Son Heung-min failed to win the league, official Philadelphia won early → LAFC and SON Playoff

Oct 05, 2025

Son Heung-min failed to win the league, official Philadelphia won early → LAFC and SON Playoff



Son Heung-min failed to win the league, official Philadelphia won early → LAFC and SON Playoff
Son Heung-min and LAFC failed to win the league. But there is an important playoff left.

Philadelphia Union won 1-0 in the 2025 season of the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) regular league game against New York City FC at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania on the 5th (Korea time). With this victory, Philadelphia won the regular league.

MLS is divided into Eastern and Western conferences, but like the playoffs, only one team will be selected to win the regular league. It is a trophy given to the team with the highest points in the two conferences and is called the Supporters Shield.




The MLS regular season runs through 34 rounds, but Philadelphia confirmed an early league win. Philadelphia quickly intercepted the ball from the front in the 40th minute of the first half and immediately proceeded with the attack. Michael Ure's shot deflected into New York's net. The thunderous score became the winning goal, and Philadelphia won.
Son Heung-min failed to win the league, official Philadelphia won early → LAFC and SON Playoff
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One game left in the regular round, but Philadelphia became the regular league winner with 66 points. FC Cincinnati, currently second in the Eastern Conference, cannot chase Philadelphia even if it plays the rest of the game with 62 points. The same is true of the Western Conference. No one team, including San Diego FC, can reach 66 points. Son Heung-min's LAFC has four games left in the regular league, but it currently has 53 points, so even if he wins all the remaining games, he will have 65 points.

The regular league championship went to Philadelphia, but you don't have to be disappointed. Like other U.S. sports, MLS' win in the playoffs is all the more important. A playoff is a format in which each conference team plays a tournament. To qualify for the playoffs, they must be in the top nine at least in the conference to which the team belongs.
Son Heung-min failed to win the league, official Philadelphia won early → LAFC and SON Playoff
LAFC has already been confirmed to advance to the playoffs due to a steep rise since Son Heung-min was recruited. It is LAFC that now determines how many places they will advance to the playoffs. The higher the ranking, the higher the seed, and the higher the seeded team meets the lower seed, so it is LAFC that needs to be ranked higher. If LAFC performs well in the remaining four games, LAFC can fully aim for second place.

The winning teams in each conference will determine the MLS playoff winner, and the winning team in the final will be the final winner. The value is incomparably higher than the regular league championship. Currently, LAFC, with Son Heung-min and Dennis Buanga at the forefront, is considered a strong candidate for the championship.




In the power rankings selected by the MLS Secretariat, LAFC is ranked second, the second highest after Philadelphia, the regular league winner. The MLS secretariat analyzed that LAFC's destructive power has changed, saying, `Whatever ranking LAFC finishes, is there a team that can stop Son Heung-min and Buanga in the playoffs?' Son Heung-min will soon take on his second career trophy challenge.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.