2015 Major League Soccer season

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Season2015
MLS Cup Portland Timbers (1st title)
Supporters' Shield New York Red Bulls (2nd shield)
Champions League (United States) FC Dallas
New York Red Bulls
Portland Timbers
Sporting Kansas City
Champions League (Canada) Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played340
Goals scored937 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer Sebastian Giovinco
Kei Kamara
(22 goals each)
Best goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey
David Ousted
(13 shutouts each)
Biggest home win5 goals:
LA 5–0 POR
(Jun 24)
TOR 5–0 ORL
(Aug 22)
CLB 5–0 DC
(Oct 25)
Biggest away win5 goals:
SKC 0–5 SJ
(Aug 19)
Highest scoring10 goals:
DC 6–4 RSL
(Aug 1)
Longest winning run6 games:
New England Revolution
(Aug 1 – Sep 16)
Longest unbeaten run9 games:
New England Revolution
(Mar 21 – May 16)
Portland Timbers
(Oct 14 – Dec 6)
Longest winless run11 games:
New York City
(Mar 21 – May 30)
Longest losing run5 games:
New England Revolution
(Jun 21 – Jul 11)
Seattle Sounders FC
(Jul 11 – Aug 9)
Chicago Fire
(Sep 5 – Sep 26)
Highest attendance64,358
SEA 2–1 POR
(Aug 30)
Lowest attendance10,035
MTL 2–1 VAN
(Jun 3)
Total attendance7,335,053
Average attendance21,574
2014
2016

The 2015 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). The regular season was held from March 6 through to October 25, whereas the MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 28 and ended with MLS Cup 2015 on December 6. The defending MLS Cup champions were the LA Galaxy, while Seattle Sounders FC were the defending Supporters' Shield winners.

Contents

It was the first season for expansion teams Orlando City SC and New York City, who both joined the Eastern Conference, while both the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. Chivas USA folded at the end of the 2014 season.

At the end of the regular season, the New York Red Bulls of the Eastern Conference won the Supporters' Shield, while the team on top of the Western Conference was FC Dallas. The Portland Timbers won their first MLS Cup, winning 2–1 at Columbus Crew.

Overview

The 2015 season began on Friday, March 6. The opening weekend saw an average attendance of 25,838 — buoyed by strong attendances in Orlando (62,510), and Seattle (39,782) — with seven of the weekend's ten matches selling out. [1] Additionally, MLS saw strong TV ratings on ESPN2 (539,000 viewers), Unimas (341,000 viewers), and Fox Sports 1 (289,000 and 278,500 viewers). [2]

Franchise changes

The 2015 MLS season featured the addition of two expansion teams, New York City and Orlando City SC. New York City became the second MLS team in the New York metropolitan area (joining the New Jersey-based New York Red Bulls), as well as the first based within New York City itself, as the team played its inaugural season at Yankee Stadium). Orlando was a new market for MLS, which returned to Florida for the first time since folding their Miami and Tampa Bay franchises before the 2002 season. The Lions' ownership previously owned Orlando's team that played in the league then known as USL Pro from 2010 to 2014; that team that relocated to Louisville for the 2015 season of the rebranded United Soccer League.

While MLS added two teams, one team closed down. Chivas USA, which had called the Los Angeles area home since 2005 and shared the StubHub Center with the LA Galaxy. Chivas had been owned by Mexican club, C.D. Guadalajara, who sold the club back to MLS in 2014. The league folded Chivas in October 2014, after the conclusion of the regular season, though it announced plans to add a second LA-area club, Los Angeles FC, in 2018. [3]

Realignment and playoffs

With the addition and subtraction of the above-mentioned teams, the 2015 season saw a realignment of MLS's Eastern and Western conferences: New York City and Orlando City SC joined the East, while Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved from the East to the West. [3]

Each team played 34 regular season matches: two or three against conference rivals and once against teams from the opposite conference. The regular season concluded with all teams playing at the same scheduled time, a league first. [4]

12 teams advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs, up from 10 the previous 3 seasons. The top six teams per conference qualified. The first round per conference had the third-seed hosting the sixth-seed, and the fourth hosting the fifth. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed played the lowest remaining seed and the second played the next-lowest.

Television

The 2015 season saw the launch of a new United States television and media rights deal with English-language ESPN and Fox Sports and Spanish-language Univision Deportes. The deal continues MLS's relationship with ESPN and Univision, while it reestablishes one with Fox Sports, whose Fox Soccer channel carried MLS games until 2011 (NBC Sports carried MLS broadcasts from 2012 to 2014). The deal, formally announced in May 2014, sees regular weekly game broadcasts on ESPN2 (Sunday afternoons) and Fox Sports 1 (Sunday evenings), as well as a regular Friday night match on UniMás and/or Univision Deportes Network. The networks will share coverage of the MLS Cup Playoffs, while ESPN and Fox will alternate English language carriage of the MLS All-Star Game and MLS Cup championship match each year. The 2015 MLS all star game will be on Fox Sports, and MLS Cup 2015 will air on ESPN. As part of the deal, the networks also share coverage of the U.S. Soccer men's and women's national teams. [5]

The league reached a four-year agreement with Sky Sports to televise league matches live in the United Kingdom and Ireland. At least two regular season matches each week, the MLS All-Star Game, and every MLS Cup Playoff match was aired on the Sky family of networks. [6] MLS also reached a four-year agreement with Eurosport to air live matches in many other European countries. [7]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

TeamHead coachCaptainShirt sponsor
Chicago Fire Flag of Serbia.svg Veljko Paunović Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Larentowicz Quaker
Colorado Rapids Flag of the United States.svg Pablo Mastroeni Flag of the United States.svg Drew Moor Transamerica
Columbus Crew Flag of the United States.svg Gregg Berhalter Flag of the United States.svg Michael Parkhurst Barbasol
D.C. United Flag of the United States.svg Ben Olsen Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Boswell Leidos
FC Dallas Flag of Colombia.svg Óscar Pareja Flag of the United States.svg Matt Hedges AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo Flag of Ireland.svg Owen Coyle Flag of the United States.svg Brad Davis BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Arena Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane Herbalife
Montreal Impact Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mauro Biello Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrice Bernier Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution Flag of the United States.svg Jay Heaps Flag of the United States.svg Jermaine Jones UnitedHealthcare
New York City Flag of the United States.svg Jason Kreis Flag of Spain.svg David Villa Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Marsch Flag of the United States.svg Dax McCarty Red Bull
Orlando City SC Flag of England.svg Adrian Heath Flag of Brazil.svg Kaká Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union Flag of the United States.svg Jim Curtin Flag of the United States.svg Maurice Edu Bimbo
Portland Timbers Flag of the United States.svg Caleb Porter Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Will Johnson Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Cassar Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Beckerman LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes Flag of the United States.svg Dominic Kinnear Flag of the United States.svg Chris Wondolowski
Seattle Sounders FC Flag of the United States.svg Sigi Schmid Flag of the United States.svg Brad Evans Xbox
Sporting Kansas City Flag of the United States.svg Peter Vermes Flag of the United States.svg Matt Besler Ivy Funds
Toronto Flag of the United States.svg Greg Vanney Flag of the United States.svg Michael Bradley Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Carl Robinson Flag of Chile.svg Pedro Morales Bell Canada

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
San Jose Earthquakes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mark Watson FiredOctober 16, 2014 [8] Preseason Flag of the United States.svg Dominic Kinnear October 16, 2014 [9]
Houston Dynamo Flag of the United States.svg Dominic Kinnear Signed by San Jose Earthquakes October 16, 2014 [9] Flag of Ireland.svg Owen Coyle December 8, 2014 [10]
New York Red Bulls Flag of the United States.svg Mike Petke FiredJanuary 7, 2015 [11] Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Marsch January 7, 2015 [12]
Montreal Impact Flag of the United States.svg Frank Klopas FiredAugust 29, 2015 [13] 7th in East,
17th overall
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mauro Biello (Interim)August 29, 2015 [13]
Chicago Fire Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frank Yallop FiredSeptember 20, 2015 [14] 10th in East,
20th overall
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Bliss (Interim)September 20, 2015 [14]
New York City Flag of the United States.svg Jason Kreis FiredNovember 2, 2015 [15] Postseason Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Patrick Vieira November 9, 2015
Chicago Fire Flag of the United States.svg Brian Bliss End of interim periodNovember 24, 2015 Flag of Serbia.svg Veljko Paunovic November 24, 2015 [16]

Standings

Eastern Conference

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 New York Red Bulls 34181066243+1960 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Columbus Crew 34151185853+553
3 Montreal Impact 34151364844+451 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 D.C. United 34151364345251
5 New England Revolution 34141284847+150
6 Toronto FC 34151545858049
7 Orlando City SC 341214846561044
8 New York City FC 34101774958937
9 Philadelphia Union 341017742551337
10 Chicago Fire 34820643581530
Source: MLS

Western Conference

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 FC Dallas 34181065239+1360 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34161354536+953
3 Portland Timbers 34151184139+253 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34151364436+851
5 LA Galaxy 34141195646+1051
6 Sporting Kansas City 34141194845+351
7 San Jose Earthquakes 34131384139+247
8 Houston Dynamo 34111494249742
9 Real Salt Lake 341115838481041
10 Colorado Rapids 349151033431037
Source: MLS

Overall standings

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 New York Red Bulls (S)34181066243+1960 CONCACAF Champions League
2 FC Dallas 34181065239+1360
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34161354536+953
4 Columbus Crew 34151185853+553
5 Portland Timbers (C)34151184139+253 CONCACAF Champions League
6 Seattle Sounders FC 34151364436+851
7 Montreal Impact 34151364844+451
8 D.C. United 34151364345251
9 LA Galaxy 34141195646+1051
10 Sporting Kansas City 34141194845+351 CONCACAF Champions League
11 New England Revolution 34141284847+150
12 Toronto FC 34151545858049
13 San Jose Earthquakes 34131384139+247
14 Orlando City SC 341214846561044
15 Houston Dynamo 34111494249742
16 Real Salt Lake 341115838481041
17 New York City FC 34101774958937
18 Philadelphia Union 341017742551337
19 Colorado Rapids 349151033431037
20 Chicago Fire 34820643581530
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

MLS Cup Playoffs

Knockout round Conference semifinals Conference finals MLS Cup
October 29 – Stade Saputo E3 Montreal Impact 213
E6 Toronto FC 0E2 Columbus Crew (a.e.t.)134
E2 Columbus Crew 202
E3 Montreal Impact 3
E1 New York Red Bulls 011
October 28 – RFK Stadium E4 D.C. United 000
December 6 – Mapfre Stadium
E5 New England Revolution 1E1 New York Red Bulls 112
E2 Columbus Crew 1
E4 D.C. United 2
W3 Portland Timbers 2
October 29 – Providence Park W3 Portland Timbers 022
W6 Sporting Kansas City 2 (6)W2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 000
W3 Portland Timbers 325
W3 Portland Timbers (p)2 (7)
W1 FC Dallas 123
October 28 – CenturyLink Field W4 Seattle Sounders FC 213 (2)
W5 LA Galaxy 2W1 FC Dallas (p)123 (4)
W4 Seattle Sounders FC 3

Source: [17]

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance. [18]

TeamGPTotalHighLowAverage
Seattle Sounders FC 17752,19264,35839,17544,247
Orlando City SC 17558,40762,51023,37232,847
New York City FC 17493,26748,04720,46129,016
Toronto FC 17398,67130,26616,38223,451
LA Galaxy 17397,66827,00013,39123,392
Portland Timbers 17359,41821,14421,14421,144
San Jose Earthquakes 17356,64650,42218,00020,979
Houston Dynamo 17351,18722,65116,01820,658
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17348,62422,50018,08320,507
Real Salt Lake 17342,71821,00418,89520,160
Sporting Kansas City 17334,68421,50518,86419,687
New York Red Bulls 17334,17225,21912,54019,657
New England Revolution 17333,65242,94710,66819,627
Montreal Impact 17301,74225,24510,03517,750
Philadelphia Union 17296,67418,88315,37417,451
Columbus Crew 17288,74722,71910,30216,985
D.C. United 17276,15221,51711,21816,244
FC Dallas 17272,22121,90712,64016,013
Chicago Fire 17272,04320,12411,19616,003
Colorado Rapids 17266,16818,59710,43915,657
Total3407,335,05364,35810,03521,574

Highest attendances

Regular season

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateStadium
1Seattle Sounders FC2–1Portland Timbers64,358August 30, 2015 CenturyLink Field
2Orlando City SC1–1New York City FC62,510March 8, 2015 Citrus Bowl
3Seattle Sounders FC1–1LA Galaxy56,097October 4, 2015 CenturyLink Field
4Seattle Sounders FC3–1Real Salt Lake55,435October 25, 2015 CenturyLink Field
5Seattle Sounders FC0–3Vancouver Whitecaps FC53,125August 2, 2015 CenturyLink Field
6San Jose Earthquakes3–1LA Galaxy50,422June 27, 2015 Stanford Stadium
7New York City1–3New York Red Bulls48,047June 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium
8New York City2–0New England Revolution43,507March 15, 2015 Yankee Stadium
9Orlando City SC2–1New York City43,179October 16, 2015 Citrus Bowl
10New England Revolution0–1Montreal Impact42,947October 17, 2015 Gillette Stadium

Updated to games played on October 25, 2015. Source: MLS Soccer

Player statistics

Goals

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 22
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Kei Kamara Columbus Crew
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane LA Galaxy 20
4 Flag of Spain.svg David Villa New York City FC 18
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cyle Larin Orlando City SC 17
Flag of England.svg Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls
7 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Wondolowski San Jose Earthquakes 16
Flag of Nigeria.svg Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers
9 Flag of Nigeria.svg Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC 15
10 Flag of the United States.svg Jozy Altidore Toronto FC 13

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Toronto FC 4–0July 4
Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC New York City FC 4–4July 12
Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes 5–2July 17
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cyle Larin Orlando City SC New York City FC 3–5July 26
Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC Orlando City SC 4–1August 5
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Chicago Fire 4–3September 5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cyle Larin Orlando City SC New York Red Bulls 5–2September 25

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 16
2 Flag of the United States.svg Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City 15
Flag of Argentina.svg Cristian Maidana Philadelphia Union
4 Flag of the United States.svg Sacha Kljestan New York Red Bulls 14
5 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Finlay Columbus Crew 13
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Morales Real Salt Lake 11
7 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Davis Houston Dynamo 10
Flag of Argentina.svg Mauro Díaz FC Dallas
Flag of the United States.svg Lee Nguyen New England Revolution
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders FC

Clean Sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
Sheets
1 Flag of Ghana.svg Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers 13
Flag of Denmark.svg David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
3 Flag of the United States.svg David Bingham San Jose Earthquakes 12
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC 10
5 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Bush Montreal Impact 9
Flag of the United States.svg Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
7 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Hamid D.C. United 8
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Irwin Colorado Rapids
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Shuttleworth New England Revolution

Awards

Individual awards

AwardPlayerClub
Most Valuable Player Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC
Defender of the Year Flag of France.svg Laurent Ciman New England Revolution
Goalkeeper of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Coach of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Marsch New York Red Bulls
Rookie of the Year Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cyle Larin Orlando City SC
Newcomer of the Year Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC
Comeback Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City
Golden Boot Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC
Fair Play Award Flag of the United States.svg Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers
Humanitarian of the Year Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Kei Kamara Columbus Crew
Goal of the Year Flag of Hungary.svg Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City
Save of the Year Flag of Ghana.svg Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers

Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClubStats
March Flag of Uruguay.svg Octavio Rivero Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3G
April Flag of the United States.svg Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City 2G, 3A
May Flag of Hungary.svg Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City 3G, 2A
June Flag of Denmark.svg David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30SV, 4GA
July Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 5G, 3A
August Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 4G, 3A
September Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Montreal Impact 7G, 1A
October Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Montreal Impact 4G

Weekly awards

WeekMLS Player of the WeekGoal of the WeekMLS Save of the Week
PlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
Week 1 Flag of the United States.svg Jozy Altidore Toronto Flag of the United States.svg Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders FC Flag of the United States.svg Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 2 Flag of Spain.svg David Villa New York City Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Innocent Emeghara San Jose Earthquakes Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 3 Flag of England.svg Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Flag of Uruguay.svg Octavio Rivero Vancouver Whitecaps FC Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 4 Flag of the United States.svg Kelyn Rowe New England Revolution Flag of the United States.svg Jack McInerney Montreal Impact Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 5 Flag of Scotland.svg Shaun Maloney Chicago Fire Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Morales Real Salt Lake Flag of the United States.svg Brek Shea Orlando City SC
Week 6 Flag of Panama.svg Jaime Penedo LA Galaxy Flag of the United States.svg Dillon Serna Colorado Rapids Flag of the United States.svg Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 7 Flag of Colombia.svg Fabián Castillo FC Dallas Flag of Nigeria.svg Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Flag of Ghana.svg Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers
Week 8 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Finlay Columbus Crew Flag of the United States.svg Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 9 Flag of Colombia.svg Fabián Castillo FC Dallas Flag of Nigeria.svg Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 10 Flag of England.svg Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Valeri Portland Timbers Flag of Denmark.svg David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 11 Flag of the United States.svg Chad Barrett Seattle Sounders FC Flag of the United States.svg Devon Sandoval Real Salt Lake Flag of the United States.svg Steve Clark Columbus Crew
Week 12 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Kei Kamara Columbus Crew Flag of England.svg Dom Dwyer Sporting Kansas City Flag of the United States.svg Evan Bush Montreal Impact
Week 13 Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto Flag of Guatemala.svg Marco Pappa Seattle Sounders FC Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 14 Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto Flag of the United States.svg Thomas McNamara New York City Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Dykstra D.C. United
Week 15 Flag of Spain.svg David Villa New York City Flag of Uruguay.svg Diego Fagúndez New England Revolution Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 16 Flag of the United States.svg Gyasi Zardes LA Galaxy Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Pérez García San Jose Earthquakes Flag of Denmark.svg David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 17 Flag of Nigeria.svg Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers Flag of Colombia.svg Olmes Garcia Real Salt Lake Flag of Denmark.svg David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 18 Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Flag of England.svg Tyrone Mears Seattle Sounders FC Flag of Denmark.svg David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 19 Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto Flag of Italy.svg Marco Donadel Montreal Impact Flag of the United States.svg Evan Bush Montreal Impact
Week 20 Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Morales Real Salt Lake Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cyle Larin Orlando City SC Flag of the United States.svg Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 22 Flag of Norway.svg Pa Modou Kah Vancouver Whitecaps FC Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Kemp D.C. United Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 23 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Kei Kamara Columbus Crew Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco Toronto Flag of the United States.svg Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 24 Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Nagamura Sporting Kansas City Flag of Nigeria.svg Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Flag of Ghana.svg Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers
Week 25 Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Flag of Uruguay.svg Cristian Techera Vancouver Whitecaps FC Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 26 Flag of England.svg Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Flag of England.svg Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 27 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 28 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Kei Kamara Columbus Crew Flag of Hungary.svg Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City Flag of the United States.svg Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 29 Flag of the United States.svg Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Flag of Mexico.svg Gonzalo Pineda Seattle Sounders FC Flag of the United States.svg Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 30 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Flag of the United States.svg Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 31 Flag of the United States.svg Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City Flag of Hungary.svg Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City Flag of the United States.svg Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 32None awarded [19]
Week 33 Flag of Nigeria.svg Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact Flag of the United States.svg Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 34 Flag of Liberia.svg Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers Flag of Liberia.svg Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers Flag of the United States.svg Evan Bush Montreal Impact

Best XI

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of the United States.svg Luis Robles, Red Bulls Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurent Ciman, Montreal
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Hedges, Dallas
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Kendall Waston, Vancouver
Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Finlay, Columbus
Flag of the United States.svg Dax McCarty, Red Bulls
Flag of the United States.svg Benny Feilhaber, Sporting KC
Flag of Colombia.svg Fabian Castillo, Dallas
Flag of Italy.svg Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Kei Kamara, Columbus
Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy

Player transfers

Allocation ranking

The allocation ranking was the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee.

MLS streamlined the allocation mechanism in the middle of 2015 season. Effective on May 1, 2015, the allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in MLS allocation list. [20] 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 2014 season, taking playoff performance into account. [21]

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
Final
Ranking
ClubDate Allocation Used
(Rank on that date)
Player SignedPrevious ClubRef
201 LA Galaxy [22]
62 Chicago Fire
73 Houston Dynamo
94 Philadelphia Union
105 Portland Timbers
116 Sporting Kansas City
127 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
138 Columbus Crew
149 FC Dallas
1510 Real Salt Lake
311 Montreal Impact [23]
1812 Seattle Sounders FC
1913 New England Revolution
514 Colorado Rapids [22]
115 New York City January 13, 2015 (1) Flag of the United States.svg Mix Diskerud Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg [24]
816 Toronto January 16, 2015 (6) Flag of the United States.svg Jozy Altidore Flag of England.svg Sunderland [25]
1717 New York Red Bulls January 28, 2015 (1) Flag of the United States.svg Sacha Kljestan Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht [23] [26]
218 Orlando City SCDecember 19, 2014 (2) Flag of the United States.svg Brek Shea Flag of England.svg Stoke City [27]
February 2, 2015 (17) Flag of the United States.svg Eric Avila Flag of Mexico.svg Santos Laguna [28] [29]
1619 D.C. United February 10, 2015 (12) Flag of the United States.svg Michael Farfan Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul [30]
420 San Jose Earthquakes July 17, 2015 (1) Flag of the United States.svg Marc Pelosi Flag of England.svg Liverpool U-21 [31]

On January 15, 2015, LA Galaxy acquired the then-number 3 allocation ranking (original ranking number 5) and allocation money from Colorado Rapids in exchange for the then-number 18 allocation ranking (original ranking number 20), Marcelo Sarvas, and an international roster slot.

On January 27, 2015, New York Red Bulls acquired the then-number 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3) and Felipe from Montreal Impact in exchange for the then-number 14 allocation ranking (original ranking number 17), Ambroise Oyongo, Eric Alexander, allocation money, and an international roster slot for the 2015 season.

♯ On December 19, 2014, Orlando used its original ranking to acquire Shea. [32] Orlando used their allocation a second time when 16 teams passed and they picked Avila with the then-number 17 allocation ranking.

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

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