The 2025 MLS schedule is out, a veritable smorgasbord of soccer splashing onto everyone’s calendars as the new year looms.
Naturally, some matches will draw the eye because of the history, circumstances or context around them. Here’s a selection of some of the most notable among them.
Note: With MLS marking its 30th season by welcoming its 30th club in San Diego FC, there are just too many big games to fit into a very early rundown like this one, and no slight is intended to those not included here. Besides, we’ll learn plenty more about the must-watch teams and fixtures in the coming months from winter transfer business and as preseason camp unfolds.
You can catch all the action all season long on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. And new this year: MLS Season Pass will broadcast a featured game on Sunday evenings with enhanced production and dedicated studio programming (more details will be shared at a later date).
- When: Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2:30 pm ET
- Where: Chase Stadium
Many of us have watched, read, talked and thought quite a lot about Lionel Messi and his Miami project over the past year and a half – to excess, in the eyes of some. But there’s a reason the GOAT looms so large wherever and whenever he plays, and every time he dons that pink kit is an opportunity to be reminded of why.
The Herons produced MLS’s best-ever regular season in 2024, breaking the league’s points record and scoring more goals than anyone else, only to crash and burn at the first hurdle in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs via an equally historic upset loss to Atlanta. That sets up all sorts of great expectations and fertile plotlines for the new campaign.
Meanwhile, this fixture marks a fresh start for the MLS Cup 2021 presented by Audi winners. New York City FC parted company with head coach Nick Cushing in November.
- When: Saturday, March 1 at 10:30 pm ET
- Where: Snapdragon Stadium
Jaws. Toros. Sockers. Nomads. San Diego is rich in soccer history, talent and culture, yet it’s been decades since a top-flight men’s professional outdoor team represented ‘America’s Finest City.’ That finally changes on the first night of March when SDFC play their inaugural…
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