0 2
E7 Columbus Crew 0 4 1
E3 Inter Miami CF 3
W2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
W1 San Diego FC 2 2 (2) 4
W8 Portland Timbers 3 W8 Portland Timbers 1 2 (3) 0
W9 Real Salt Lake 1 W1 San Diego FC 1
W4 Minnesota United FC 0
W4 Minnesota United FC 0 (3) 2 3 (7) Western Conference
W5 Seattle Sounders FC 0 (2) 4 3 (6)
W1 San Diego FC 1
W2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3
W3 Los Angeles FC 2 4
W6 Austin FC 1 1
W3 Los Angeles FC 2 (3)
W2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (p) 2 (4)
W2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 1 (4)
W7 FC Dallas 0 1 (2)

MLS Cup

Inter Miami CF3–1Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report Ahmed 60'

Attendance

Average home attendances

As of October 18, 2025
Rank Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
1 Atlanta United FC 17 747,859 65,520 38,882 43,992
2 Seattle Sounders FC 17 526,882 32,913 30,041 30,993
3 Charlotte FC 17 521,282 51,002 26,606 30,664
4 San Diego FC 17 477,091 34,506 22,361 28,064
5 Nashville SC 17 449,367 30,109 22,549 26,433
6 FC Cincinnati 17 419,354 25,513 22,747 24,668
7 New England Revolution 17 416,107 43,293 15,596 24,477
8 Chicago Fire FC 17 398,644 62,358 16,278 23,450
9 Columbus Crew 17 387,511 60,614 19,671 22,795
10 St. Louis City SC 17 381,191 22,423 22,423 22,423
11 Portland Timbers 17 380,891 25,218 20,012 22,405
12 Los Angeles FC 17 372,834 22,937 17,031 21,931
13 New York City FC 17 371,502 40,845 17,070 21,853
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 370,707 26,741 17,012 21,806
15 Toronto FC 17 362,998 28,855 14,018 21,353
16 Austin FC 17 352,546 20,738 20,738 20,738
17 Orlando City SC 17 349,746 25,046 17,007 20,573
18 Inter Miami CF 17 346,289 21,184 16,888 20,370
19 LA Galaxy 17 341,146 25,224 15,345 20,067
20 Real Salt Lake 17 336,183 20,338 18,853 19,775
21 New York Red Bulls 17 335,077 25,219 11,135 19,710
22 San Jose Earthquakes 17 333,432 50,978 14,147 19,614
23 Minnesota United FC 17 327,203 19,784 17,124 19,247
24 Philadelphia Union 17 311,623 19,357 15,539 18,331
25 Houston Dynamo FC 17 300,781 20,810 14,266 17,693
26 Sporting Kansas City 17 282,261 18,116 14,867 16,604
27 D.C. United 17 278,617 19,365 10,645 16,389
28 CF Montréal 17 274,752 19,619 15,012 16,162
29 Colorado Rapids 17 270,129 18,258 14,497 15,890
30 FC Dallas[a] 17 187,217 11,151 11,004 11,013
Total 510 11,211,222 65,520 10,645 21,983
  1. ^ Construction at Toyota Stadium temporarily lowered attendance seating to about 11,000.[4]

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Match­day Stadium Ref.
1 Atlanta United FC 3–2 CF Montréal 65,520 February 22, 2025 1 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [2]
2 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Inter Miami CF 62,358 April 13, 2025 8 Soldier Field [48]
3 Columbus Crew 0–1 Inter Miami CF 60,614 April 19, 2025 9 Huntington Bank Field [49]
4 Charlotte FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC 51,002 March 1, 2025 2 Bank of America Stadium [50]
5 Atlanta United FC 1–2 Inter Miami CF 42,843 March 16, 2025 4 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [51]
6 Atlanta United FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls 42,562 March 8, 2025 3 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [52]
7 Atlanta United FC 4–3 New York City FC 42,518 March 29, 2025 6 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [53]
8 Atlanta United FC 1–1 FC Dallas 41,984 April 5, 2025 7 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [54]
9 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Nashville SC 41,893 May 3, 2025 11 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [55]
10 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New England Revolution 41,879 April 12, 2025 8 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [56]

2025 MLS Cup playoffs

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium Ref.
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2
(4–3 pen.)
Los Angeles FC 53,957 November 22, 2025 BC Place [57]
2 Charlotte FC 1–3 New York City FC 34,473 November 7, 2025 Bank of America Stadium [58]
3 Charlotte FC 0–1 New York City FC 33,709 October 28, 2025 Bank of America Stadium [59]
4 San Diego FC 1–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 32,502 November 29, 2025 Snapdragon Stadium [60]
5 San Diego FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC 32,502 November 24, 2025 Snapdragon Stadium [61]
6 San Diego FC 4–0 Portland Timbers 32,502 November 9, 2025 Snapdragon Stadium [62]
7 San Diego FC 2–1 Portland Timbers 32,502 October 26, 2025 Snapdragon Stadium [63]
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 FC Dallas 32,066 October 26, 2025 BC Place [64]
9 Nashville SC 2–1 Inter Miami CF 30,109 November 1, 2025 Geodis Park [65]
10 Seattle Sounders FC 4–2 Minnesota United FC 30,085 November 3, 2025 Lumen Field [66]

Player statistics

Source:[67]

Goals

Rank Player Club Goals[68]
1 Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF 29
2 Denis Bouanga Los Angeles FC 24
Sam Surridge Nashville SC
4 Anders Dreyer San Diego FC 19
5 Evander FC Cincinnati 18
Dejan Joveljić Sporting Kansas City
Petar Musa FC Dallas
8 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting New York Red Bulls 17
Hugo Cuypers Chicago Fire FC
Alonso Martínez New York City FC

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Score Date
Tai Baribo Philadelphia Union FC Cincinnati 4–1 (H) March 1, 2025
Josef Martínez San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United 6–1 (H) April 6, 2025
Brian White4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Austin FC 5–1 (H) April 12, 2025
Sam Surridge4 Nashville SC Chicago Fire FC 7–2 (H) April 26, 2025
Martín Ojeda Orlando City SC New England Revolution 3–3 (H) May 10, 2025
Tom Barlow Chicago Fire FC D.C. United 1−7 (A) June 7, 2025
João Klauss St. Louis City SC LA Galaxy 3−3 (H) June 14, 2025
Sam Surridge Nashville SC New England Revolution 2–3 (A) June 25, 2025
Milan Iloski4 San Diego FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–5 (A)
Alonso Martínez New York City FC FC Dallas 3−4 (A) July 25, 2025
Danny Musovski Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City 5–2 (H) August 24, 2025
Idan Toklomati Charlotte FC Inter Miami CF 3–0 (H) September 13, 2025
Diego Rossi Columbus Crew Atlanta United FC 4–5 (A)
Denis Bouanga Los Angeles FC San Jose Earthquakes 2–4 (A)
Thomas Müller Vancouver Whitecaps FC Philadelphia Union 7–0 (H)
Son Heung-min Los Angeles FC Real Salt Lake 1–4 (A) September 17, 2025
Denis Bouanga Los Angeles FC Real Salt Lake 4–1 (H) September 21, 2025
Joseph Paintsil LA Galaxy Sporting Kansas City 4–1 (H) September 27, 2025
Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF Nashville SC 2–5 (A) October 18, 2025
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
4 Scored 4 goals

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists[69]
1 Anders Dreyer San Diego FC 19
Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF
3 Jordi Alba Inter Miami CF 15
Evander FC Cincinnati
Martín Ojeda Orlando City SC
Philip Zinckernagel Chicago Fire FC
7 Carles Gil New England Revolution 14
8 Pep Biel Charlotte FC 12
Cristian Espinoza San Jose Earthquakes
Hany Mukhtar Nashville SC
Jeppe Tverskov San Diego FC

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[70]
1 Yohei Takaoka Vancouver Whitecaps FC 13
2 Kristijan Kahlina Charlotte FC 12
Hugo Lloris Los Angeles FC
4 Roman Celentano FC Cincinnati 10
Carlos Coronel New York Red Bulls
CJ dos Santos San Diego FC
Dayne St. Clair Minnesota United FC
8 Andre Blake Philadelphia Union 9
Brad Stuver Austin FC
Joe Willis Nashville SC

Awards

Team/Player of the Matchday

  • Bold denotes the Player of the Matchday.

Goal of the Matchday

Player of the Month

Month Player Club Stats Ref.
February/March Tai Baribo Philadelphia Union 5 matches played, 6 goals, 0 assists [176]
April Brian White Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 matches played, 5 goals, 0 assists [177]
May Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF 7 matches played, 7 goals, 4 assists [178]
June Anders Dreyer San Diego FC 3 matches played, 3 goals, 6 assists [179]
July Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF 5 matches played, 8 goals, 3 assists [180]
August Anders Dreyer San Diego FC 4 matches played, 3 goals, 2 assists [181]
September Denis Bouanga Los Angeles FC 4 matches played, 8 goals, 1 assist [182]
October Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF 3 matches played, 5 goals, 5 assists [183]

End-of-season awards

Award Winner (club) Ref.
Most Valuable Player Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) [184]
Defender of the Year Tristan Blackmon (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) [185]
Goalkeeper of the Year Dayne St. Clair (Minnesota United FC) [186]
Coach of the Year Bradley Carnell (Philadelphia Union) [187]
Young Player of the Year Alex Freeman (Orlando City SC) [188]
Newcomer of the Year Anders Dreyer (San Diego FC) [189]
Comeback Player of the Year Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) [190]
Golden Boot Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) [191]
Audi Goals Drive Progress Impact Award Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) [192]
Referee of the Year Drew Fischer [193]
Assistant Referee of the Year Cory Richardson [193]
Goal of the Year Son Heung-min (Los Angeles FC) [194]
Save of the Year Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati) [195]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref.
Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota Tristan Blackmon, Vancouver
Alex Freeman, Orlando
Jakob Glesnes, Philadelphia
Kai Wagner, Philadelphia
Sebastian Berhalter, Vancouver
Evander, Cincinnati
Cristian Roldan, Seattle
Denis Bouanga, LAFC
Anders Dreyer, San Diego
Lionel Messi, Miami
[196]

Broadcasting

Apple TV, through MLS Season Pass, held the rights to stream every MLS match around the world via a 10-year deal that started in 2023.[197][198] This was the first season MLS Season Pass aired Sunday Night Soccer, a primetime Sunday game each week that was available to all Apple TV+ subscribers.[199]

United States

This was the third-year of a four-year deal with Fox Sports for the exclusive rights to MLS games on linear television in the United States. Fox Sports aired 34 matches during the 2025 season, with 19 on Fox Sports 1 and 15 on Fox in English. All 34 matches aired in Spanish on Fox Deportes.[200]

This was the first year DirecTV and Xfinity held the right to distribute MLS Season Pass to residential customers via their cable services.[201][199]

For the first time, several teams announced agreements with local over-the-air stations, to rebroadcast matches at least 48 hours after their conclusion. FC Dallas announced an agreement with KDFI-TV, Charlotte FC with WAXN-TV, FC Cincinnati with WXIX-TV and Rock Entertainment Sports Network, LAFC with KCOP-TV, St. Louis City SC with KMOV-TV (the Matrix Midwest network) and the Seattle Sounders with KCPQ-TV. These were the first such agreements since 2022.[202][203][204][205][206][207]

Canada

This was the third-year of a four-year deal with TSN and RDS for the exclusive rights to MLS games on linear television in Canada. TSN and RDS aired 41 matches during the 2025 season.[208]

International

Internationally, since Apple TV acquired the rights to Major League Soccer in 2023, MLS Season Pass exclusively aired the MLS outside the United States and Canada. However, in 2025, Major League Soccer announced agreements with SBS in Australia,[209] Dubai TV in the Middle East, TV3 in Spain, Sportdigital in Germany, and SkyK in South Korea to air Sunday Night Soccer matches.[210][211]

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