Inter Miami and MLS golden boot winner Lionel Messi received the 2025 MLS playoffs, having completed third within the Japanese Convention.
The thirtieth version of the post-season match initially featured 18 groups hoping to win the MLS cup throughout a schedule lasting greater than a month.
Miami beat the Vancouver Whitecaps on the Chase Stadium to change into post-season champions for the primary time of their historical past.
Listed below are all the small print you must know on the 2025 MLS playoffs, together with the complete record of outcomes.
A playoff run for the books. A dream come true 🏆💗 pic.twitter.com/koH7gxd4io
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) December 7, 2025
2025 playoffs: MLS schedule, dates, fixtures
The post-season competitors began on October 22 and completed with the MLS Cup on December 6 2025. The common season ended on October 18.
The highest 9 groups from the Japanese Convention and Western Convention contested the matches, which began with one-off Wild Card matches in every division between the eighth and ninth-placed groups.
The winners of these video games joined the remainder of the groups in best-of-three first spherical matches, adopted by one-off semi-finals and finals in every convention and the only MLS Cup match between the winners of every remaining.
The groups ending larger performed at dwelling or play the primary and, if required, third matches at dwelling within the best-of-three fixtures.
Denis ➡️ Son ➡️ Purpose
Thrill of the Match | @Yaamava pic.twitter.com/yPySGXGzuX
— LAFC (@LAFC) October 19, 2025
2025 MLS playoffs bracket
Yow will discover the official MLS bracket right here.
MLS Cup
December 6: Inter Miami 3-1 Vancouver Whitecaps
Western Convention remaining
Western Convention semifinals
SF2: Vancouver 2-2 LAFC (4-3 pens)
Western Convention spherical one
San Diego vs Portland
Sport 1: San Diego 2-1 Portland
Sport 2: Portland 2-2 San Diego (3-2 pens)
Sport 3: San Diego 4-0 Portland
Minnesota United vs Seattle Sounders
Sport 1: Minnesota 0-0 Seattle (3-2 pens)
Sport 2: Seattle 4-2 Minnesota
Sport 3: Minnesota 3-3 Seattle (7-6 pens)
Los Angeles FC vs Austin
Sport 1: LAFC 2-1 Austin
Sport 2: Austin 1-4 LAFC
Vancouver Whitecaps vs Dallas
Sport 1: Vancouver 3-0 Dallas
Sport 2: Dallas 1-1 Vancouver (2-4 pens)
Western Convention Wild Card match: Portland Timbers 3-1 Actual Salt Lake
Japanese Convention remaining
Inter Miami 5-1 New York Metropolis
Japanese Convention semifinals
SF1: Philadelphia 0-1 New York Metropolis
SF2: Cincinnati 0-4 Inter Miami
Japanese Convention spherical one
Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Hearth
Sport 1: Philadelphia 2-2 Chicago (4-2p)
Sport 2: Chicago 0-3 Philadelphia
Charlotte vs New York Metropolis
Sport 1: Charlotte 0-1 New York Metropolis
Sport 2: New York Metropolis 0-0 Charlotte (6-7 pens)
Sport 3: Charlotte 1-3 New York Metropolis
Inter Miami vs Nashville
Sport 1: Miami 3-1 Nashville
Sport 2: Nashville 2-1 Miami
Sport 3: Miami 4-0 Nashville
Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew
Sport 1: Cincinnati 1-0 Columbus
Sport 2: Columbus 4-0 Cincinnati
Sport 3: Cincinnati 2-1 Columbus
Japanese Convention Wild Card match: Chicago Hearth 3-1 Orlando Metropolis
MLS playoffs 2025 standings
Japanese Convention
- Philadelphia Union
- Cincinnati
- Inter Miami
- Charlotte
- New York Metropolis
- Nashville
- Columbus
- Chicago
- Orlando
Western Convention
- San Diego
- Vancouver
- Los Angeles
- Minnesota
- Seattle
- Austin
- Dallas
- Portland
- Actual Salt Lake
MLS Cup 2025: Lionel Messi, Inter Miami fixtures
Miami hosted Nashville, who they accomplished a double over with a 5-2 away win on the ultimate day of the common season, within the first spherical, successful the third and deciding match between the groups 4-0 with the assistance of two Messi objectives.
Messi scored once more as they beat Cincinnati 4-0 within the semifinals. They then received 5-1 at dwelling to fifth-placed New York Metropolis within the convention remaining and beat the Whitecaps within the remaining by means of Edier Ocampo’s personal purpose and objectives by Rodrigo De Paul and Tadeo Allende.
Messi and his teammates suffered a shock exit of their first playoff tie in 2024, once they have been ranked first because the Supporters’ Defend winners however have been knocked out by ninth-ranked Atlanta United regardless of successful the opening match between the groups.
How one can watch the MLS: Dwell stream, TV channel
Dwell protection of the MLS is obtainable by means of the MLS Season Move on Apple TV+.
Within the US, a subscription prices $14.99 a month or $69 a season. Present Apple TV+ subscribers pay $12.99 per 30 days or $59 a season.
MLS Cup winners by yr
- 2025: Inter Miami 3-1 Vancouver Whitecaps
- 2024: LA Galaxy 2-1 New York Crimson Bulls
- 2023: Columbus 2-1 LAFC
- 2022: LAFC 3-3 Philadelphia Union (3-0 pen)
- 2021: Portland 1-1 New York Metropolis (4-2 pen)
- 2020: Columbus 3-0 Seattle
- 2019: Seattle 3-1 Toronto
- 2018: Atlanta 2-0 Portland
- 2017: Toronto 2-0 Seattle
- 2016: Seattle 0-0 Toronto (5-4 pen)
- 2015: Portland 2-1 Columbus
- 2014: LA Galaxy 2-1 New England Revolution (AET)
- 2013: Sporting Kansas Metropolis 1-1 Actual Salt Lake (7-6 pen)
- 2012: LA Galaxy 3-1 Houston Dynamo
- 2011: LA Galaxy 1-0 Houston
- 2010: Colorado Rapids 2-1 Dallas (AET)
- 2009: Actual Salt Lake 1-1 LA Galaxy (5-4 pen)
- 2008: Columbus 3-1 New York Crimson Bulls
- 2007: Houston 2-1 New England
- 2006: Houston 1-1 New England (4-3 pen)
- 2005: LA Galaxy 1-0 New England (AET)
- 2004: DC United 3-2 Kansas Metropolis Wizards
- 2003: San Jose Earthquakes 4-2 Chicago
- 2002: LA Galaxy 1-0 New England (AET)
- 2001: San Jose 2-1 LA Galaxy (AET)
- 2000: Kansas Metropolis Wizards 1-0 Chicago
- 1999: DC 2-0 LA Galaxy
- 1998: Chicago 2-0 DC
- 1997: DC 2-1 Colorado
- 1996: DC 3-2 LA Galaxy (AET)
