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2025 MLS season preview: 7 teams (and players) to care about, who and what's new, predictions and more

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MLS enters its 30th season as the biggest soccer league in the world.

With 30 teams scattered coast to coast, across two countries and four time zones, it is vast.

To the casual soccer fan or U.S. sports fan, most of its 30 clubs are nondescript.

MLS must give fans reasons to care about and talk about its teams, rather than about Monterrey or Tottenham Hotspur or Barcelona .

MLS teams in 2025 include Atlanta United , FC Cincinnati , Seattle Sounders and FC FC Cincinnati .

Atlanta United is one of the league's best teams to watch in the coming years .

MLS teams will be competing in the Club World Cup this summer in FIFA 's inaugural 32 -team club World Cup .

The first -ever intraleague, cash-for-player transfer system was introduced in 2015 .

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting joins the New York Red Bulls .

Wilfried Zaha joins Charlotte FC on loan from Galatasaray in Turkey .

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