Season trivia for MLS 2025
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2025 MLS season in United States.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and there for the information below is not necessarily the final version.
Best scoring couple
The players who have been behind the most goals this season so far are Anders Dreyer - Hirving Lozano (San Diego FC), Lionel Messi - Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami) and Milan Iloski - Anders Dreyer (San Diego FC). In total, the different pair of players have scored 5 goals, with one player scoring the goal and the other assisting it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players have all scored in the first minute in a match this season:
Fastest hat-trick
The fastest hat-trick this season was scored by Milan Iloski of San Diego FC, scoring three goals within 9 minutes in the match between Vancouver Whitecaps FC-San Diego FC.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season is 9 goals, which Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC) scored in September 2025.
Most braces by player
The player who has scored the most braces, meaning at least two goals in a match this season, is Lionel Messi in Inter Miami, in total he has scored at least two goals in a match eight times.
Most first goals in a match
So far this season, there are two players who have scored the first goal in a match the most times, each of them has done it in eight different matches and these players are:
Sam Surridge (Nashville SC)
Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match has most frequently been scored this season by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting in New York Red Bulls, in total he has scored the last goal seven times.
Most penalty goals by player
The player who has scored the most penalty goals this season is Denis Bouanga in Los Angeles FC with his seven penalty goals.
Most penalty goals by team
The team that has scored the most penalty goals in the matches played so far this season is Nashville SC, who have scored eight goals from the penalty spot.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The teams that have managed to score the most goals in added time this season have done so one times, and the teams that did it are Austin FC and Orlando City SC.
Most own goals by player
In total, there are three players who have each managed to score two own goals, and these are:
Most own goals by team
The best teams at scoring on their own goalkeeper have done so four times so far this season, and the teams are New York City FC, Colorado Rapids and Seattle Sounders FC.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Right now, there are two players who have managed to score in 6 matches in a row, and they are Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) and Sam Surridge (Nashville SC).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
Manu Garcia in Sporting Kansas City is the player who has so far provided assists in the most consecutive matches this season, 4 matches in a row.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The longest streak of matches where a player contributed to at least one goal, either by scoring or assisting, belongs to Idan Toklomati in Charlotte FC, who did it in 7 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
three players have scored 11 goals in the first half, which is the most this season, and these players are:
Players with most goals in the second half
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) and Alonso Martinez (New York City FC) have all scored 14 goals in the second half, which is the best so far this season.
Most consecutive wins
The team with the most consecutive wins so far this season is Charlotte FC, and their streak is 9 straight wins.
Most matches in a row without losing
Currently, there are two teams that all have 12 consecutive matches without losing, and the teams that achieved this are Orlando City SC and Nashville SC.
Most consecutive losses
The teams D.C. United, LA Galaxy and Charlotte FC have all lost 5 matches in a row and lead the league in that regard.
Most matches in a row without a win
LA Galaxy is the team with the longest streak of matches without a win so far this season, their run is at 16 straight matches without a win.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The team that has been behind and then turned it into a win the most times so far is New York City FC, and they have done it in six different matches.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
The teams worst at defending their leads this season are St. Louis City SC, Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City, each with five matches where they lost or drew after having led.