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 Julián Fernández - Hannes Wolf (New York City FC) and Cristian Espinoza - Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes). In total, the different pair of players have scored 4 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 current season is 5 goals, scored by these players and month:
Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) - April 2025
Albert Rusnák (Seattle Sounders FC) - May 2025
Most braces by player
The players who have scored at least two goals the most times in a match this season are these, and they have scored braces 3 times so far:
Tai Baribo (Philadelphia Union)
Evander (FC Cincinnati)
Most first goals in a match
So far this season, there are 5 players who have scored the first goal in a match the most times, each of them has done it in 3 different matches and these players are:
Djordje Mihailovic (Colorado Rapids)
Felipe Mora (Portland Timbers)
Sam Surridge (Nashville SC)
Danny Musovski (Seattle Sounders FC)
Liel Abada (Charlotte FC)
Most last goals in a match
Right now, there are 2 players who have scored the last goal of the match 4 times, and the players who have done so are these:
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (New York Red Bulls)
Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew SC)
Most penalty goals by player
The most penalty goals scored so far this season is 4 goals from the penalty spot, and all these players have managed this achievement are Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (New York Red Bulls) and Sam Surridge (Nashville SC).
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 5 goals from the penalty spot.
Most stoppage time goals by team
Sporting Kansas City is the team that has scored the most goals in 90+ minutes, in total they have scored 2 goals in added time.
Most own goals by team
The team that has scored the most own goals so far in the current season is New York City FC, having done so 3 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Right now, there are 5 players who have managed to score in 3 matches in a row, and they are:
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United FC)
Danny Musovski (Seattle Sounders FC)
Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC)
Djordje Mihailovic (Colorado Rapids)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Luis Muriel (Orlando City SC), Onni Valakari (San Diego FC), Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC), Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) and Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC) have scored or assisted in 4 consecutive matches, which is the best in MLS so far this season.
Players with most goals in the first half
So far this season, it is Sam Surridge in Nashville SC who has scored the most goals in the first half with 5 goals.
Players with most goals in the second half
Sam Surridge (Nashville SC), Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC) and Alonso Martinez (New York City FC) have all scored 6 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 FC Cincinnati, and their streak is 5 straight wins.
Most matches in a row without losing
Orlando City SC have 12 consecutive matches without losing, which is the best in MLS this season.
Most consecutive losses
The teams 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
Columbus Crew SC, Nashville SC, San Diego FC, Philadelphia Union and FC Dallas have managed to come back from behind to win in 3 matches in total, which is the best in MLS so far this season.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Sporting Kansas City is the team that has been the worst at defending their leads, having led in 4 matches only to lose.
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