All thirty clubs: fifteen in the Eastern Conference and fifteen in the Western Conference, the same field as 2025 — San Diego FC, who joined that year, are the newest. Each club plays its fourteen conference rivals home and away and six clubs from the other conference once, 34 games in all; every game counts in its own conference table, three points for a win. Clubs level on points are separated by wins, then goal difference, then goals scored, then their head-to-head record; the league's later steps (disciplinary points, home and away splits) are not applied here, so clubs still level share a place. Seeds one to seven in each conference go straight to Round One of the playoffs; eight and nine play a single Wild Card game, hosted by the eighth, for the last place. The best record across both conferences wins the Supporters' Shield.
2–2
Full time
PENS
Wednesday 22 July
Kerwin Vargas 16′
L. Abada 45′
E. Báez 57′
M. Almirón 76′
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What happened
16 on the timeline
90+10′
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T. JacobYellow card · Atlanta United FC
Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for handball.
90+3′
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S. GregersenSubstitution · Atlanta United FC
Substitution, Atlanta United. Stian Gregersen replaces Júnior Alonso because of an injury.
89′
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Ignacio Suarez-CouriSubstitution · Atlanta United FC
Substitution, Atlanta United. Ignacio Suarez replaces Cooper Sanchez.
85′
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Tyger SmallsSubstitution · Charlotte
Substitution, Charlotte FC. Tyger Smalls replaces Kerwin Vargas because of an injury.
82′
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L. BrennanSubstitution · Atlanta United FC
Substitution, Atlanta United. Luke Brennan replaces Fafà Picault.
79′
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N. ByrneYellow card · Charlotte
Nathan Byrne (Charlotte FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76′
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M. AlmirónGoal · Atlanta United FC · 2–2
64′
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N. ByrneSubstitution · Charlotte
Substitution, Charlotte FC. Nathan Byrne replaces Will Cleary.
63′
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D. DianiSubstitution · Charlotte
Substitution, Charlotte FC. Djibril Diani replaces Luca de la Torre.
63′
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R. AlokoSubstitution · Charlotte
Substitution, Charlotte FC. Rodolfo Aloko replaces Liel Abada because of an injury.
63′
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Idan ToklomatiSubstitution · Charlotte
Substitution, Charlotte FC. Idan Toklomati replaces Archie Goodwin.
57′
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E. BáezHeader · Atlanta United FC · assist T. Jacob · 2–1
48′
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A. MiranchukYellow card · Atlanta United FC
Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card.
45′
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L. AbadaHeader · Charlotte · assist Pep Biel · 2–0
22′
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William ReillyYellow card · Atlanta United FC
Will Reilly (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16′
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Kerwin VargasGoal · Charlotte · 1–0
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Line-ups
Charlotte4-4-2
- 1K. KahlinaG
- 3T. ReamCD-L
- 15H. ToffoloLB
- 35Will ClearyRB
- 44M. AgyemangCD-R
- 8A. WestwoodCM-R
- 11L. AbadaLM
- 17L. de la TorreCM-L
- 18Kerwin VargasRM
- 7A. GoodwinCF-L
- 16Pep BielCF-R
Substitutes
- 28D. Diani↳ for L. de la Torre 63′
- 9Idan Toklomati↳ for A. Goodwin 63′
- 37R. Aloko↳ for L. Abada 63′
- 14N. Byrne↳ for Will Cleary 64′
- 25Tyger Smalls↳ for Kerwin Vargas 85′
- I. Toklomati Giorno↳ for A. Goodwin
- 4A. Privett
- 13B. Bronico
- 21T. Miller
- 22H. Kessler
Atlanta United FC4-1-4-1
- 1L. HoyosG
- 3E. BáezLB
- 4E. MihajCD-R
- 6J. AlonsoCD-L
- 55T. JacobRB
- 8T. MuyumbaCM-L
- 10M. AlmirónLM
- 28Will ReillyDM
- 28William ReillyM
- 48Cooper SanchezCM-R
- 59A. MiranchukRM
- 22F. PicaultF
Substitutes
- 20L. Brennan↳ for F. Picault 82′
- 56Ignacio Suarez-Couri↳ for Cooper Sanchez 89′
- 5S. Gregersen↳ for J. Alonso 90'+3′
- I. Suarez↳ for C. Sanchez
- 2R. Hernández
- 16Adrian Gill
- 30C. Togashi
- 39A. Kovac
- 41Toto Majub
- 42Jayden Hibbert