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Eastern Conference
Club City/Area Stadium Capacity Former name(s)
Chicago Fire Bridgeview, Illinois (Chicago Area) Toyota Park 20,000
Columbus Crew Columbus, Ohio Columbus Crew Stadium 22,555
D.C. United Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium 56,692
Kansas City Wizards Kansas City, Missouri Arrowhead Stadium 79,451 Kansas City Wiz
New England Revolution Foxborough, Massachusetts (Boston Area) Gillette Stadium 68,756
Red Bull New York East Rutherford, New Jersey (New York City Area) Giants Stadium 80,242 NY/NJ MetroStars, MetroStars
Toronto FC Toronto, Ontario BMO Field 20,500
Western Conference
Club City/Area Stadium Capacity Former name(s)
Chivas USA Carson, California (Los Angeles Area) The Home Depot Center 27,000
Colorado Rapids Commerce City, Colorado (Denver Area) Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,086
FC Dallas Frisco, Texas (Dallas Area) Pizza Hut Park 21,193 Dallas Burn
Houston Dynamo Houston, Texas Robertson Stadium 32,000 Houston 1836
Los Angeles Galaxy Carson, California (Los Angeles Area) The Home Depot Center 27,000
Real Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,634

MLS Games Schedules 
May
2008

Away Team

Home Team Time (ET) / Result
Thursday, May 1
New York Red Bulls Toronto FC 1-1
Saturday, May 3
Chicago Fire New England Revolution CHI 3, NE 0
Kansas City Wizards Columbus Crew CLB 2, KC 1
Chivas USA Houston Dynamo 0-0
Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake 2-2
FC Dallas San Jose Earthquakes 0-0
Sunday, May 4
D.C. United Colorado Rapids COL 2, DC 0
Thursday, May 8
Chicago Fire D.C. United 7:30 p.m.  
Saturday, May 10
Colorado Rapids Houston Dynamo 8:30 p.m.  
FC Dallas Real Salt Lake 9:00 p.m.  
Columbus Crew San Jose Earthquakes 10:00 p.m.  
New York Red Bulls Los Angeles Galaxy 10:30 p.m.    
Sunday, May 11
New England Revolution Chivas USA 3:00 p.m.  
Thursday, May 15
Real Salt Lake Colorado Rapids 9:30 p.m.  
Saturday, May 17
Columbus Crew Toronto FC 3:30 p.m.  
Kansas City Wizards New York Red Bulls 7:30 p.m.  
San Jose Earthquakes New England Revolution 7:30 p.m.  
Houston Dynamo Chicago Fire 8:30 p.m.  
D.C. United Chivas USA 10:30 p.m.  
Sunday, May 18
Los Angeles Galaxy FC Dallas 3:00 p.m.  
Wednesday, May 21
D.C. United Toronto FC 7:30 p.m.  
Thursday, May 22
Houston Dynamo San Jose Earthquakes 10:30 p.m.  
Saturday, May 24
New England Revolution Columbus Crew 7:30 p.m.  
Toronto FC D.C. United 7:30 p.m.  
Real Salt Lake FC Dallas 8:30 p.m.  
Chivas USA Colorado Rapids 9:30 p.m.  
Kansas City Wizards Los Angeles Galaxy 10:30 p.m.  
Sunday, May 25
Chicago Fire New York Red Bulls 3:00 p.m.  
Wednesday, May 28
Houston Dynamo FC Dallas 8:30 p.m.  
Thursday, May 29
D.C. United New England Revolution 7:30 p.m.  
Saturday, May 31
Los Angeles Galaxy Toronto FC 3:30 p.m.  
New York Red Bulls Houston Dynamo 8:30 p.m.  
San Jose Earthquakes Real Salt Lake 9:00 p.m.  
Columbus Crew Chivas USA 10:30 p.m.  



Current League Standings
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Note: 'Last match played' is depicted as day-month-year
 

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The Leading Goal Scorers in US Professional Soccer
From 1967-2004
Regular season games only

 

Year  Player       (Team,league)                                 Games Goals Pts

2004 Amadeo Guevara (MetroStars, MLS)                              24 10 30

2003 Preki (Kansas City Wizards, MLS)                                   30 12 41

2002 Carlos Ruiz (Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS)                          28 23 52

2001 Alex Pineda Chacon (Miami Fusion, MLS)                       25 19 47

2000 Mamadou Diallo (Tampa Bay Mutiny, MLS)                     28 26 56

1999 Stern John (Columbus Crew, MLS)                                  28 18 38

Roy Lassiter (D. C. United, MLS)                                              30 18 47

Jason Kreis (Dallas Burn, MLS)                                                 32 18 51

1998 Stern John (Columbus Crew, MLS)                                  27 26 57

1997 Jaime Moreno (D. C. United, MLS)                                   20 16 40

1996 Roy Lassiter (Tampa Bay Mutiny, MLS)                           30 27 58

1995 Peter Hattrup (Seattle Sounders, APSL)                           24* 11 30

1994 Paul Wright (Los Angeles Salsa, APSL)                            20* 12 27

1993 Paulinho (Los Angeles Salsa, APSL)                                 24* 15 37

1992 Jean Harbour (Tampa Bay Rowdies, APSL)                     16* 13 30

1991 Jean Harbour (Maryland Bays, APSL)                               21* 17 45

1990 Chance Fry (Seattle Sounders, APSL)                              20* 17 39

1989 Ricardo Alonso (Ft. Laud Strikers, ASL3)                          20* 10 27

Mirko Castilo, Miami Sharks, ASL3)                                            20* 10 21

1988 Jorge Acosta (New Jersey Eagles, ASL3)                          20* 14 32

1987 J. Mihaljevic (San Jose Earthquakes,WSL)                       10* 7 16

1986 B. Goulet (FC Portland, WSL)                                            14* 9 20

1985 Josue Partillo (El paso Gamecocks, USL)                            6 8 16

1984 Steven Zyngul (Gold.Bay Earthquakes,NASL)                   24 20 50

1983 Roberto Cabanas (New York Cosmos, NASL)                   28 25 66

1982 Ricardo Alonso (Jacksonville Tea Men, NASL)                  30 21 46

1981 Giorgio Chinaglia (New York Cosmos, NASL)                    32 29 74

1980 Giorgio Chinaglia (New York Cosmos, NASL)                    32 32 77

1979 Giorgio Chinaglia (New York Cosmos, NASL)                    27 26 57

1978 Giorgio Chinaglia (New York Cosmos, NASL)                    30 34 79

1977 Steve David (Los Angeles Aztecs, NASL)                           24 26 58

1976 Derek Smethurst (Tampa Bay Rowdies, NASL)                 24 20 45

1975 Steve David (Miami Toros, NASL)                                       21 23 52

1974 Paul Child (San Jose Earthquakes, NASL)                          20 15 36

1973 Warren Archibald (Miami toros, NASL)                                 17 12 29

Ilja Mitic (Dallas Tornado, NASL)                                                  18 12 25

1972 Randy Horton (New York Cosmos, NASL)                           13 9 22

1971 Carlos Metidieri (Rochester Lancers, NASL)                        24 19 46

1970 Kirk Apostolidis (Dallas Tornado, NASL)                              19 16 35

1969 Kaiser Motaug (Atlanta Chiefs, NASL)                                  16* 16 36

1968 John Kowalik (Chicago Mustangs, NASL)                             28 30 69

Cirilo Fernandez ( San Diego Toros, NASL)                                  29 30 67

1967 Yanko Daucik (Toronto Falcons, NASL)                                25 20 48

*  Number of games played by player is unavailable. Totals given are for number of team games.

Notable players

  • Flag of England David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy (beginning July 1 of the 2007 season)
  • Flag of Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Chicago Fire (beginning July 1 of the 2007 season)
  • Flag of United States Freddy Adu, Real Salt Lake
  • Flag of United States Chris Albright, Los Angeles Galaxy
  • Flag of United States Josmer Altidore, New York Red Bulls
  • Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Ángel, New York Red Bulls
  • Flag of United States Chris Armas, Chicago Fire
  • Flag of Argentina Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus Crew
  • Flag of Netherlands Dave van den Bergh, New York Red Bulls
  • Flag of United States Jonathan Bornstein, Chivas USA
  • Flag of Canada Jim Brennan, Toronto FC
  • Flag of United States Joe Cannon, Los Angeles Galaxy
  • Flag of United States Conor Casey, Colorado Rapids
  • Flag of United States Brian Ching, Houston Dynamo
  • Flag of United States Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Wizards
  • Flag of England Terry Cooke, Colorado Rapids
  • Flag of United States Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas
  • Flag of United States Jeff Cunningham, Toronto FC
  • Flag of Scotland Paul Dalglish, Houston Dynamo
  • Flag of Canada Dwayne De Rosario, Houston Dynamo
  • Flag of England Danny Dichio, Toronto FC
  • Flag of United States Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy
  • Flag of Brazil Luciano Emilio, D.C. United
  • Flag of Brazil Fred, D.C. United
  • Flag of Argentina Christian Gómez, D.C. United
 
  • Flag of United States Kevin Hartman, Kansas City Wizards
  • Flag of United States Frankie Hejduk, Columbus Crew
  • Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop, FC Dallas
  • Flag of United States Eddie Johnson, Kansas City Wizards
  • Flag of United States Cobi Jones, Los Angeles Galaxy
  • Flag of United States Justin Mapp, Chicago Fire
  • Flag of United States Pablo Mastroeni, Colorado Rapids
  • Flag of United States Clint Mathis, New York Red Bulls
  • Flag of Bolivia Jaime Moreno, D.C. United
  • Flag of Republic of Ireland Ronnie O'Brien, Toronto FC
  • Flag of United States Ben Olsen, D.C. United
  • Flag of Canada Pat Onstad, Houston Dynamo
  • Flag of United States Eddie Pope, Real Salt Lake
  • Flag of United States Steve Ralston, New England Revolution
  • Flag of United States Ante Razov, Chivas USA
  • Flag of United States Matt Reis, New England Revolution
  • Flag of United States Claudio Reyna, New York Red Bulls
  • Flag of Wales Carl Robinson, Toronto FC
  • Flag of Guatemala Carlos Ruiz, FC Dallas
  • Flag of Austria Markus Schopp, New York Red Bulls
  • Flag of Mexico Claudio Suárez, Chivas USA
  • Flag of United States Zach Thornton, Colorado Rapids
  • Flag of United States Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution
  • Flag of Portugal Abel Xavier, Los Angeles Galaxy
  • Flag of Netherlands Ronald Waterreus, New York Red Bulls

 Notable former players

  • Flag of United States Jeff Agoos
  • Flag of Colombia Leonel Alvarez
  • Flag of Colombia Antony de Avila
  • Flag of Iran Khododad Azizi
  • Flag of United States Marcelo Balboa
  • Flag of South Africa Shaun Bartlett
  • Flag of United States DaMarcus Beasley
  • Flag of United States Carlos Bocanegra
  • Flag of United States Michael Bradley
  • Flag of Brazil Branco
  • Flag of United States Paul Caligiuri
  • Flag of Mexico Jorge Campos
  • Flag of El Salvador Ronald Cerritos
  • Flag of El Salvador Mauricio Cienfuegos
  • Flag of United States Bobby Convey
  • Flag of United States Clint Dempsey
  • Flag of Senegal Mamadou Diallo
  • Flag of El Salvador Raul Diaz Arce
  • Flag of France Youri Djorkaeff
  • Flag of Italy Roberto Donadoni
  • Flag of Denmark Ronnie Ekelund
  • Flag of Bolivia Marco Etcheverry
  • Flag of United States Brad Friedel
  • Flag of Mexico Juan Pablo García
  • Flag of Scotland Richard Gough
 
  • Flag of Ecuador Ariel Graziani
  • Flag of Honduras Amado Guevara
  • Flag of United States Marcus Hahnemann
  • Flag of United States John Harkes
  • Flag of Mexico Carlos Hermosillo
  • Flag of Mexico Luis Hernández
  • Flag of Austria Andreas Herzog
  • Flag of South Korea Hong Myung-Bo
  • Flag of United States Tim Howard
  • Flag of Ecuador Eduardo Hurtado
  • Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Stern John
  • Flag of Scotland Mo Johnston
  • Flag of South Africa Doctor Khumalo
  • Flag of United States Frank Klopas
  • Flag of Poland Roman Kosecki
  • Flag of Czech Republic Lubos Kubik
  • Flag of United States Alexi Lalas
  • Flag of United States Roy Lassiter
  • Flag of Sweden Anders Limpar
  • Flag of Germany Lothar Matthäus
  • Flag of United States Tony Meola
  • Flag of United States Brian McBride
  • Flag of Denmark Miklos Molnar
  • Flag of United States Joe-Max Moore
  • Flag of New Zealand Ryan Nelsen
 
  • Flag of Poland Peter Nowak
  • Flag of Mexico Francisco Palencia
  • Flag of Haiti Jean Philippe Peguero
  • Flag of Honduras Alex Pineda Chacón
  • Flag of Poland Jerzy Podbrozny
  • Flag of United States Flag of Serbia Preki
  • Flag of Jamaica Damani Ralph
  • Flag of Mexico Ramón Ramírez
  • Flag of United States Tab Ramos
  • Flag of Sweden Thomas Ravelli
  • Flag of Mexico Hugo Sánchez
  • Flag of Colombia Diego Serna
  • Flag of Scotland John Spencer
  • Flag of United States Earnie Stewart
  • Flag of Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov
  • Flag of Switzerland Alain Sutter
  • Flag of Finland Simo Valakari
  • Flag of Colombia Adolfo Valencia
  • Flag of Colombia Carlos Valderrama
  • Flag of Chile Marcelo Vega
  • Flag of United States Peter Vermes
  • Flag of Poland Robert Warzycha
  • Flag of United States Josh Wolff
  • Flag of United States Eric Wynalda
  • Flag of Italy Walter Zenga
 

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 MLS Cup Finals

Season Champion Result Runner Up Stadium
1996

D.C. United
3-2
Los Angeles Galaxy
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
1997

D.C. United
2-1
Colorado Rapids
RFK Stadium, Washington, District of Columbia
1998

Chicago Fire
2-0
D.C. United
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
1999

D.C. United
2-0
Los Angeles Galaxy
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
2000

Kansas City Wizards
1-0
Chicago Fire
RFK Stadium, Washington, District of Columbia
2001

San Jose Earthquakes
2-1
Los Angeles Galaxy
Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
2002

Los Angeles Galaxy
1-0
New England Revolution
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
2003

San Jose Earthquakes
4-2
Chicago Fire
Home Depot Center, Carson, California
2004

D.C. United
3-2
Kansas City Wizards
Home Depot Center, Carson, California
2005

Los Angeles Galaxy
1-0aet
New England Revolution
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas
2006

Houston Dynamo
1-1aet
(4-3 pk)

New England Revolution
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas
2007
RFK Stadium, Washington, District of Columbia

A Bit Of MLS Trivia

  • The longest winning start to a season was achieved by Los Angeles Galaxy in 1996, who opened the campaign with 8 straight wins.
  • The longest unbeaten start to a season was achieved by D.C. United in 1997, who opened the campaign 14 matches unbeaten (with 9 wins and 5 ties).[9]
  • The longest winning end to a season was achieved by Los Angeles Galaxy in 1997, who closed the campaign with 6 straight wins.
  • The longest unbeaten end to a season was achieved by Columbus Crew in 2004, who closed the campaign 18 matches unbeaten (with 8 wins and 10 ties).
  • The longest away games sequence a team had played during regular season was recorded by Chicago Fire in 2006, they opened the season with 9 straight games on the road.
  • The longest home games sequence a team had played during regular season was recorded by Chicago Fire in 2006 as well, they hosted 9 straight home games between June 25th to August 16th.
  • The highest number of points achieved by a team at home during a regular season was 40 (13-2-1), by Chicago Fire in 2000.
  • The highest number of points achieved by a team on the road during a regular season was 37 (13-3), by Los Angeles Galaxy in 1998.
  • The 2002 regular season was dominated by teams from the Western Conference, all of them (except 5th-placed Kansas City Wizards) finished with more points than every other team in the Eastern Conference.
  • The 2006 season was the first time in MLS history where all the major honors were won by different teams:[10]
    US Open Cup Winner: Chicago Fire. Runner-up: Los Angeles Galaxy
    Supporters' Shield Winner: D.C. United. Runner-up: FC Dallas
    MLS Cup Winner: Houston Dynamo. Runner-up: New England Revolution
    MLS Reserve Division Winner: Colorado Rapids. Runner-up: Kansas City Wizards
  • All but one of the MLS Cup winners also rank (1st to 5th) above every other team who have never won the MLS Cup, based on all-time PPG in the regular season, the only exception being Kansas City Wizards (8th).
  • New England Revolution, 3-time MLS Cup finalist, ranked just 13th in terms of all-time regular season PPG, only ahead of Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake, the two expansion teams in 2005.

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