2016 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season	2016
MLS Cup	Seattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	FC Dallas (1st shield)
Champions League; (United States)	Colorado Rapids; FC Dallas; New York Red Bulls; Seattle Sounders FC
Champions League; (Canada)	Toronto FC
Matches played	340
Goals scored	956 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bradley Wright-Phillips; (24 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Luis Robles; (11 shutouts)
Biggest home win	5 goals:; HOU 5–0 DAL; (Mar 12); SEA 5–0 DAL; (Jul 13); DC 6–1 CHI; (August 27)
Biggest away win	7 goals:; NYC 0–7 NY; (May 21)
Highest scoring	8 goals:; CLB 4–4 MTL; (May 7); DC 6–2 CHI; (Aug 27)
Longest winning run	4 games:; New York Red Bulls; (May 18 – Jun 19); New York City FC; (Jun 18 – Jul 6); LA Galaxy; (Jul 4 – Jul 23); Toronto FC; (Jul 23 – Aug 6); Seattle Sounders FC; (Sep 17 – Oct 2); D.C. United; (Sep 24 – Oct 16); New York Red Bulls; (Sep 24 – Oct 23); Toronto FC; (Oct 23 – Nov 6); Montreal Impact; (Oct 27 – Nov 22)
Longest unbeaten run	16 games:; New York Red Bulls; (Jul 10 – Oct 23)
Longest winless run	10 games:; Columbus Crew SC; (Jun 1 – Aug 13)
Longest losing run	4 games:; New York Red Bulls; (Apr 1 – Apr 16); New England Revolution; (Jul 31 – Aug 20); Vancouver Whitecaps FC; (Jul 31 – Aug 20); Philadelphia Union; (Oct 1 – Oct 26)
Highest attendance	60,147; ORL 2–2 RSL; (Mar 6)
Lowest attendance	10,144; NE 1–1 POR; (Apr 27)
Total attendance	7,345,265
Average attendance	21,692
	← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). The regular season began on March 6 and ended on October 23. The playoffs began on October 26 and ended on December 10. The defending MLS Cup champions were the Portland Timbers, while the New York Red Bulls were the defending Supporters' Shield winners. FC Dallas won the Supporter's Shield for the first time, and the Seattle Sounders FC won their first MLS Cup in their history after defeating Toronto FC 5–4 in a penalty kick shootout, after playing to a 0–0 result after regulation and added extra time.

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Western Conference
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Colorado Rapids	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	17,424
FC Dallas	Toyota Stadium	20,500
Houston Dynamo	BBVA Compass Stadium	22,039
LA Galaxy	StubHub Center	27,000
Portland Timbers	Providence Park	21,144
Real Salt Lake	Rio Tinto Stadium	20,213
San Jose Earthquakes	Avaya Stadium	18,000
Seattle Sounders FC	CenturyLink Field^[A]	40,000
Sporting Kansas City	Children's Mercy Park	18,467
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BC Place^[A]	22,500

Eastern Conference
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Chicago Fire	Toyota Park	20,000
Columbus Crew SC	Mapfre Stadium	20,145
D.C. United	RFK Stadium^[A]	20,000
Montreal Impact	Saputo Stadium	20,801
New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium^[A]	20,000
New York City FC	Yankee Stadium^[A]	30,000
New York Red Bulls	Red Bull Arena	25,000
Orlando City SC	Camping World Stadium^[A]	33,500
Philadelphia Union	Talen Energy Stadium	18,500
Toronto FC	BMO Field	30,991

D.C.
United

New York
Red Bulls

Columbus Crew

New England Revolution

Chicago
Fire

Toronto FC

Philadelphia Union

Montreal Impact

Orlando City

NYCFC

Colorado Rapids

FC Dallas

Houston Dynamo

Los Angeles Galaxy

Portland Timbers

Real
Salt Lake

San Jose Earthquakes

Seattle Sounders FC

Sporting Kansas City

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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Locations of teams for the 2016 Major League Soccer season

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

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Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

Personnel and sponsorship[edit]

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Veljko Paunović	Răzvan Cociș	Valspar
Colorado Rapids	Pablo Mastroeni	Sam Cronin	Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC	Gregg Berhalter	Michael Parkhurst	Barbasol
D.C. United	Ben Olsen	Bobby Boswell	Leidos
FC Dallas	Óscar Pareja	Matt Hedges	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo	Wílmer Cabrera	DaMarcus Beasley	BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy	Bruce Arena	Robbie Keane	Herbalife
Montreal Impact	Mauro Biello	Patrice Bernier	Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	Jay Heaps	Lee Nguyen	UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC	Patrick Vieira	David Villa	Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls	Jesse Marsch	Dax McCarty	Red Bull
Orlando City SC	Jason Kreis	Kaká	Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union	Jim Curtin	Brian Carroll	Bimbo
Portland Timbers	Caleb Porter	Liam Ridgewell	Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Jeff Cassar	Kyle Beckerman	LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes	Dominic Kinnear	Chris Wondolowski	Sutter Health
Seattle Sounders FC	Brian Schmetzer	Brad Evans	Xbox
Sporting Kansas City	Peter Vermes	Matt Besler	Ivy Funds
Toronto FC	Greg Vanney	Michael Bradley	Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carl Robinson	Pedro Morales	Bell Canada

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Houston Dynamo	Owen Coyle	Mutual consent	May 25, 2016	10th in West, 18th overall	Wade Barrett (interim)	June 7, 2016
Orlando City SC	Adrian Heath	Mutual consent	July 6, 2016^[1]	7th in East, 15th overall	Bobby Murphy (interim)	July 7, 2016
Orlando City SC	Bobby Murphy (interim)	End of interim period	July 19, 2016	8th in East, 16th overall	Jason Kreis	July 19, 2016^[2]
Seattle Sounders FC	Sigi Schmid	Mutual consent	July 26, 2016	9th in West, 17th overall	Brian Schmetzer (interim)	July 26, 2016^[3]
Houston Dynamo	Wade Barrett (interim)	End of interim period	October 28, 2016	10th in West, 18th overall	Wílmer Cabrera	October 28, 2016^[4]

Regular season[edit]

Conference tables[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	61	44	+17	57	Conference semifinals & 2018 CONCACAF Champions League
2	New York City FC	34	15	10	9	62	57	+5	54	Conference semifinals
3	Toronto FC	34	14	9	11	51	39	+12	53	Knockout round
4	D.C. United	34	11	10	13	53	47	+6	46
5	Montreal Impact	34	11	11	12	49	53	−4	45
6	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	52	55	−3	42
7	New England Revolution	34	11	14	9	44	54	−10	42
8	Orlando City SC	34	9	11	14	55	60	−5	41
9	Columbus Crew SC	34	8	14	12	50	58	−8	36
10	Chicago Fire	34	7	17	10	42	58	−16	31

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Western Conference[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Dallas	34	17	8	9	50	40	+10	60	Conference semifinals & 2018 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Colorado Rapids	34	15	6	13	39	32	+7	58	Conference semifinals
3	LA Galaxy	34	12	6	16	54	39	+15	52	Knockout round
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	14	6	44	43	+1	48
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	13	13	8	42	41	+1	47
6	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46
7	Portland Timbers	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
10	Houston Dynamo	34	7	14	13	39	45	−6	34

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Overall table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]
1	FC Dallas (X)	34	17	8	9	50	40	+10	60	2018 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Colorado Rapids	34	15	6	13	39	32	+7	58
3	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	61	44	+17	57
4	New York City FC	34	15	10	9	62	57	+5	54
5	Toronto FC	34	14	9	11	51	39	+12	53	2018 CONCACAF Champions League
6	LA Galaxy	34	12	6	16	54	39	+15	52
7	Seattle Sounders FC (C)	34	14	14	6	44	43	+1	48	2018 CONCACAF Champions League
8	Sporting Kansas City	34	13	13	8	42	41	+1	47
9	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46
10	D.C. United	34	11	10	13	53	47	+6	46
11	Montreal Impact	34	11	11	12	49	53	−4	45
12	Portland Timbers	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44
13	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	52	55	−3	42
14	New England Revolution	34	11	14	9	44	54	−10	42
15	Orlando City SC	34	9	11	14	55	60	−5	41
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
17	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
18	Columbus Crew SC	34	8	14	12	50	58	−8	36
19	Houston Dynamo	34	7	14	13	39	45	−6	34
20	Chicago Fire	34	7	17	10	42	58	−16	31

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Supporters' Shield winner
Notes:

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CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure
- Four US-based teams qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League:
  1. The winner of the MLS Cup 2016 (Seattle Sounders FC);
  2. The winner of the Supporters' Shield (FC Dallas);
  3. The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (New York Red Bulls);
  4. The winner of the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (FC Dallas; already qualified, so berth passes to Colorado Rapids)
  Should a team qualify through more than one method, or should a team from Canada occupy any MLS qualifying place, the next best US team in the overall table would take its place.
  One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
  1. The winner of the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

MLS Cup Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Knockout round			Conference semifinals					Conference finals					MLS Cup December 10 – Toronto, Ontario

			E5	Montreal Impact	1	2	3
October 27 – Washington, D.C.
			E1	New York Red Bulls	0	1	1
E4	D.C. United	2

E5	Montreal Impact	4
								E5	Montreal Impact	3	2	5
Eastern Conference
								E3	Toronto FC (a.e.t.)	2	5	7



			E3	Toronto FC	2	5	7
October 26 – Toronto, Ontario
			E2	New York City FC	0	0	0
E3	Toronto FC	3

E6	Philadelphia Union	1
													E3	Toronto FC	0 (4)

													W4	Seattle Sounders FC (p)	0 (5)



			W4	Seattle Sounders FC	3	1	4
October 27 – Seattle, Washington
			W1	FC Dallas	0	2	2
W4	Seattle Sounders FC	1

W5	Sporting Kansas City	0
								W4	Seattle Sounders FC	2	1	3
Western Conference
								W2	Colorado Rapids	1	0	1



			W3	LA Galaxy	1	0	1 (1)
October 26 – Carson, California
			W2	Colorado Rapids (p)	0	1	1 (3)
W3	LA Galaxy	3

W6	Real Salt Lake	1

Knockout round[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Eastern Conference
Toronto FC	3–1	Philadelphia Union
D.C. United	2–4	Montreal Impact
Western Conference
LA Galaxy	3–1	Real Salt Lake
Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Sporting Kansas City

Conference semifinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Toronto FC	7–0	New York City FC	2–0	5–0
Montreal Impact	3–1	New York Red Bulls	1–0	2–1
Western Conference
LA Galaxy	1–1 (1–3 p)	Colorado Rapids	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Seattle Sounders FC	4–2	FC Dallas	3–0	1–2

Conference finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Montreal Impact	5–7	Toronto FC	3–2	2–5 (a.e.t.)
Western Conference
Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Colorado Rapids	2–1	1–0

MLS Cup[edit]

December 10, 2016

8:00 p.m. EST

Toronto FC	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Seattle Sounders FC
	Report
Penalties
Altidore Bradley Cheyrou Johnson Moor Morrow	4–5	Evans Ivanschitz Fernández J. Jones Lodeiro Torres

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 36,045

Referee: Alan Kelly

Attendance[edit]

Average home attendances[edit]

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

As of October 24, 2016^[5]

Pos.	Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
1	Seattle Sounders FC	17	724,809	53,302	39,269	42,636
2	Orlando City SC	17	502,478	60,147	23,802	31,324
3	New York City FC	17	462,336	37,858	22,736	27,196
4	Toronto FC	17	451,917	30,262	22,212	26,583
5	LA Galaxy	17	427,492	27,167	19,651	25,147
6	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	379,603	27,038	18,836	22,330
7	Portland Timbers	17	359,448	21,144	21,144	21,144
8	Montreal Impact	17	351,366	27,545	16,318	20,669
9	New York Red Bulls	17	350,535	25,218	15,167	20,620
10	New England Revolution	17	343,150	39,587	10,144	20,185
11	San Jose Earthquakes	17	338,816	50,816	18,000	19,930
12	Real Salt Lake	17	335,909	20,389	18,036	19,759
13	Sporting Kansas City	17	333,155	20,618	18,563	19,549
14	Houston Dynamo	17	323,361	21,601	15,045	19,597
15	Philadelphia Union	17	297,825	18,681	15,011	17,519
16	Columbus Crew SC	17	291,128	20,389	13,114	17,125
17	D.C. United	17	290,381	30,943	12,094	17,081
18	Colorado Rapids	17	276,721	18,759	10,670	16,278
19	Chicago Fire	17	265,234	18,976	12,073	15,602
20	FC Dallas	17	239,601	16,215	10,381	14,094
–	Total	340	7,375,144	60,147	10,144	21,692

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Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

Highest attendances[edit]

Regular season

As of October 24, 2016^[6]

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Orlando City SC	2–2	Real Salt Lake	60,147	March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06)	1	Orlando Citrus Bowl
2	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Portland Timbers	53,302	August 21, 2016	25	CenturyLink Field
3	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	50,816	June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	15	Stanford Stadium
4	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Real Salt Lake	50,022	October 23, 2016	34	CenturyLink Field
5	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	48,458	July 31, 2016	22	CenturyLink Field
6	Seattle Sounders FC	0–2	New York City FC	47,537	June 25, 2016	15	CenturyLink Field
7	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	47,111	September 17, 2016	30	CenturyLink Field
8	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Colorado Rapids	41,028	May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)	11	CenturyLink Field
9	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	40,813	July 9, 2016	18	CenturyLink Field
10	Seattle Sounders FC	5–0	FC Dallas	40,101	July 13, 2016	19	CenturyLink Field

Player statistics[edit]

Goals[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[7]
1	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	25
2	David Villa	New York City FC	24
3	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	17
3	Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact	17
5	Fanendo Adi	Portland Timbers	16
	Dom Dwyer	Sporting Kansas City
	Ola Kamara	Columbus Crew
8	Giovani Dos Santos	LA Galaxy	14
	Cyle Larin	Orlando City SC
	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers

Assists[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[8]
1	Sacha Kljestan	New York Red Bulls	20
2	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	15
3	Mauro Díaz	FC Dallas	13
	Benny Feilhaber	Sporting Kansas City
	Justin Meram	Columbus Crew
6	Giovani Dos Santos	LA Galaxy	12
7	Luciano Acosta	D.C. United	11
	Steven Gerrard	LA Galaxy
	Andrea Pirlo	New York City FC
	Joao Plata	Real Salt Lake

Shutouts[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Shutouts^[9]
1	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls	11
2	Chris Seitz	FC Dallas	10
3	Brian Rowe	LA Galaxy	9
4	David Bingham	San Jose Earthquakes	8
	Steve Clark	Columbus Crew SC
	Stefan Frei	Seattle Sounders FC
	Tim Melia	Sporting Kansas City
	Josh Saunders	New York City FC
9	Tim Howard	Colorado Rapids	7
10	7 players		6

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player^[10]	For	Against	Result	Date
Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	Toronto FC	3–0	May 28
Ola Kamara	Columbus Crew SC	Real Salt Lake	4–3	May 28
Roland Alberg	Philadelphia Union	Chicago Fire	4–3	June 22
Didier Drogba	Montreal Impact	Philadelphia Union	5–1	July 23
Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	D.C. United	4–1	July 23
Frank Lampard	New York City FC	Colorado Rapids	5–1	July 30
Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	New England Revolution	4–1	August 6
Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders FC	Orlando City SC	3–1	August 7
Patrick Mullins^[11]	D.C. United	Chicago Fire	6–2	August 27
Mauro Manotas^[12]	Houston Dynamo	Portland Timbers	3–1	September 24
Sebastian Giovinco^[13]	Toronto FC	New York City FC	5–0 ^[A]	November 6

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Occurred during 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Scoring[edit]

First goal of the season: Thomas McNamara for New York City FC against Chicago Fire, 10 minutes (March 6, 2016)
Fastest goal of the season: Octavio Rivero for Vancouver Whitecaps FC against New York City FC, 38 seconds (April 15, 2016)
Latest goal of the season: Marco Pappa for Colorado Rapids against LA Galaxy, 95 minutes (March 12, 2016)

Discipline[edit]

First yellow card of the season: Daniel Lovitz for Toronto FC against New York Red Bulls, 38 minutes (March 6, 2016)
First red card of the season: Demar Phillips for Real Salt Lake against Orlando City SC, 20 minutes (March 6, 2016) – Second yellow card
First straight red card of the season: Darwin Cerén for Orlando City SC against Real Salt Lake, 47 minutes (March 6, 2016)
First player suspended by yellow card accumulation: Carlos Gruezo for FC Dallas

Awards[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

MLS Player of the Month
Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Joao Plata	Real Salt Lake	3G, 2A	^[14]
April	Fanendo Adi	Portland Timbers	3G, 1A	^[15]
May	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	6G, 2A	^[16]
June	Yura Movsisyan	Real Salt Lake	3G	^[17]
July	Frank Lampard	New York City FC	6G, 1A	^[18]
August	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC	2G, 6A	^[19]
September	Chad Marshall	Seattle Sounders FC	1G	^[20]
October	Justin Meram	Columbus Crew SC	1G, 4A	^[21]

Weekly awards[edit]

Week	MLS Player of the Week		MLS Goal of the Week		MLS Save of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
1	Mike Magee^[22]	LA Galaxy	Ignacio Piatti^[23]	Montreal Impact	Evan Bush^[24]	Montreal Impact
2	Andrew Wenger^[25]	Houston Dynamo	Cyle Larin^[26]	Orlando City SC	Brian Rowe^[27]	LA Galaxy
3	Felipe^[28]	New York Red Bulls	Felipe^[29]	New York Red Bulls	Tim Melia^[30]	Sporting Kansas City
4	Michael Barrios^[31]	FC Dallas	Thomas McNamara^[32]	New York City FC	Bobby Shuttleworth^[33]	New England Revolution
5	Kaká^[34]	Orlando City SC	Adam Jahn^[35]	San Jose Earthquakes	Joe Bendik^[36]	Orlando City SC
6	Fabián Espíndola^[37]	D.C. United	Alberto Quintero^[38]	San Jose Earthquakes	David Bingham^[39]	San Jose Earthquakes
7	Giovani dos Santos^[40]	LA Galaxy	Ignacio Piatti^[41]	Montreal Impact	Nick Rimando^[42]	Real Salt Lake
8	Emmanuel Boateng^[43]	LA Galaxy	Luciano Acosta^[44]	D.C. United	David Bingham^[45]	San Jose Earthquakes
9	Jake Gleeson^[46]	Portland Timbers	Maxim Tissot^[47]	Montreal Impact	Joe Bendik^[48]	Orlando City SC
10	Ignacio Piatti^[49]	Montreal Impact	Ignacio Piatti^[50]	Montreal Impact	Tim Melia^[51]	Sporting Kansas City
11	Kekuta Manneh^[52]	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Blas Perez^[53]	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Joe Bendik^[54]	Orlando City SC
12	Bradley Wright-Phillips^[55]	New York Red Bulls	Cyle Larin^[56]	Orlando City SC	Joe Bendik^[54]	Orlando City SC
13	Ola Kamara^[57]	Columbus Crew SC	Kevin Molino^[58]	Orlando City SC	Luis Robles^[59]	New York Red Bulls
14	Chris Pontius^[60]	Philadelphia Union	Chris Pontius^[61]	Philadelphia Union	Nick Rimando^[62]	Real Salt Lake
15	Mike Grella^[63]	New York Red Bulls	Júlio Baptista^[64]	Orlando City SC	Jake Gleeson^[65]	Portland Timbers
16	Roland Alberg^[66]	Philadelphia Union	Lamar Neagle^[67]	D.C. United	Andre Blake^[68]	Philadelphia Union
17	Jack Harrison^[69]	New York City FC	Cristian Maidana^[70]	Houston Dynamo	Joe Bendik^[71]	Orlando City SC
18	Ilsinho^[72]	Philadelphia Union	Lee Nguyen^[73]	New England Revolution	Brian Rowe^[74]	LA Galaxy
19	Diego Valeri^[75]	Portland Timbers	Jack Harrison^[76]	New York City FC	Joe Bendik^[77]	Orlando City SC
20	Sebastian Giovinco^[78]	Toronto FC	Ignacio Piatti^[79]	Montreal Impact	Joe Bendik^[80]	Orlando City SC
21	Frank Lampard^[81]	New York City FC	Cyle Larin^[82]	Orlando City SC	Joe Bendik^[83]	Orlando City SC
22	Sebastian Giovinco^[84]	Toronto FC	Javier Morales^[85]	Real Salt Lake	Joe Bendik^[86]	Orlando City SC
23	Bradley Wright-Phillips^[87]	New York Red Bulls	Shkelzen Gashi^[88]	Colorado Rapids	Bill Hamid^[89]	D.C. United
24	Clint Dempsey^[90]	Seattle Sounders FC	Luis Solignac^[91]	Chicago Fire SC	Joe Willis^[92]	Houston Dynamo
25	Patrick Mullins^[93]	D.C. United	Yura Movsisyan^[94]	Real Salt Lake	Joe Bendik^[95]	Orlando City SC
26	Frank Lampard^[96]	New York City FC	Giovani dos Santos^[97]	LA Galaxy	Brad Knighton^[98]	New England Revolution
27	Giovani dos Santos^[99]	LA Galaxy	Joao Plata^[100]	Real Salt Lake	Joe Bendik^[101]	Orlando City SC
28	Kelyn Rowe^[102]	New England Revolution	Cyle Larin^[103]	Orlando City SC	David Ousted^[104]	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
29	Mauro Manotas^[105]	Houston Dynamo	Shkelzen Gashi^[106]	Colorado Rapids	Brad Knighton^[107]	New England Revolution

Team of the Week[edit]

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfielder	Forward
1^[108]	Bingham (SJ)	Cole (LA) Moor (TOR) Zimmerman (DAL)	Chara (POR) Fagundez (NE) Martinez (RSL) McNamara (NYC)	Larin (ORL) Magee (LA) Piatti (MTL)
2^[109]	Blake (PHI)	Beasley (HOU) Ciman (MTL) Williams (COL)	Mustivar (SKC) Pontius (PHI) Sunday (RSL) Wenger (HOU)	Dwyer (SKC) Piatti (MTL) Villa (NYC)
3 ^[110]	Shuttleworth (NE)	Hollingshead (DAL) Rosenberry (PHI) Waston (VAN)	Díaz (DAL) Felipe (NYR) Higuita (ORL) Zardes (LA)	Adi (POR) Bruin (HOU) Sapong (PHI)
4 ^[111]	Ousted (VAN)	Bravo (NYC) Jacobson (VAN) Tierney (NE)	Bunbury (NE) Díaz (DAL) McNamara (NYC) Morales (VAN)	Barrios (DAL) Castillo (DAL) Urruti (DAL)
5 ^[112]	Ousted (VAN)	Kappelhof (CHI) Maund (RSL) Rogers (LA) Shea (ORL)	Alonso (SEA) Higuita (ORL) Neagle (DC) Plata (RSL)	Gashi (COL) Kaká (ORL)
6 ^[113]	Melia (SKC)	Ciman (MTL) Marshall (SEA) Matarrita (NYC)	Barnes (HOU) Chara (POR) Koffie (NE) Piatti (MTL)	Amarikwa (SJ) Espíndola (DC) Saborío (DC)
7 ^[114]	Rimando (RSL)	Beitashour (TOR) Ciman (MTL) Phillips (RSL)	Ivanschitz (SEA) Jones (COL) Meram (CLB) Piatti (MTL)	Adi (POR) Castillo (DAL) Dos Santos (LA)
8^[115]	Ousted (VAN)	Boswell (DC) Harvey (VAN) Moor (TOR)	Barnetta (PHI) Boateng (LA) Bradley (TOR) Kljestan (NYR)	Dos Santos (LA) Giovinco (TOR) Wright-Phillips (NYR)
9^[116]	Gleeson (POR)	Scott (SEA) Wynne (SJ) Zusi (SKC)	Allen (RSL) Felipe (NYR) Gashi (COL) Kljestan (NYR) Valeri (POR)	Drogba (MTL) Villa (NYC)
10^[117]	Irwin (TOR)	Horst (HOU) Matarrita (NYC) Perquis (TOR)	Jones (COL) Kljestan (NYR) Nagbe (POR) Piatti (MTL)	Kudo (VAN) Morris (SEA) Zardes (LA)
11^[118]	Worra (DC)	Hernandez (NYC) Williams (COL) Zimmerman (DAL)	Espinoza (SKC) Manneh (VAN) Nyarko (DC) Quintero (SJ)	Giovinco (TOR) Pérez (VAN) Villa (NYC)
12^[119]	Bendik (ORL)	Glad (RSL) Marquez (PHI) Sjöberg (COL)	Acosta (DAL) Grella (NYR) Kaká (ORL) McCarty (NYR) Nagbe (POR)	Akindele (DAL) Wright-Phillips (NYR)
13^[120]	Robles (NYR)	Allen (NYC) Beasley (HOU) Opare (DC)	Kljestan (NYR) Molino (ORL) Nguyen (NE) Piatti (MTL)	Drogba (MTL) Kamara (CLB) Wright-Phillips (NYR)
14^[121]	Gleeson (POR)	Medranda (SKC) Opara (SKC) Ridgewell (POR) Rosenberry (PHI)	Chara (POR) Nogueira (PHI) Pontius (PHI) Roldan (SEA)	Kamara (CLB) Movsisyan (RSL)
15^[122]	Hamid (DC)	Burch (COL) Moor (TOR) Abdul-Salaam (SKC)	Salinas (SJ) Felipe (NYR) Feilhaber (SKC) Harrison (NYC) Grella (NYR)	Villa (NYC) Martínez (RSL)
16^[123]	Irwin (TOR)	Matarrita (NYC) Wynne (SJ) Robinson (DC)	Kaká (ORL) Valeri (POR) Alberg (PHI) Díaz (DAL) Neagle (DC)	Manneh (VAN) Dwyer (SKC)
17^[124]	Hamid (DC)	Beasley (HOU) Zimmerman (DAL) Ramos (CHI)	Zusi (SKC) Gerrard (LA) Díaz (DAL) Harrison (NYC)	Kamara (NE) Kamara (CLB) Salazar (MTL)
18^[125]	Gleeson (POR)	Phillips (RSL) Van Damme (LA) Hedges (DAL) Morrow (TOR)	Alberg (PHI) Larentowicz (LA) Feilhaber (SKC) Ilsinho (PHI)	Doyle (COL) Kamara (NE)
19^[126]	Robles (NYR)	Sjöberg (COL) Bernárdez (SJ) Maund (RSL)	Castillo (DAL) Kljestan (NYR) Valeri (POR) Díaz (DAL) Ivanschitz (SEA)	Villa (NYC) Dos Santos (LA)
20^[127]	Ousted (VAN)	Oyongo (MTL) Van Damme (LA) Woodberry (NE)	Muyl (NYR) Kljestan (NYR) Cronin (COL) Piatti (MTL)	Dwyer (SKC) Giovinco (TOR) Drogba (MTL)
21^[128]	Bingham (SJ)	Opara (SKC) Van Damme (LA) Moor (TOR)	Molino (ORL) Lodeiro (SEA) Lampard (NYC) McNamara (NYC)	Urruti (DAL) Giovinco (TOR) Plata (RSL)
22^[129]	Bush (MTL)	Burch (COL) Chanot (NYC) Moor (TOR)	Valeri (POR) Lodeiro (SEA) Morales (RSL) Hairston (COL)	Morris (SEA) Giovinco (TOR) Dempsey (SEA)
23^[130]	Bingham (SJ)	Birnbaum (DC) Agus (HOU) Marshall (SEA)	Pontius (PHI) Barnetta (PHI) Davis (NYR) Finlay (CLB)	Villa (NYC) Wright-Phillips (NYR) Dwyer (SKC)
24^[131]	Willis (HOU)	Parkhurst (CLB) Olave (RSL) Horst (HOU) Matarrita (NYC)	Roldan (SEA) Feilhaber (SKC) Accam (CHI)	Dempsey (SEA) Wright-Phillips (NYR) Altidore (TOR)
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[cnote_A_grp_1] ^{a b c d e f}
Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

[5] 

CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure

Four US-based teams qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League:
The winner of the MLS Cup 2016 (Seattle Sounders FC);

The winner of the Supporters' Shield (FC Dallas);

The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (New York Red Bulls);

The winner of the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (FC Dallas; already qualified, so berth passes to Colorado Rapids)
Should a team qualify through more than one method, or should a team from Canada occupy any MLS qualifying place, the next best US team in the overall table would take its place.
One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
The winner of the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

[3] Four US-based teams qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League:
The winner of the MLS Cup 2016 (Seattle Sounders FC);

The winner of the Supporters' Shield (FC Dallas);

The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (New York Red Bulls);

The winner of the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (FC Dallas; already qualified, so berth passes to Colorado Rapids)
Should a team qualify through more than one method, or should a team from Canada occupy any MLS qualifying place, the next best US team in the overall table would take its place.
One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
The winner of the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

[4] The winner of the MLS Cup 2016 (Seattle Sounders FC);

[5] The winner of the Supporters' Shield (FC Dallas);

[6] The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (New York Red Bulls);

[7] The winner of the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (FC Dallas; already qualified, so berth passes to Colorado Rapids)

[8] The winner of the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

[9] The winner of the MLS Cup 2016 (Seattle Sounders FC);

[10] The winner of the Supporters' Shield (FC Dallas);

[11] The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (New York Red Bulls);

[12] The winner of the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (FC Dallas; already qualified, so berth passes to Colorado Rapids)

[13] The winner of the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

[cnote_(A)_grp_1] ^{a b c d e f}
Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

[cnote_A_grp_2] 
Occurred during 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs.

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