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North America’s rising league

Season 2025/26
Country USA / Canada
Founded Est. 1996
30 Clubs
870 Matches
1 Articles
— Live Stats · Phase 2

League Snapshot

Live · 5 June 2026

Standings

Full table
# Club P W D L GD Pts Form
1
San Diego
34 19 6 9 +23 63
WWLDL
2
Vancouver Whitecaps
34 18 9 7 +28 63
LWWDD
3
Los Angeles FC
34 17 9 8 +25 60
DLWWW
4
Minnesota United FC
34 16 10 8 +17 58
LWDLW
5
Seattle Sounders
34 15 10 9 +10 55
WWWDL
6
Austin
34 13 8 13 -8 47
LWLLW
7
FC Dallas
34 11 11 12 -3 44
WLWDW
8
Portland Timbers
34 11 11 12 -7 44
LLDDL
9
Real Salt Lake
34 12 5 17 -11 41
DLWWL
10
San Jose Earthquakes
34 11 8 15 -3 41
WLWLL
11
Colorado Rapids
34 11 8 15 -12 41
DLDLW
12
Houston Dynamo
34 9 10 15 -13 37
DLLWL
13
St. Louis City
34 8 8 18 -14 32
DWLWW
14
Los Angeles Galaxy
34 7 9 18 -20 30
WWLWL
15
Sporting Kansas City
34 7 7 20 -24 28
DLLLL
1
Philadelphia Union
34 20 6 8 +22 66
LWWWL
2
FC Cincinnati
34 20 5 9 +12 65
WWDWW
3
Inter Miami
34 19 8 7 +26 65
WWWLD
4
Charlotte
34 19 2 13 +9 59
WWLLW
5
New York City FC
34 17 5 12 +6 56
LLWLW
6
Nashville SC
34 16 6 12 +13 54
LDWLL
7
Columbus Crew
34 14 12 8 +4 54
WDLDL
8
Chicago Fire
34 15 8 11 +8 53
DDWWW
9
Orlando City SC
34 14 11 9 +12 53
LLDDW
10
New York Red Bulls
34 12 7 15 +1 43
LLLWL
11
New England Revolution
34 9 9 16 -7 36
DLWLD
12
Toronto FC
34 6 14 14 -7 32
WLDDD
13
CF Montreal
34 6 10 18 -26 28
LDWLL
14
Atlanta United FC
34 5 13 16 -25 28
DLLLD
15
DC United
34 5 11 18 -36 26
DLLLD

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Player Stat Leaders

Top 5 in each category — 2025-26
Top Scorers goals
L. Messi
Inter Miami
35
  1. 2 D. Bouanga 26
  2. 3 S. Surridge 25
  3. 4 A. Dreyer 23
  4. 5 T. Allende 20
Most Assists assists
L. Messi
Inter Miami
23
  1. 2 A. Dreyer 17
  2. 3 Evander 14
  3. 4 Jordi Alba 14
  4. 5 P. Zinckernagel 13
Best Players goals + assists
L. Messi
Inter Miami
58 35G · 23A
  1. 2 A. Dreyer 40
  2. 3 D. Bouanga 34
  3. 4 Evander 32
  4. 5 S. Surridge 28
Goals per 90 min 900 mins
L. Messi
Inter Miami
1.06 35g / 2978'
  1. 2 B. White 0.84
  2. 3 D. Musovski 0.83
  3. 4 D. Bouanga 0.79
  4. 5 T. Baribo 0.76
Most Yellow Cards yellows
A. Cubas
Vancouver Whitecaps
13
  1. 2 E. Cerrillo 12
  2. 3 W. Zaha 12
  3. 4 É. Ocampo 11
  4. 5 R. Schlegel 11

Team Leaderboards

How the clubs rank on the metrics that matter
Best Attack goals scored
Vancouver Whitecaps
in 39 games
78
  1. 2 San Diego 74
  2. 3 Los Angeles FC 73
  3. 4 Seattle Sounders 65
  4. 5 Minnesota United FC 63
Best Defence fewest conceded
Vancouver Whitecaps
in 39 games
45
  1. 2 Los Angeles FC 45
  2. 3 Minnesota United FC 47
  3. 4 San Diego 48
  4. 5 Austin 51
Most Clean Sheets clean sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps
in 39 games
14
  1. 2 San Diego 13
  2. 3 Los Angeles FC 12
  3. 4 Minnesota United FC 11
  4. 5 Houston Dynamo 10
Longest Win Streak consecutive wins
Los Angeles FC
8-game unbeaten
6
  1. 2 San Diego 4
  2. 3 Vancouver Whitecaps 4
  3. 4 Seattle Sounders 3
  4. 5 Austin 3
Best Home Record home wins
Vancouver Whitecaps
10 away
12
  1. 2 Los Angeles FC 12
  2. 3 Seattle Sounders 11
  3. 4 San Diego 10
  4. 5 Minnesota United FC 10
Most Bookings season total
Real Salt Lake
6 red
97
  1. 2 Houston Dynamo 89
  2. 3 Vancouver Whitecaps 86
  3. 4 San Jose Earthquakes 86
  4. 5 FC Dallas 85

Live data & statistics provided by API-Football. Pulled 5 June 2026.

MLS Analysis

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Lionel Messi in Inter Miami kit — MLS at 30 years old, from retirement league to genuine global football destination Latest
Op Ed 28 Apr 2026

MLS at 30: From Retirement League to Genuine Destination

Inter Miami pay Messi $20m a year. Atlanta United fill 70,000-seat stadiums for regular-season Wednesday matches. The US men's team is, on the latest evidence, a top-12 international side. MLS turns thirty in 2026, and on every metric except the one that mattered to the original sceptics — competitive depth — the league is somewhere it was never supposed to be.

By The Americas Desk · 10 min read

Title Race

Points by matchday, all 20 clubs
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 MD1 MD6 MD11 MD16 MD21 MD26 MD31 MD34 Points DC United — 26 pts (rank 15) Sporting Kansas City — 28 pts (rank 15) Atlanta United FC — 28 pts (rank 14) Los Angeles Galaxy — 30 pts (rank 14) CF Montreal — 28 pts (rank 13) St. Louis City — 32 pts (rank 13) Toronto FC — 32 pts (rank 12) Houston Dynamo — 37 pts (rank 12) New England Revolution — 36 pts (rank 11) Colorado Rapids — 41 pts (rank 11) New York Red Bulls — 43 pts (rank 10) San Jose Earthquakes — 41 pts (rank 10) Orlando City SC — 53 pts (rank 9) Real Salt Lake — 41 pts (rank 9) Chicago Fire — 56 pts (rank 8) Portland Timbers — 47 pts (rank 8) Columbus Crew — 57 pts (rank 7) FC Dallas — 44 pts (rank 7) Nashville SC — 57 pts (rank 6) Austin — 47 pts (rank 6) New York City FC — 62 pts (rank 5) Seattle Sounders — 58 pts (rank 5) Minnesota United FC — 58 pts (rank 4) Charlotte — 59 pts (rank 4) Los Angeles FC — 66 pts (rank 3) Inter Miami — 71 pts (rank 3) FC Cincinnati — 71 pts (rank 2) Vancouver Whitecaps — 66 pts (rank 2) Philadelphia Union — 69 pts (rank 1) San Diego — 69 pts (rank 1) Nashville SC — 57 pts Austin — 47 pts New York City FC — 62 pts Seattle Sounders — 58 pts Minnesota United FC — 58 pts Charlotte — 59 pts Los Angeles FC — 66 pts Inter Miami — 71 pts FC Cincinnati — 71 pts Vancouver Whitecaps — 66 pts Philadelphia Union — 69 pts San Diego — 69 pts
1. Philadelphia Union 2. FC Cincinnati 3. Los Angeles FC 4. Minnesota United FC 5. New York City FC 6. Nashville SC

Attack vs Defence

Goals per game — scored vs conceded
Top dogs Strugglers Goals scored / game → ← Goals conceded / game 2.2 0.9 0.7 2.6 San Diego — 1.88 GF/g, 1.21 GA/g Vancouver Whitecaps — 1.94 GF/g, 1.12 GA/g Los Angeles FC — 1.91 GF/g, 1.18 GA/g Minnesota United FC — 1.65 GF/g, 1.15 GA/g Seattle Sounders — 1.71 GF/g, 1.41 GA/g Austin — 1.09 GF/g, 1.32 GA/g FC Dallas — 1.53 GF/g, 1.62 GA/g Portland Timbers — 1.21 GF/g, 1.41 GA/g Real Salt Lake — 1.12 GF/g, 1.44 GA/g San Jose Earthquakes — 1.76 GF/g, 1.85 GA/g Colorado Rapids — 1.29 GF/g, 1.65 GA/g Houston Dynamo — 1.26 GF/g, 1.65 GA/g St. Louis City — 1.29 GF/g, 1.71 GA/g Los Angeles Galaxy — 1.35 GF/g, 1.94 GA/g Sporting Kansas City — 1.35 GF/g, 2.06 GA/g Philadelphia Union — 1.68 GF/g, 1.03 GA/g FC Cincinnati — 1.53 GF/g, 1.18 GA/g Inter Miami — 2.38 GF/g, 1.62 GA/g Charlotte — 1.62 GF/g, 1.35 GA/g New York City FC — 1.47 GF/g, 1.29 GA/g Nashville SC — 1.71 GF/g, 1.32 GA/g Columbus Crew — 1.62 GF/g, 1.50 GA/g Chicago Fire — 2.00 GF/g, 1.76 GA/g Orlando City SC — 1.85 GF/g, 1.50 GA/g New York Red Bulls — 1.41 GF/g, 1.38 GA/g New England Revolution — 1.29 GF/g, 1.50 GA/g Toronto FC — 1.09 GF/g, 1.29 GA/g CF Montreal — 1.00 GF/g, 1.76 GA/g Atlanta United FC — 1.12 GF/g, 1.85 GA/g DC United — 0.88 GF/g, 1.94 GA/g

Hover any crest for the per-game numbers. Top-right = best teams; bottom-left = league strugglers.

Form Momentum

Points won, last 5 games
In form
  1. FC Cincinnati WWDWW 13pts
  2. Chicago Fire DDWWW 11pts
  3. Inter Miami WWWLD 10pts
  4. Los Angeles FC DLWWW 10pts
  5. Seattle Sounders WWWDL 10pts
Out of form
  1. Sporting Kansas City DLLLL 1pts
  2. DC United DLLLD 2pts
  3. Atlanta United FC DLLLD 2pts
  4. Portland Timbers LLDDL 2pts
  5. New York Red Bulls LLLWL 3pts

Tactical Trends

What's defining the league right now

MLS coverage on The Half Spaces tracks the tactical patterns shaping USA / Canada: how the contenders build, press and break, and which emerging players are forcing their way into the wider European conversation.

— The Half Spaces editorial desk

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