Best MLS Stadiums Ranked: 2025 Edition

When I look to make a Major League Soccer bet online, I consider home-field advantage as part of my handicap.

Factors like crowd atmosphere, field dimensions, and weather may not affect the latest soccer odds, but they can significantly affect the result.

Below, I’ll analyze the 30 MLS Stadiums for the 2025 season, ranking them from best to worst in terms of atmosphere, accessibility, and other in-arena elements.

Best MLS Stadiums Ranked: 2025 Edition

What Are the Best MLS Stadiums?

1. Portland Timbers – Providence Park

Providence Park is the perfect place to watch an MLS match. The Portland Timbers’ home is accessible, has terrific sight lines, and features the best post-goal ritual in the league.

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Timber Joey is the greatest mascot of all time 😤@TimberJoey x #NationalMascotDay pic.twitter.com/7a0d5c5ovs

— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) June 17, 2024

2. Los Angeles FC – BMO Stadium

The fans at BMO Stadium, which sits next to the historic LA Memorial Coliseum, bring the noise each week.

Will Ferrell conducting LAFC fans during yesterday's match 😂

(🎥 via @LAFC) pic.twitter.com/AhE2qgyCwh

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) October 22, 2018

3. Atlanta United FC – Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Mercedes-Benz Stadium may have been built for football, but the modern masterpiece is also a brilliant home for fútbol. 

4. St. Louis City SC – Energizer Park

Even dogs love St. Louis City’s home, which features a permanent pet-friendly space called the Purina Club. 

Views from @Purina Club 😍 pic.twitter.com/HKx3aiBo6a

— St Louis CITY SC (@stlCITYsc) April 30, 2023

5. FC Cincinnati – TQL Stadium

FC Cincinnati has drawn sizable crowds since its USL days and continues to do so at its soccer-specific home that opened in 2021.

6. Seattle Sounders FC – Lumen Field

This stadium holds sound better than most in the country, so it stays loud even at a fraction of its NFL capacity.

7. Minnesota United FC – Allianz Field

Allianz Field lights up like its German counterpart, Allianz Arena, home of Bayern Munich.

This Saturday #MNUFC opens @allianzfield. $250 million & 19,400 seats. The Beer Hall has 96 taps…and the stadium glows. The #Loons finally have their nest. That's 14 new soccer-specific stadia in @MLS since 2005. 🇺🇸⚽️ pic.twitter.com/RGazQFhF6O

— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) April 11, 2019

8. Austin FC – Q2 Stadium

Austin FC’s Minister of Culture, Matthew McConaughey, often interacts with the home supporters at the Q2 Stadium.

What a way to kick off our first home match at @Q2Stadium. Our MOC knows how to hype up a crowd.

🗣 @McConaughey pic.twitter.com/XAkx8gnMou

— Austin FC (@AustinFC) June 20, 2021

9. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – BC Place

Vancouver’s BC Place will be one of two Canadian venues to host games during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

10. Columbus Crew – Lower.com Field

While I’ll always have a soft spot for the Historic Crew Stadium, this new downtown venue helped save the future of soccer in Columbus.

11. Nashville SC – Geodis Park

Nashville boasts the largest soccer-specific stadium in the U.S. with a capacity of just over 30,000 fans.

12. D.C. United – Audi Field

D.C. United hasn’t given the fans at Audi Field much to cheer about since the club’s move in 2018, but the soccer-specific venue next to Nationals Park is a huge upgrade over RFK Stadium.

13. Orlando City – Inter&Co Stadium

Orlando City’s stadium is one of seven MLS venues that will host the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup this summer.

14. San Diego FC – Snapdragon Stadium

Snapdragon Stadium is the newest venue to grace Major League Soccer and has featured a lively atmosphere early in San Diego FC’s debut campaign.

bring this same energy tomorrow night, SD 🤩 pic.twitter.com/3Hzjbi1x1Y

— Snapdragon Stadium (@SnapdragonStdm) April 4, 2025

15. Charlotte FC – Bank of America Stadium

Charlotte FC’s first home match in March 2022 broke the MLS attendance record (74,479).

16. LA Galaxy – Dignity Health Sports Park

Statues of David Beckham and Landon Donovan, who won back-to-back MLS Cups in 2011 and 2012, stand tall outside the stadium.

17. Real Salt Lake – America First Field

If picturesque views are a priority, the scenic mountain ranges behind America First Field should do the trick.

18. CF Montreal – Saputo Stadium

Sitting in Olympic Park, Saputo Stadium features a stunning view of the Montreal Tower.

Lookin' good, Stade Saputo. #MTLvDC (📷: @BinetteMartin) pic.twitter.com/r7Vjza4siw

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) September 26, 2015

19. Philadelphia Union – Subaru Park

The waterfront venue is picturesque on a clear day, but Subaru Park’s location in Chester, Pennsylvania, is closer to Wilmington, Delaware, than Philadelphia.

20. Toronto FC – BMO Field

The largest soccer-specific stadium in MLS holds nearly 31,000 fans.

21. Sporting Kansas City – Children’s Mercy Park

Children’s Mercy Park is one of the smaller stadiums in MLS, but its soccer-specific sight lines are a vast improvement on Arrowhead Stadium.

22. New York Red Bulls – Sports Illustrated Stadium

There isn’t a bad seat in the building, but Harrison, New Jersey, is a tougher sell. 

23. Chicago Fire FC – Soldier Field

The Fire are in their third stint at Soldier Field, which explains a lot about the club’s efforts to find a permanent home.

24. Inter Miami CF – Chase Stadium

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami opened the season with the best MLS odds, so it’s no surprise that the club continues to attract high-profile stars to its inconvenient home north of Fort Lauderdale.

Paul Pogba, Serena Williams and David Beckham at Inter Miami’s first game of the season 😍 pic.twitter.com/7bjiJwTeFi

— Athlete Vanity (@AthleteVanity) February 23, 2025

25. San Jose Earthquakes – PayPal Park

PayPal Park is the smallest stadium in MLS, seating just 18,000 fans, and stands directly across the street from Mineta International Airport.

26. FC Dallas – Toyota Stadium

FC Dallas plays its home matches about 30 miles north of the city in Frisco and is even further away from soccer fans in Arlington and Fort Worth.

27. Colorado Rapids – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

The Rapids are the lone professional sports franchise in the Denver metropolitan area without a downtown stadium, and there isn’t much infrastructure around Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

28. Houston Dynamo FC – Shell Energy Stadium

Houston has one of the league’s best home-field advantages thanks to the blistering heat in the summer at Shell Energy Stadium. That doesn’t help the viewing experience, though.

29. New England Revolution – Gillette Stadium

Gillette Stadium is fine for the NFL’s Patriots, but it’s an hour outside of Boston and reduces its capacity by more than 40,000 for Revs’ games.

30. New York City FC – Yankee Stadium

Playing on a condensed field in a baseball stadium isn’t ideal, but NYCFC will skyrocket up this list when it moves to Etihad Park in 2027.

New York City’s first-ever soccer-specific stadium now has its official name. Introducing Etihad Park.@newyorkcityfc pic.twitter.com/vePjiYjJpo

— Etihad Airways (@etihad) November 21, 2024