After a long wait, MLS released the 2025 schedule today. Charles Boehm picks his top matchups to look for. Here’s a few:
St. Louis CITY @ San Diego FC, March 1
Jaws. Toros. Sockers. Nomads. San Diego is rich in soccer history, talent and culture, yet it’s been decades since a top-flight men’s professional outdoor team represented ‘America’s Finest City.’ That finally changes on the first night of March when SDFC play their inaugural home match, led by livewire Mexican winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano.
It’s quite fitting that they welcome St. Louis, another traditional soccer hotbed that’s embraced just such a long-awaited return since CITY SC debuted in 2023, for the occasion.
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Sporting KC @ St. Louis CITY, May 14
Rivalry Week, a longstanding annual celebration of the league’s fiercest and most eagerly-anticipated matchups, kicks into another gear in 2025 with a packed slate of local and regional derbies across two matchdays. And what better way to raise the curtain than this heated cross-Missouri showdown between two cities with a deep, contentious sporting history?
This matchup caught fire right from the jump when STL entered the league in 2023, fueled by a clash in the playoffs later that year, and you can bet on both fanbases being hyped up for the latest edition.