Major League Soccer records and statistics

The following is a compilation of notable Major League Soccer records and statistics for teams and players.

MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield

Season	MLS Cup Winner	MLS Cup Runner-Up	MLS Supporters' Shield Winner	MLS Supporters' Shield Runner-Up
1996	D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Los Angeles Galaxy
1997	D.C. United	Colorado Rapids	D.C. United	Kansas City Wizards
1998	Chicago Fire	D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy	D.C. United
1999	D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy	D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy
2000	Kansas City Wizards	Chicago Fire	Kansas City Wizards	Chicago Fire
2001	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles Galaxy	Miami Fusion	Chicago Fire
2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	New England Revolution	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Earthquakes
2003	San Jose Earthquakes	Chicago Fire	Chicago Fire	San Jose Earthquakes
2004	D.C. United	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus Crew	Kansas City Wizards
2005	Los Angeles 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	New York Red Bulls	Columbus Crew	Houston Dynamo
2009	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus Crew	Los Angeles Galaxy
2010	Colorado Rapids	FC Dallas	Los Angeles Galaxy	Real Salt Lake
2011	Los Angeles Galaxy	Houston Dynamo	Los Angeles Galaxy	Seattle Sounders FC
2012	Los Angeles Galaxy	Houston Dynamo	San Jose Earthquakes	Sporting Kansas City
2013	Sporting Kansas City	Real Salt Lake	New York Red Bulls	Sporting Kansas City
2014	Los Angeles Galaxy	New England Revolution	Seattle Sounders FC	Los Angeles 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

MLS Cup finals

Season	Winner	Result	Runner-Up	Venue
1996 Details	D.C. United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Los Angeles 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	Los Angeles 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.)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH
2002 Details	Los Angeles 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	Los Angeles 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.)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Qwest Field, Seattle, WA
2010 Details	Colorado Rapids	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Dallas	BMO Field, Toronto, ON
2011 Details	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Houston Dynamo	The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
2012 Details	Los Angeles 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	Los Angeles 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

All-time most successful teams

As of 2019 season

Team	Seasons	Domestic				Continental		Intercontinental			Total
Team	Seasons	MLS Cup	SS	USOC [lower-alpha 1]	CC [lower-alpha 2]	CCL	SL	CI	Camp. Cup	LC	Total
D.C. United	24	4	4	3	^N/A	1[lower-alpha 3]	–	1	–	–	13
LA Galaxy	24	5	4	2	^N/A	1[lower-alpha 3]	–	–	–	–	12
Toronto FC	13	1	1	^N/A	7	–	–	–	–	–	9
Sporting Kansas City	24	2	1	4	^N/A	–	–	–	–	–	7
Seattle Sounders FC	11	2	1	4		–	–	–	–	–	7
Chicago Fire	22	1	1	4		–	–	–	–	–	6
Columbus Crew SC	24	1	3	1		–	–	–	–	–	5
Montreal Impact	8	–	–	^N/A	4[lower-alpha 4]	–	–	–	–	–	4
San Jose Earthquakes	22	2	2	–	^N/A	–	–	–	–	–	4
Atlanta United FC	3	1	–	1		–	–	–	1	–	3
FC Dallas	24	–	1	2		–	–	–	–	–	3
Houston Dynamo	14	2	–	1		–	–	–	–	–	3
New York Red Bulls	24	–	3	–		–	–	–	–	–	3
New England Revolution	24	–	–	1		–	1	–	–	–	2
Real Salt Lake	15	1	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	1
Colorado Rapids	24	1	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	1
Los Angeles FC	2	–	1	–		–	–	–	–	–	1
Portland Timbers	9	1	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	1
Miami Fusion[lower-alpha 5]	4	–	1	–		–	–	–	–	–	1
Tampa Bay Mutiny[lower-alpha 5]	6	–	1	–		–	–	–	–	–	1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	9	–	–	^N/A	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
Chivas USA[lower-alpha 5]	10	–	–	–	^N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
Philadelphia Union	10	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
New York City FC	5	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Orlando City SC	5	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Minnesota United FC	3	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
FC Cincinnati	1	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–

The figures in bold represent the most times this honor has been won by an MLS team.

Canadian teams cannot participate in the U.S. Open Cup.
American teams cannot participate in the Canadian Championship.
Won under the previous CONCACAF Champions Cup format.
The 2008 Canadian Championship was won by the NASL's Montreal Impact, not the current Montreal Impact that competes in MLS.
Team is defunct and no longer exists.

Player records — career

Bold indicates active player. All statistics are for regular season only. Data current as of March 8, 2020 (via MLS official website)

Goals

[1]

Rank	Name	Years	Goals	Apps	Ratio
1	Chris Wondolowski	2005–present	159	361	0.44
2	Landon Donovan	2001–14; 2016	145	340	0.43
3	Jeff Cunningham	1998–2011	134	365	0.37
4	Jaime Moreno	1996–2010	133	340	0.39
5	Kei Kamara	2006–2013; 2015–present	127	345	0.37
6	Ante Razov	1996–2000; 2001–09	114	262	0.44
7	Bradley Wright-Phillips	2013–present	108	195	0.55
7	Jason Kreis	1996–2007	108	305	0.35
9	Dwayne De Rosario	2001–2014	104	343	0.3
10	Taylor Twellman	2002–2010	101	174	0.58

Goals from a free kick

[2][3]

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Sebastian Giovinco	2015–2018	13
2	Jeff Larentowicz	2005–present	9
2	Javier Morales	2007–2017	9
4	David Beckham	2007–2012	7

Assists

Rank	Name	Years	Assists	Apps	Ratio
1	Landon Donovan	2001–14; 2016	136	340	0.4
2	Steve Ralston	1996–2010	135	378	0.36
3	Brad Davis	2002–2016	123	392	0.31
4	Carlos Valderrama	1996–2002	114	175	0.65
5	Preki	1996–2005	112	242	0.46
6	Jaime Moreno	1996–2010	102	340	0.3
7	Marco Etcheverry	1996–2003	101	191	0.53
8	Sacha Kljestan	2006-10; 2015–present	93	266	0.35
9	Cobi Jones	1996–2007	91	306	0.3
10	Andy Williams	1998–2011	86	332	0.26

Minutes played

As of March 8, 2020[4]

Minutes played
Rank	Player	Minutes
1	Nick Rimando	46,336
2	Kyle Beckerman	40,772
3	Kevin Hartman	37,260
4	Chad Marshall	35,843
5	Jeff Larentowicz	34,497
6	Steve Ralston	33,142
7	Drew Moor	32,982
8	Bobby Boswell	32,222
9	Brian Carroll	30,821
10	Joe Cannon	30,732

Goals against average

As of end of 2018 season[5]

Rank	Player	GAA
1	Jimmy Nielsen	0.99
2	Kasey Keller	1.06
3	Jaime Penedo	1.09
4	Bouna Coundoul	1.13
5	Tim Melia	1.14
5	Pat Onstad	1.14

Minimum 4,500 minutes played

Player records — single season

All statistics are for regular season only.

Most goals

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

Most assists

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

[6]

Most shutouts

As of October 6, 2019[7]

Rank	Player	Season	Team	Shutouts
1	Tony Meola	2000	Kansas City Wizards	16
2	Jimmy Nielsen	2012	Sporting Kansas City	15
3	Nick Rimando	2010	Real Salt Lake	14
	Donovan Ricketts	2013	Portland Timbers
	Luis Robles	2018	New York Red Bulls
	Brad Guzan	2019	Atlanta United FC
	Bill Hamid	2019	D.C. United
8	Brad Guzan	2007	Chivas USA	13
	Kevin Hartman	2011	FC Dallas
	Nick Rimando	2011	Real Salt Lake
	Jimmy Nielsen	2013	Sporting Kansas City
	David Ousted	2014	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Adam Kwarasey	2015	Portland Timbers
	David Ousted	2015	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Stefan Frei	2017	Seattle Sounders FC
	Tim Melia	2018	Sporting Kansas City

All-time regular season successes

As of October 6, 2019

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	Chicago Fire	9	1	2	2	4
4	FC Dallas	8	1	2	2	3
5	New York Red Bulls	7	3	0	3	1
5	Sporting Kansas City	7	1	4	1	1
7	Columbus Crew	5	3	0	0	2
	San Jose Earthquakes	5	2	2	0	1
	Seattle Sounders FC	5	1	1	0	3
10	New York City FC	4	1	2	0	1
	Real Salt Lake	4	0	1	1	2
	New England Revolution	4	0	1	2	1
13	Tampa Bay Mutiny	3	1	0	1	1
	Houston Dynamo	3	0	2	1	0
	Atlanta United	3	0	1	2	0
	Colorado Rapids	2	0	1	0	1
	Chivas USA	2	0	1	0	1
18	Miami Fusion	1	1	0	0	0
	Toronto FC	1	1	0	0	0
	Los Angeles FC	1	1	0	0	0
	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1	0	0	1	0
	Portland Timbers	1	0	0	1	0
23	Minnesota United	0	0	0	0	0
	Montreal Impact	0	0	0	0	0
	Orlando City	0	0	0	0	0
	Philadelphia Union	0	0	0	0	0
	FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0

Supporters' Shield Standings through 2019 season.
Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny folded after completion of the 2001 season.
Chivas USA folded after completion of the 2014 season.

All-time regular season records

Through completion of 2019 regular season.

Pts Rank	Club	Seasons	GP	W¹	L²	T	SOW³	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts Per Game	Pts Per Season	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Pts Rank	Club	Seasons	GP	W¹	L²	T	SOW³	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts Per Game	Pts Per Season	Finishing Positions.⁴
1	LA Galaxy	24 (1996–)	764	344	261	159	11	1230	1021	+209	1169	1.530	48.71	4	3	3	1
2	FC Dallas	24 (1996–)	764	318	287	159	15	1134	1092	+42	1083	1.418	45.130	1	2	2	3
3	New York Red Bulls	24 (1996–)	764	316	295	153	11	1163	1112	+51	1079	1.412	44.96	3		3	1
4	Sporting Kansas City	24 (1996–)	765	310	286	169	16	1076	1028	+48	1067	1.395	44.46	1	4	1	1
5	Columbus Crew	24 (1996–)	764	310	296	158	13	1099	1069	+30	1062	1.390	44.25	3			2
6	D.C. United	24 (1996–)	764	311	300	153	18	1147	1113	+34	1050	1.374	43.75	4	1	4	1
7	New England Revolution	24 (1996–)	765	284	320	161	17	1073	1173	−100	979	1.280	40.79		1	2	1
8	Chicago Fire	22 (1998–)	701	271	262	172	5	1034	979	+55	975	1.391	44.32	1	2	2	4
9	Colorado Rapids	24 (1996–)	764	277	333	157	12	993	1135	−142	964	1.262	40.17		1		1
10	San Jose Earthquakes	22 (1996–05,2008–)	702	260	283	159	19	964	999	−35	901	1.283	40.95	2	2		1
11	Real Salt Lake	15 (2005–)	490	186	184	120	0	667	652	+15	678	1.384	45.2		1	1	2
12	Houston Dynamo	14 (2006–)	458	167	162	139	0	629	610	+19	640	1.397	45.71		2	1
13	Seattle Sounders FC	11 (2009–)	366	171	111	84	0	535	430	+105	597	1.631	54.27	1	1		3
14	Toronto FC	13 (2007–)	426	134	177	115	0	574	651	−77	517	1.214	39.77	1
15	Portland Timbers	9 (2011–)	306	116	103	87	0	444	428	+16	435	1.422	48.33			1
16	Philadelphia Union	10 (2010–)	336	114	135	87	0	460	482	−22	429	1.277	42.9
17	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	9 (2011–)	306	104	120	82	0	396	444	−48	394	1.288	43.78			1
18	Chivas USA	10 (2005–14)	320	92	149	79	0	351	483	−132	355	1.109	35.50		1		1
19	Montreal Impact	8 (2012–)	272	95	121	56	0	376	426	−50	341	1.254	42.63
20	New York City FC	5 (2015–)	170	75	52	43	0	289	245	+44	268	1.576	53.60		2		1
21	Tampa Bay Mutiny	6 (1996–01)	187	83	98	6	10	312	336	−24	235	1.257	39.17	1		1	1
22	Orlando City	5 (2015–)	170	48	77	45	0	227	300	−73	189	1.112	37.80
23	Atlanta United	3 (2017–)	102	36	16	16	0	140	84	+56	182	1.784	60.67		1	2
24	Miami Fusion	4 (1998–01)	122	56	56	10	10	199	219	−20	158	1.295	39.50	1
25	Los Angeles FC	2 (2018–)	68	37	13	18	0	153	89	+64	129	1.897	64.5	1
26	Minnesota United	3 (2017–)	102	36	49	17	0	148	184	−36	125	1.225	41.67
27	FC Cincinnati	1 (2019–)	34	6	22	6	0	31	75	-44	24	0.706	24

¹ – Included shootout wins in seasons 1996–1999.
² – Included shootout losses in seasons 1996–1999.
³ – Shoot-out wins
⁴ – Based on combined conference results before single format for playoff qualification was inaugurated in 2007.

All-time playoff success

Club	Champions	Final	Conference Finals	Conference Semis	Knockout Round	Series Played	Series Won	Series Lost	Series Won %
Los Angeles 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	2	2	3	1	0	18	14	5	77.78%
Sporting Kansas City	2	1	5	5	3	25	12	13	48.00%
San Jose Earthquakes	2	0	1	5	1	13	7	6	53.85%
Chicago Fire	1	2	5	4	1	23	12	11	52.17%
Columbus Crew SC	1	1	5	7	1	21	9	12	42.86%
Colorado Rapids	1	1	4	5	0	22	10	12	45.45%
Real Salt Lake	1	1	2	5	1	16	8	8	50.00%
Seattle Sounders FC	2	1	2	6	0	19	12	7	63.16%
Portland Timbers	1	1	1	1	1	7	5	2	71.43%
New England Revolution	0	5	2	5	2	26	12	14	46.15%
New York Red Bulls	0	1	4	14	1	25	7	18	28%
FC Dallas	0	1	3	10	3	22	6	16	27.27%
Toronto FC	1	2	0	0	1	12	9	3	75.00%
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	1	0	4	1	3	25.00%
Montreal Impact	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	2	4	1	3	25.00%
New York City FC	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	00.00%
Orlando City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00.00%
Minnesota United FC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	00.00%
Los Angeles FC	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	33.33%
FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00.00%

Shows number of best finishes at each playoff level through completion of 2019 playoffs.

All-time playoffs records

Pts Rank	Club	Appearances vs Seasons	Appearances Percentages	GP	W¹	L²	T	SOW	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	PPG Rank
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	19 / 24	79.17%	75	45	24	6	1	127	85	+42	139	1.853	4
2	D.C. United	15 / 24	62.50%	48	27	17	4	4	72	65	+7	77	1.604	8
3	Chicago Fire	14 / 22	63.64%	44	21	18	5	1	61	45	+16	66	1.5	9
8	New England Revolution	14 / 24	58.33%	43	17	19	7	0	50	54	−4	58	1.349	12
4	Columbus Crew SC	15 / 24	62.50%	50	21	24	5	1	67	78	-12	66	1.320	13
7	Sporting Kansas City	17 / 24	70.83%	50	19	23	8	1	65	68	-3	63	1.260	14
5	New York Red Bulls	20 / 24	83.33%	54	20	26	8	1	63	71	−8	66	1.222	15
9	Houston Dynamo	8 / 14	57.14%	33	17	10	6	0	42	33	+9	57	1.727	6
6	Seattle Sounders FC	11 / 11	100.00%	37	20	12	5	0	51	38	+13	65	1.757	5
10	FC Dallas	17 / 24	70.83%	45	14	24	7	1	61	81	−20	47	1.044	17
11	Colorado Rapids	13 / 24	54.17%	39	13	22	4	0	34	56	−22	43	1.103	16
13	San Jose Earthquakes	9 / 22	40.91%	25	12	12	1	0	37	37	0	37	1.480	10
12	Real Salt Lake	10 / 15	66.67%	27	11	11	5	0	31	37	−6	38	1.407	11
15	Toronto FC	4 / 13	30.77%	16	10	5	1	0	32	17	+15	31	1.938	3
14	Portland Timbers	5 / 9	55.56%	19	9	6	4	0	29	27	+2	31	1.632	7
17	Montreal Impact	3 / 8	37.50%	9	6	3	0	0	18	17	+1	18	2.000	2
18	Miami Fusion	3 / 4	75.00%	10	3	7	0	0	6	13	−7	9	0.900	19
19	Chivas USA	4 / 10	40.00%	8	1	4	3	0	6	10	−4	6	0.750	20
21	Tampa Bay Mutiny	4 / 6	66.67%	11	2	9	0	0	12	23	−11	6	0.545	23
22	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4 / 8	50.00%	7	1	4	2	0	7	8	−1	5	0.714	22
20	New York City FC	4 / 5	80.00%	8	2	6	0	0	8	18	-10	6	0.750	21
16	Atlanta United	3 / 3	100.00%	9	6	3	0	0	13	4	+9	18	2.000	1
24	Philadelphia Union	4 / 10	40.00%	6	1	5	0	0	7	14	−7	3	0.500	24
27	Orlando City	0 / 5	00.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	27
26	Minnesota United	1 / 3	33.33%	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	-1	0	0.000	25
23	Los Angeles FC	2 / 2	100.00%	3	1	2	0	0	8	9	-1	3	1.000	18
25	FC Cincinnati	0 / 1	00.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	26

¹ – Included shootout wins in seasons 1996–1999.
² – Included shootout losses in seasons 1996–1999.

Through 2019 playoffs.

Team records — single season

Legend
Indicates current season

Points

All stats are from regular season games only.
From 1996–99 a shoot out was used to determine the winner of a match if after 90 minutes there was still a draw. the winner of the shoot out was awarded 1 point
From 2000–03 a 10-min golden goal period was used to determine the winner of a match if after 90 minutes there was still a draw.

As of October 6, 2019 [8]

most points
Rank	Team	Points	Season
1	Los Angeles FC	72	2019
2	New York Red Bulls	71	2018
3	Atlanta United	69	2018
3	Toronto FC	69	2017
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	68 ¹	1998
6	Los Angeles Galaxy	67	2011
7	San Jose Earthquakes	66	2012
8	New York City FC	64	2019
	Seattle Sounders FC	64	2014
	San Jose Earthquakes	64	2005
11	Sporting Kansas City	63	2012
11	Seattle Sounders FC	63	2011

fewest points
Rank	Team	Points	Season
1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	14	2001
2	MetroStars	15 ¹	1999
3	D.C. United	16	2013
4	Chivas USA	18	2005
5	Real Salt Lake	20	2005
5	Kansas City Wizards	20 ¹	1999
7	San Jose Earthquakes	21	2018
7	New York Red Bulls	21	2009
9	D.C. United	22	2010
10	Toronto FC	23	2012
	Dallas Burn	23	2003
	Colorado Rapids	23	2001

¹ – Points earned during shootout era

Results

Wins

Rank	Team	W¹	Season
1	D.C. United	24	1998
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	24	1998
3	D.C. United	23	1999
4	New York Red Bulls	22	2018
5	Los Angeles FC	21	2019
	Atlanta United	21	2018
	D.C. United	21	1997
	Kansas City Wizards	21	1997
9	Toronto FC	20	2017
	Seattle Sounders FC	20	2014
	Los Angeles Galaxy	20	1999
	Chicago Fire	20	1998
	Tampa Bay Mutiny	20	1996

¹ – Included shootout wins in seasons 1996–1999.

Losses

Rank	Team	L¹	Season
1	MetroStars	25	1999
2	D.C. United	24	2013
2	Kansas City Wizards	24	1999
4	FC Cincinnati	22	2019
	Orlando City	22	2018
	Chivas USA	22	2005
	Real Salt Lake	22	2005
8	San Jose Earthquakes	21	2018
	Toronto FC	21	2012
	Tampa Bay Mutiny	21	2001
	New England Revolution	21	1998
	Colorado Rapids	21	1996

¹ – Included shootout losses in seasons 1996–1999.

Ties

Rank	Team	T¹	Season
1	Chicago Fire	18	2014
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	16	2016
	New York Red Bulls	16	2011
	Chicago Fire	16	2011
5	Portland Timbers	15	2013
	Philadelphia Union	16	2011
	Toronto FC	16	2011
8	Orlando City	14	2016
	San Jose Earthquakes	14	2016
	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	2014
	FC Dallas	14	2010

¹ – No ties in seasons 1996–1999.

Goals

As of October 6, 2019[9]

Most for

Rank	Team	G	Season
1	Los Angeles FC	85	2019
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	85	1998
3	D.C. United	74	1998
3	Toronto FC	74	2017
5	San Jose Earthquakes	72	2012
6	Atlanta United	70	2018
	Atlanta United	70	2017
	D.C. United	70	1997
9	LA Galaxy	69	2014
10	Los Angeles FC	68	2018

Fewest for

Rank	Team	G	Season
1	D.C. United	21	2010
2	D.C. United	22	2013
3	Chivas USA	24	2012
4	Toronto FC	25	2007
5	New York Red Bulls	27	2009
6	Chivas USA	29	2014
	Colorado Rapids	29	2007
	Colorado Rapids	29	2004
9	Chivas USA	30	2013
	Toronto FC	30	2013
	Columbus Crew	30	2006
	Real Salt Lake	30	2005

Fewest allowed

Rank	Team	GA	Season
1	Real Salt Lake	20	2010
2	Houston Dynamo	23	2007
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	26	2010
4	Sporting Kansas City	27	2012
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	2011
	FC Dallas	28	2010
	Chivas USA	28	2007
8	Sporting Kansas City	29	2017
	Houston Dynamo	29	2009
	Seattle Sounders FC	29	2009
	San Jose Earthquakes	29	2001
	Kansas City Wizards	29	2000
	LA Galaxy	29	1999

Most allowed

Rank	Team	GA	Season
1	FC Cincinnati	75	2019
2	Orlando City	74	2018
3	Minnesota United	71	2018
3	San Jose Earthquakes	71	2018
5	Minnesota United	70	2017
6	Colorado Rapids	69	1998
7	Tampa Bay Mutiny	68	2001
7	Miami Fusion	68	1998
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	67	2018
	LA Galaxy	67	2017
	Chivas USA	67	2013
	Chivas USA	67	2005

Best differential

Rank	Team	GD	Season
1	Los Angeles FC	48	2019
2	LA Galaxy	41	1998
3	Toronto FC	37	2017
4	LA Galaxy	32	2014
5	Atlanta United	30	2017
6	New York Red Bulls	29	2018
6	San Jose Earthquakes	29	2012
8	Atlanta United	26	2018
8	D.C. United	26	1998
10	Sporting Kansas City	25	2018
10	Real Salt Lake	25	2010

Worst differential

Rank	Team	GD	Season
1	FC Cincinnati	−44	2019
2	Chivas USA	−37	2013
2	D.C. United	−37	2013
4	Chivas USA	−36	2005
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	−36	2001
6	Real Salt Lake	−35	2005
7	Chivas USA	−34	2012
8	Chivas USA	−32	2014
9	Orlando City	−31	2018
10	D.C. United	−29	2017

Single game records

Highest scoring games

Goals scored	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

Biggest winning margin

Winning 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	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	Los Angeles 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

Longest streaks

Consecutive postseason berths

As of September 26, 2019[10]

Legend
Consecutive run in progress

**Most Consecutive Postseason Berths in a Row**
Rank	Team	Number	From	To
1	Seattle Sounders FC	11	2009	2019
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	10	1996	2005
3	New York Red Bulls	9	2010	2019
4	New England Revolution	8	2002	2009
	Los Angeles Galaxy	8	2009	2016
	Sporting Kansas City	8	2011	2018
7	Dallas Burn	7	1996	2002
7	Real Salt Lake	7	2008	2014
9	Chicago Fire	6	1998	2003
10	KC 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

Winning streaks

Most Wins in a Row
Team	No.	From	To
Los Angeles Galaxy	15 ^{[Note SH]}	September 7, 1997	May 17, 1998
Los Angeles 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

^
Shootouts: During 1996–1999, there were no ties; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time, it was decided by a shootout.

The longest winning start to a season was achieved by Los Angeles Galaxy in 1996, who opened the campaign with 12 consecutive wins and won their first eight games in regulation.
The longest winning end to a season was achieved by the Los Angeles Galaxy in 1997, who closed the campaign with six straight wins.

Undefeated streaks

Legend
Unbeaten run in progress

Team	No.	From	To
Columbus Crew	19	July 3, 2004	April 2, 2005
FC Dallas	19	May 27, 2010	October 9, 2010
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
Los Angeles Galaxy	15	September 7, 1997	May 17, 1998
Los Angeles 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

The longest unbeaten start to a season was achieved by both the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2010 and Real Salt Lake in 2014, who both opened their campaigns with 12 unbeaten matches (with 10 wins, 2 draws and 6 wins, 6 draws, respectively).[11]
The longest unbeaten end to a season was achieved by the Columbus Crew in 2004, who closed the campaign 18 matches unbeaten (with 8 wins and 10 draws).

Home undefeated streaks

Legend
Unbeaten run in progress
Defunct team

Only regular season MLS matches count towards individual team records records.

As of September 29, 2019[12]

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
Houston Dynamo	30	July 9, 2011	April 28, 2013
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	September 29, 2019
Montreal Impact	7^{[Note MTL]}	September 5, 2015	April 9, 2016
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	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

^
Montreal (MTL): Montreal Impact has accomplished this home unbeaten run four times, the most recent dates are shown
^
Philadelphia (PHI): Philadelphia Union has accomplished this home unbeaten run twice, the most recent dates are shown

Losing streaks

Most losses in a row[13]
Team	No.	From	To
MetroStars	12 ^{[Note SH]}	July 4, 1999	September 5, 1999
Real Salt Lake	10	August 10, 2005	October 5. 2005
Orlando City	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

^
Shootouts: During 1996–1999, there were no ties; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time, it was decided by a shootout.

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 Sporting Kansas City in 1999, who closed the campaign with seven consecutive losses.

Tie streaks

Most ties in a row[13]
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
Los Angeles Galaxy	5	May 6, 2009	May 30, 2009
Seattle Sounders FC	5	May 2, 2009	May 30, 2009

The longest streak of ties to start a season was achieved by the Los Angeles 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, and New York City FC in 2019, 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

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

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.[14]
The record for longest home stand a team has played during the regular season is shared by 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 Los Angeles Galaxy in 1998.
The most draws achieved by a team during a regular season was 18, by Chicago Fire in 2014.[15]
The record number of consecutive games scored in by a player is 15, set by Josef Martínez for Atlanta United in 2019.[16]

References

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"Thorns, Timbers finally set for home debuts". nbcsports.com. May 30, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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"Josef Martinez's scoring streak ends at 15 games after exiting Atlanta match injured". MLSsoccer.com. September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

Works cited

MLS Communications Department (March 5, 2015). Official 2015 Major League Soccer Fact & Record Book (PDF). Major League Soccer. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

External links

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[1] Canadian teams cannot participate in the U.S. Open Cup.

[2] American teams cannot participate in the Canadian Championship.

[CCC-3] Won under the previous CONCACAF Champions Cup format.

[4] The 2008 Canadian Championship was won by the NASL's Montreal Impact, not the current Montreal Impact that competes in MLS.

[defunct-5] Team is defunct and no longer exists.

[cnote_Note_SH] 
Shootouts: During 1996–1999, there were no ties; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time, it was decided by a shootout.

[cnote_Note_MTL] 
Montreal (MTL): Montreal Impact has accomplished this home unbeaten run four times, the most recent dates are shown

[cnote_Note_PHI] 
Philadelphia (PHI): Philadelphia Union has accomplished this home unbeaten run twice, the most recent dates are shown

[cnote_Note_SH] 
Shootouts: During 1996–1999, there were no ties; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time, it was decided by a shootout.

[6] "All-time". Major League Soccer. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

[7] "Sebastian Giovinco breaks MLS free kick record with 10th set-piece goal". July 30, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.

[8] "Giovinco free kick puts boots to Red Bulls as TFC takes 1st leg". Retrieved November 3, 2017.

[9] "2019 MLS Fact and Record Book". Major League Soccer. p. 49. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

[10] "2019 MLS Fact and Record Book". Major League Soccer. p. 50. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

[11] "By Season". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

[12] "2019 MLS Fact and Record Book". Major League Soccer. p. 65. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

[13] "Major League Soccer 2017 Season standings". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[14] "Major League Soccer 2017 Season standings". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[15] "Major League Soccer 2019 Season standings". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.

[16] "Recap: RSL 0–0 FC Dallas". Real Salt Lake. May 24, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

[17] "Form Guide". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

[:0-18] "Standings". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

[19] "Thorns, Timbers finally set for home debuts". nbcsports.com. May 30, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

[20] "Tied Up: New England Revolution equal record for most draws to start season". MLSsoccer.com. May 3, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

[21] "Josef Martinez's scoring streak ends at 15 games after exiting Atlanta match injured". MLSsoccer.com. September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

[Note SH]

[Note MTL]

[Note PHI]

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