Major League Soccer today announced that Los Angeles Football Club’s Son Heung-Min has won the 2025 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year for his stunning free kick, curling the ball over the wall and into the net to secure a 1-1 draw against FC Dallas. Son’s winning goal was scored in the 6th minute on Saturday, August 23rd at Toyota Stadium.
This was the South Korean’s first MLS Goal in his third game overall with LAFC after signing with the club in August of this year. In his debut season, Son played in 10 regular-season games for LAFC scoring nine goals and contributing three assists.
Son joined LAFC after a 10-year run with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, where he scored 173 goals across all competitions, registered 101 assists, and became the first Asian player to win the Premier League Golden Boot in 2021–22.
The 2025 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year was determined by fan votes on MLSsoccer.com and has been awarded since the league’s inaugural 1996 season.
A full list of AT&T MLS Goal of the Year award winners can be found below:
All-Time AT&T MLS Goal of the Year Winners
Season
Player – Team
Goal
2025
Son Heung-Min – Los Angeles FC
8/23/25 vs. FC Dallas, 6th min
2024
Luca Orellano – FC Cincinnati
8/31/24 vs. CF Montreal, 57th min
2023
Luciano Acosta – FC Cincinnati
9/23/23 vs. Charlotte FC, 78th min
2022
Josef Martínez – Atlanta United
10/1/22 vs. New England Revolution, 81st min
2021
Rubio Rubin – Real Salt Lake
5/7/21 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 43rd min
2020
Darlington Nagbe – Columbus Crew SC
8/20/20 vs. Chicago Fire FC, 81st min
2019
Josef Martínez – Atlanta United
9/18/19 vs. FC Cincinnati, 65th min
2018
Zlatan Ibrahimović – LA Galaxy
3/31/18 vs. LAFC, 77th min
2017
Héctor Villalba – Atlanta United
7/21/17 vs. Orlando City SC, 86th min
2016
Shkëlzen Gashi – Colorado Rapids
9/24/16 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 75th min
2015
Krisztián Németh – Sporting Kansas City
10/4/15 vs. Portland Timbers, 83rd min
2014
Obafemi Martins – Seattle Sounders FC
5/23/14 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 8th min
2013
Camilo Sanvezzo – Vancouver Whitecaps FC
10/6/13 vs. Portland Timbers, 78th min
2012
Patrick Ianni – Seattle Sounders FC
6/20/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City, 15th min
2011
Darlington Nagbe – Portland Timbers
7/2/11 vs. Sporting Kansas City, 45th min
2010
Marco Pappa – Chicago Fire
4/10/10 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 52nd min
2009
Landon Donovan – LA Galaxy
8/8/09 vs. New England Revolution, 21st min
2008
Will Johnson – Real Salt Lake
10/18/08 vs. FC Dallas, 54th min
2007
Cuauhtémoc Blanco – Chicago Fire
8/18/07 vs. Real Salt Lake, 43rd min
2006
Brian Ching – Houston Dynamo
9/30/06 v D.C. United, 86th min
2005
Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes
10/15/05 vs. LA Galaxy, 45th min
2004
Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes
8/7/04 vs. D.C. United, 82nd min
2003
Damani Ralph – Chicago Fire
8/13/03 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 90th min
2002
Carlos Ruiz – LA Galaxy
7/27/02 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 75th min
2001
Clint Mathis – MetroStars
4/28/01 vs. Dallas Burn, 60th min
2000
Marcelo Balboa – Colorado Rapids
4/22/00 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 55th min
1999
Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United
5/22/99 vs. Miami Fusion, 90th min
1998
Brian McBride – Columbus Crew
7/9/98 vs. Chicago Fire, 68th min
1997
Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United
8/27/97 vs. New England Revolution, 39th min
1996
Eric Wynalda – San Jose Clash
4/6/96 vs. D.C. United, 88th min
