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Major League Soccer

FIFA Region

CONCACAF

Season

2025

Location

United States

Abbreviation

USA1

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Summary

Major League Soccer (USA1) is currently comprised of 30 clubs, 27 from the United States and 3 from Canada (Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver). Major League Soccer expanded to 30 teams with the addition of San Diego FC for the 2025 season. At the end of the 2025 regular season, the USA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup (CNCFCL) Round of 16:
- 2025 USA1 MLS Cup champion
2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup (CNCFCL) Round 1:
- 2025 USA1 MLS Eastern/Western Conference champion with the most points
- 2025 USA1 Supporter's Shield (Aggregate Table) champion (or USA1 non-MLS Cup champion with the most points)
- best and 2nd best 2025 USA1 Supporter's Shield (Aggregate Table) non-champions with the most points)

If one of the USA1 teams listed above wins the 2025 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (USACUP1), the next best USA1 team without a 2025 CNCFCL berth will receive a Round 1 2025 CNCFCL berth.

Leagues Pyramid - United States

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
USA1	Major League Soccer	30
USA2	USL Championship	24
USA3A	MLS Next Pro	29
USA3B	USL League One	14
USA3C	National Independent Soccer Assocation (NISA)	9

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 22 Feb 2025 - 18 Oct 2025	Playoffs 21 October 2025 - 9 Dec 2025		30: United States (27), Canada (3)

Season Format

Each team currently plays an "unbalanced" schedule of 34 regular season matches, with 28 Conference matches and 6 Nonconference matches. With the United States and Canada being very large countries, the current USA1 schedule cuts down on travel time and puts a premium on building regional rivalries. Conference standings and play-offs also nullifies any advantages/disadvantages that teams in one conference might have over another. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) total wins, (2) goal difference, (3) total goals scored, (4) disciplinary points, (5) away goals difference, (6) away goals scored, (7) home goals scored, (8) home goals difference, then (9) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or a draw (3 or more clubs tied).

Playoffs

The 2025 USA1 Playoffs start immediately after the 2025 USA1 Regular season. The Top 9 teams in each conference qualify for the Playoffs. In the Wild Card Round, the 8th and 9th place teams in each conference have a 1 match knockout match at the 8th place team's home venue. In Round One, from each conference the the 1st place team plays the Wild Card Round winner, the 2nd place team plays the 7th place team, the 3rd place team plays the 6th place team, and the 4th place team plays the 5th place team in "best of 3" matches. In the Conference Semifinals, the highest remaining seed hosts the lowest remaining seed, and the 2nd highest remaining seed host the 3rd highest remaining seed in Knockout matches. In each match, if it is still tied after regular time, two 15 minute overtime periods are played. If still tied after the overtime periods, penalty kicks are taken. The 2025 USA1 Cup Final is a single Championship match played at the Home field of the championship finalist with the most points acquired during the 2025 USA1 Regular season.

Relegation

There is no Promotion/Relegation between the USA1 and the USA2.

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		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
EASTERN
1	Philadelphia Union	34	20 -6-8	66	-	57	35	22	17	12 -4-1	40	36	15	21	17	8 -2-7	26	21	20	1
2	Inter Miami CF	34	19 -8-7	65	-	81	55	26	17	11 -3-3	36	44	26	18	17	8 -5-4	29	37	29	8
3	FC Cincinnati	34	20 -5-9	65	-	52	40	12	17	9 -3-5	30	27	19	8	17	11 -2-4	35	25	21	4
4	Charlotte FC	34	19 -2-13	59	-	55	46	9	17	13 -1-3	40	33	16	17	17	6 -1-10	19	22	30	-8
5	New York City FC	34	17 -5-12	56	-	50	44	6	17	11 -0-6	33	28	21	7	17	6 -5-6	23	22	23	-1
6	Nashville SC	34	16 -6-12	54	-	58	46	12	17	11 -3-3	36	36	17	19	17	5 -3-9	18	22	29	-7
7	Columbus Crew	34	14 -12-8	54	-	55	51	4	17	9 -5-3	32	29	20	9	17	5 -7-5	22	26	31	-5
8	Orlando City SC	34	14 -11-9	53	-	63	51	12	17	8 -4-5	28	36	26	10	17	6 -7-4	25	27	25	2
9	Chicago Fire	34	15 -8-11	53	-	68	60	8	17	6 -6-5	24	25	25	0	17	9 -2-6	29	43	35	8
10	New York Red Bull	34	12 -7-15	43	-	48	47	1	17	10 -3-4	33	36	23	13	17	2 -4-11	10	12	24	-12
11	New England	34	9 -9-16	36	-	44	51	-7	17	4 -4-9	16	20	25	-5	17	5 -5-7	20	24	26	-2
12	Toronto FC	34	6 -14-14	32	-	37	44	-7	17	3 -7-7	16	17	19	-2	17	3 -7-7	16	20	25	-5
13	Atlanta United	34	5 -13-16	28	-	38	63	-25	17	4 -8-5	20	29	29	0	17	1 -5-11	8	9	34	-25
14	CF Montréal	34	6 -10-18	28	-	34	60	-26	17	2 -6-9	12	14	33	-19	17	4 -4-9	16	20	27	-7
15	DC United	34	5 -11-18	26	-	30	66	-36	17	2 -7-8	13	13	31	-18	17	3 -4-10	13	17	35	-18
WESTERN
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	34	18 -9-7	63	-	66	38	28	17	10 -4-3	34	42	20	22	17	8 -5-4	29	24	18	6
2	San Diego	34	19 -6-9	63	-	65	41	24	17	7 -5-5	26	26	17	9	17	12 -1-4	37	39	24	15
3	Los Angeles FC	34	17 -9-8	60	-	65	40	25	17	11 -2-4	35	31	13	18	17	6 -7-4	25	34	27	7
4	Minnesota United	34	16 -10-8	58	-	56	39	17	17	8 -4-5	28	29	20	9	17	8 -6-3	30	27	19	8
5	Seattle Sounders	34	15 -10-9	55	-	58	48	10	17	10 -6-1	36	38	20	18	17	5 -4-8	19	20	28	-8
6	Austin FC	34	13 -8-13	47	-	37	45	-8	17	7 -7-3	28	18	16	2	17	6 -1-10	19	19	29	-10
7	FC Dallas	34	11 -11-12	44	-	52	55	-3	17	6 -3-8	21	25	25	0	17	5 -8-4	23	27	30	-3
8	Portland Timbers	34	11 -11-12	44	-	41	48	-7	17	7 -6-4	27	25	26	-1	17	4 -5-8	17	16	22	-6
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	11 -8-15	41	-	60	63	-3	17	5 -6-6	21	37	32	5	17	6 -2-9	20	23	31	-8
10	Real Salt Lake	34	12 -5-17	41	-	38	49	-11	17	9 -1-7	28	23	21	2	17	3 -4-10	13	15	28	-13
11	Colorado Rapids	34	11 -8-15	41	-	44	56	-12	17	8 -4-5	28	25	21	4	17	3 -4-10	13	19	35	-16
12	Houston Dynamo	34	9 -10-15	37	-	43	56	-13	17	5 -3-9	18	20	30	-10	17	4 -7-6	19	23	26	-3
13	St Louis City SC	34	8 -8-18	32	-	44	58	-14	17	4 -6-7	18	23	28	-5	17	4 -2-11	14	21	30	-9
14	LA Galaxy	34	7 -9-18	30	-	46	66	-20	17	7 -2-8	23	27	28	-1	17	0 -7-10	7	19	38	-19
15	Sporting KC	34	7 -7-20	28	-	46	70	-24	17	4 -5-8	17	25	32	-7	17	3 -2-12	11	21	38	-17
CNCFCL & Playoffs - Round One Playoffs - Round One Wild Card Round