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Major League Soccer
Season2025
Dates
  • February 22 – October 18
    (regular season)
  • TBD
    (playoffs)
Matches played222
Goals scored620 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerTai Baribo
(10 goals)
Best goalkeeperDayne St. Clair
(6 clean sheets)
Biggest home winRed Bulls 7–0 LA
(May 10)
Biggest away winPortland 1–4 Vancouver
(February 23)
Houston 1–4 Miami
(March 2)
LA 0–3 St. Louis
(March 9)
Colorado 0–3 Portland
(March 22)
Austin 0–3 Minnesota
(May 3)
Highest scoring9 goals:
Nashville 7–2 Chicago
(April 26)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches:
Orlando
(March 15 – present)
Longest winless run15 matches:
LA Galaxy
(February 23 – present)
Highest attendance65,520
ATL 3–2 MTL (February 22)[1]
Lowest attendance11,004
DAL 1–3 CHI (March 8)[2][3]
Total attendance4,519,984
Average attendance21,942
2024
2026
All statistics correct as of May 18, 2025.

The 2025 Major League Soccer season is the ongoing 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.[4] The league's 30 teams are divided into the Eastern and Western conferences, which each have 15 teams. The regular season runs from February 22 to October 18 and comprises 34 matches for each team with a schedule that is primarily intra-conference with 6 inter-conference matches per team.[5] There will be 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.[6][7] 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.[6]

All MLS games will be 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.[8]

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, hosted by the United States, will take place during the middle of the season and includes MLS participants Seattle Sounders FC and Inter Miami CF.[9] The 2025 edition of the Leagues Cup will take place between July 29 and August 31.[10]

The LA Galaxy are the reigning MLS Cup champions and Inter Miami CF are the Supporters' Shield holders, who set the all-time points record during the 2024 season.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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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[11]
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

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MLS expansion draft

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Personnel and sponsorships

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Note: All teams use Adidas as universal kit manufacturer. As part of Apple's broadcast contract, all MLS kits will include Apple TV+ as a sleeve sponsor.[12]

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor Sleeve sponsor
Atlanta United FC Norway Ronny Deila United States Brad Guzan American Family Insurance Emory Healthcare
Austin FC Spain Nico Estévez Spain Ilie Sánchez Yeti Siete Foods
Charlotte FC England Dean Smith England Ashley Westwood Ally Rugs.com
Chicago Fire FC United States Gregg Berhalter United States Kellyn Acosta Carvana[13] Magellan Corporation
FC Cincinnati United States Pat Noonan United States Miles Robinson Mercy Health Kroger
Colorado Rapids United States Chris Armas United States Keegan Rosenberry UCHealth
Columbus Crew France Wilfried Nancy United States Darlington Nagbe Nationwide DHL Supply Chain[14]
FC Dallas United States Eric Quill Argentina Luciano Acosta Children's Health (Home)
UT Southwestern (Away)
D.C. United United States Troy Lesesne Belgium Christian Benteke Guidehouse Fruitist
Houston Dynamo FC United States Ben Olsen Brazil Artur MD Anderson
Inter Miami CF Argentina Javier Mascherano Argentina Lionel Messi Royal Caribbean Fracht Group
LA Galaxy United States Greg Vanney Japan Maya Yoshida Herbalife RBC
Los Angeles FC United States Steve Cherundolo United States Aaron Long BMO Bank[t 1] Ford
Minnesota United FC Wales Eric Ramsay New Zealand Michael Boxall Target[t 2] NutriSource
CF Montréal Italy Marco Donadel (interim) Canada Samuel Piette Bank of Montreal Telus
Nashville SC United States B.J. Callaghan United States Walker Zimmerman Renasant Bank[t 3] Hyundai
New England Revolution United States Caleb Porter Spain Carles Gil Gillette Santander
New York City FC Netherlands Pascal Jansen Brazil Thiago Martins Etihad Airways[t 4] Capital Rx
New York Red Bulls Germany Sandro Schwarz Sweden Emil Forsberg Red Bull OANDA
Orlando City SC Colombia Óscar Pareja Sweden Robin Jansson Orlando Health Exploria
Philadelphia Union South Africa Bradley Carnell Norway Jakob Glesnes Bimbo Bakeries USA Independence Blue Cross
Portland Timbers England Phil Neville Colombia Diego Chará Tillamook[15][t 5] TikTok
Real Salt Lake United States Pablo Mastroeni United States Emeka Eneli Select Health Intermountain Health
San Diego FC United States Mikey Varas Denmark Jeppe Tverskov DirecTV[16]
San Jose Earthquakes United States Bruce Arena Argentina Cristian Espinoza El Camino Health Habbas Law
Seattle Sounders FC United States Brian Schmetzer Switzerland Stefan Frei Providence[t 6] Emerald Queen Casino
Sporting Kansas City United States Kerry Zavagnin (interim) Germany Erik Thommy Compass Minerals
St. Louis City SC United States David Critchley (interim) Switzerland Roman Bürki Purina BJC HealthCare
Toronto FC United States Robin Fraser Canada Jonathan Osorio Bank of Montreal LG
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Denmark Jesper Sørensen Scotland Ryan Gauld Telus
  1. ^ Rockstar sponsors training and special event jerseys
  2. ^ Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota sponsors training and special event jerseys
  3. ^ Vanderbilt Health sponsors training and special event jerseys
  4. ^ Montefiore Einstein sponsors training and special event jerseys
  5. ^ Dutch Bros. Coffee sponsors training and special event jerseys
  6. ^ Providence Swedish sponsors training and special event jerseys

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Austin FC United States Davy Arnaud (interim) End of interim period October 25, 2024 Pre-season Spain Nico Estévez October 25, 2024[17]
Philadelphia Union United States Jim Curtin Mutual consent November 7, 2024[18] South Africa Bradley Carnell January 2, 2025[19]
San Jose Earthquakes United States Ian Russell (interim) End of interim period November 7, 2024 United States Bruce Arena November 7, 2024[20]
FC Dallas France Peter Luccin (interim) November 20, 2024 United States Eric Quill November 20, 2024[21]
Inter Miami CF Argentina Gerardo Martino Resigned November 22, 2024[22] Argentina Javier Mascherano November 26, 2024[23]
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Italy Vanni Sartini Mutual consent November 25, 2024[24] Denmark Jesper Sørensen January 14, 2025[25]
Atlanta United FC United States Rob Valentino (interim) End of interim period November 26, 2024[26] Norway Ronny Deila December 20, 2024[27]
New York City FC England Nick Cushing Fired November 26, 2024[28] Netherlands Pascal Jansen January 6, 2025[29]
St. Louis City SC United States John Hackworth (interim) End of interim period November 26, 2024 Sweden Olof Mellberg November 26, 2024[30]
Toronto FC England John Herdman Resigned November 29, 2024[31] United States Robin Fraser January 10, 2025[32]
CF Montréal France Laurent Courtois Fired March 24, 2025[33] 15th in East, 30th overall Italy Marco Donadel (interim) March 24, 2025
Sporting Kansas City United States Peter Vermes Mutual consent March 31, 2025[34] 15th in West, 30th overall United States Kerry Zavagnin (interim) March 31, 2025
St. Louis City SC Sweden Olof Mellberg Fired May 27, 2025[35] 14th in West, 27th overall United States David Critchley (interim) May 27, 2025

Regular season

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Format

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Conference standings

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MLS Eastern Conference table (2025)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Philadelphia Union 16 10 3 3 32 18 +14 33 Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2 FC Cincinnati 16 9 4 3 24 22 +2 30 Qualification for round one
3 Nashville SC 16 8 4 4 28 19 +9 28
4 Columbus Crew 16 7 2 7 26 19 +7 28
5 Orlando City SC 16 7 3 6 30 19 +11 27
6 Inter Miami CF 15 7 3 5 31 26 +5 26
7 New York Red Bulls 16 7 6 3 26 19 +7 24
8 New York City FC 16 7 6 3 18 18 0 24 Qualification for the wild-card round
9 Charlotte FC 16 7 8 1 26 27 −1 22
10 New England Revolution 14 5 4 5 16 14 +2 20
11 Chicago Fire FC 14 5 5 4 25 27 −2 19
12 Atlanta United FC 16 4 7 5 21 28 −7 17
13 D.C. United 16 3 7 6 14 28 −14 15
14 Toronto FC 16 3 9 4 18 22 −4 13
15 CF Montréal 16 1 10 5 12 29 −17 8
Updated to match(es) played on May 28, 2025. 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 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 15 9 1 5 27 12 +15 32 Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2 San Diego FC 16 8 5 3 27 18 +9 27 Qualification for round one
3 Minnesota United FC 16 7 3 6 23 14 +9 27
4 Seattle Sounders FC 16 7 4 5 23 19 +4 26
5 Portland Timbers 16 7 4 5 25 22 +3 26
6 Los Angeles FC 15 6 4 5 27 22 +5 23
7 San Jose Earthquakes 16 6 6 4 33 26 +7 22
8 Colorado Rapids 16 6 6 4 18 22 −4 22 Qualification for the wild-card round
9 Houston Dynamo FC 16 5 6 5 21 22 −1 20
10 Austin FC 16 5 6 5 11 18 −7 20
11 FC Dallas 15 4 6 5 18 26 −8 17
12 Real Salt Lake 16 4 9 3 16 23 −7 15
13 Sporting Kansas City 15 3 8 4 22 27 −5 13
14 St. Louis City SC 15 2 8 5 11 20 −9 11
15 LA Galaxy 16 0 12 4 13 36 −23 4
Updated to match(es) played on May 28, 2025. 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

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The leading team in this table will win the Supporters' Shield.

Overall MLS standings table (2025)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Philadelphia Union 16 10 3 3 32 18 +14 33 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One[a]
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 15 9 1 5 27 12 +15 32
3 FC Cincinnati 16 9 4 3 24 22 +2 30
4 Nashville SC 16 8 4 4 28 19 +9 28
5 Columbus Crew 16 7 2 7 26 19 +7 28
6 Orlando City SC 16 7 3 6 30 19 +11 27
7 San Diego FC 16 8 5 3 27 18 +9 27
8 Minnesota United FC 16 7 3 6 23 14 +9 27
9 Inter Miami CF 15 7 3 5 31 26 +5 26
10 Seattle Sounders FC 16 7 4 5 23 19 +4 26
11 Portland Timbers 16 7 4 5 25 22 +3 26
12 New York Red Bulls 16 7 6 3 26 19 +7 24
13 New York City FC 16 7 6 3 18 18 0 24
14 Los Angeles FC 15 6 4 5 27 22 +5 23
15 San Jose Earthquakes 16 6 6 4 33 26 +7 22
16 Charlotte FC 16 7 8 1 26 27 −1 22
17 Colorado Rapids 16 6 6 4 18 22 −4 22
18 New England Revolution 14 5 4 5 16 14 +2 20
19 Houston Dynamo FC 16 5 6 5 21 22 −1 20
20 Austin FC 16 5 6 5 11 18 −7 20
21 Chicago Fire FC 14 5 5 4 25 27 −2 19
22 Atlanta United FC 16 4 7 5 21 28 −7 17
23 FC Dallas 15 4 6 5 18 26 −8 17
24 Real Salt Lake 16 4 9 3 16 23 −7 15
25 D.C. United 16 3 7 6 14 28 −14 15
26 Toronto FC 16 3 9 4 18 22 −4 13
27 Sporting Kansas City 15 3 8 4 22 27 −5 13
28 St. Louis City SC 15 2 8 5 11 20 −9 11
29 CF Montréal 16 1 10 5 12 29 −17 8
30 LA Galaxy 16 0 12 4 13 36 −23 4
Updated to match(es) played on May 28, 2025. 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)
Notes:

Results table

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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 Jul 16 4–2 Sep 13 Jul 19 1–1 Oct 18 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 May 28 0–1 Jul 26 Sep 20 Aug 24
Austin FC 1–1 0–1 Aug 16 Aug 9 1–0 Jul 5 0–3 Jul 12 Jun 14 0–0 May 28 Sep 20 2–1 Aug 30 1–0 Oct 4 0–0
Chicago Fire FC 2–1 2–3 Sep 27 Jun 28 2–2 Aug 9 0–0 1–1 Sep 6 Jun 14 Sep 13 Jul 26 0–0 Jun 25 Jul 12 Aug 16
FC Cincinnati 2–2 2–1 Jul 5 Jul 12 Aug 10 May 28 May 31 Jul 16 Oct 18 1–0 Sep 13 Aug 23 1–0 Sep 26 Aug 30 2–1 2–0
Columbus Crew Jun 25 4–2 1–1 4–2 Jul 19 0–0 0–1 2–1 Aug 23 May 28 0–0 Oct 18 Jul 25 Jun 29 2–1 Sep 20 Jun 14
Charlotte FC 2–0 1–4 2–0 3–2 Jul 16 Sep 13 Sep 27 0–1 2–1 Jul 12 Aug 24 Jul 5 Oct 18 Aug 16 3–0 4–1 Jul 26
Colorado Rapids Aug 16 Jun 7 2–0 3–3 Sep 13 Jun 25 Oct 18 Sep 27 Jun 14 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 Jul 4 1–0 Jul 12
FC Dallas Sep 13 1–3 Sep 20 0–2 Oct 4 Aug 23 Jul 4 Jul 25 May 31 Aug 9 1–1 0–1 Jun 28 Jun 25 2–1 Jul 19 0–1
D.C. United Jul 5 Jul 26 Jun 7 0–1 1–2 Oct 4 2–1 Aug 23 0–0 May 28 Jun 28 0–0 0–2 Sep 13 Sep 27 2–1 2–2
Houston Dynamo FC 2–0 2–2 1–2 Jul 25 1–0 1–4 2–0 Jun 14 Jul 19 Sep 20 1–2 1–3 Oct 4 Aug 23 May 31 Jun 28 Jul 16
LA Galaxy Jul 16 Sep 20 Aug 23 Aug 30 Jul 12 1–1 2–2 Oct 18 1–2 2–4 May 31 Aug 10 0–2 May 28 Sep 27 0–3 Jul 4
Los Angeles FC Oct 5 0–1 Jul 9 Jul 12 2–0 Jul 19 1–0 1–0 Jul 25 Sep 21 4–0 Aug 31 2–1 Jun 8 2–2 Jun 13 Jun 28
Inter Miami CF Jun 28 Aug 30 Jul 26 May 31 1–0 3–4 Sep 20 Aug 16 May 28 Oct 4 Jul 12 2–2 4–1 0–3 2–1 Sep 16 1–1
Minnesota United FC May 24 Sep 20 Aug 10 0–0 Jun 25 2–2 Jul 16 4–1 1–0 Aug 30 2–0 Aug 16 Jun 14 Jul 12 Oct 4 3–0 1–3
CF Montréal Aug 9 Aug 23 Jul 19 Jun 25 1–1 0–1 Aug 16 2–2 Jul 5 May 31 Oct 4 Jun 28 Sep 20 0–0 1–2 Sep 13 1–6
New England Revolution Sep 27 Oct 18 Jun 14 0–1 Aug 30 Jun 28 Aug 9 Aug 16 Jul 9 Jul 25 Jun 25 2–0 2–1 Jul 19 0–2 0–0 Sep 13
Nashville SC Aug 30 7–2 1–2 Jul 16 2–1 0–0 Sep 27 Oct 18 3–0 0–0 May 31 2–1 Aug 23 Jul 5 2–0 2–1 Jul 19
New York City FC Jun 12 3–1 1–0 Aug 9 Sep 19 Aug 30 May 28 Sep 24 1–2 0–1 2–1 Aug 16 2–0 2–1 1–0 Oct 18 Jul 3
New York Red Bulls May 31 2–1 Oct 4 Aug 30 May 28 1–2 7–0 Jul 19 Jun 28 1–0 Jul 16 2–0 Sep 27 2–2 Aug 16 Aug 10 2–1
Orlando City SC 3–0 May 31 Jun 28 Oct 4 3–1 4–1 Aug 10 Jul 12 3–3 Sep 20 Jul 16 0–0 2–4 1–0 Aug 16 4–2 Aug 30
Philadelphia Union 3–0 Aug 23 4–1 2–2 Jun 14 Jul 26 3–0 3–2 3–3 Jul 16 Sep 20 1–3 Oct 4 Jul 12 0–0 1–0 Aug 9
Portland Timbers 1–0 Aug 16 May 28 Sep 27 3–1 1–1 3–3 Jul 19 Jul 5 Sep 13 Jul 16 1–1 Oct 18 Jun 13 1–0 Jun 8 1–4
Real Salt Lake Sep 27 Jul 19 Oct 4 0–1 Jun 14 Jul 12 2–0 Jun 25 Aug 23 0–0 2–0 1–3 Jul 26 Sep 13 Jul 5 0–1 2–3
Seattle Sounders FC Jun 28 Jul 6 2–2 Jul 16 1–0 0–0 Sep 13 5–2 Jun 1 3–0 Oct 4 Aug 30 May 28 Jul 19 Aug 24 4–1 Sep 27
San Diego FC May 31 1–1 2–0 5–0 Jul 5 2–1 3–2 Sep 13 Jul 25 Aug 23 1–3 3–0 Sep 27 0–0 0–0 Jul 16 Jul 19
San Jose Earthquakes Oct 18 1–2 Jul 16 6–1 3–3 Jun 28 Sep 13 3–3 0–1 Jul 5 4–1 4–0 1–1 Aug 17 3–5 Sep 20 Aug 9
Sporting Kansas City Sep 7 Jun 25 Aug 30 Jun 14 Oct 18 1–0 0–2 3–3 May 24 Jul 19 2–4 Jun 28 Jul 12 Aug 9 1–2 2–0 Sep 20
St. Louis City SC 0–1 1–2 0–0 Sep 6 Aug 30 Jun 14 Sep 27 Jul 26 Aug 9 Jun 25 Jul 13 Oct 18 1–0 1–2 May 31 2–2 0–0
Toronto FC Jul 12 1–2 0–1 Aug 16 May 31 2–0 Sep 27 0–0 Aug 30 0–2 May 24 0–1 Jun 25 Oct 18 May 28 Jun 28 0–0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5–1 1–3 2–0 Oct 18 Aug 17 2–1 2–2 May 28 2–0 Sep 13 Sep 24 2–1 Jun 8 Jun 25 Oct 5 Jul 26 Aug 23
Updated to match(es) played on May 25, 2025. Source: MLS
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

MLS All-Star Game

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MLS All-Stars United States CanadavMexico Liga MX All-Stars

Attendance

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Average home attendances

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As of May 18, 2025
Rank Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
1 Atlanta United FC 8 360,174 65,520 40,974 45,359
2 Charlotte FC 7 224,514 51,002 27,463 32,073
3 Seattle Sounders FC 5 154,558 31,867 30,055 30,912
4 San Diego FC 8 228,072 34,506 22,361 28,509
5 Chicago Fire FC 6 157,357 62,358 16,278 26,226
6 Columbus Crew 8 202,228 60,614 19,671 25,279
7 Nashville SC 9 221,924 25,640 22,549 24,658
8 FC Cincinnati 6 142,893 25,513 22,747 23,816
9 LA Galaxy 6 134,200 25,224 19,271 22,367
10 New York City FC 7 133,397 30,804 18,279 22,233
11 Los Angeles FC 7 155,011 22,310 22,021 22,144
12 New England Revolution 5 110,468 31,078 15,596 22,094
13 St. Louis City SC 7 151,635 22,423 17,097 21,662
14 Portland Timbers 7 151,513 25,218 20,032 21,645
15 Austin FC 8 165,904 20,738 20,738 20,738
16 Inter Miami CF 7 144,641 21,184 20,220 20,663
17 Toronto FC 7 143,831 22,738 14,018 20,547
18 Orlando City SC 7 138,502 22,689 17,007 19,786
19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7 137,495 22,437 17,931 19,642
20 Real Salt Lake 6 116,562 19,802 18,853 19,427
21 New York Red Bulls 7 132,719 23,225 16,713 18,960
22 Minnesota United FC 7 132,287 19,710 17,124 18,898
23 Philadelphia Union 8 145,197 18,737 15,539 18,150
24 Houston Dynamo FC 8 140,623 20,810 14,266 17,578
25 Sporting Kansas City 6 100,323 18,116 14,867 16,721
26 CF Montréal 5 81,200 17,011 16,008 16,240
27 D.C. United 7 113,115 17,661 14,283 16,159
28 San Jose Earthquakes 8 124,960 18,000 14,147 15,620
29 Colorado Rapids 7 108,657 16,312 15,003 15,522
30 FC Dallas 6 66,024 11,004 11,004[a] 11,004
Total 207 4,519,984 65,520 11,004 21,942
  1. ^ Construction at Toyota Stadium has temporarily lowered attendance seating to about 11,000.[3]

Highest attendances

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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 [1]
2 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Inter Miami CF 62,358 April 13, 2025 8 Soldier Field [36]
3 Columbus Crew 0–1 Inter Miami CF 60,614 April 19, 2025 9 Huntington Bank Field [37]
4 Charlotte FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC 51,002 March 1, 2025 2 Bank of America Stadium [38]
5 Atlanta United FC 1–2 Inter Miami CF 42,843 March 16, 2025 4 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [39]
6 Atlanta United FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls 42,562 March 8, 2025 3 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [40]
7 Atlanta United FC 4–3 New York City FC 42,518 March 29, 2025 6 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [41]
8 Atlanta United FC 1–1 FC Dallas 41,984 April 5, 2025 7 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [42]
9 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Nashville SC 41,893 May 3, 2025 11 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [43]
10 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New England Revolution 41,879 April 12, 2025 8 Mercedes-Benz Stadium [44]

Player statistics

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Source:[45]

Goals

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Rank Player Club Goals[46]
1 Israel Tai Baribo Philadelphia Union 11
2 Colombia Cristian Arango San Jose Earthquakes 9
3 Belgium Hugo Cuypers Chicago Fire FC 8
Argentina Martín Ojeda Orlando City SC
United States Brian White Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Togo Kévin Denkey FC Cincinnati
7 Cameroon Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting New York Red Bulls 7
Brazil Evander da Silva Ferreira FC Cincinnati
United States Diego Luna Real Salt Lake
Gabon Denis Bouanga Los Angeles FC
Uruguay Diego Rossi Columbus Crew
Costa Rica Alonso Martínez New York City FC
13 12 players 8

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Score Date
Israel Tai Baribo Philadelphia Union FC Cincinnati 4–1 (H) March 1, 2025
Venezuela Josef Martínez San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United 6–1 (H) April 6, 2025
United States Brian White4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Austin FC 5–1 (H) April 12, 2025
England Sam Surridge4 Nashville SC Chicago Fire FC 7–2 (H) April 26, 2025
Argentina Martín Ojeda Orlando City SC New England Revolution 3–3 (H) May 10, 2025
Notes

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

Assists

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Rank Player Club Assists[47]
1 Argentina Cristian Espinoza San Jose Earthquakes 8
2 Brazil Antony Alves Santos Portland Timbers 7
Portugal David Da Costa
United States Quinn Sullivan Philadelphia Union
Argentina Joaquín Pereyra Minnesota United FC
6 Spain Pep Biel Charlotte FC 6
Denmark Anders Dreyer San Diego FC
Mexico Hirving Lozano
Uruguay Luis Suárez Inter Miami CF
Ivory Coast Jonathan Bamba Chicago Fire FC
United States Cristian Roldan Seattle Sounders FC
13 9 players 5

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[48]
1 Canada Dayne St. Clair Minnesota United FC 7
2 Slovenia Aljaž Ivačič New England Revolution 6
Peru Pedro Gallese Orlando City SC
Japan Yohei Takaoka Vancouver Whitecaps FC
United States Brad Stuver Austin FC
United States CJ dos Santos San Diego FC
United States Matt Freese New York City FC
8 Paraguay Carlos Coronel New York Red Bulls 5
France Hugo Lloris Los Angeles FC
United States Roman Celentano FC Cincinnati
11 5 players 4

Awards

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Team/Player of the Matchday

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  • Bold denotes the Player of the Matchday.

Goal of the Matchday

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Player of the Month

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Month Player Club Stats Ref.
February/March Israel Tai Baribo Philadelphia Union 5 matches played, 6 goals, 0 assists [91]
April United States Brian White Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 matches played, 5 goals, 0 assists [92]

Broadcasting

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Apple TV, through MLS Season Pass, holds the rights to stream every MLS match around the world via a 10-year deal that started in 2023.[93][94] This is the first season MLS Season Pass will air Sunday Night Soccer, a primetime Sunday game each week that is be available to all Apple TV+ subscribers.[95]

United States

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This is 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 will air 34 matches during the 2025 season, with 19 on Fox Sports 1 and 15 on Fox in English. All 34 matches will air in Spanish on Fox Deportes.[96]

This will be the first year DirecTV and Xfinity will hold the right to distribute MLS Season Pass to residential customers via their cable services.[97][95]

FC Dallas and Charlotte FC announced agreements with KDFI-TV and WAXN-TV respectively to rebroadcast matches. These are the first such agreements since 2022.[98][99]

Canada

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This is 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 will air 41 matches during the 2025 season.[100]

International

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Internationally, since Apple TV acquired the rights to Major League Soccer in 2023, MLS Season Pass has exclusively aired the MLS outside the United States and Canada. However, in 2025, Major League Soccer announced agreements with SBS in Australia,[101] Dubai TV in the Middle East, TV3 in Spain, Sportdigital in Germany, and SkyK in South Korea to air Sunday Night Soccer matches.[102][103]

See also

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References

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