MLS Cup Champions
See a complete list of MLS Cup champions from 1996 to today, including every winner, runner-up and final score. Inter Miami CF won the 2025 MLS Cup, defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3-1 to claim the club’s first MLS championship.
Fast Facts
- Inter Miami CF are the defending MLS Cup champions after defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3-1 in the 2025 final for the club’s first MLS Cup title.
- LA Galaxy hold the record for the most MLS Cup championships with six titles, winning in 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2024.
- D.C. United rank second with four MLS Cup championships, while Columbus Crew have won three.
- New England Revolution have reached the MLS Cup final five times without winning the championship, the most final appearances by a club without a title.
- The 2026 MLS Cup is scheduled for Friday, December 18 and will be the final December MLS Cup before Major League Soccer shifts to a summer-to-spring calendar.
- College soccer has supplied generations of players to Major League Soccer. See the complete list of NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Champions.
MLS Champions
| Year | Winner | Runner Up | Score |
| 2025 | Inter Miami CF | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3-1 |
| 2024 | LA Galaxy | New York Red Bulls | 2-1 |
| 2023 | Columbus Crew | Los Angeles FC | 2-1 |
| 2022 | Los Angeles FC | Philadelphia Union | 3-3 (3–0 pen) |
| 2021 | New York City FC | Portland Timbers | 1-1 (4–2 pen) |
| 2020 | Columbus Crew | Seattle Sounders FC | 3-0 |
| 2019 | Seattle Sounders FC | Toronto FC | 3-1 |
| 2018 | Atlanta United FC | Portland Timbers | 2-0 |
| 2017 | Toronto FC (1) | Seattle Sounders FC | 2-0 |
| 2016 | Seattle Sounders | Toronto FC | 0-0 (5–4 pen) |
| 2015 | Portland Timbers | Columbus Crew SC | 2-1 |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Galaxy | New England Revolution | 2-1 |
| 2013 | Sporting Kansas City | Real Salt Lake | 1-1 (7–6 pen) |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Houston Dynamo | 3-1 |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Houston Dynamo | 1-0 |
| 2010 | Colorado Rapids | FC Dallas | 2-1 |
| 2009 | Real Salt Lake | Los Angeles Galaxy | 1-1 (5–4 pen) |
| 2008 | Columbus Crew | New York Red Bulls | 3-1 |
| 2007 | Houston Dynamo | New England Revolution | 2-1 |
| 2006 | Houston Dynamo | New England Revolution | 1-1 (4–3 pen) |
| 2005 | Los Angeles Galaxy | New England Revolution | 1-0 |
| 2004 | D.C. United | Kansas City Wizards | 3-2 |
| 2003 | San Jose Earthquakes | Chicago Fire | 4-2 |
| 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | New England Revolution | 1-0 |
| 2001 | San Jose Earthquakes | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2-1 |
| 2000 | Kansas City Wizards | Chicago Fire | 1-0 |
| 1999 | D.C. United | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2-0 |
| 1998 | Chicago Fire | D.C. United | 2-0 |
| 1997 | D.C. United | Colorado Rapids | 2-1 |
| 1996 | D.C. United | Los Angeles Galaxy | 3-2 |
Most MLS Cup Championships
| Club | Titles | Championship Years |
| LA Galaxy | 6 | 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2024 |
| D.C. United | 4 | 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004 |
| Columbus Crew | 3 | 2008, 2020, 2023 |
| Houston Dynamo | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 2 | 2001, 2003 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | 2016, 2019 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 2 | 2000, 2013 |
| Atlanta United FC | 1 | 2018 |
| Chicago Fire | 1 | 1998 |
| Colorado Rapids | 1 | 2010 |
| Inter Miami CF | 1 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles FC | 1 | 2022 |
| New York City FC | 1 | 2021 |
| Portland Timbers | 1 | 2015 |
| Real Salt Lake | 1 | 2009 |
| Toronto FC | 1 | 2017 |
