2021 in American soccer

Soccer in the United States
Season	2021
Men's soccer
Supporters' Shield	New England Revolution
USL Championship	Orange County SC
USL League One	Union Omaha
NISA	Detroit City FC
NPSL	Denton Diablos FC
USL League Two	Des Moines Menace
US Open Cup	Canceled
MLS Cup	New York City FC
Women's soccer
NWSL	Washington Spirit
UWS	Santa Clarita Blue Heat
NWSL Shield	Portland Thorns FC
NWSL Challenge Cup	Portland Thorns FC

The 2021 season was the 109th season of competitive soccer in the United States. A significant number of games scheduled for 2021 are matches postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

National teams[edit]

Men's[edit]

Senior[edit]

As of December 18, 2021.

Wins	Losses	Draws
17	2	3

Friendlies[edit]

January 31	United States	7–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET	Lewis 2', 55' Ferreira 9', 62' Arriola 22', 41' Robinson 52'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 3,503 Referee: Hector Said Martinez (Honduras)

March 25	United States	4–1	Jamaica	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
13:00 ET	Dest 34' Aaronson 53' Lletget 83', 90'	Report	Lowe 70'	Stadium: Wiener Neustadt Arena Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria)

March 28	Northern Ireland	1–2	United States	Belfast, Northern Ireland
12:00 ET	McGinn 88'	Report	Reyna 30' Pulisic 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Robert Jenkins (Wales)

May 30	Switzerland	2–1	United States	St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:00 ET	Rodríguez 10' Zuber 63'	Report	Lletget 5'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

June 9	United States	4–0	Costa Rica	Sandy, Utah
19:00 ET	Aaronson 8' Dike 42' Cannon 52' Reyna 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,007 Referee: Tristley Bassue (St. Kitts and Nevis)

December 18	United States	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Carson, California
	Bassett 89'	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 11,044 Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals[edit]

The four teams were ranked based on their results in the group stage to determine the semi-final matchups.

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	B	Mexico	4	4	0	0	13	3	+10	12
2	C	Honduras	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7	10
3	A	United States (H)	4	3	0	1	15	3	+12	9
4	D	Costa Rica	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.9).^[1]
(H) Hosts

Semi-finals		Final

June 3 2021 – Denver, CO

Honduras	0
		June 6 2021 – Denver, CO
United States	1
		United States (a.e.t.)	3
June 3 2021 – Denver, CO
		Mexico	2
Mexico (p)	0 (5)

Costa Rica	0 (4)
		Third place play-off

		June 6 2021 – Denver, CO

		Honduras (p)	2 (5)

		Costa Rica	2 (4)

June 3 SF	Honduras	0–1	United States	Denver, Colorado
19:30 ET		Report	Siebatcheu 89'	Stadium: Empower Field at Mile High Attendance: 34,451 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Final[edit]

June 6, 2021

19:00^{[note 1]}

United States	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Reyna 27' McKennie 82' Pulisic 114' (pen.)	Report	Corona 2' Lainez 79'

Empower Field at Mile High,
Denver, Colorado

Attendance: 37,648^[4]

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Haiti	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Martinique	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

July 11	United States	1–0	Haiti	Kansas City, Kansas
21:00 ET	Vines 8'	Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 12,664 Referee: Hector Said Martinez (Honduras)

July 15	Martinique	1–6	United States	Kansas City, Kansas
22:00 ET	Rivière 64' (pen.)	Report	Dike 14', 59' Camille 23' (o.g.) Robinson 50' Zardes 70' Gioacchini 90'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 7,511 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

July 18	United States	1–0	Canada	Kansas City, Kansas
17:00 ET	Moore 1'	Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Knockout stage[edit]

July 25 QF	United States	1–0	Jamaica	Arlington, Texas
21:30 ET	Hoppe 83'	Report		Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 41,318 Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

July 29 SF	Qatar	0–1	United States	Austin, Texas
19:30 ET		Report	Zardes 87'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Final[edit]

August 1, 2021

21:00 (18:00 UTC−7)

United States	1–0	Mexico
Robinson 117'	Report

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise

Attendance: 61,114

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]

CONCACAF third round[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	14	8	4	2	23	7	+16	28	2022 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1
2	Mexico	14	8	4	2	17	8	+9	28		1–1	—	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
3	United States	14	7	4	3	21	10	+11	25		1–1	2–0	—	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
4	Costa Rica	14	7	4	3	13	8	+5	25	Inter-confederation play-offs	1–0	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
5	Panama	14	6	3	5	17	19	−2	21		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	2–1	1–1
6	Jamaica	14	2	5	7	12	22	−10	11		0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	—	1–1	2–1
7	El Salvador	14	2	4	8	8	18	−10	10		0–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	0–0
8	Honduras	14	0	4	10	7	26	−19	4		0–2	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–3	0–2	0–2	—

Source: FIFA, CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

September 2	El Salvador	0–0	United States	San Salvador, El Salvador
22:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderon (Costa Rica)

September 5	United States	1–1	Canada	Nashville, Tennessee
20:00 ET	Aaronson 55'	Report	Larin 62'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 43,028 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

September 8	Honduras	1–4	United States	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
22:30 ET	Moya 27'	Report	Robinson 48' Pepi 75' Aaronson 86' Lletget 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)

October 7	United States	2–0	Jamaica	Austin, Texas
19:30 ET	Pepi 49', 62'	Report		Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

October 10	Panama	1–0	United States	Panama City, Panama
17:00 ET	Godoy 54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 21,000 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

October 13	United States	2–1	Costa Rica	Columbus, Ohio
19:00 ET	Dest 25' Moreira 66' (o.g.)	Report	Fuller 1'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,165 Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

November 12	United States	2–0	Mexico	Cincinnati, Ohio
21:10 ET	Pulisic 74' McKennie 85'	Report		Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

November 16	Jamaica	1–1	United States	Kingston, Jamaica
17:00 ET	Antonio 22'	Report	Weah 11'	Stadium: Independence Park Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderon (Costa Rica)

Goalscorers[edit]

Goals are current as of December 18, 2021, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Player	Goals
Brenden Aaronson	4
Sebastian Lletget	4
Daryl Dike	3
Ricardo Pepi
Christian Pulisic
Giovanni Reyna
Miles Robinson
Paul Arriola	2
Sergiño Dest
Jesús Ferreira
Jonathan Lewis
Weston McKennie
Gyasi Zardes
Cole Bassett	1
Reggie Cannon
Nicholas Gioacchini
Matthew Hoppe
Shaq Moore
Antonee Robinson
Jordan Siebatcheu
Sam Vines
Timothy Weah
own goal	2

U–23[edit]

CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship[edit]

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00 CST (UTC−6), at the Estadio Akron, in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[5]^[6] On March 13, 2020 CONCACAF suspended all upcoming Concacaf competitions scheduled to take place over the next 30 days.^[7]

On 14 January 2021, CONCACAF announced that the Men's Olympic Qualifying will take place between 18 March and 30 March.^[8]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico (H)	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Costa Rica	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

March 18 Group A	United States	1–0	Costa Rica	Guadalajara, Mexico
17:30 ET	Ferreira 35'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

March 21 Group A	Dominican Republic	0–4	United States	Zapopan, Mexico
19:00 ET		Report	Yueill 60' Dotson 73', 78' Mihailovic 90'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

March 24 Group A	Mexico	1–0	United States	Guadalajara, Mexico
21:30 ET	Antuna 45'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

March 28 SF	Honduras	2–1	United States	Guadalajara, Mexico
17:00 ET	Obregón 45+4' Palma 47'	Report	Yueill 52'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

U–20[edit]

CONCACAF U-20 Championship[edit]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Honduras between 20 June and 5 July 2020.^[9] However, on 13 May 2020, CONCACAF announced the decision to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates of the tournament to be confirmed later.^[10] CONCACAF decided on 4 January 2021 that the 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which served as the regional qualifiers, would be cancelled.^[11]

Women's[edit]

Senior[edit]

As of November 30, 2021.

Wins	Losses	Draws
17	2	5

Friendlies[edit]

January 18	United States	4–0	Colombia	Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET	S. Mewis 4', 33', 46' (pen.) K. Mewis 85'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 2,042 Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

January 22	United States	6–0	Colombia	Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET	Macario 3' Rapinoe 35', 44' (pen.) Williams 60' Horan 73' Purce 86'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

April 10	Sweden	1–1	United States	Stockholm, Sweden
13:00 ET	Hurtig 38'	Report	Rapinoe 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Friends Arena Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

April 13	France	0–2	United States	Le Havre, France
15:00 ET		Report	Rapinoe 5' (pen.) Morgan 19'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

June 10	United States	1–0	Portugal	Houston, Texas
20:30 ET	S. Mewis 76'	Report		Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 9,951 Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

June 13	United States	4–0	Jamaica	Houston, Texas
22:00 ET	Lloyd 1' Horan 7' (pen.) Purce 22' Morgan 90+1'	Report		Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 8,737 Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

June 16	United States	2–0	Nigeria	Austin, Texas
21:00 ET	Press 45+2' Williams 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

July 1	United States	4–0	Mexico	East Hartford, Connecticut
19:00 ET	S. Mewis 21' Press 39', 85' Heath 74'	Report		Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 21,637 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

July 5	United States	4–0	Mexico	East Hartford, Connecticut
17:00 ET	Horan 6' Lloyd 11' Reyes 37' (o.g.) Heath 39'	Report		Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 27,758 Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

September 16	United States	9–0	Paraguay	Cleveland, Ohio
19:30 ET	Lloyd 3', 6', 34', 38', 61' Sullivan 25', 49' Williams 30' Heath 86'	Report		Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 14,117 Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

September 21	United States	8–0	Paraguay	Cincinnati, Ohio
19:30 ET	Lavelle 4' Smith 6' Morgan 8', 14', 53' Macario 15', 82' Lloyd 78'	Report		Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 22,515 Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

October 21	United States	0–0	South Korea	Kansas City, Kansas
20:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

October 26	United States	6–0	South Korea	St. Paul, Minnesota
20:00 ET	Horan 9' Cho So-hyun 45' (o.g.) Morgan 69' Rapinoe 85' Lavelle 89' Williams 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 18,115 Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

November 26	Australia	0–3	United States	Sydney, Australia
23:00 ET		Report	Hatch 1' Lavelle 49' Horan 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 36,109 Referee: Hyeon Jeong Oh (South Korea)

November 30	Australia	1–1	United States	Newcastle, Australia
04:05 ET	Simon 88'	Report	Hatch 4'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 20,495 Referee: Seijin Park (South Korea)

SheBelieves Cup[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (C, H)	3	3	0	9	0	+9	9
2	Brazil	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Canada	3	1	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Argentina	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: US Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) Fair Play ranking.^[12]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

February 18	United States	1–0	Canada	Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET	Lavelle 79'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

February 21	United States	2–0	Brazil	Orlando, Florida
15:00 ET	Press 11' Rapinoe 88'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

February 24	United States	6–0	Argentina	Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET	Rapinoe 16', 26' Lloyd 35' K. Mewis 41' Morgan 84' Press 88'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 3,702 Referee: Marianela Araya Cruz (Costa Rica)

Summer Olympics[edit]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with the rescheduled 2021 dates have yet to be announced.^[13]

Group G[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

July 21 Olympics GS	Sweden	3–0	United States	Tokyo, Japan
04:30 ET	Blackstenius 25', 54' Hurtig 72'	Report		Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

July 24 Olympics GS	New Zealand	1–6	United States	Saitama, Japan
07:00 ET	Hassett 72'	Report	Lavelle 9' Horan 45' Erceg 63' (o.g.) Press 80' Morgan 87' Bott 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

July 27 Olympics GS	United States	0–0	Australia	Kashima, Japan
04:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Kashima Stadium Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

Knockout stage[edit]

July 30 QF	Netherlands	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	United States	Yokohama, Japan
07:00 ET	Miedema 18', 54'	Report	S. Mewis 28' Williams 31'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
	Penalties
	Miedema Janssen Van der Gragt Nouwen		Lavelle Morgan Press Rapinoe

August 2 Olympics SF	United States	0–1	Canada	Kashima, Japan
04:00 ET		Report	Fleming 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Kashima Stadium Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

August 5 Olympics 3rd	Australia	3–4	United States	Kashima, Japan
	Kerr 17' Foord 54' Gielnik 90'	Report	Rapinoe 8', 21' Lloyd 45+1', 51'	Stadium: Kashima Stadium Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Goalscorers[edit]

Goals are current as of November 30, 2021, after the match against Australia.

Player	Goals
Carli Lloyd	11
Megan Rapinoe	10
Alex Morgan	8
Lindsey Horan	6
Sam Mewis
Christen Press
Rose Lavelle	5
Lynn Williams	5
Tobin Heath	3
Catarina Macario	3
Ashley Hatch	2
Kristie Mewis
Margaret Purce
Andi Sullivan
Sophia Smith	1
own goal	4
Total	76

U-20[edit]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[edit]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in August/September 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FIFA announced on 3 April 2020 that the tournament would be postponed and rescheduled.^[14] On 12 May 2020, FIFA announced that the tournament will be held between 20 January–6 February 2021, subject to further monitoring.^[15] On November 17, 2020 tournament was moved to 2022.^[16]

Club competitions[edit]

Men's[edit]

League competitions[edit]

Major League Soccer[edit]

Conference tables[edit]

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New England Revolution	34	22	5	7	65	41	+24	73	Qualification for the Playoffs Conference semifinals and CONCACAF Champions League
2	Philadelphia Union	34	14	8	12	48	35	+13	54	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
3	Nashville SC	34	12	4	18	55	33	+22	54	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
4	New York City FC (C)	34	14	11	9	56	36	+20	51	Qualification for the Playoffs first round and CONCACAF Champions League^[a]
5	Atlanta United FC	34	13	9	12	45	37	+8	51	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
6	Orlando City SC	34	13	9	12	50	48	+2	51
7	New York Red Bulls	34	13	12	9	39	33	+6	48
8	D.C. United	34	14	15	5	56	54	+2	47
9	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	46	45	+1	47
10	CF Montréal^[b]	34	12	12	10	46	44	+2	46	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League^[c]
11	Inter Miami CF	34	12	17	5	36	53	−17	41
12	Chicago Fire FC	34	9	18	7	36	54	−18	34
13	Toronto FC^[b]	34	6	18	10	39	66	−27	28
14	FC Cincinnati	34	4	22	8	37	74	−37	20

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

^ As MLS Cup 2021 champions
^ ^a ^b Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
^ As 2021 Canadian Championship winners

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado Rapids	34	17	7	10	51	35	+16	61	Qualification for the Playoffs Conference semifinals and CONCACAF Champions League
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	17	8	9	53	33	+20	60	Qualification for the Playoffs first round and CONCACAF Champions League
3	Sporting Kansas City	34	17	10	7	58	40	+18	58	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
4	Portland Timbers	34	17	13	4	56	52	+4	55
5	Minnesota United FC	34	13	11	10	42	44	−2	49
6	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^[a]	34	12	9	13	45	45	0	49
7	Real Salt Lake	34	14	14	6	55	54	+1	48
8	LA Galaxy	34	13	12	9	50	54	−4	48
9	Los Angeles FC	34	12	13	9	53	51	+2	45
10	San Jose Earthquakes	34	10	13	11	46	54	−8	41
11	FC Dallas	34	7	15	12	47	56	−9	33
12	Austin FC	34	9	21	4	35	56	−21	31
13	Houston Dynamo FC	34	6	16	12	36	54	−18	30

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

^ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

Overall 2021 table[edit]

Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, the Supporters' Shield trophy, seeding in the 2021 Canadian Championship, and 2022 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying for the playoffs.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New England Revolution (S)	34	22	5	7	65	41	+24	73	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[a]
2	Colorado Rapids	34	17	7	10	51	35	+16	61	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[b]
3	Seattle Sounders FC	34	17	8	9	53	33	+20	60	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[c]
4	Sporting Kansas City	34	17	10	7	58	40	+18	58
5	Portland Timbers	34	17	13	4	56	52	+4	55
6	Philadelphia Union	34	14	8	12	48	35	+13	54
7	Nashville SC	34	12	4	18	55	33	+22	54
8	New York City FC (C)	34	14	11	9	56	36	+20	51	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[d]
9	Atlanta United FC	34	13	9	12	45	37	+8	51
10	Orlando City SC	34	13	9	12	50	48	+2	51
11	Minnesota United FC	34	13	11	10	42	44	−2	49
12	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	12	9	13	45	45	0	49
13	Real Salt Lake	34	14	14	6	55	54	+1	48
14	New York Red Bulls	34	13	12	9	39	33	+6	48
15	LA Galaxy	34	13	12	9	50	54	−4	48
16	D.C. United	34	14	15	5	56	54	+2	47
17	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	46	45	+1	47
18	CF Montréal (V)	34	12	12	10	46	44	+2	46	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[e]
19	Los Angeles FC	34	12	13	9	53	51	+2	45
20	Inter Miami CF	34	12	17	5	36	53	−17	41
21	San Jose Earthquakes	34	10	13	11	46	54	−8	41
22	Chicago Fire FC	34	9	18	7	36	54	−18	34
23	FC Dallas	34	7	15	12	47	56	−9	33
24	Austin FC	34	9	21	4	35	56	−21	31
25	Houston Dynamo FC	34	6	16	12	36	54	−18	30
26	Toronto FC	34	6	18	10	39	66	−27	28
27	FC Cincinnati	34	4	22	8	37	74	−37	20

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

^ As Supporters' Shield winners (USA2)
^ As 2021 MLS Western Conference regular season champions (USA3)
^ As highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2021 MLS regular season record) not already qualified (USA4)^[17]
^ As MLS Cup 2021 champions (USA1)
^ As 2021 Canadian Championship winners (CAN1)

MLS Playoffs[edit]

First round
November 20–21, 23

Conference semifinals
November 25, 28, 30

Conference finals
December 4–5

MLS Cup
December 11

E1

New England Revolution

2 (3)

E4

New York City FC (p)

2 (5)

E4

New York City FC

2

E5

Atlanta United FC

0

E4

New York City FC

2

Eastern Conference

[table_note_res_CCL10.82515767534504-18] As MLS Cup 2021 champions

[table_note_MTL0.82515767534504-19] Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

[table_note_res_CCL20.82515767534504-20] As 2021 Canadian Championship winners

[table_note_VAN0.5192420610782-21] Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

[table_note_res_CCL20.47711482200637-22] As Supporters' Shield winners (USA2)

[table_note_res_CCL30.47711482200637-23] As 2021 MLS Western Conference regular season champions (USA3)

[table_note_res_CCL40.47711482200637-25] As highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2021 MLS regular season record) not already qualified (USA4)^[17]

[table_note_res_CCL10.47711482200637-26] As MLS Cup 2021 champions (USA1)

[table_note_res_CCL50.47711482200637-27] As 2021 Canadian Championship winners (CAN1)

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2021 in American soccer

National teams[edit]

Men's[edit]

Senior[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals[edit]

Final[edit]

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Final[edit]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]

CONCACAF third round[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

U–23[edit]

CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship[edit]

Group A[edit]

U–20[edit]

CONCACAF U-20 Championship[edit]

Women's[edit]

Senior[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

SheBelieves Cup[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

Group G[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

U-20[edit]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[edit]

Club competitions[edit]

Men's[edit]

League competitions[edit]

Major League Soccer[edit]

Conference tables[edit]

Overall 2021 table[edit]

MLS Playoffs[edit]

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