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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
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. The 2025 edition of the Leagues Cup took place between July 29 and August 31.
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, while Inter Miami CF won a first MLS Cup title after defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Teams Stadiums and locations
Team Stadium Capacity Atlanta United FC Mercedes-Benz Stadium 42,500 Austin FC Q2 Stadium 20,738 CF Montréal Saputo Stadium 19,619 Charlotte FC Bank of America Stadium 38,000 Chicago Fire FC Soldier Field 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 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 20,000 New York City FC Yankee StadiumCiti Field 28,74341,992 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 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 22,120
Transfers
MLS expansion draft
Personnel and sponsorships
Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor Sleeve sponsorAtlanta United FC American Family Insurance Emory HealthcareAustin FC Yeti Siete FoodsCharlotte FC Ally Rugs.comChicago Fire FC Carvana Magellan CorporationFC Cincinnati Mercy Health KrogerColorado Rapids UCHealth KiewitColumbus Crew Nationwide DHL Supply ChainFC Dallas Children's Health (Home) UT Southwestern (Away)— D.C. United Guidehouse FruitistHouston Dynamo FC MD Anderson— Inter Miami CF Royal Caribbean Fracht GroupLA Galaxy Herbalife RBC Los Angeles FC BMO BankRockstar sponsored training and special event jerseys FordMinnesota United FC TargetBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota sponsored training and special event jerseys NutriSourceCF Montréal (interim) Bank of Montreal TelusNashville SC Renasant BankVanderbilt Health sponsored training and special event jerseys HyundaiNew England Revolution (interim) Gillette— New York City FC Etihad AirwaysMontefiore Einstein sponsored training and special event jerseys Judi HealthNew York Red Bulls Red Bull OANDAOrlando City SC Orlando Health ExploriaPhiladelphia Union Bimbo Bakeries USA Independence Blue CrossPortland Timbers TillamookDutch Bros. Coffee sponsored training and special event jerseys— Real Salt Lake Select Health Intermountain HealthSan Diego FC DirecTV Adriana's InsuranceSan Jose Earthquakes El Camino Health Habbas LawSeattle Sounders FC ProvidenceProvidence Swedish sponsored training and special event jerseys Emerald Queen CasinoSporting Kansas City (interim) Compass Minerals— St. Louis City SC (interim) Purina BJC HealthCareToronto FC Bank of Montreal LGVancouver Whitecaps FC Telus BLG
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment Austin FC Davy Arnaud (interim) End of interim period October 25, 2024Pre-season Nico Estévez October 25, 2024 Philadelphia Union Jim Curtin Mutual consent November 7, 2024 Bradley Carnell January 2, 2025 San Jose Earthquakes Ian Russell (interim)End of interim period November 7, 2024 Bruce Arena November 7, 2024 FC Dallas Peter Luccin (interim) November 20, 2024 Eric Quill November 20, 2024 Inter Miami CF Gerardo Martino Resigned November 22, 2024 Javier Mascherano November 26, 2024 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vanni Sartini Mutual consent November 25, 2024 Jesper Sørensen January 14, 2025 Atlanta United FC Rob Valentino (interim) End of interim period November 26, 2024 Ronny Deila December 20, 2024 New York City FC Nick Cushing Fired November 26, 2024 Pascal Jansen January 6, 2025 St. Louis City SC John Hackworth (interim) End of interim period November 26, 2024 Olof Mellberg November 26, 2024 Toronto FC John Herdman Resigned November 29, 2024 Robin Fraser January 10, 2025 CF Montréal Laurent Courtois Fired March 24, 2025 15th in East, 30th overall Marco Donadel (interim) March 24, 2025 Sporting Kansas City Peter Vermes Mutual consent March 31, 2025 15th in West, 30th overall Kerry Zavagnin (interim) March 31, 2025 St. Louis City SC Olof MellbergFired May 27, 2025 14th in West, 28th overall David Critchley (interim) May 27, 2025D.C. United Troy Lesesne July 10, 2025 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 New England Revolution Caleb Porter Fired September 15, 2025 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. 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.
Conference standings
Overall table The leading team in this table won the Supporters' Shield.
Results table
MLS All-Star Game
MLS Cup playoffs
Bracket
MLS Cup
Attendance
Average home attendances
RankTeam 1 Atlanta United FC 17 65,520 38,882 2 Seattle Sounders FC 17 32,913 30,041 3 Charlotte FC 17 51,002 26,606 4 San Diego FC 17 34,506 22,361 5 Nashville SC 17 30,109 22,549 6 FC Cincinnati 17 25,513 22,747 7 New England Revolution 17 43,293 15,596 8 Chicago Fire FC 17 62,358 16,278 9 Columbus Crew 17 60,614 19,671 10 St. Louis City SC 17 22,423 22,423 11 Portland Timbers 17 25,218 20,012 12 Los Angeles FC 17 22,937 17,031 13 New York City FC 17 40,845 17,070 14 17 26,741 17,012 15 Toronto FC 17 28,855 14,018 16 Austin FC 17 20,738 20,738 17 Orlando City SC 17 25,046 17,007 18 Inter Miami CF 17 21,184 16,888 19 LA Galaxy 17 25,224 15,345 20 Real Salt Lake 17 20,338 18,853 21 New York Red Bulls 17 25,219 11,135 22 San Jose Earthquakes 17 50,978 14,147 23 Minnesota United FC 17 19,784 17,124 24 Philadelphia Union 17 19,357 15,539 25 Houston Dynamo FC 17 20,810 14,266 26 Sporting Kansas City 17 18,116 14,867 27 D.C. United 17 19,365 10,645 28 CF Montréal 17 19,619 15,012 29 Colorado Rapids 17 18,258 14,497 30 FC Dallas 17 11,004 11,004 Total 510 11,181,221 65,520 10,645
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 1 Mercedes-Benz Stadium 2 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Inter Miami CF 62,358 8 Soldier Field 3 Columbus Crew 0–1 Inter Miami CF 60,614 9 Huntington Bank Field 4 Charlotte FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC 51,002 2 Bank of America Stadium 5 Atlanta United FC 1–2 Inter Miami CF 42,843 4 Mercedes-Benz Stadium 6 Atlanta United FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls 42,562 3 Mercedes-Benz Stadium 7 Atlanta United FC 4–3 New York City FC 42,518 6 Mercedes-Benz Stadium 8 Atlanta United FC 1–1 FC Dallas 41,984 7 Mercedes-Benz Stadium 9 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Nashville SC 41,893 11 Mercedes-Benz Stadium 10 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New England Revolution 41,879 8 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2025 MLS Cup playoffs
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium Ref. 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Los Angeles FC 53,957 BC Place 2 Charlotte FC 1–3 New York City FC 34,473 Bank of America Stadium 3 Charlotte FC 0–1 New York City FC 33,709 Bank of America Stadium 4 San Diego FC 1–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 32,502 Snapdragon Stadium 5 San Diego FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC 32,502 Snapdragon Stadium 6 San Diego FC 4–0 Portland Timbers 32,502 Snapdragon Stadium 7 San Diego FC 2–1 Portland Timbers 32,502 Snapdragon Stadium 8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 FC Dallas 32,066 BC Place 9 Nashville SC 2–1 Inter Miami CF 30,109 Geodis Park 10 Seattle Sounders FC 4–2 Minnesota United FC 30,085 Lumen Field
Player statistics Source:
Goals RankPlayerClubGoals1 Lionel MessiInter Miami CF292 Denis BouangaLos Angeles FC24 Sam SurridgeNashville SC4 Anders DreyerSan Diego FC195 EvanderFC Cincinnati18 Dejan JoveljićSporting Kansas City Petar MusaFC Dallas8 Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingNew York Red Bulls17 Hugo CuypersChicago Fire FC Alonso MartínezNew York City FC
Hat-tricks