2025 Major League Soccer season
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates |
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| Teams | 30 |
| MLS Cup | Inter Miami CF (1st title) |
| Supporters' Shield | Philadelphia 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 |
| Matches | 510 |
| Goals | 1,530 (3 per match) |
| Best Player | Lionel Messi |
| Top goalscorer | Lionel Messi (29 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Yohei Takaoka (13 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win | Red Bulls 7–0 LA Galaxy (May 10) Vancouver 7–0 Philadelphia (September 13) |
| Biggest away win | DC 1–7 Chicago (June 7) |
| Highest scoring | 9 goals: Nashville 7–2 Chicago (April 26) Atlanta 4–5 Columbus (September 13) |
| Longest winning run | 9 matches: Charlotte (July 12 – September 13) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches: Orlando (March 15 – May 24) Nashville (April 26 – July 5) |
| Longest winless run | 16 matches: LA Galaxy (February 23 – May 28) |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches: LA Galaxy (April 19 – May 14) D.C. (July 12 – August 9) Kansas City (September 7 – October 4) |
| Highest attendance | 65,520 ATL 3–2 MTL (February 22) |
| Lowest attendance | 10,645 DC 1–1 NE (May 28) |
| Total attendance | 11,094,594 |
| Average attendance | 21,754 |
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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.