The MLS Cup is the post-season championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-flight club soccer league in the United States and Canada. The 2025 season was the 30th in MLS history, and was contested by 30 teams organized into the eastern and western conferences. Each team played 34 matches during the regular season, which runs from February to October, twice against each intra-conference opponent and six times for inter-conference opposition in an unbalanced schedule. The regular season included a month-long break for the FIFA Club World Cup and CONCACAF Gold Cup, which were hosted by the United States.[2][3] The nine clubs in each conference with the most points qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs, which was played over four rounds from October to December. Most rounds were a single-elimination match hosted by the higher-seeded team; the exception was Round One, which was a best-of-three series with the first and third (if necessary) match hosted by the higher-seeded team.[4]
Both of the finalists, Inter Miami CF and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, are appearing in their first MLS Cup final and joined MLS as expansion teams.[5] They played each other earlier that year in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Vancouver won the first leg 2–0 at home and 3–1 in the second leg for an aggregate score of 5–1.[6] The Whitecaps are also the first Canadian team since MLS Cup 2019 to reach the league's championship.[7] Inter Miami CF is the first finalist from the U.S. state of Florida, which has had three other MLS teams throughout the league's history.[citation needed]
Summary of results
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
MLS Cup 2025 will be hosted by Inter Miami CF at their home venue, Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The team won the right to host the match by virtue of their higher finish in the regular season standings; Miami had 65 points, while Vancouver earned 63 points.[8] Chase Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium that has a capacity of 21,550 spectators and was constructed as a temporary stadium for Inter Miami CF until the completion of Miami Freedom Park near Miami International Airport in 2026.[9] The stadium had been expanded with temporary bleachers immediately following the signing of Lionel Messi by the club in 2023.[10] MLS Cup 2025 will be the final match for Inter Miami CF at Chase Stadium, as the team will move to Miami Freedom Park at the beginning of the 2026 season.[11] It is also the first MLS Cup to be held in the state of Florida.[citation needed]
Inter Miami CF announced a two-day presale of tickets for the match for season ticket holders beginning on December 1, which is set to be followed by a release of tickets to the general public on December 2.[12]
Broadcasting
The MLS Cup final is planned to be broadcast worldwide in English and Spanish on MLS Season Pass, a subscription streaming service operated by Apple.[13] The match will also be broadcast on U.S. terrestrial television by Fox Sports in English and Fox Deportes in Spanish. The Canadian television broadcast will be carried by TSN in English and Réseau des sports (RDS) in French.[5]
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