Your regularly scheduled MLS programming returns once again this weekend as the 2025 season edges closer to MLS Cup Playoff time.
With tight races defining both the Eastern and Western Conferences, key battles once again come to the fore, with less than ten matches remaining on the regular season docket.
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Here are three games you must tune in for this weekend.
Inter Miami vs LA Galaxy
The return of Lionel Messi is more than enough to get most fans and neutrals alike to tune in when the Herons welcome MLS legacy outfit LA Galaxy to South Florida.
Remaining rooted to the bottom of the West while boasting the league’s worst record, the Galaxy are having a season to forget, but can still find joy on the night if they turn spoiler as Javier Mascherano’s troops look to use their matches-in-hand advantage in hopes of climbing back up the table in the East.
Sitting sixth coming into the weekend, favorable results could see the Herons jump up to fourth as they look to push for a top-two finish in the conference.
Minnesota vs Seattle
Arguably the match of the weekend, Minnesota host visiting Seattle on Sunday evening in a clash of two dark horse candidates for deep playoff runs.
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Separated by just three points in the West, and the Sounders owning a match in hand over the Loons, both sides will be after the full complement of points on offer at Allianz Field, with second-sitting Vancouver within touching distance.
With Seattle duo Danny Musovski and Albert Rusnák both sitting on ten goals each this season, the Sounders will like their chances, but Loons forward Tani Oluwaseyi may have designs of his own.
Portland vs Cincinnati
There is one storyline that is sure to command all the attention as Cincinnati travel to Providence Park in an intriguing clash against the Portland Timbers; Evander.
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Now an undeniable face of MLS as he puts in another MVP-calibre season for the Orange and Blue, the Brazilian midfield dynamo coming to grips with his former employer as a key piece of Cincy’s rise to becoming a real force in the East should make for top billing.
Sitting on 23 goal contributions thus far, Evander’s talent is undeniable, but Portland’s recent squad retooling via the transfer market could see Phil Neville’s men primed for a late-season push to climb the ladder, starting with what could be an upset result against a potential MLS Cup favorite.
📸 Editorial Photo Credit: © Kareem Elgazzar | 2025 Aug 10 – Imagn Images
