MLS averaged 3.7 million live match viewers a week in 2025, the league said Thursday as Lionel Messi led jersey sales for the third straight season.

The Fire enjoyed an MLS night 16 years in the making and are presented with another chance to try to get it right

Major League Soccer announced Thursday that Minnesota United goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair is one of three finalists for the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award. St. Clair finished the year as the top shot-stopper in the league,

The Sounders' Obed Vargas is a finalist for the MLS Young Player of the Year award. The 22-year-old recently played in his 100th match for the club and was an MLS All-Star this year.

Felipe Mora scored two first-half goals, defender Kamal Miller added another in the 82nd minute and the Portland Timbers beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 in a wild-card match.

The Union won the Supporters' Shield in three of the last six seasons but are still chasing their first-ever MLS Cup

As MLS analyst Matt Doyle put it, "He is essential to what they were as a (very successful) team, not just in terms of quality but in terms of how he played the position. What he brought couldn’t really be imitated by anyone else. Box dominance and long throws is who Minnesota are, and no one did more to make them so."

Varas is one of three finalists for the award, joining Philadelphia Union’s Bradley Carnell and the Vancouver Whitecaps’ Jesper Sørensen (Vancouver Whitecaps FC). Philadelphia has won the Supporters’ Shield, given annually to the MLS team with the best regular-season record.