The 2025 MLS Next Pro season was the fourth season of MLS Next Pro, the second-tier league of Major League Soccer. The regular season began on March 7 and ended on October 5. The playoffs began on October 19 and ended on November 8.
Each team played 28 matches during the regular season in a mostly regionalized schedule. Each conference was divided into divisions of seven or eight teams for scheduling. The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs.
(H) â Home team<br>(A) â Away team
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The playoffs featured 15 single elimination matches over four consecutive weekends, beginning October 19 and culminating with the MLS Next Pro Cup on November 8.
The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. Matchups during the first two rounds were determined through the pick-your-opponent format within each conference. In the first round, teams ranked first, second, and third earned the right to, in order of ranking, picked their opponent who must have been ranked fifth through eighth. In the second round, the highest ranked team remaining picked an opponent from the two lowest ranked teams remaining.
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