Son Takes MLS Goal of the Year

By Anonymous (not verified), October 27, 2025

For Immediate Release
MLS Communications

Los Angeles Football Club’s Son Heung-Min Wins
2025 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year

NEW YORK (Monday, October 27, 2025) – 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 23^rd at Toyota Stadium (Watch Here).

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.

Access Assets of Son Heung-Min’s 2025 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year here.

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	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