Category: MLS Soccer

Who's favored? How does the format actually work? And can Lionel Messi carry Inter Miami all the way? We've got answers before the MLS postseason kicks off.

• The Argentine is widely expected to win league MVP

• Playoffs begin with wild-card matches on Wednesday

Lionel Messi left no doubt on Decision Day.

The Argentine icon s cored a hat-trick in a 5-2 victory over Nashville on Saturday night to wrap up Major League Soccer’s Golden Boot award with 29 goals this season.

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• Atlanta finished 14th in the East and missed the playoffs

• High expectations after high-spending offseason

Atlanta United coach Ronny Deila was fired Sunday, one day after the end of a 5-13-16 season that was the manager’s first in charge of the team. The club had posted just one win in its past 18 matches and finished with 28 points, good for 14th place in the Eastern Conference.

There were high expectations for the season after the club hired an MLS Cup-winning coach in Deila, paid a reported $22m transfer fee for forward Emmanuel Latte Lath from Championship side Middlesbrough FC and re-signed Miguel Almirón from English Premier League side Newcastle United.

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The 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs are here, and Lionel Messi is red hot as Inter Miami enters the postseason in search of their first MLS Cup.

Messi finished with 29 goals and 16 assists in MLS play and did it all in 2,420 minutes — that's a goal or assist about every 54 minutes.

LAFC is one of the hottest teams in MLS with their one-two punch of Son Heung-min and Denis Bouanga. Will the duo carry them to an MLS Cup title?

Messi finishes the regular season with 29 goals and 19 assists

• Nagbe has played the fifth-most MLS matches ever

• Won championships with three different teams

Columbus Crew midfielder and four-time MLS Cup champion Darlington Nagbe will retire at the end of the season, the player and club announced Tuesday.

Nagbe, 35, ranks fifth in MLS history with 444 regular-season matches and has tallied 38 goals and 48 assists since being drafted No 2 overall by the Portland Timbers in 2011.

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Last week, the UFL officially said farewell to Michigan, Memphis, and San Antonio.

The United Football League (UFL), a pro spring league, has unveiled three new franchises located in Columbus, Ohio; Louisville, Ky.; and Orlando, Fla. The three teams, which will debut next season, represent the latest audible by the fledgling league. The Columbus Aviators, Louisville Kings and Orlando Storm will replace the Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers and …

• Trophy awarded for best regular season record

• Union failed to make MLS playoffs last year

Philadelphia Union clinched Major League Soccer’s Supporters Shield on Saturday after a 1-0 victory over New York City FC saw them clinch the best record in the regular season.

Danish striker Mikael Uhre scored the game’s only goal to spark wild celebrations in front of Philadelphia’s raucous Subaru Park home crowd.

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The Philadelphia Union marked a stunning season with the 2025 MLS Supporters' Shield award, the club's second in franchise history.

D.C. played more than an hour of the matchup with only 9 men on the field.

• The trophy is Nashville’s first as a club

• Sam Surridge buried the winning penalty kick

Sam Surridge converted a penalty in the 60th minute and Nashville SC won the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with a 2-1 victory over Austin FC on Wednesday night.

Hany Mukhtar also scored for Nashville, who secured a spot in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup with the victory. It was the first major trophy for the club, which joined Major League Soccer in 2020.

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Major League Soccer is promoting Charles Altchek, considered by many to be a potential future commissioner, to oversee the group that aids clubs in their business efforts. Altchek will be the new executive vice president for club performance and league growth, filling a role vacated earlier this year by Chris McGowan. In that capacity, he …