2017 Major League Soccer season

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The 2017 Major League Soccer season was the 22nd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2017 and concluded on October 22, 2017. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 25, 2017 and concluded with MLS Cup 2017 on December 9, 2017.

Major League Soccer
Season2017
Dates
  • March 3 – October 22
    (regular season)
  • October 25 – December 9
    (Playoffs)
MLS CupToronto FC (1st title)
Supporters' ShieldToronto FC (1st shield)
2019 Champions League
(United States)
Sporting Kansas City[a]
2018 Champions League
(Canada)
Toronto FC[b]
Matches played374
Goals scored1,110 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerNemanja Nikolić
(24 goals)
Best goalkeeperStefan Frei
(13 shutouts)
Biggest home win7 goals:
ATL 7–0 NE
(Sep 13)
Biggest away win5 goals:
MIN 1–6 ATL
(Mar 12)
Highest scoring8 goals:
DAL 6–2 RSL
(Jun 3)
LA 2–6 RSL
(Jul 4)
TOR 3–5 MTL
(Sep 20)
Longest winning run6 games:
Toronto FC
(Apr 21 – May 13)
Longest unbeaten run13 games:
Seattle Sounders FC
(Jun 17 – Sep 23)
Longest winless run10 games:
LA Galaxy
(Jun 24 – Aug 27)
Longest losing run6 games:
D.C. United
(Jun 24 – Jul 29)
Highest attendance71,874
ATL 2–2 TOR
(Oct 22)
Lowest attendance10,165
NYC 1–1 HOU
(Sep 23 at East Hartford)
Total attendance8,269,919
Average attendance22,112
2016
2018
  1. ^ As 2017 U.S. Open Cup winner
    (see note for detail)
  2. ^ As 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship winner
    (see note for detail)

Two new clubs joined the league as expansion franchises: Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC. The two franchises were the 21st and 22nd teams in the league.[1]

Seattle Sounders FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, while FC Dallas were the defending Supporters' Shield champions. Toronto FC became the first Canadian team to win the Cup and Shield. Toronto's win of the Canadian Championship in the same year earned them the first domestic treble by an MLS side.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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  1. ^
    Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.
  2. ^
    Due to construction delays to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta United FC played its home matches at Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium during the first half of the season.[2]

Personnel and sponsorship

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Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Atlanta United FC   Gerardo Martino   Michael Parkhurst American Family Insurance
Chicago Fire   Veljko Paunović   Juninho Valspar
Colorado Rapids   Steve Cooke (interim)   Tim Howard Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC   Gregg Berhalter   Wil Trapp Acura
D.C. United   Ben Olsen   Steve Birnbaum Leidos
FC Dallas   Oscar Pareja   Matt Hedges AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo   Wílmer Cabrera   Ricardo Clark BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy   Sigi Schmid   Jermaine Jones Herbalife
Minnesota United FC   Adrian Heath   Francisco Calvo Target[3]
Montreal Impact   Mauro Biello   Patrice Bernier Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution   Tom Soehn (interim)   Chris Tierney UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC   Patrick Vieira   David Villa Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls   Jesse Marsch   Sacha Kljestan Red Bull
Orlando City SC   Jason Kreis   Kaká Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union   Jim Curtin   Alejandro Bedoya Bimbo Bakeries USA
Portland Timbers   Caleb Porter   Liam Ridgewell Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake   Mike Petke   Kyle Beckerman LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes   Chris Leitch   Chris Wondolowski Sutter Health
Seattle Sounders FC   Brian Schmetzer   Osvaldo Alonso Xbox
Sporting Kansas City   Peter Vermes   Matt Besler Ivy Funds
Toronto FC   Greg Vanney   Michael Bradley Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC   Carl Robinson   Kendall Waston Bell Canada

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of
vacancy
Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Houston Dynamo   Wade Barrett (interim) End of interim period October 28, 2016 Pre-season   Wílmer Cabrera October 28, 2016
LA Galaxy   Bruce Arena Signed by United States November 22, 2016   Curt Onalfo December 13, 2016
Real Salt Lake   Jeff Cassar Mutual consent March 20, 2017 10th in West, 19th overall   Daryl Shore (interim) March 20, 2017
  Daryl Shore (interim) End of interim period March 29, 2017 9th in West, 19th overall   Mike Petke March 29, 2017
San Jose Earthquakes   Dominic Kinnear Fired June 25, 2017 5th in West, 12th overall   Chris Leitch June 25, 2017
LA Galaxy   Curt Onalfo Fired July 27, 2017 9th in West, 19th overall   Sigi Schmid July 27, 2017
Colorado Rapids   Pablo Mastroeni Fired August 15, 2017 10th in West, 20th overall   Steve Cooke (interim) August 15, 2017
New England Revolution   Jay Heaps Fired September 18, 2017 8th in East, 16th overall   Tom Soehn (interim) September 18, 2017

Regular season

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Format

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Current teams: Each team in the league (except for expansion teams Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC) played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) using the following format:[4]

  • 2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference (20 games).
  • 1 extra game against 3 of its conference rivals (3 games).
  • 1 game against 11 teams in the other conference (11 games).

Expansion teams: As expansion teams to the league in 2017, Atlanta United and Minnesota United played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) in a secondary format:

  • 2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference (20 games).
  • 1 extra game against 2 of its conference rivals (2 games).
  • 1 game against 10 teams in the other conference (10 games).
  • 2 games (1 home and 1 away) against each other (2 games).

Eastern Conference

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toronto FC 34 20 5 9 74 37 +37 69 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 New York City FC 34 16 9 9 56 43 +13 57
3 Chicago Fire 34 16 11 7 62 48 +14 55 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 Atlanta United FC 34 15 9 10 70 40 +30 55
5 Columbus Crew 34 16 12 6 53 49 +4 54
6 New York Red Bulls 34 14 12 8 53 47 +6 50
7 New England Revolution 34 13 15 6 53 61 −8 45
8 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 50 47 +3 42
9 Montreal Impact 34 11 17 6 52 58 −6 39
10 Orlando City SC 34 10 15 9 39 58 −19 39
11 D.C. United 34 9 20 5 31 60 −29 32
Source: MLS

Western Conference

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portland Timbers 34 15 11 8 60 50 +10 53 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Seattle Sounders FC 34 14 9 11 52 39 +13 53
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 15 12 7 50 49 +1 52 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 Houston Dynamo 34 13 10 11 57 45 +12 50
5 Sporting Kansas City 34 12 9 13 40 29 +11 49
6 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 14 7 39 60 −21 46
7 FC Dallas 34 11 10 13 48 48 0 46
8 Real Salt Lake 34 13 15 6 48 56 −8 45
9 Minnesota United FC 34 10 18 6 47 70 −23 36
10 Colorado Rapids 34 9 19 6 31 51 −20 33
11 LA Galaxy 34 8 18 8 45 67 −22 32
Source: MLS

Overall standings

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toronto FC (C, S) 34 20 5 9 74 37 +37 69 CONCACAF Champions League
2 New York City FC 34 16 9 9 56 43 +13 57
3 Chicago Fire 34 16 11 7 61 47 +14 55
4 Atlanta United FC 34 15 9 10 70 40 +30 55
5 Columbus Crew 34 16 12 6 53 49 +4 54
6 Portland Timbers 34 15 11 8 60 50 +10 53
7 Seattle Sounders FC 34 14 9 11 52 39 +13 53
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 15 12 7 50 49 +1 52
9 New York Red Bulls 34 14 12 8 53 47 +6 50
10 Houston Dynamo 34 13 10 11 57 45 +12 50
11 Sporting Kansas City 34 12 9 13 40 29 +11 49 CONCACAF Champions League
12 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 14 7 39 60 −21 46
13 FC Dallas 34 11 10 13 48 48 0 46
14 Real Salt Lake 34 13 15 6 49 55 −6 45
15 New England Revolution 34 13 15 6 53 61 −8 45
16 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 50 47 +3 42
17 Montreal Impact 34 11 17 6 52 58 −6 39
18 Orlando City SC 34 10 15 9 39 58 −19 39
19 Minnesota United FC 34 10 18 6 47 70 −23 36
20 Colorado Rapids 34 9 19 6 31 51 −20 33
21 D.C. United 34 9 20 5 31 60 −29 32
22 LA Galaxy 34 8 18 8 45 67 −22 32
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) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

MLS Cup Playoffs

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Bracket

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Knockout round Conference semifinals Conference finals MLS Cup
December 9 – Toronto, Ontario
                
E5 Columbus Crew 4 0 4
October 26 – Atlanta, Georgia
E2 New York City FC 1 2 3
E4 Atlanta United FC 0 (1)
E5 Columbus Crew (p) 0 (3)
E5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0
Eastern Conference
E1 Toronto FC 0 1 1
E6 New York Red Bulls 1 1 2
October 25 – Bridgeview, Illinois
E1 Toronto FC 2 0 2 (a)
E3 Chicago Fire 0
E6 New York Red Bulls 4
E1 Toronto FC 2
W2 Seattle Sounders FC 0
W4 Houston Dynamo 0 2 2
October 26 – Houston, Texas
W1 Portland Timbers 0 1 1
W4 Houston Dynamo (a.e.t.) 1
W5 Sporting Kansas City 0
W4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0
Western Conference
W2 Seattle Sounders FC 2 3 5
W3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 0 0
October 25 – Vancouver, British Columbia
W2 Seattle Sounders FC 0 2 2
W3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5
W6 San Jose Earthquakes 0

Knockout round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Eastern Conference
Chicago Fire (E3) 0–4 New York Red Bulls (E6)
Atlanta United FC (E4) 0–0
(1–3 p)
Columbus Crew SC (E5)
Western Conference
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3) 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes (W6)
Houston Dynamo (W4) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sporting Kansas City (W5)

Conference semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eastern Conference
New York Red Bulls (E6) 2–2 (a) Toronto FC (E1) 1–2 1–0
Columbus Crew SC (E5) 4–3 New York City FC (E2) 4–1 0–2
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4) 2–1 Portland Timbers (W1) 0–0 2–1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3) 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC (W2) 0–0 0–2

Conference finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Columbus Crew SC (E5) 0–1 Toronto FC (E1) 0–0 0–1
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4) 0–5 Seattle Sounders FC (W2) 0–2 0–3

MLS Cup

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Toronto FC2–0Seattle Sounders FC
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Attendance: 30,584

Attendance

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Average home attendances

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Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Pos. Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
1 Atlanta United FC 17 819,404 71,874 42,511 48,200
2 Seattle Sounders FC 17 742,314 51,796 40,182 43,666
3 Toronto FC 17 470,005 29,203 25,200 27,647
4 Orlando City SC 17 425,477 25,527 23,018 25,028
5 New York City FC 17 379,455 33,679 10,165* 22,321
6 LA Galaxy 17 378,128 25,667 17,404 22,243
7 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 364,073 25,083 17,368 21,416
8 New York Red Bulls 17 359,977 25,219 16,213 21,175
9 Portland Timbers 17 359,448 21,144 21,144 21,144
10 Minnesota United FC 17 349,138 35,043 17,491 20,538
11 Montreal Impact 17 340,783 34,373 16,005 20,046
12 San Jose Earthquakes 17 337,873 50,617 17,256 19,875
13 Sporting Kansas City 17 332,121 20,933 18,648 19,537
14 New England Revolution 17 329,233 33,767 10,487 19,367
15 Real Salt Lake 17 319,284 20,348 16,434 18,781
16 D.C. United 17 304,369 41,418 11,972 17,904
17 Houston Dynamo 17 297,507 22,115 14,148 17,500
18 Chicago Fire 17 295,511 21,891 11,244 17,383
19 Philadelphia Union 17 285,797 18,619 15,107 16,812
20 Columbus Crew SC 17 262,469 20,391 10,318 15,439
21 Colorado Rapids 17 260,476 17,648 13,102 15,322
22 FC Dallas 17 257,077 16,291 14,016 15,122
 – Total 374 8,269,919 71,874 10,165 22,112
  • game played at East Hartford

Highest attendances

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Regular season

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Atlanta United FC 2–2 Toronto FC 71,874 October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22) 33 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2 Atlanta United FC 3–3 Orlando City SC 70,425 September 16, 2017 (2017-09-16) 28 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3 Atlanta United FC 1–2 New York Red Bulls 55,297 March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05) 1 Bobby Dodd Stadium
4 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Portland Timbers 51,796 August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27) 25 CenturyLink Field
5 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 LA Galaxy 50,617 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) 18 Stanford Stadium
6 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 FC Dallas 48,478 October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15) 32 CenturyLink Field
7 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Portland Timbers 47,362 May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27) 13 CenturyLink Field
8 Atlanta United FC 1–3 D.C. United 46,011 April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30) 9 Bobby Dodd Stadium
9 Atlanta United FC 4–0 Chicago Fire 45,922 March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18) 3 Bobby Dodd Stadium
10 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 New York Red Bulls 45,600 March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19) 3 CenturyLink Field

Player statistics

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Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC Minnesota United FC 6–1 March 12
  Erick Torres Houston Dynamo New York Red Bulls 4–1 April 1
  C. J. Sapong Philadelphia Union New York Red Bulls 3–0 May 6
  Justin Meram Columbus Crew SC Montreal Impact 3–2 May 13
  Gerso Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 May 17
  Miguel Almirón Atlanta United FC Houston Dynamo 4–1 May 20
  Roland Lamah FC Dallas Real Salt Lake 6–2 June 3
  David Accam Chicago Fire Orlando City SC 4–0 June 24
  David Villa New York City FC New York Red Bulls 3–2 August 6
  Kei Kamara New England Revolution Orlando City SC 4–0 September 2
  Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC New England Revolution 7–0 September 13
  Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC Orlando City SC 3–3 September 16
  Patrick Mullins4 D.C. United San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 September 23
  Justin Morrow Toronto FC New York Red Bulls 4–2 September 30
  Nemanja Nikolić Chicago Fire Philadelphia Union 3–2 October 15

4 Scored 4 goals

Awards

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Player of the Month

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Month Player Club Stats Ref
March   Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC 5G [8]
April   Joe Bendik Orlando City SC 2SO [9]
May   Nemanja Nikolić Chicago Fire 6G, 1A [10]
June   David Villa New York City FC 3G [11]
July   Daniel Royer New York Red Bulls 6G, 1A [12]
August   Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact 7G, 1A [13]
September   Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC 9G [14]

Player and Team of the week

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  • Bold denotes player of the week.
Team of the week
Week Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Bench Coach
1
[15][16]
  Bendik (ORL)   Sjöberg (COL)
  Spector (ORL)
  Jungwirth (SJ)
  Lima (SJ)
  Acosta (DAL)
  Valeri (POR)
  Godoy (SJ)
  Accam (CHI)
  Adi (POR)
  Quioto (HOU)
  Melia (SKC)
  Hedges (DAL)
  Felipe (NY)
  Jones (PHI)
  Davies (VAN)
  Torres (HOU)
  Larin (ORL)
  Wílmer Cabrera (HOU)
2
[17][18]
  Howard (COL)   Garza (ATL)
  Kappelhof (CHI)
  Hedges (DAL)
  Piatti (MTL)
  McCarty (CHI)
  Godoy (SJ)
  Almirón (ATL)
  Torres (HOU)
  Martínez (ATL)
  Villa (NYC)
  Gleeson (POR)
  Lima (SJ)
  Alex (HOU)
  Felipe (NY)
  Lletget (LA)
  Moralez (NYC)
  Elis (HOU)
  Gerardo Martino (ATL)
3
[19][20]
  Steffen (CLB)   Garza (ATL)
  Crognale (CLB)
  Spector (ORL)
  Valeri (POR)
  Bernier (MTL)
  Guzmán (POR)
  Feilhaber (SKC)
  Urruti (DAL)
  Martínez (ATL)
  Larin (ORL)
  Bendik (ORL)
  Kallman (MIN)
  Burch (COL)
  Grana (DAL)
  Roldan (SEA)
  Wallace (NYC)
  Altidore (TOR)
  Gregg Berhalter (CLB)
4
[21][22]
  Van Oekel (RSL)   Tierney (NE)
  Long (NY)
  Afful (CLB)
  Fagúndez (NE)
  Nguyen (NE)
  Higuaín (CLB)
  Artur (CLB)
  Blanco (POR)
  Agudelo (NE)
  Kamara (NE)
  Robles (NY)
  Maund (VAN)
  Phillips (RSL)
  Adams (NY)
  Trapp (CLB)
  Valeri (POR)
  Adi (POR)
  Jay Heaps (NE)
5
[23][24]
  Hamid (DC)   Farfan (POR)
  Delamea (NE)
  Svensson (SEA)
  Meram (CLB)
  Roldan (SEA)
  Laba (VAN)
  Schweinsteiger (CHI)
  Techera (VAN)
  Torres (HOU)
  Ramirez (MIN)
  Bono (TOR)
  Crognale (CLB)
  Edwards (TOR)
  Artur (CLB)
  Manotas (HOU)
  Tabla (MTL)
  Villa (NYC)
  Adrian Heath (MIN)
6
[25][26]
  González (DAL)   Boswell (DC)
  Opara (SKC)
  Delamea (NE)
  Alessandrini (LA)
  McCarty (CHI)
  Espinoza (SKC)
  Rusnák (RSL)
  Barrios (DAL)
  Movsisyan (RSL)
  Villalba (ATL)
  Hamid (DC)
  Redding (ORL)
  Nagbe (POR)
  Almirón (ATL)
  Acosta (DC)
  Agudelo (NE)
  Óscar Pareja (DAL)
7
[27][28]
  Melia (SKC)   Matarrita (NYC)
  Spector (ORL)
  Næss (CLB)
  Opara (SKC)
  Meram (CLB)
  Ilie (SKC)
  Johnson (ORL)
  Montero (VAN)
  Nikolić (CHI)
  Solignac (CHI)
  Bendik (ORL)
  Parker (VAN)
  McCarty (CHI)
  Schweinsteiger (CHI)
  Muyl (NY)
  Molino (MIN)
  Villa (NYC)
  Mike Petke (RSL)
8
[29][30]
  Bendik (ORL)   Long (NY)
  Toia (ORL)
  Zavaleta (TOR)
  Almirón (ATL)
  Bradley (TOR)
  Gruezo (DAL)
  Lodeiro (SEA)
  Dempsey (SEA)
  Giovinco (TOR)
  Larin (ORL)
  Shuttleworth (MIN)
  Jones (SEA)
  Johnson (ORL)
  Muyl (NY)
  Vázquez (TOR)
  Morris (SEA)
  Jackson-Hamel (MTL)
  Jason Kreis (ORL)
9
[31][32]
  Hamid (DC)   Edwards (TOR)
  Jungwirth (SJ)
  Zusi (SKC)
  Gerso (SKC)
  Jacobson (VAN)
  Acosta (DC)
  Harrison (NYC)
  Agudelo (NE)
  Altidore (TOR)
  Urruti (DAL)
  Blake (PHI)
  Sutter (ORL)
  Alonso (SEA)
  Herrera (NYC)
  Delgado (TOR)
  Cato (SJ)
  Adi (POR)
Not awarded
10
[33][34]
  Blake (PHI)   Hedges (DAL)
  Jungwirth (SJ)
  Morrow (TOR)
  Alex (HOU)
  Higuaín (CLB)
  Ibarra (MIN)
  Ring (NYC)
  Sapong (PHI)
  Wallace (NYC)
  Wondolowski (SJ)
  Shuttleworth (MIN)
  Ciman (MTL)
  Næss (CLB)
  Accam (CHI)
  Manotas (HOU)
  Giovinco (TOR)
  Villa (NYC)
  Greg Vanney (TOR)
11
[35][36]
  Johnson (NYC)   Onyewu (PHI)
  Van Damme (LA)
  Hairston (COL)
  Fagúndez (NE)
  Meram (CLB)
  Alex (HOU)
  Medunjanin (PHI)
  Accam (CHI)
  Ricketts (TOR)
  Nikolić (CHI)
  Bono (TOR)
  Vincent (CHI)
  Gressel (ATL)
  Gashi (COL)
  Alessandrini (LA)
  Badji (COL)
  Blessing (SKC)
  Greg Vanney (TOR)
12
[37][38]
  Melia (SKC)   Vincent (CHI)
  Bernárdez (SJ)
  Parker (VAN)
  Fagúndez (NE)
  Piatti (MTL)
  Almirón (ATL)
  Medunjanin (PHI)
  Gerso (SKC)
  Villa (NYC)
  Nikolić (CHI)
  Hamid (DC)
  Gaddis (PHI)
  Rusnák (RSL)
  Bolaños (VAN)
  Accam (CHI)
  G. dos Santos (LA)
  Sapong (PHI)
  Veljko Paunovic (CHI)
13
[39][40]
  Hamid (DC)   Vincent (CHI)
  Calvo (MIN)
  Marshall (SEA)
  Ford (COL)
  Almirón (ATL)
  Vázquez (TOR)
  Sunny (RSL)
  João Pedro (LA)
  Alessandrini (LA)
  G. dos Santos (LA)   Deric (HOU)
  González Pírez (ATL)
  Lawrence (NY)
  Gressel (ATL)
  Felipe (NY)
  Roldan (SEA)
  Plata (RSL)
  Curt Onalfo (LA)
14
[41][42]
  Bendik (ORL)   Rowe (NE)
  Opara (SKC)
  Waston (VAN)
  Spector (ORL)
  Lamah (DAL)
  Higuaín (CLB)
  Alonso (SEA)
  Valeri (POR)
  Nguyen (NE)
  Urruti (DAL)   Melia (SKC)
  Ford (COL)
  Donadel (MTL)
  Fagúndez (NE)
  Meram (CLB)
  Villa (NYC)
  Torres (HOU)
  Jay Heaps (NE)
15
[43][44]
  Gleeson (POR)   Meira (CHI)
  Olum (POR)
  Abdul-Salaam (SKC)
  Asprilla (POR)
  Valeri (POR)
  Schweinsteiger (CHI)
  Accam (CHI)
  Adi (POR)
  Nikolić (CHI)
  Gerso (SKC)
  Melia (SKC)
  Vytas (POR)
  Grana (DAL)
  Polster (CHI)
  Ilie (SKC)
  de Leeuw (CHI)
  Urruti (DAL)
  Veljko Paunovic (CHI)
16
[45][46]
  Robles (NY)   Harvey (VAN)
  Figueroa (DAL)
  Opara (SKC)
  Plata (RSL)
  Alessandrini (LA)
  Bradley (TOR)
  Almirón (ATL)
  Piatti (MTL)
  Villa (NYC)
  Wright-Phillips (NY)
  Shuttleworth (MIN)
  Saeid (COL
  McCarty (CHI)
  Pérez García (ORL)
  Verón (NY)
  Meram (CLB)
  Giovinco (TOR)
  Gerardo Martino (ATL)
17
[47][48]
  Blake (PHI)   Sweat (NYC)
  Opara (SKC)
  Moor (TOR)
  Polster (CHI)
  Accam (CHI)
  Herrera (NYC)
  Higuaín (CLB)
  Bedoya (PHI)
  Hoesen (SJ)
  McBean (LA)   Hamid (DC)
  González Pírez (ATL)
  Roldan (SEA)
  Schweinsteiger (CHI)
  Manneh (CLB)
  Kamara (CLB)
  Martínez (ATL)
  Veljko Paunovic (CHI)
18
[49][50]
  Howard (COL)   Onyewu (PHI)
  Parkhurst (ATL)
  Polster (CHI)
  Johnson (ORL)
  Džemaili (MTL)
  Ring (NYC)
  Hairston (COL)
  Nikolić (CHI)
  Villa (NYC)
  Badji (COL)
  Bingham (SJ)
  Aja (ORL)
  Harrison (NYC)
  Doyle (COL)
  Wondolowski (SJ)
  Urruti (DAL)
  Óscar Pareja (DAL)
19
[51][52]
  McCarthy (PHI)   Hollingshead (DAL)
  Palmer-Brown (SKC)
  Nerwinski (VAN)
  Fagúndez (NE)
  Rusnák (RSL)
  Barrios (DAL)
  Savarino (RSL)
  Dempsey (SEA)
  Martínez (ATL)
  Giovinco (TOR)
  Robles (NY)
  Machado (HOU)
  Ulloa (DAL)
  Medranda (SKC)
  Lamah (DAL)
  Manotas (HOU)
  Altidore (TOR)
  Brian Schmetzer (SEA)
20
[53][54]
  Guzan (ATL)   Acosta (RSL)
  Brillant (NYC)
  Crognale (CLB)
  Royer (NY)
  Kljestan (NY)
  Roldan (SEA)
  Alex (HOU)
  Plata (RSL)
  Colmán (DAL)
  Villa (NYC)
  Gleeson (POR)
  Leerdam (SEA)
  Felipe (NY)
  Salazar (MTL)
  Bunbury (NE)
  Meram (CLB)
  Ebobisse (POR)
  Jesse Marsch (NY)
21
[55][56]
  Cropper (NE)   Toia (ORL)
  Moor (TOR)
  Parker (VAN)
  Royer (NY)
  Valeri (POR)
  Bradley (TOR)
  Molino (MIN)
  O. Kamara (CLB)
  K. Kamara (NE)
  Giovinco (TOR)
  Robles (NY)
  Mavinga (TOR)
  Thiesson (MIN)
  Rowe (NE)
  Kljestan (NY)
  Villalba (ATL)
  Montero (VAN)
  Carl Robinson (VAN)
22
[57][58]
  McCarthy (PHI)   Doody (CHI)
  Opare (DC)
  DeLaGarza (HOU)
  Lodeiro (SEA)
  Džemaili (MTL)
  Ilsinho (PHI)
  Thompson (SJ)
  Villa (NYC)
  Sapong (PHI)
  Dempsey (SEA)
  Johnson (NYC)
  Powell (POR)
  Marshall (SEA)
  Roldan (SEA)
  Kljestan (NY)
  Wright-Phillips (NY)
  Ureña (SJ)
  Jim Curtin (PHI)
23
[59][60]
  Johnson (NYC)   Morrow (TOR)
  Marshall (SEA)
  Abubakar (CLB)
  Murillo (NY)
  Piette (MTL)
  Džemaili (MTL)
  Beckerman (COL)
  Delgado (TOR)
  Elis (HOU)
  Villa (NYC)   Howard (COL)
  Leerdam (SEA)
  Hedges (DAL)
  Ring (NYC)
  Piatti (MTL)
  Meram (CLB)
  Sánchez (HOU)
  Greg Vanney (TOR)
24
[61][62]
  Hamid (DC)   Besler (SKC)
  Marshall (SEA)
  Zusi (SKC)
  Piatti (MTL)
  Džemaili (MTL)
  Delgado (TOR)
  Reyna (VAN)
  Valeri (POR)
  Lewis (NYC)
  Jackson-Hamel (MTL)
  Steffen (CLB)
  Franklin (DC)
  Opara (SKC)
  Bradley (TOR)
  Vako (SJ)
  Villa (NYC)
  Montero (VAN)
  Mauro Biello (MTL)
25
[63][64]
  Hamid (DC)   Waston (VAN)
  Mensah (CLB)
  Glad (RSL)
  Vázquez (TOR)
  Valeri (POR)
  Canouse (DC)
  Rusnák (RSL)
  Danladi (MIN)
  Giovinco (TOR)
  Silva (RSL)
  Bono (TOR)
  Vytas (POR)
  Abu (CLB)
  Bradley (TOR)
  Plata (RSL)
  Torres (HOU)
  Kamara (CLB)
  Mike Petke (RSL)
26
[65][66]
  Robles (NY)   Long (NY)
  Steres (LA)
  Polster (CHI)
  Kljestan (NY)
  Nguyen (NE)
  Jones (LA)
  Ulloa (DAL)
  Alessandrini (LA)
  Kamara (NE)
  Zardes (LA)
  Cropper (NE)
  Romney (LA)
  Caldwell (NE)
  Juninho (CHI)
  Barrios (DAL)
  Muyl (NY)
  Piatti (MTL)
  Jay Heaps (NE)
27
[67][68]
  Johnson (NYC)   Beitashour (TOR)
  González Pírez (ATL)
  Moor (TOR)
  Nerwinski (VAN)
  Almirón (ATL)
  J. dos Santos (LA)
  Vázquez (TOR)
  Alessandrini (LA)
  Sapong (PHI)
  Altidore (TOR)
  Melia (SKC)
  Romney (LA)
  Ford (COL)
  Adams (NY)
  Aigner (COL)
  Yotún (ORL)
  Reyna (VAN)
  Greg Vanney (TOR)
28
[69][70]
  Blake (PHI)   Vincent (CHI)
  Glad (RSL)
  Waston (VAN)
  Manneh (CLB)
  Rusnák (RSL)
  Vázquez (TOR)
  Bradley (TOR)
  Almirón (ATL)
  Dwyer (ORL)
  'Martínez (ATL)
  Johnson (NYC)
  Yueill (SJ)
  Trapp (CLB)
  Asad (ATL)
  Reyna (VAN)
  Rubio (SKC)
  Ricketts (TOR)
  Greg Vanney (TOR)
29
[71][72]
  Rimando (RSL)   Tierney (NE)
  Glad (RSL)
  Williams (CLB)
  Asad (ATL)
  Savarino (RSL)
  Valeri (POR)
  Nguyen (NE)
  Arriola (DC)
  Mullins (DC)
  Ramirez (MIN)
  Shuttleworth (MIN)
  González Pírez (ATL)
  Chará (POR)
  Larentowicz (ATL)
  Higuaín (CLB)
  Pontius (PHI)
  Reyna (VAN)
  Mike Petke (RSL)
30
[73][74]
  Blake (PHI)   Morrow (TOR)
  Waston (VAN)
  Parkhurst (ATL)
  Adams (NY)
  Meram (CLB)
  Yotún (ORL)
  Mihailovic (CHI)
  Elis (HOU)
  Nikolić (CHI)
  Altidore (TOR)
  González (DAL)
  Hedges (DAL)
  Bernárdez (SJ)
  Kaká (ORL)
  Vako (SJ)
  Lodeiro (SEA)
  Sánchez (HOU)
  Greg Vanney (TOR)
31
[75][76]
  González (DAL)   Lawrence (NY)
  Kallman (MIN)
  Hedges (DAL)
  Adams (NY)
  Molino (MIN)
  Aigner (COL)
  Ilie (SKC)
  Kljestan (NY)
  Morales (DAL)
  Danladi (MIN)   Robles (NY)
  Opara (SKC)
  Felipe (NY)
  Gruezo (DAL)
  Carmona (ATL)
  Martin (MIN)
  Gatt (COL)
  Jesse Marsch (NY)
32
[77][78]
  Deric (HOU)   Adams (NY)
  Sjöberg (COL)
  Powell (POR)
  Blanco (POR)
  Fagúndez (NE)
  Larentowicz (ATL)
  Valeri (POR)
  Alessandrini (LA)
  Bruin (SEA)
  Nikolić (CHI)
  Guzan (ATL)
  Nerwinski (VAN)
  Long (NY)
  Trapp (CLB)
  Mihailovic (CHI)
  J. dos Santos (LA)
  Reyna (VAN)
  Caleb Porter (POR)
33
[79][80]
  Knighton (NE)   Leonardo (HOU)
  Torres (SEA)
  Murillo (NY)
  Picault (PHI)
  Ilsinho (PHI)
  Díaz (DAL)
  Lodeiro (SEA)
  Lamah (DAL)
  Wondolowski (SJ)
  Villa (NYC)
  Steffen (CLB)
  Jungwirth (SJ)
  Alex (HOU)
  Higuaín (CLB)
  Arriola (DC)
  Sapong (PHI)
  Hoesen (SJ)
  Chris Leitch (SJ)

Goal of the Week

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End-of-season awards

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Award Winner (club) Ref
Most Valuable Player Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers) [110]
Defender of the Year Ike Opara (Sporting Kansas City) [111]
Goalkeeper of the Year Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City) [112]
Coach of the Year Greg Vanney (Toronto FC) [113]
Rookie of the Year Julian Gressel (Atlanta United FC) [114]
Newcomer of the Year Miguel Almirón (Atlanta United FC) [115]
Comeback Player of the Year Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC) [116]
Golden Boot Nemanja Nikolić (Chicago Fire) [117]
Fair Play Player Award DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo) [118]
Fair Play Team Award Seattle Sounders FC [118]
Humanitarian of the Year Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas) [119]
Referee of the Year Allen Chapman [120]
Assistant Referee of the Year Corey Parker [120]
Goal of the Year Héctor Villalba (Atlanta United FC) [121]
Save of the Year Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC) [122]
Year Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2017
[123]
  Tim Melia, Sporting KC   Justin Morrow, Toronto
  Ike Opara, Sporting KC
  Kendall Waston, Vancouver
  Diego Valeri, Portland
  Miguel Almirón, Atlanta
  Victor Vázquez, Toronto
  Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto
  Josef Martínez, Atlanta
  Nemanja Nikolić, Chicago
  David Villa, New York City

Player contracts

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Highest-paid players

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Rank Player Team Salary (US)[124]
1   Kaká Orlando City $7.2m
2   Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC $7.1m
3   Michael Bradley Toronto FC $6.5m
4   Andrea Pirlo New York City FC $5.9m
5   David Villa New York City FC $5.6m

Allocation ranking

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The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in the MLS allocation list. The MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering a transfer fee of at least $500,000. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2016 season, taking playoff performance into account.[125] Two expansion teams will take the top spots.[126]

Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. At all times each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS season.

Original
Ranking
Current
Ranking
Club Date Allocation Used
(Rank on that date)
Player Signed Previous Club Ref
5 1 New England Revolution[D] [127]
2 2 Minnesota United FC[A][B] [128][129]
8 3 Orlando City SC
6 4 San Jose Earthquakes[D] [127]
11 5 Philadelphia Union
4 6 Houston Dynamo[C] [130]
13 7 Real Salt Lake
14 8 Sporting Kansas City
15 9 LA Galaxy
16 10 New York City FC
17 11 New York Red Bulls
18 12 FC Dallas
19 13 Montreal Impact
20 14 Colorado Rapids
21 15 Toronto FC
22 16 Seattle Sounders FC
10 17 Portland Timbers[E] [131]
1 18 Atlanta United FC January 26, 2017 (1)   Brad Guzan   Middlesbrough [132]
7 19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC[B] February 15, 2017 (1)   Fredy Montero (loan)   Tianjin TEDA [129]
12 20 D.C. United[C] June 20, 2017 (1)   Deshorn Brown   Tampa Bay Rowdies [130]
3 21 Chicago Fire[A][E] December 23, 2016 (2)   Juninho (loan)   Tijuana [128]
August 10, 2017 (6)   Richard Sánchez   UANL [131]
9 22 Columbus Crew SC August 10, 2017 (1)   Krisztián Németh   Al-Gharafa [133]
  1. ^
    On December 23, 2016, Chicago Fire acquired the number 2 allocation ranking from Minnesota United in exchange for the number 3 allocation ranking, a second-round selection (25th overall) in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, and general allocation money.
  2. ^
    On February 15, 2017, Vancouver Whitecaps acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Minnesota United in exchange for the number 5 allocation ranking, $100,000 in 2018 general allocation money, $125,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money, and a 2017 international roster spot.
  3. ^
    On June 20, 2017, D.C. United acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Houston Dynamo in exchange for the number 9 allocation ranking, $100,000 in general allocation money, $75,000 in targeted allocation money, and a 2018 international roster spot.
  4. ^
    On July 3, 2017, New England Revolution acquired the number 2 allocation ranking and either $175,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money or $100,000 in 2018 general allocation money and $75,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for the number 5 allocation ranking and $175,000 in general allocation money.
  5. ^
    On August 10, 2017, Chicago Fire acquired the number 6 allocation ranking from Portland Timbers in exchange for the number 19 allocation ranking and Chicago's natural third-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, which will be upgraded to Chicago's natural second-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft should Richard Sánchez appear in five or more games for the remainder of 2017 season.

Coaches

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Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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