MLS Stadiums

Thirty MLS grounds

Major League Soccer has grown from ten teams in 1996 to thirty in 2025, and the stadiums tell the story. The early years were played in borrowed NFL bowls; Columbus built the first soccer-specific stadium in 1999, and since then almost every club has followed, so that the list today is mostly purpose-built grounds of 18,000 to 30,000 seats in or near city centers. The exceptions — Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Charlotte at Bank of America, Seattle at Lumen Field, Vancouver at BC Place — are the big-crowd clubs who fill an NFL or CFL stadium anyway.

The atmosphere varies more than in any other American league, and that's the fun of the tour. Portland's Providence Park, a 1926 ground rebuilt for the Timbers, and Seattle's Lumen Field have the most famous supporters' sections. Allianz Field in Saint Paul is the best of the new builds; Q2 Stadium in Austin and Geodis Park in Nashville are close behind. Inter Miami's Nu Stadium at Miami Freedom Park opened in 2026 and is the newest on the map.

A moving target

Several clubs are between homes. New York City FC plays at Yankee Stadium until Etihad Park opens in Queens in 2027; Chicago Fire are at Soldier Field until their own ground arrives in 2028; New England are still at Gillette. Codes follow the club, so a tick at the old ground carries over, and the map will update as the new stadiums open. Three Canadian clubs — Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver — make this another cross-border list. Click a stadium badge or its pin to mark it visited, again for want-to-go. For the English version, see the 92 Club.

Supporters' culture

The thing MLS grounds have that other American stadiums mostly don't is a standing, singing end. The Timbers Army in Portland, the Emerald City Supporters in Seattle, Atlanta's Supporters' Section behind the north goal, and the Wonderwall in Saint Paul set the tone, and the newer stadiums were designed around them — safe-standing terraces, a steep single tier behind one goal, a beer garden out back. For a groundhopper used to the English game it's the most familiar atmosphere in North American sport, and the reason this list has a following beyond soccer fans.