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Jon ArnoldJun 2, 2025, 09:50 AM ET
The 2025 MLS play is firmly underway, which means it's clip for ESPN's Power Rankings.
Who's climbing the table? Who's successful escaped fall? Our writers studied the enactment from crossed Matchday 17 to travel up with this week's bid of each 30 teams successful the league. Let's dive in.
1. Vancouver Whitecaps
Previous ranking: 1
We won't clasp the Caps' Concacaf Champions Cup last defeat against them. Before making the agelong travel to Mexico City, they hosted Minnesota United and played retired a 0-0 gully astatine home. After the nonaccomplishment to Cruz Azul, their attraction snaps backmost to league play.
2. Philadelphia Union
Previous ranking: 2
Philadelphia had a somewhat frustrating travel to Texas, going up a antheral successful the archetypal fractional but failing to find the backmost of the nett successful a scoreless stalemate with FC Dallas. The past nonaccomplishment connected April 12 remains a distant memory, and the squad has been capable to trial immoderate of its extent during this stretch.
3. Minnesota United
Previous ranking: 5
Any clip you permission Cascadia with 4 points, it's a bully trip. The Loons impressed successful a 3-2 triumph implicit the Seattle Sounders conscionable days aft drafting with No. 1 Vancouver Whitecaps. Tani Oluwaseyi had a treble successful that triumph and, including an Open Cup triumph, Minnesota is undefeated successful its past five.
4. Inter Miami CF
Previous ranking: 10
Inter Miami is back. This play saw Lionel Messi and Co. demolish the Columbus Crew 5-1. Days earlier, they'd smashed CF Montreal 4-2. The goals are coming, with Messi notching up 5 successful the past 3 matches and Luis Suárez adding 3 successful the past two. Now, it's astir figuring retired however to support good earlier the Club World Cup.
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Messi's record-breaking brace powers large Inter Miami win
Lionel Messi scores doubly to go Inter Miami's all-time starring MLS extremity scorer successful a 5-0 rout of the Columbus Crew.
5. Nashville SC
Previous ranking: 3
The goals are inactive coming for Nashville, but they're having occupation holding onto leads. Sam Surridge scored doubly Saturday, but Nashville had to settee for a constituent aft conceding 2 second-half goals to NYCFC. It was an unwanted reflector of a midweek gully with Columbus erstwhile Nashville doubly squandered one-goal advantages.
6. Columbus Crew
Previous ranking: 4
No 1 ever wants to suffer 5-1, but the information that the Crew were undone by Eastern Conference rival Inter Miami lone has to beryllium much frustrating for Columbus. The Crew are present winless successful their past six, including a gully midweek against Nashville. Moves whitethorn beryllium needed successful the summertime model to scope the heights the nine is utilized to reaching.
7. Seattle Sounders
Previous ranking: 6
The Club World Cup is connected the horizon, but it whitethorn beryllium hard for the Sounders to bent with the champion teams successful the world. They fell 3-2 to Minnesota United, though they astir pulled disconnected a precocious rally. Players are advocating for a larger stock of the bonus wealth FIFA volition wage retired to MLS, wearing shirts pre-match that showed the Monopoly antheral wearing an MLS chapeau and holding a container of FIFA cash.
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Seattle Sounders FC vs. Minnesota United FC - Game Highlights
Watch the Game Highlights from Seattle Sounders FC vs. Minnesota United FC, 06/01/2025
8. San Diego FC
Previous ranking: 9
Will the enlargement squad contend? Each week it seems much likely. Mikey Varas' squad bounced backmost from a midweek nonaccomplishment to Seattle with a 2-0 triumph implicit Austin FC. The lone happening that diminished an different fantastic nighttime astatine Snapdragon Stadium was an wounded to prima Hirving "Chucky" Lozano earlier helium prepares to articulation Mexico connected planetary duty.
9. Orlando City
Previous ranking: 7
Orlando hoped to bounce backmost from a midweek nonaccomplishment to rival Atlanta United but alternatively was down 3 goals 32 minutes into what ended up being a 3-1 decision to the Chicago Fire. Alex Freeman's extremity volition beryllium tiny consolation arsenic helium prepares to articulation the U.S. nationalist team.
10. LAFC
Previous ranking: 11
The black-and-gold enjoyed their weekend, topping Club América successful a play-in match to get to the Club World Cup. Their lucifer anterior to the play-in wasn't precisely auspicious. LAFC had to rally from 2 goals down but secured a 2-2 gully with CF Montreal acknowledgment to goals from Mark Delgado and Olivier Giroud.
11. FC Cincinnati
Previous ranking: 8
A weird midweek gully with their erstwhile star's caller squad and decision to D.C. United 2-1 connected Saturday has created thing of a sour temper successful Cincinnati. Pat Noonan's men inactive beryllium 2nd successful the East but haven't won successful their past 4 contests, adjacent with Kévin Denkey already pushing his extremity full into the double-digits.
12. Portland Timbers
Previous ranking: 17
With their scheduled hostile the Vancouver Whitecaps different occupied with Concacaf Champions Cup action, the Timbers had a astonishment bye weekend. During the week, they controlled and won a lucifer against the Colorado Rapids, 2-1.
13. Charlotte FC
Previous ranking: 13
Charlotte was capable to instrumentality attraction of concern against stragglers Toronto FC, earning a 2-0 triumph northbound of the border. Pep Biel and Patrick Agyemang some scored successful the triumph -- arsenic they did erstwhile Charlotte topped the Columbus Crew but not successful a 4-2 midweek nonaccomplishment to the New York Red Bulls. Charlotte volition anticipation different reliable attackers emerge.
14. San Jose Earthquakes
Previous ranking: 12
San Jose enjoyed a midweek rivalry triumph implicit the LA Galaxy but saw its unbeaten tally snapped astatine 8 successful each competitions with a 2-1 nonaccomplishment Saturday to St. Louis City. One happening the Quakes tin instrumentality bosom from? Most of the lucifer took spot astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic the UEFA Champions League final, truthful possibly nary 1 truly noticed.
15. New York Red Bulls
Previous ranking: 15
The Red Bulls made it 3 successful a enactment with a 2-0 triumph against Atlanta United, pursuing connected from a midweek triumph implicit Charlotte FC. Eric Choupo-Moting is up to 10 goals this play aft 2 during the week and 1 successful the play match.
16. Chicago Fire
Previous ranking: 19
The Fire scored 3 unanswered and rolled to a 3-1 triumph Saturday distant to Orlando City. The Philip Zinckernagel-Hugo Cuypers transportation is rolling on again, with the Dane assisting some of the Belgian's goals this weekend.
17. New England Revolution
Previous ranking: 17
Attackers aren't scoring? Leave it to the defense! The Revolution got 3 goals from defenders successful a 3-0 triumph implicit 10-man CF Montreal, with Ilay Feingold scoring a treble and assisting chap helping backmost Peyton Miller connected the other. It's present 9 matches consecutive without defeat.
18. New York City FC
Previous ranking: 16
Things were disfigured during the week successful a 3-0 nonaccomplishment to the Houston Dynamo, and Saturday started down the aforesaid path. But Hannes Wolf scored a brace of goals to propulsion NYCFC to a 2-2 gully with Nashville SC, giving him 3 goals successful arsenic galore matches and giving NYCFC anticipation they whitethorn person a caller attacker they tin trust on.
19. Austin FC
Previous ranking: 14
Austin continues to conflict successful beforehand of the net, getting blanked 2-0 by San Diego FC connected the play aft a 1-1 location gully with Real Salt Lake. Two shots connected people for .25 xG shows conscionable however overmuch they struggled successful Southern California.
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San Diego FC vs. Austin FC - Game Highlights
Watch the Game Highlights from San Diego FC vs. Austin FC, 05/31/2025
20. Colorado Rapids
Previous ranking: 18
While the Rapids weren't successful enactment this weekend, they mightiness person preferred to play and lavation the sensation of a 2-1 midweek nonaccomplishment to the Portland Timbers retired of their mouths. The Rapids had scored archetypal but Portland dominated earlier and aft a 67th-minute reddish paper to Wayne Frederick.
21. Houston Dynamo
Previous ranking: 21
The Dynamo fell 3-1 astatine location to Sporting Kansas City, conscionable days aft a 3-0 triumph connected the roadworthy against New York City FC. One squad has scored 3 goals successful each of the Dynamo's past 4 matches, but it's lone been Houston themselves fractional the clip arsenic the rollercoaster thrust of a play continues.
22. Atlanta United
Previous ranking: 22
Just erstwhile it looked similar the Five Stripes would beryllium capable to enactment a winning streak together, they fell 2-0 to the New York Red Bulls successful Harrison, New Jersey. Atlanta won the xG battle, but aft conceding doubly successful the archetypal 15 minutes, it's tiny consolation.
23. FC Dallas
Previous ranking: 23
Despite losing defender Lalas Abubakar to a 2nd yellowish paper aft a crunching tackle successful the 39th minute, FCD was capable to support location turf against the high-flying Philadelphia Union and gain a scoreless draw. Goalkeeper Maarten Paes was engaged -- arsenic helium was during a 3-3 midweek gully with FC Cincinnati -- but the Indonesia planetary was up to the task and goes connected planetary work successful bully form.
24. D.C. United
Previous ranking: 26
An aboriginal Gabriel Pirani extremity disconnected a acceptable portion regular and 1 helium assisted for Conner Antley were capable to gain D.C. a daze 2-1 triumph connected the roadworthy astatine FC Cincinnati. Could the Brazilian beryllium the reply to DCU's attacking woes, particularly with Christian Benteke injured?
25. Real Salt Lake
Previous ranking: 24
RSL had gotten into a nasty wont of letting points gaffe distant but wasn't adjacent successful power of Saturday's 2-0 nonaccomplishment to the antecedently winless LA Galaxy. They had galore much shots than the Galaxy but couldn't make immoderate existent danger. It's present 7 successful a enactment without a victory.
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LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake - Game Highlights
Watch the Game Highlights from LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake, 05/31/2025
26. Sporting Kansas City
Previous ranking: 28
After 3 draws the past 3 times out, Sporting enjoyed a triumph with a 3-1 roadworthy triumph implicit the Houston Dynamo connected Saturday. Dejan Joveljic netted a double, portion May accomplishment Santi Muñoz scored his debut goal. If those 2 forwards get going, SKC volition ascent the rankings.
27. Toronto FC
Previous ranking: 25
Toronto is fractional of a large antiaircraft team. This weekend's 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Charlotte FC saw TFC clasp their rival scoreless for the archetypal 45 minutes for the 3rd clip successful a row. Soccer matches are 90 minutes, though, and TFC has conceded doubly successful the 2nd fractional successful each of those 3 matches and inactive has conscionable 3 wins for the season.
28. St. Louis City SC
Previous ranking: 29
A caller manager whitethorn marque each the difference, with St. Louis City showing spunk successful a 2-1 triumph implicit the San Jose Earthquakes. New (interim) brag David Critchley had to woody with a first-half injury, a precocious equalizer and a precocious reddish paper but inactive earned 3 points connected debut aft Olof Mellberg got his marching orders.
29. CF Montréal
Previous ranking: 27
CF Montreal manager Marco Donadel implied aft the crippled that helium feels that a first-half reddish paper shown to Giacomo Vrioni changed everything successful a 3-0 nonaccomplishment to the New England Revolution, giving lone a abbreviated connection successful bid to debar a fine. The telephone was harsh, but truthful is Montreal's commencement to the play with conscionable 1 triumph done 17 and a minus-20 extremity differential.
30. LA Galaxy
Previous ranking: 30
A win! The Galaxy did it! It took 17 tries, but the defending champions are disconnected the people aft a 2-0 triumph implicit Real Salt Lake. Lucas Sanabria and Joseph Paintsil scored, portion the backmost enactment kept its archetypal cleanable expanse of the year. The Galaxy are inactive propping up the Power Rankings, but they person thing to physique on.
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