2025 Major League Soccer season

The 2025 Major League Soccer season will be 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.

Major League Soccer

Season	2025
Dates	February 22 – October 18 (regular season) TBD (playoffs)
← 2024 2026 →

MLS expanded to 30 clubs this season with the addition of San Diego FC, an expansion team awarded in 2023.^[1] The league's 30 teams will be divided into the Eastern and Western conferences, which each have 15 teams. The regular season will run from February 22 to October 18 and will comprise 34 matches for each team with a schedule that is primarily intra-conference with 6 inter-conference matches per team.^[2] 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.^[3][4] The San Jose Earthquakes will host D.C. United on April 6, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the inaugural MLS match played by both teams.^[3]

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.^[5]

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.^[6] The 2025 edition of the Leagues Cup will take place between July 29 and August 31.^[7]

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

Stadiums and locations

Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums

Atlanta

Charlotte

Chicago

Columbus

Cincinnati

D.C.

Miami

Montréal

Nashville

New England

NYCFC

Red Bulls

Orlando

Philadelphia

Toronto

Austin

Colorado

Dallas

Houston

LAFC

Galaxy

Minnesota

Portland

Salt Lake

San Diego

San Jose

Seattle

Kansas City

St. Louis

Vancouver

Locations of teams for the 2025 Major League Soccer season
Western Conference   Eastern Conference

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[8]
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

Main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2025

MLS expansion draft

Main article: 2024 MLS expansion draft

Personnel and sponsorships

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.^[9]

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor	Sleeve sponsor
Atlanta United FC	Ronny Deila	Brad Guzan	American Family Insurance	Piedmont Hospital
Austin FC	Nico Estévez	Sebastián Driussi	Yeti	Netspend
CF Montréal	Laurent Courtois	Samuel Piette	Bank of Montreal	Telus
Charlotte FC	Dean Smith	Ashley Westwood	Ally	Rugs.com
Chicago Fire FC	Gregg Berhalter	Kellyn Acosta	Carvana[10]	Magellan Corporation
Colorado Rapids	Chris Armas	Keegan Rosenberry	UCHealth	—
Columbus Crew	Wilfried Nancy	Darlington Nagbe	Nationwide	Tipico Sportsbook
D.C. United	Troy Lesesne	Christian Benteke	Guidehouse	The Fruitist
FC Cincinnati	Pat Noonan	Luciano Acosta	Mercy Health	Kroger
FC Dallas	Eric Quill	TBD	Children's Health (Home) UT Southwestern (Away)	—
Houston Dynamo FC	Ben Olsen	TBD	MD Anderson	—
Inter Miami CF	Javier Mascherano	Lionel Messi	Royal Caribbean	Fracht Group
LA Galaxy	Greg Vanney	Maya Yoshida	Herbalife	—
Los Angeles FC	Steve Cherundolo	TBD	BMO Bank[t 1]	Ford
Minnesota United FC	Eric Ramsay	TBD	Target[t 2]	Allianz
Nashville SC	B.J. Callaghan	Walker Zimmerman	Renasant Bank[t 3]	Hyundai
New England Revolution	Caleb Porter	Carles Gil	UnitedHealth	Santander
New York City FC	Pascal Jansen	Thiago Martins	Etihad Airways[t 4]	Capital Rx
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[11][t 5]	TikTok
Real Salt Lake	Pablo Mastroeni	TBD	Select Health	Intermountain Health
San Diego FC	Mikey Varas	TBD	DirecTV[12]	TBD
San Jose Earthquakes	Bruce Arena	TBD	El Camino Health	PayPal
Seattle Sounders FC	Brian Schmetzer	Stefan Frei	Providence[t 6]	Emerald Queen Casino
Sporting Kansas City	Peter Vermes	Johnny Russell	Compass Minerals	—
St. Louis City SC	Olof Mellberg	Roman Bürki	Purina	BJC HealthCare
Toronto FC	Robin Fraser	Jonathan Osorio	Bank of Montreal	LG
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Jesper Sørensen	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

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, 2024	Pre-season	Nico Estévez	October 25, 2024[13]
Philadelphia Union	Jim Curtin	Mutual consent	November 7, 2024[14]		Bradley Carnell	January 2, 2025[15]
San Jose Earthquakes	Ian Russell (interim)	End of interim period	November 7, 2024		Bruce Arena	November 7, 2024[16]
FC Dallas	Peter Luccin (interim)		November 20, 2024		Eric Quill	November 20, 2024[17]
Inter Miami CF	Gerardo Martino	Resigned	November 22, 2024[18]		Javier Mascherano	November 26, 2024[19]
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vanni Sartini	Mutual consent	November 25, 2024[20]		Jesper Sørensen	January 14, 2025[21]
Atlanta United FC	Rob Valentino (interim)	End of interim period	November 26, 2024[22]		Ronny Deila	December 20, 2024[23]
New York City FC	Nick Cushing	Fired	November 26, 2024[24]		Pascal Jansen	January 6, 2025[25]
St. Louis City SC	John Hackworth (interim)	End of interim period	November 26, 2024		Olof Mellberg	November 26, 2024[26]
Toronto FC	John Herdman	Resigned	November 29, 2024[27]		Robin Fraser	January 10, 2025[28]

Regular season

Format

Conference standings

MLS Eastern Conference table (2025)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlanta United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2	Chicago Fire FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for round one
3	FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Charlotte FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Columbus Crew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	D.C. United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Inter Miami CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	CF Montréal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the wild-card round
9	Nashville SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	New England Revolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	New York City FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	New York Red Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Orlando City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Philadelphia Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Toronto FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 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 v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austin FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2	Colorado Rapids	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for round one
3	FC Dallas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Houston Dynamo FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	LA Galaxy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Los Angeles FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Minnesota United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Portland Timbers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the wild-card round
9	Real Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	San Diego FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	St. Louis City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Sporting Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 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

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

Overall MLS standings table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlanta United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Austin FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Chicago Fire FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Charlotte FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Columbus Crew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Colorado Rapids	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FC Dallas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	D.C. United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Houston Dynamo FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	LA Galaxy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Los Angeles FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Inter Miami CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Minnesota United FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	CF Montréal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Nashville SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	New England Revolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	New York City FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	New York Red Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Orlando City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Philadelphia Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Portland Timbers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Real Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	San Diego FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	St. Louis City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Sporting Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Toronto FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 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)

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External links

• Official website