Major League Soccer records and statistics

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Several Major League Soccer teams and players hold various records and statistics.

MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield winners[]

Season MLS Cup
Winners 		MLS Cup
Runners-up 		Supporters' Shield
Winners 		Supporters' Shield
Runners-up
1996 D.C. United LA Galaxy Tampa Bay Mutiny LA Galaxy
1997 D.C. United Colorado Rapids D.C. United Kansas City Wizards
1998 Chicago Fire D.C. United LA Galaxy D.C. United
1999 D.C. United LA Galaxy D.C. United LA Galaxy
2000 Kansas City Wizards Chicago Fire Kansas City Wizards Chicago Fire
2001 San Jose Earthquakes LA Galaxy Miami Fusion Chicago Fire
2002 LA Galaxy New England Revolution LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes
2003 San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire Chicago Fire San Jose Earthquakes
2004 D.C. United Kansas City Wizards Columbus Crew SC Kansas City Wizards
2005 LA Galaxy New England Revolution San Jose Earthquakes New England Revolution
2006 Houston Dynamo New England Revolution D.C. United FC Dallas
2007 Houston Dynamo New England Revolution D.C. United Chivas USA
2008 Columbus Crew SC New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew SC Houston Dynamo
2009 Real Salt Lake LA Galaxy Columbus Crew LA Galaxy
2010 Colorado Rapids FC Dallas LA Galaxy Real Salt Lake
2011 LA Galaxy Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC
2012 LA Galaxy Houston Dynamo San Jose Earthquakes Sporting Kansas City
2013 Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake New York Red Bulls Sporting Kansas City
2014 LA Galaxy New England Revolution Seattle Sounders FC LA Galaxy
2015 Portland Timbers Columbus Crew SC New York Red Bulls FC Dallas
2016 Seattle Sounders FC Toronto FC FC Dallas Colorado Rapids
2017 Toronto FC Seattle Sounders FC Toronto FC New York City FC
2018 Atlanta United FC Portland Timbers New York Red Bulls Atlanta United FC
2019 Seattle Sounders FC Toronto FC Los Angeles FC New York City FC
2020 Columbus Crew SC Seattle Sounders FC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC
2021 New York City FC Portland Timbers New England Revolution Colorado Rapids

MLS Cup finals[]

Main article: List of MLS Cup finals
Season Winners Result Runners-up Venue
1996
Details 		D.C. United 3–2 (a.e.t.) LA Galaxy Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA
1997
Details 		D.C. United 2–1 Colorado Rapids Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
1998
Details 		Chicago Fire 2–0 D.C. United Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
1999
Details 		D.C. United 2–0 LA Galaxy Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2000
Details 		Kansas City Wizards 1–0 Chicago Fire Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
2001
Details 		San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 (a.e.t.) LA Galaxy Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH
2002
Details 		LA Galaxy 1–0 (a.e.t.) New England Revolution Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2003
Details 		San Jose Earthquakes 4–2 Chicago Fire The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
2004
Details 		D.C. United 3–2 Kansas City Wizards The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
2005
Details 		LA Galaxy 1–0 (a.e.t.) New England Revolution Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
2006
Details 		Houston Dynamo 1–1 (a.e.t.)
4–3 (pen.) 		New England Revolution Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
2007
Details 		Houston Dynamo 2–1 New England Revolution Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
2008
Details 		Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York Red Bulls The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
2009
Details 		Real Salt Lake 1–1 (a.e.t.)
5–4 (pen.) 		LA Galaxy Qwest Field, Seattle, WA
2010
Details 		Colorado Rapids 2–1 (a.e.t.) FC Dallas BMO Field, Toronto, ON
2011
Details 		LA Galaxy 1–0 Houston Dynamo The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
2012
Details 		LA Galaxy 3–1 Houston Dynamo The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
2013
Details 		Sporting Kansas City 1–1 (a.e.t.)
7–6 (pen.) 		Real Salt Lake Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS
2014
Details 		LA Galaxy 2–1 (a.e.t.) New England Revolution StubHub Center, Carson, CA
2015
Details 		Portland Timbers 2–1 Columbus Crew SC Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, OH
2016
Details 		Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 (a.e.t.)
5–4 (pen.) 		Toronto FC BMO Field, Toronto, ON
2017
Details 		Toronto FC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC BMO Field, Toronto, ON
2018
Details 		Atlanta United FC 2–0 Portland Timbers Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
2019
Details 		Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Toronto FC CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA
2020
Details 		Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, OH
2021
Details 		New York City FC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
4–2 (pen.) 		Portland Timbers Providence Park, Portland, OR

Teams with most trophies[]

As of 2021 season
Team Seasons Domestic Continental Intercontinental Total
MLS Cup SS USOC[a] CC[b] MIB[c] CCL Camp. Cup LC SL CI
D.C. United 26 4 4 3 N/A – 1[d] – – – 1 13
LA Galaxy 26 5 4 2 – 1[d] – – – – 12
Toronto FC 15 1 1 N/A 7 – – – – – – 9
Columbus Crew 26 2 3 1 N/A – – 1 – – – 7
Sporting Kansas City 26 2 1 4 – – – – – – 7
Seattle Sounders FC 13 2 1 4 – – – – – – 7
Chicago Fire FC 24 1 1 4 – – – – – – 6
CF Montréal 10 – – N/A 4[e] - – – – – – 4
San Jose Earthquakes 24 2 2 – N/A – – – – – – 4
Atlanta United FC 5 1 – 1 – – 1 – – – 3
FC Dallas 26 – 1 2 – – – – – – 3
Houston Dynamo FC 16 2 – 1 – – – – – – 3
New York Red Bulls 26 – 3 – – – – – – – 3
New England Revolution 26 – 1 1 – – – – 1 – 3
Portland Timbers 11 1 – – 1 – – – – – 2
New York City FC 7 1 – – – – – – – – 1
Real Salt Lake 17 1 – – – – – – – – 1
Colorado Rapids 26 1 – – – – – – – – 1
Los Angeles FC 4 – 1 – – – – – – – 1
Philadelphia Union 12 – 1 – – – – – – – 1
Miami Fusion[f] 4 – 1 – – – – – – – 1
Tampa Bay Mutiny[f] 6 – 1 – – – – – – – 1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 11 – – N/A 1 – – – – – – 1
Chivas USA[f] 10 – – – N/A – – – – – – –
Orlando City SC 7 – – – – – – – – – –
Minnesota United FC 5 – – – – – – – – – –
FC Cincinnati 3 – – – – – – – – – –
Inter Miami CF 2 – – – – – – – – – –
Nashville SC 2 – – – – – – – – – –
Austin FC 1 – – – – – – – – – –
The figures in bold represent the most times this honor has been won by an MLS team.
  1. ^ Canadian teams cannot participate in the U.S. Open Cup.
  2. ^ American teams cannot participate in the Canadian Championship.
  3. ^ One-off tournament.
  4. ^ a b Won under the previous CONCACAF Champions Cup format.
  5. ^ The 2008 Canadian Championship was won by the NASL's Montreal Impact, not the Montreal Impact (now CF Montréal) that competed in MLS prior to their renaming.
  6. ^ a b c Team is defunct and no longer exists.

Player records (career)[]

See also: List of Major League Soccer players with 100 or more goals

Bold indicates an active player. All statistics are for regular season only.

Goals[]

As of the end of the 2021 regular season.[1]

Rank Name Years Goals Apps Ratio
1 United States Chris Wondolowski 2005–2021 171 413 0.41
2 United States Landon Donovan 2001–2014
2016		 145 343 0.42
3 United States Jeff Cunningham 1998–2011 134 365 0.37
4 Bolivia Jaime Moreno 1996–2010 133 340 0.39
5 Sierra Leone Kei Kamara 2006–2013
2015–2020		 130 359 0.36
6 England Bradley Wright-Phillips 2013–present 117 234 0.5
7 United States Ante Razov 1996–2000
2001–2009		 114 262 0.44
8 United States Jason Kreis 1996–2007 108 305 0.35
9 Canada Dwayne De Rosario 2001–2014 104 343 0.3
10 United States Taylor Twellman 2002–2010 101 174 0.58

Goals from free kicks[]

[2][3]

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Italy Sebastian Giovinco 2015–2018 13
2 United States Jeff Larentowicz 2005–2020 9
Argentina Javier Morales 2007–2017
4 England David Beckham 2007–2012 7

Assists[]

As of the end of the 2020 regular season.[1]

Rank Name Years Assists Apps Ratio
1 United States Landon Donovan 2001–2014
2016		 136 343 0.4
2 United States Steve Ralston 1996–2010 135 378 0.36
3 United States Brad Davis 2002–2016 123 392 0.31
4 Colombia Carlos Valderrama 1996–2002 114 175 0.65
5 United States Preki 1996–2005 112 242 0.46
6 Bolivia Jaime Moreno 1996–2010 102 340 0.3
7 Bolivia Marco Etcheverry 1996–2003 101 191 0.53
8 United States Sacha Kljestan 2006–2010
2015–present		 93 279 0.33
9 United States Cobi Jones 1996–2007 91 306 0.3
10 Argentina Diego Valeri 2013–present 88 233 0.38

Minutes played[]

As of the end of the 2020 regular season.[1]

Minutes played
Rank Player Minutes
1 United States Nick Rimando 46,336
2 United States Kyle Beckerman 41,161
3 United States Kevin Hartman 37,260
4 United States Chad Marshall 35,843
5 United States Jeff Larentowicz 35,589
6 United States Drew Moor 33,289
7 United States Steve Ralston 33,142
8 United States Bobby Boswell 32,222
9 United States Dax McCarty 30,959
10 United States Brian Carroll 30,821

Goals against average[]

As of the end of the 2020 regular season; minimum 75 matches played.[1]

Rank Player Average Years
1 Denmark Jimmy Nielsen 0.99 2010–2013
2 United States Kasey Keller 1.06 2009–2011
3 Senegal Bouna Coundoul 1.13 2005–2011
4 Canada Pat Onstad 1.14 2003–2011

Player records (single season)[]

All statistics are for regular season only.

Most goals[]

Rank Player Season Team Goals
1 Mexico Carlos Vela 2019 Los Angeles FC 34
2 Venezuela Josef Martínez 2018 Atlanta United FC 31
3 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 2019 LA Galaxy 30
4 United States Roy Lassiter 1996 Tampa Bay Mutiny 27
United States Chris Wondolowski 2012 San Jose Earthquakes
England Bradley Wright-Phillips 2014 New York Red Bulls
Venezuela Josef Martínez 2019 Atlanta United FC
8 Trinidad and Tobago Stern John 1998 Columbus Crew SC 26
Senegal Mamadou Diallo 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny
10 Guatemala Carlos Ruiz 2002 LA Galaxy 24
England Bradley Wright-Phillips 2016 New York Red Bulls
Hungary Nemanja Nikolić 2017 Chicago Fire

Most assists[]

Rank Player Season Team Assists
1 Colombia Carlos Valderrama 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny 26
2 United States Sacha Kljestan 2016 New York Red Bulls 20
Argentina Maximiliano Moralez 2019 New York City FC
4 Bolivia Marco Etcheverry 1996 D.C. United 19
Colombia Carlos Valderrama 1997 Tampa Bay Mutiny
Bolivia Marco Etcheverry 1998 D.C. United
United States Steve Ralston 2002 New England Revolution
Argentina Guillermo Barros Schelotto 2008 Columbus Crew SC
United States Landon Donovan 2014 LA Galaxy
10 Czech Republic Bořek Dočkal 2018 Philadelphia Union 18
Spain Carles Gil 2021 New England Revolution

[4]

Most shutouts[]

As of November 8, 2020[5]
Rank Player Season Team Shutouts
1 United States Tony Meola 2000 Kansas City Wizards 16
2 Denmark Jimmy Nielsen 2012 Sporting Kansas City 15
3 United States Nick Rimando 2010 Real Salt Lake 14
Jamaica Donovan Ricketts 2013 Portland Timbers
United States Luis Robles 2018 New York Red Bulls
United States Brad Guzan 2019 Atlanta United FC
United States Bill Hamid 2019 D.C. United
8 United States Brad Guzan 2007 Chivas USA 13
United States Kevin Hartman 2011 FC Dallas
United States Nick Rimando 2011 Real Salt Lake
Denmark Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Sporting Kansas City
Denmark David Ousted 2014 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Ghana Adam Kwarasey 2015 Portland Timbers
Denmark David Ousted 2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Switzerland Stefan Frei 2017 Seattle Sounders FC
United States Tim Melia 2018 Sporting Kansas City
Brazil Carlos Coronel 2021 New York Red Bulls
United States Joe Willis 2021 Nashville SC
United States William Yarbrough 2021 Colorado Rapids

All-time regular season success[]

As of end of 2021 regular season
Rank Club Total 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1 LA Galaxy 11 4 3 3 1
2 D.C. United 10 4 1 4 1
3 Sporting Kansas City 9 1 4 2 2
Chicago Fire FC 9 1 2 2 4
5 FC Dallas 8 1 2 2 3
6 New York Red Bulls 7 3 0 3 1
7 Columbus Crew SC 6 3 0 0 3
Seattle Sounders FC 6 1 1 1 3
9 San Jose Earthquakes 5 2 2 0 1
New England Revolution 5 1 1 2 1
11 New York City FC 4 1 2 0 1
Real Salt Lake 4 0 1 1 2
13 Tampa Bay Mutiny 3 1 0 1 1
Houston Dynamo FC 3 0 2 1 0
Colorado Rapids 3 0 2 0 1
Atlanta United FC 3 0 1 2 0
17 Toronto FC 2 1 1 0 0
Chivas USA 2 0 1 0 1
19 Miami Fusion 1 1 0 0 0
Los Angeles FC 1 1 0 0 0
Philadelphia Union 1 1 0 0 0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 0 0 1 0
Portland Timbers 1 0 0 1 0
24 Minnesota United FC 0 0 0 0 0
CF Montréal 0 0 0 0 0
Orlando City SC 0 0 0 0 0
FC Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0
Inter Miami CF 0 0 0 0 0
Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0

All-time regular season table[]

Through completion of 2020 regular season.

Rank1 Club Seasons (Years) Pld W2 L3 T SOW GF GA GD Pts PPG PPS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Finishing Positions4
1 LA Galaxy 25 (1996–) 786 350 273 163 11 1257 1067 +190 1191 1.515 47.64 4 3 3 1
2 FC Dallas 25 (1996–) 786 327 293 166 15 1162 1116 +46 1117 1.421 44.68 1 2 2 3
3 New York Red Bulls 25 (1996–) 787 325 304 158 11 1192 1143 +49 1112 1.412 44.48 3 0 3 1
4 Sporting Kansas City 25 (1996–) 786 322 292 172 16 1114 1053 +61 1106 1.407 44.24 1 4 2 1
5 Columbus Crew SC 25 (1996–) 787 322 302 163 13 1135 1090 +45 1103 1.401 44.12 3 0 0 3
6 D.C. United 25 (1996–) 787 316 312 159 18 1172 1154 +18 1071 1.361 42.84 4 1 4 1
7 New England Revolution 25 (1996–) 788 292 327 169 17 1099 1188 −99 1011 1.283 40.44 0 1 2 1
8 Chicago Fire FC 23 (1998–) 724 276 272 180 5 1067 1017 +49 988 1.365 42.96 1 2 2 4
9 Colorado Rapids 25 (1996–) 782 285 339 161 12 1025 1163 −138 992 1.269 39.68 0 1 0 1
10 San Jose Earthquakes 23 (1996–2005, 2008–) 725 268 292 165 19 999 1050 −51 931 1.284 40.48 2 2 0 1
11 Real Salt Lake 16 (2005–) 512 191 194 127 0 692 687 +5 700 1.367 43.75 0 1 1 2
12 Houston Dynamo FC 15 (2006–) 481 171 172 148 0 659 650 +9 661 1.374 44.07 0 2 1 0
13 Seattle Sounders FC 12 (2009–) 388 182 116 90 0 579 453 +126 636 1.639 53.00 1 1 0 3
14 Toronto FC 14 (2007–) 449 147 182 120 0 607 677 −70 561 1.249 40.07 1 1 0 0
15 Portland Timbers 10 (2011–) 329 127 109 93 0 490 463 +27 474 1.441 47.40 0 0 1 0
16 Philadelphia Union 11 (2010–) 359 128 139 92 0 504 502 +2 476 1.326 43.27 1 0 0 0
17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 (2011–) 329 113 134 82 0 423 488 −65 421 1.280 42.1 0 0 1 0
18 Chivas USA 10 (2005–2014) 320 92 149 79 0 351 483 −132 355 1.109 35.50 0 1 0 1
19 CF Montréal 9 (2012–) 295 103 134 58 0 409 469 −60 367 1.244 40.78 0 0 0 0
20 New York City FC 6 (2015–) 193 87 60 46 0 326 270 +56 307 1.591 51.17 0 2 0 1
21 Tampa Bay Mutiny 6 (1996–2001) 187 83 98 6 10 312 336 −24 235 1.257 39.17 1 0 1 1
22 Orlando City SC 6 (2015–) 193 59 81 53 0 267 325 −58 230 1.192 38.33 0 0 0 0
23 Atlanta United FC 4 (2017–) 125 62 29 20 0 163 114 +49 204 1.632 51.00 0 1 2 0
24 Miami Fusion 4 (1998–2001) 122 56 56 10 10 199 219 −20 158 1.295 39.50 1 0 0 0
25 Los Angeles FC 3 (2018–) 90 46 21 23 0 200 128 +72 162 1.800 54.00 1 0 0 0
26 Minnesota United FC 4 (2017–) 123 45 54 24 0 184 210 −26 159 1.293 39.75 0 0 0 0
27 FC Cincinnati 2 (2019–) 57 10 27 10 0 43 111 −68 40 0.702 20 0 0 0 0
28 Inter Miami CF 1 (2020–) 23 7 13 3 0 25 35 −10 24 1.043 24 0 0 0 0
29 Nashville SC 1 (2020–) 23 8 7 8 0 24 22 +2 32 1.391 32 0 0 0 0

1 – Ranking based on overall number of points.
2 – Includes shoot-out wins from 1996–1999 season.
3 – Includes shoot-out losses from 1996–1999 seasons.
4 – Based on combined conference results before single format for playoff qualification was inaugurated in 2007.

All-time playoffs success[]

Club Champions Final Conference Finals Conference Semis Knockout Round Series
Played 		Series
Won 		Series
Lost 		Series
Won %
LA Galaxy 5 4 4 5 1 44 30 14 68.18%
D.C. United 4 1 2 5 3 27 17 10 62.96%
Houston Dynamo FC 2 2 3 1 0 18 14 5 77.78%
Sporting Kansas City 2 1 5 6 3 27 13 14 48.15%
San Jose Earthquakes 2 0 1 5 2 14 7 7 50.00%
Chicago Fire FC 1 2 5 4 1 23 12 11 52.17%
Columbus Crew SC 2 1 5 7 1 25 13 12 52.00%
Colorado Rapids 1 1 4 5 1 23 10 13 43.48%
Real Salt Lake 1 1 2 5 1 16 8 8 50.00%
Seattle Sounders FC 2 2 2 6 0 23 15 8 65.22%
Portland Timbers 1 1 1 1 2 8 5 3 62.50%
New England Revolution 0 5 3 5 2 29 14 15 48.28%
New York Red Bulls 0 1 4 14 2 26 7 19 26.29%
FC Dallas 0 1 3 11 3 24 7 17 29.17%
Toronto FC 1 2 0 0 2 13 9 4 69.23%
Atlanta United FC 1 0 1 0 1 7 5 2 71.43%
Tampa Bay Mutiny 0 0 1 4 0 5 1 4 20.00%
Miami Fusion 0 0 1 2 0 4 1 3 25.00%
CF Montréal 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 3 50.00%
Chivas USA 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 00.00%
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 00.00%
Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 4 20.00%
New York City FC 1 1 1 5 1 3 0 3 00.00%
Orlando City SC 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 50.00%
Minnesota United FC 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 2 50.00%
Los Angeles FC 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 3 25.00%
FC Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.00%
Inter Miami CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.00%
Nashville SC 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 50.00%
  • Shows number of best finishes at each playoff level through completion of 2020 playoffs. Does not include the 2020 "Play-In Round."

All-time playoffs table[]

Through 2020 playoffs.

Rank1 Club Appearances
vs Seasons 		Appearances
Percentage 		Pld W2 L3 T SOW GF GA GD Pts PPG
1 LA Galaxy 19 / 25 76.00% 75 45 24 6 1 127 85 +42 139 1.853
2 D.C. United 15 / 25 60.00% 48 27 17 4 4 72 65 +7 77 1.604
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 / 23 60.87% 44 21 18 5 1 61 45 +16 66 1.500
4 Columbus Crew SC 16 / 25 64.00% 54 25 24 5 1 76 80 −4 78 1.444
5 New York Red Bulls 21 / 25 84.00% 55 20 27 8 1 65 74 −9 66 1.200
6 Seattle Sounders FC 12 / 12 100.00% 41 23 13 5 0 58 44 +14 74 1.805
7 Sporting Kansas City 18 / 25 72.00% 52 19 24 7 1 68 74 −6 64 1.231
8 New England Revolution 15 / 25 60.00% 46 19 20 7 0 55 56 −1 64 1.391
9 Houston Dynamo FC 8 / 15 53.33% 33 17 10 6 0 42 33 +9 57 1.727
10 FC Dallas 18 / 25 72.00% 47 14 25 8 1 62 83 −21 48 1.021
11 Colorado Rapids 14 / 25 56.00% 40 13 23 4 0 34 59 −25 43 1.075
12 Real Salt Lake 10 / 16 62.50% 27 11 11 5 0 31 37 −6 38 1.407
13 San Jose Earthquakes 10 / 23 43.48% 26 12 12 2 0 40 40 0 38 1.462
14 Portland Timbers 6 / 10 60.00% 20 9 6 5 0 30 28 +2 32 1.600
15 Toronto FC 5 / 14 35.71% 17 10 6 1 0 32 18 +14 31 1.824
16 Atlanta United FC 3 / 4 75.00% 9 6 3 0 0 13 4 +9 18 2.000
17 CF Montréal 3 / 9 33.33% 9 6 3 0 0 18 17 +1 18 2.000
18 Miami Fusion 3 / 4 75.00% 10 3 7 0 0 6 13 −7 9 0.900
19 Chivas USA 4 / 10 40.00% 8 1 4 3 0 6 10 −4 6 0.750
20 New York City FC 5 / 6 83.33% 9 2 6 1 0 9 1 −10 7 0.778
21 Tampa Bay Mutiny 4 / 6 66.67% 11 2 9 0 0 12 23 −11 6 0.545
22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 / 9 44.44% 7 1 4 2 0 7 8 −1 5 0.714
23 Los Angeles FC 3 / 3 100.00% 4 1 3 0 0 9 12 −3 3 0.750
24 Philadelphia Union 5 / 11 45.45% 7 1 6 0 0 7 16 −9 3 0.429
25 FC Cincinnati 0 / 2 00.00% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
26 Minnesota United FC 2 / 4 50.00% 4 2 2 0 0 9 5 +4 6 1.500
27 Orlando City SC 1 / 6 16.67% 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 -2 1 0.500
28 Inter Miami CF 0 / 1 00.00% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
29 Nashville SC 1 / 1 100.00% 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 -1 3 1.500

1 – Ranking based on overall number of points.
2 – Includes shoot-out wins from 1996–1999 seasons. Post-1999 shoot-out wins counted as ties.
3 – Includes shoot-out losses from 1996–1999 seasons. Post-1999 shoot-out losses counted as ties.

Team records (single season)[]

Legend
Indicates current season

Points[]

  • All stats are from regular season games only.
  • From 1996 to 1999, a shoot-out was used to determine the winner of a match if it was a tie after 90 minutes.
  • From 2000 to 2003, a 10-minute golden goal period was used to determine the winner of a match if it was a tie after 90 minutes.
  • In 2020, teams played a shortened season and unequal number of between 18 and 23 games.
As of November 8, 2021[6]

1 – Points earned during shootout era

2 – Points earned during shortened 2020 season.

3 – Did not win Supporters' Shield

Results[]

Goals[]

As of October November 8, 2020[6]

1 – Goals scored during shortened 2020 season.

1 – Goals scored during shortened 2020 season.

Single game records[]

Highest scoring games[]

Goals Date Home team Result Away team
11 May 6, 1998 LA Galaxy 7–4 Colorado Rapids
10 May 2, 1996 Kansas City Wiz 6–4 Columbus Crew
10 August 26, 2000 Dallas Burn 4–6 MetroStars
10 May 8, 2004 San Jose Earthquakes 5–5 MetroStars
10 August 1, 2015 D.C. United 6–4 Real Salt Lake

Most goals scored by a team[]

As of July 3, 2021[7]
Goals Date Team Opponent Opponent
Goals 		Margin
8 June 4, 1998 LA Galaxy Dallas Burn 1 7
7 May 6, 1998 LA Galaxy Colorado Rapids 4 3
7 July 4, 2001 Chicago Fire Kansas City Wizards 0 7
7 May 21, 2016 New York Red Bulls New York City FC 0 7
7 September 13, 2017 Atlanta United FC New England Revolution 0 7
7 March 30, 2019 Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact 1 6
7 June 29, 2019 Minnesota United FC FC Cincinnati 1 6
7 September 15, 2019 LA Galaxy Sporting Kansas City 2 5
7 September 10, 2020 Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes 1 6
7 July 3, 2021 DC United Toronto FC 1 6

Biggest winning margin[]

Margin Date Home team Result Away team
7 June 4, 1998 Dallas Burn 1–8 LA Galaxy
7 July 4, 2001 Kansas City Wizards 0–7 Chicago Fire
7 May 21, 2016 New York City FC 0–7 New York Red Bulls
7 September 13, 2017 Atlanta United FC 7–0 New England Revolution
6 June 20, 1999 Kansas City Wizards 6–0 MetroStars
6 September 22, 2000 Chicago Fire 6–0 New England Revolution
6 August 26, 2006 New York Red Bulls 6–0 Real Salt Lake
6 April 25, 2009 Real Salt Lake 6–0 New England Revolution
6 August 1, 2009 FC Dallas 6–0 Kansas City Wizards
6 September 5, 2014 LA Galaxy 6–0 Colorado Rapids
6 April 20, 2018 Sporting Kansas City 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
6 August 25, 2018 Colorado Rapids 0–6 Real Salt Lake
6 March 30, 2019 Sporting Kansas City 7–1 Montreal Impact
6 June 29, 2019 Minnesota United FC 7–1 FC Cincinnati
6 October 6, 2019 FC Dallas 6–0 Sporting Kansas City
6 September 10, 2020 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes
6 September 23, 2020 Los Angeles FC 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
6 July 3, 2021 D.C. United 7–1 Toronto FC

Longest streaks[]

Consecutive postseason berths[]

As of November 8, 2021[8]
Legend
Consecutive run in progress
Most Consecutive Postseason Berths in a Row
Rank Team Number From Until
1 Seattle Sounders FC 13 2009 2021
2 New York Red Bulls 12 2010 2021
3 LA Galaxy 10 1996 2005
4 New England Revolution 8 2002 2009
LA Galaxy 8 2009 2016
Sporting Kansas City 8 2011 2018
7 Dallas Burn 7 1996 2002
Real Salt Lake 7 2008 2014
9 Chicago Fire 6 1998 2003
New York Red Bulls 6 2003 2008
11 Kansas City Wizards 5 2000 2004
San Jose Earthquakes 5 2001 2005
Colorado Rapids 5 2002 2006
D.C. United 5 2003 2007
Chicago Fire 5 2005 2009
New York City FC 6 2016 2021

Winning streaks[]

Most Wins in a Row
Team No. From To
LA Galaxy 15 [Note SH] September 7, 1997 May 17, 1998
LA Galaxy 12 [Note SH] April 13, 1996 June 26, 1996
Chicago Fire 11 [Note SH] May 16, 1998 July 4, 1998
D.C. United 11 [Note SH] July 25, 1999 September 25, 1999
Seattle Sounders FC 9 July 21, 2018 September 15, 2018
Sporting Kansas City 7 March 10, 2012 April 18, 2012
  1. ^
    Shootouts: From 1996–1999, there were no ties; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time, it was decided by a shoot-out.
  • The longest winning start to a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 1996, who opened the campaign with twelve consecutive wins and won their first eight games in regulation.
  • The longest winning end to a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 1997, who closed the campaign with six straight wins.

Undefeated streaks[]

Legend
Unbeaten run in progress
Most consecutive games undefeated (regular season)
Team No. Start date End date
Columbus Crew 19 July 3, 2004 April 2, 2005
FC Dallas 19 May 27, 2010 October 9, 2010
Toronto FC 18 August 10, 2019 September 1, 2020
Real Salt Lake 18 November 24, 2010 April 13, 2011
New York Red Bulls 18 July 10, 2016 March 11, 2017
Real Salt Lake 16 September 28, 2013 May 24, 2014
LA Galaxy 15 September 7, 1997 May 17, 1998
LA Galaxy 15 October 2, 2009 June 5, 2010
Portland Timbers 15 March 16, 2013 July 7, 2013
Colorado Rapids 15 April 13, 2016 July 23, 2016
Portland Timbers 15 April 14, 2018 August 4, 2018
Seattle Sounders 15 November 4, 2020 July 7, 2021
  • The longest unbeaten start to a season was achieved by the Seattle Sounders in 2021. The Sounders opened their campaign with thirteen unbeaten matches (eight wins and five draws).[9]
  • The longest unbeaten end to a season was achieved by Columbus Crew SC in 2004, who closed the campaign after eighteen matches unbeaten (eight wins and ten draws).

Home undefeated streaks[]

Legend
Unbeaten run in progress
Defunct team
  • Only regular season MLS matches count towards individual team records records.
As of November 8, 2020[10]
Most consecutive home wins/draws
Team Home games
unbeaten 		Start date End date
Atlanta United FC 12 May 20, 2017 September 27, 2017
Chicago Fire 15 May 24, 2000 May 26, 2001
Chivas USA 16 September 9, 2006 September 27, 2007
Colorado Rapids 19 March 12, 2016 March 18, 2017
Columbus Crew SC 22 June 28, 2008 September 26, 2009
D.C. United 17 March 30, 2012 March 9, 2013
FC Dallas 19 August 29, 2015 September 3, 2016
FC Cincinnati 5 July 22, 2020 September 23, 2020
Houston Dynamo 30 July 9, 2011 April 28, 2013
Inter Miami CF 4 October 10, 2020 November 8, 2020
Los Angeles FC 19 August 15, 2018 September 1, 2019
LA Galaxy 23 April 12, 2014 May 27, 2015
Miami Fusion 11 August 5, 2000 June 30, 2001
Minnesota United FC 10 June 29, 2019 August 21, 2020
Montreal Impact 8 August 4, 2018 April 28, 2019
Nashville SC 9 August 30, 2020 October 31, 2020
New England Revolution 17 July 30, 2014 June 13, 2015
New York City FC 12 September 23, 2017 July 14, 2018
New York Red Bulls 19 April 24, 2016 April 29, 2017
Orlando City SC 17 August 1, 2015 July 31, 2016
Philadelphia Union 10[Note PHI] September 20, 2015 June 22, 2016
Portland Timbers 22 April 6, 2013 May 17, 2014
Real Salt Lake 29 June 6, 2009 May 14, 2011
San Jose Earthquakes 18 September 25, 2004 October 8, 2005
Seattle Sounders FC 14 March 16, 2013 September 29, 2013
Sporting Kansas City 24 June 19, 2016 September 24, 2017
Tampa Bay Mutiny 8 August 17, 1996 May 10, 1997
Toronto FC 17 June 13, 2009 August 7, 2010
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 March 2, 2013 July 14, 2013
Notes
  1. ^
    Philadelphia (PHI): Philadelphia Union has accomplished this home unbeaten run twice; the most recent dates are shown

Losing streaks[]

Most losses in a row[11]
Team No. From To
MetroStars 12 [Note SH] July 4, 1999 September 5, 1999
FC Cincinnati 12 September 15, 2021 November 7, 2021
Real Salt Lake 10 August 10, 2005 October 5. 2005
Orlando City SC 9 May 13, 2018 July 7, 2018
New England Revolution 9 [Note SH] July 20, 1997 September 9, 1997
New England Revolution 9 [Note SH] May 13, 1998 July 1, 1998
Toronto FC 9 March 17, 2012 May 19, 2012
  1. ^
    Shoot-outs: From 1996–1999, there were no ties; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time, it was decided by a shoot-out.
  • The longest losing start to a season was achieved by Toronto FC in 2012, who opened the campaign with nine consecutive losses.
  • The longest losing end to a season was achieved by FC Cincinnati in 2021, who closed the campaign with twelve consecutive losses.

Tie streaks[]

Most ties in a row[11]
Team No. From To
San Jose Earthquakes 6 September 25, 2004 April 9, 2005
Colorado Rapids 6 May 7, 2011 June 4, 2011
Chicago Fire 6 March 16, 2014 April 19, 2014
Chicago Fire 5 April 11, 2009 May 9, 2009
LA Galaxy 5 May 6, 2009 May 30, 2009
Seattle Sounders FC 5 May 2, 2009 May 30, 2009
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5 July 20, 2021 August 13, 2021
Nashville SC 5 September 26, 2021 October 20, 2021
  • The longest streak of ties to start a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 2003, the New York Red Bulls in 2006, Columbus Crew SC in 2007, the Portland Timbers in 2015, the Colorado Rapids in 2015, New York City FC in 2019, and Nashville SC in 2021, who each opened their respective campaigns with three consecutive ties.
  • The longest streak of ties to end a season was achieved by the San Jose Earthquakes in 2004 and the Montreal Impact in 2014, who each closed their respective campaigns with four consecutive ties.

Average season attendances[]

Main article: Major League Soccer attendance
  • Highest single match attendance: 73,019 (Atlanta United vs. Portland Timbers, December 8, 2018)
  • Highest single match attendance regular season: 72,548 (Atlanta United vs. LA Galaxy, August 3, 2019)
  • Highest average attendance: 53,002 (Atlanta United, 2018)
  • Lowest average attendance: 7,063 (Chivas USA, 2014)
  • Lowest single match attendance: 3,702 (Chivas USA vs. Portland Timbers, May 28, 2014)

Streaks[]

  • Graham Zusi is the longest-tenured player to have played with only one club (Sporting Kansas City).[12]
  • The longest road trip a team has played during the regular season was recorded by the Portland Timbers in 2019. They opened the season with twelve straight games on the road due to the completion of an expansion to Providence Park in the early part of the 2019 season.[13]
  • The record for longest home stand a team has played during the regular season is shared by the Chicago Fire in 2006 and Sporting Kansas City in 2011. They played nine consecutive games at home.
  • The highest number of points achieved by a team at home during a regular season is 44 (14–2–1) by the New York Red Bulls in 2018. Previously, it was 42 (13–3–1) by Toronto FC in 2017.
  • The highest number of points achieved by a team on the road during a regular season was 37 (13–3), by the LA Galaxy in 1998.
  • The most draws achieved by a team during a regular season is 18, first by the Chicago Fire in 2014,[14] and again by Nashville SC in 2021.
  • The record number of consecutive games scored in by a player is 15, set by Josef Martínez for Atlanta United FC in 2019.[15]

See also[]

  • List of American and Canadian soccer champions

References[]

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  4. ^ "By Season". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
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  9. ^ "Seattle Sounders make history with 13 consecutive undefeated games!". Major League Soccer. July 7, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  10. ^ "Form Guide". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Standings". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  12. ^ Kovzan, Sam (January 13, 2022). "Sporting KC re-signs seven-time MLS All-Star Graham Zusi". SportingKC.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  13. ^ "Thorns, Timbers finally set for home debuts". nbcsports.com. May 30, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  14. ^ "Tied Up: New England Revolution equal record for most draws to start season". MLSsoccer.com. May 3, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  15. ^ "Josef Martinez's scoring streak ends at 15 games after exiting Atlanta match injured". MLSsoccer.com. September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

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