The race for Major League Soccer trophies has rarely been closer. Ten teams — five each in the East and West — are in contention for the MLS Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup. Just 10 match days remain between now and the end of the 2025 regular season, and the crucial summer transfer window — one that just opened and will run until the middle of August — could decide which of the 10 will rise to the top. The team that buys best will have fresh legs for the final stretch of the season, and no one is buying better than Los Angeles FC. Here are a few of the shrewd moves LAFC has pulled off this summer to push itself into MLS trophy contention: Extending Javairo Dilrosun’s loan for one more day LAFC has leveraged loans masterfully this season: It brought in Fenerbahce’s Cengiz Under for the first half of the season, then replaced him with Club America’s hyped Dutch attacker Javairo Dilrosun as soon as he departed. Dilrosun was only contracted to play with LAFC for a little more than a month — a period that largely
