The 2025 MLS season comes to a bit of a midsummer slow next week as the Leagues Cup gets underway for more than half the teams, but the latest weekend of regular season action brought some entertaining storylines.
Inter Miami and FC Cincinnati settled for a scoreless draw in a battle of Eastern Conference titans, yet the Herons did so without Lionel Messi or Jordi Alba. Both were suspended after missing the week’s MLS All-Star Game festivities in Austin.
Additionally, we saw San Diego FC beat Nashville SC in another heated top-of-the-table battle and several transfers go through with Rodrigo De Paul signing in Miami and Wessam Abou Ali joining Columbus Crew SC.
Here’s how the teams settle in the MLS Power Rankings after Matchday 27.






