2015 Major League Soccer season

20th season of Major League Soccer

Football league season

Major League Soccer

Season| 2015
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 played| 340
Goals scored| 937 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer| Sebastian Giovinco
Kei Kamara
(22 goals each)
Best goalkeeper| Adam Kwarasey
David Ousted
(13 shutouts each)
Biggest home win| 5 goals:
LA 5–0 POR
(Jun 24)
TOR 5–0 ORL
(Aug 22)
CLB 5–0 DC
(Oct 25)
Biggest away win| 5 goals:
SKC 0–5 SJ
(Aug 19)
Highest scoring| 10 goals:
DC 6–4 RSL
(Aug 1)
Longest winning run| 6 games:
New England Revolution
(Aug 1 – Sep 16)
Longest unbeaten run| 9 games:
New England Revolution
(Mar 21 – May 16)
Portland Timbers
(Oct 14 – Dec 6)
Longest winless run| 11 games:
New York City
(Mar 21 – May 30)
Longest losing run| 5 games:
New England Revolution
(Jun 21 – Jul 11)
Seattle Sounders FC
(Jul 11 – Aug 9)
Chicago Fire
(Sep 5 – Sep 26)
Highest attendance| 64,358
SEA 2–1 POR
(Aug 30)
Lowest attendance| 10,035
MTL 2–1 VAN
(Jun 3)
Total attendance| 7,335,053
Average attendance| 21,574

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2016 →

D.C. United

Red Bulls

Columbus

New England

Chicago

Kansas City

Toronto

Philadelphia

Montreal

Orlando

NYCFC

Colorado

Dallas

Galaxy

Houston

Salt Lake

Portland

San Jose

Seattle

Vancouver

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Locations of teams for the 2015 Major League Soccer season
Western Conference Eastern Conference

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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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### Stadiums and locations

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Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums

Chicago Fire | Colorado Rapids | Columbus Crew | D.C. United | FC Dallas | Houston Dynamo

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Toyota Park | Dick's Sporting Goods Park | Mapfre Stadium | RFK Memorial Stadium | Toyota Stadium | BBVA Compass Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 20,145 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,500 | Capacity: 22,000
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LA Galaxy | Montreal Impact |

Fire

Rapids

Crew

D.C. United

FC Dallas

Dynamo

Galaxy

Impact

Revolution

New York City

Red Bulls

Orlando City SC

Union

Timbers

Real Salt Lake

Earthquakes

Sounders

Sporting KC

Toronto

Whitecaps

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Locations of teams for the 2015 Major League Soccer season
Eastern Conference;  Western Conference

| New England Revolution | New York City
StubHub Center | Saputo Stadium | Gillette Stadium | Yankee Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 20,801 | Capacity: 22,385 | Capacity: 33,444
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New York Red Bulls | Orlando | Philadelphia Union | Portland Timbers
Red Bull Arena | Citrus Bowl | PPL Park | Providence Park
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 18,500 | Capacity: 22,000
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Real Salt Lake | San Jose Earthquakes | Seattle Sounders FC | Sporting Kansas City | Toronto FC | Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rio Tinto Stadium | Avaya Stadium | CenturyLink Field | Sporting Park | BMO Field | BC Place
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 39,115 | Capacity: 18,500 | Capacity: 30,991 | Capacity: 21,000
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### Personnel and sponsorship

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Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team  | Head coach  | Captain  | Shirt sponsor

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

### Managerial changes

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Team  | Outgoing manager  | Manner of departure  | Date of vacancy  | Position in table  | Incoming manager  | Date of appointment

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San Jose Earthquakes |  Mark Watson | Fired  | October 16, 2014[8] | Preseason  |  Dominic Kinnear | October 16, 2014[9]
Houston Dynamo |  Dominic Kinnear | Signed by San Jose Earthquakes | October 16, 2014[9] |  Owen Coyle | December 8, 2014[10]
New York Red Bulls |  Mike Petke | Fired  | January 7, 2015[11] |  Jesse Marsch | January 7, 2015[12]
Montreal Impact |  Frank Klopas | Fired  | August 29, 2015[13] | 7th in East,
17th overall  |  Mauro Biello (Interim)  | August 29, 2015[13]
Chicago Fire |  Frank Yallop | Fired  | September 20, 2015[14] | 10th in East,
20th overall  |  Brian Bliss (Interim)  | September 20, 2015[14]
New York City |  Jason Kreis | Fired  | November 2, 2015[15] | Postseason |  Patrick Vieira | November 9, 2015
Chicago Fire |  Brian Bliss | End of interim period  | November 24, 2015  |  Veljko Paunovic | November 24, 2015[16]

## Standings

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### Eastern Conference

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Pos | Team

* v
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| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | New York Red Bulls | 34  | 18  | 10  | 6  | 62  | 43  | +19  | 60  | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2  | Columbus Crew | 34  | 15  | 11  | 8  | 58  | 53  | +5  | 53
3  | Montreal Impact | 34  | 15  | 13  | 6  | 48  | 44  | +4  | 51  | MLS Cup Knockout Round
4  | D.C. United | 34  | 15  | 13  | 6  | 43  | 45  | −2  | 51
5  | New England Revolution | 34  | 14  | 12  | 8  | 48  | 47  | +1  | 50
6  | Toronto FC | 34  | 15  | 15  | 4  | 58  | 58  | 0  | 49
7  | Orlando City SC | 34  | 12  | 14  | 8  | 46  | 56  | −10  | 44  |
8  | New York City FC | 34  | 10  | 17  | 7  | 49  | 58  | −9  | 37
9  | Philadelphia Union | 34  | 10  | 17  | 7  | 42  | 55  | −13  | 37
10  | Chicago Fire | 34  | 8  | 20  | 6  | 43  | 58  | −15  | 30

Source: MLS

### Western Conference

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Pos | Team

* v
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| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | FC Dallas | 34  | 18  | 10  | 6  | 52  | 39  | +13  | 60  | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2  | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34  | 16  | 13  | 5  | 45  | 36  | +9  | 53
3  | Portland Timbers | 34  | 15  | 11  | 8  | 41  | 39  | +2  | 53  | MLS Cup Knockout Round
4  | Seattle Sounders FC | 34  | 15  | 13  | 6  | 44  | 36  | +8  | 51
5  | LA Galaxy | 34  | 14  | 11  | 9  | 56  | 46  | +10  | 51
6  | Sporting Kansas City | 34  | 14  | 11  | 9  | 48  | 45  | +3  | 51
7  | San Jose Earthquakes | 34  | 13  | 13  | 8  | 41  | 39  | +2  | 47  |
8  | Houston Dynamo | 34  | 11  | 14  | 9  | 42  | 49  | −7  | 42
9  | Real Salt Lake | 34  | 11  | 15  | 8  | 38  | 48  | −10  | 41
10  | Colorado Rapids | 34  | 9  | 15  | 10  | 33  | 43  | −10  | 37

Source: MLS

### Overall standings

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Pos | Team

* v
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| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | New York Red Bulls (S) | 34  | 18  | 10  | 6  | 62  | 43  | +19  | 60  | CONCACAF Champions League
2  | FC Dallas | 34  | 18  | 10  | 6  | 52  | 39  | +13  | 60
3  | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34  | 16  | 13  | 5  | 45  | 36  | +9  | 53
4  | Columbus Crew | 34  | 15  | 11  | 8  | 58  | 53  | +5  | 53  |
5  | Portland Timbers (C) | 34  | 15  | 11  | 8  | 41  | 39  | +2  | 53  | CONCACAF Champions League
6  | Seattle Sounders FC | 34  | 15  | 13  | 6  | 44  | 36  | +8  | 51  |
7  | Montreal Impact | 34  | 15  | 13  | 6  | 48  | 44  | +4  | 51
8  | D.C. United | 34  | 15  | 13  | 6  | 43  | 45  | −2  | 51
9  | LA Galaxy | 34  | 14  | 11  | 9  | 56  | 46  | +10  | 51
10  | Sporting Kansas City | 34  | 14  | 11  | 9  | 48  | 45  | +3  | 51  | CONCACAF Champions League
11  | New England Revolution | 34  | 14  | 12  | 8  | 48  | 47  | +1  | 50  |
12  | Toronto FC | 34  | 15  | 15  | 4  | 58  | 58  | 0  | 49
13  | San Jose Earthquakes | 34  | 13  | 13  | 8  | 41  | 39  | +2  | 47
14  | Orlando City SC | 34  | 12  | 14  | 8  | 46  | 56  | −10  | 44
15  | Houston Dynamo | 34  | 11  | 14  | 9  | 42  | 49  | −7  | 42
16  | Real Salt Lake | 34  | 11  | 15  | 8  | 38  | 48  | −10  | 41
17  | New York City FC | 34  | 10  | 17  | 7  | 49  | 58  | −9  | 37
18  | Philadelphia Union | 34  | 10  | 17  | 7  | 42  | 55  | −13  | 37
19  | Colorado Rapids | 34  | 9  | 15  | 10  | 33  | 43  | −10  | 37
20  | Chicago Fire | 34  | 8  | 20  | 6  | 43  | 58  | −15  | 30

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

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Main article: 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs

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| Knockout round| | | Conference semifinals| | | Conference finals| | | MLS Cup
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| October 29 – Stade Saputo| E3| Montreal Impact| 2| 1| 3
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| E6| Toronto FC| 0| | | E2| Columbus Crew (a.e.t.)| 1| 3| 4| |
| | | | | E2| Columbus Crew| 2| 0| 2
| E3| Montreal Impact| 3| | |

Eastern Conference

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| | | | | E1| New York Red Bulls| 0| 1| 1| |
| October 28 – RFK Stadium| E4| D.C. United| 0| 0| 0| | | |
| | | | December 6 – Mapfre Stadium
| E5| New England Revolution| 1| | | E1| New York Red Bulls| 1| 1| 2| |
| | | | | E2| Columbus Crew| 1
| E4| D.C. United| 2| | | | |
| | | | | W3| Portland Timbers| 2
| October 29 – Providence Park| W3| Portland Timbers| 0| 2| 2| | | | |
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| W6| Sporting Kansas City| 2 (6)| | | W2| Vancouver Whitecaps FC| 0| 0| 0| |
| | | | | W3| Portland Timbers| 3| 2| 5|
| W3| Portland Timbers (p)| 2 (7)| | |

Western Conference

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| | | | | W1| FC Dallas| 1| 2| 3| | |
| October 28 – CenturyLink Field| W4| Seattle Sounders FC| 2| 1| 3 (2)| | | |
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| W5| LA Galaxy| 2| | | W1| FC Dallas (p)| 1| 2| 3 (4)| |
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| W4| Seattle Sounders FC| 3| | |
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Source: [17]

## Attendance

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See also: Major League Soccer attendance

### Average home attendances

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Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[18]

Team  | GP | Total | High | Low | Average

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Seattle Sounders FC | 17 | 752,192 | 64,358 | 39,175 | 44,247
Orlando City SC | 17 | 558,407 | 62,510 | 23,372 | 32,847
New York City FC | 17 | 493,267 | 48,047 | 20,461 | 29,016
Toronto FC | 17 | 398,671 | 30,266 | 16,382 | 23,451
LA Galaxy | 17 | 397,668 | 27,000 | 13,391 | 23,392
Portland Timbers | 17 | 359,418 | 21,144 | 21,144 | 21,144
San Jose Earthquakes | 17 | 356,646 | 50,422 | 18,000 | 20,979
Houston Dynamo | 17 | 351,187 | 22,651 | 16,018 | 20,658
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 17 | 348,624 | 22,500 | 18,083 | 20,507
Real Salt Lake | 17 | 342,718 | 21,004 | 18,895 | 20,160
Sporting Kansas City | 17 | 334,684 | 21,505 | 18,864 | 19,687
New York Red Bulls | 17 | 334,172 | 25,219 | 12,540 | 19,657
New England Revolution | 17 | 333,652 | 42,947 | 10,668 | 19,627
Montreal Impact | 17 | 301,742 | 25,245 | 10,035 | 17,750
Philadelphia Union | 17 | 296,674 | 18,883 | 15,374 | 17,451
Columbus Crew | 17 | 288,747 | 22,719 | 10,302 | 16,985
D.C. United | 17 | 276,152 | 21,517 | 11,218 | 16,244
FC Dallas | 17 | 272,221 | 21,907 | 12,640 | 16,013
Chicago Fire | 17 | 272,043 | 20,124 | 11,196 | 16,003
Colorado Rapids | 17 | 266,168 | 18,597 | 10,439 | 15,657
Total | 340 | 7,335,053 | 64,358 | 10,035 | 21,574

### Highest attendances

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Regular season

Rank  | Home team  | Score  | Away team  | Attendance  | Date  | Stadium

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1 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–1 | Portland Timbers | 64,358 | August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30) | CenturyLink Field
2 | Orlando City SC | 1–1 | New York City FC | 62,510 | March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08) | Citrus Bowl
3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 1–1 | LA Galaxy | 56,097 | October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) | CenturyLink Field
4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 3–1 | Real Salt Lake | 55,435 | October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) | CenturyLink Field
5 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0–3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 53,125 | August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02) | CenturyLink Field
6 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–1 | LA Galaxy | 50,422 | June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) | Stanford Stadium
7 | New York City | 1–3 | New York Red Bulls | 48,047 | June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28) | Yankee Stadium
8 | New York City | 2–0 | New England Revolution | 43,507 | March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15) | Yankee Stadium
9 | Orlando City SC | 2–1 | New York City | 43,179 | October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16) | Citrus Bowl
10 | New England Revolution | 0–1 | Montreal Impact | 42,947 | October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17) | Gillette Stadium

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

## Player statistics

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### Goals

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC | 22
Kei Kamara | Columbus Crew
3  |  Robbie Keane | LA Galaxy | 20
4  |  David Villa | New York City FC | 18
5  |  Cyle Larin | Orlando City SC | 17
Bradley Wright-Phillips | New York Red Bulls
7  |  Chris Wondolowski | San Jose Earthquakes | 16
Fanendo Adi | Portland Timbers
9  |  Obafemi Martins | Seattle Sounders FC | 15
10  |  Jozy Altidore | Toronto FC | 13

### Hat-tricks

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Player | Club | Against | Result | Date

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Robbie Keane | LA Galaxy | Toronto FC | 4–0 | July 4
Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC | New York City FC | 4–4 | July 12
Robbie Keane | LA Galaxy | San Jose Earthquakes | 5–2 | July 17
Cyle Larin | Orlando City SC | New York City FC | 3–5 | July 26
Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC | Orlando City SC | 4–1 | August 5
Didier Drogba | Montreal Impact | Chicago Fire | 4–3 | September 5
Cyle Larin | Orlando City SC | New York Red Bulls | 5–2 | September 25

### Assists

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Assists

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

### Clean Sheets

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Clean
Sheets

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

## Awards

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### Individual awards

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Award | Player | Club

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Most Valuable Player |  Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC
Defender of the Year |  Laurent Ciman | New England Revolution
Goalkeeper of the Year |  Luis Robles | New York Red Bulls
Coach of the Year |  Jesse Marsch | New York Red Bulls
Rookie of the Year |  Cyle Larin | Orlando City SC
Newcomer of the Year |  Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC
Comeback Player of the Year |  Tim Melia | Sporting Kansas City
Golden Boot |  Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC
Fair Play Award |  Darlington Nagbe | Portland Timbers
Humanitarian of the Year |  Kei Kamara | Columbus Crew
Goal of the Year |  Krisztián Németh | Sporting Kansas City
Save of the Year |  Adam Kwarasey | Portland Timbers

### Player of the Month

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Month  | Player  | Club  | Stats

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March  |  Octavio Rivero | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3G
April  |  Benny Feilhaber | Sporting Kansas City | 2G, 3A
May  |  Krisztián Németh | Sporting Kansas City | 3G, 2A
June  |  David Ousted | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 30SV, 4GA
July  |  Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC | 5G, 3A
August  |  Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC | 4G, 3A
September  |  Didier Drogba | Montreal Impact | 7G, 1A
October  |  Didier Drogba | Montreal Impact | 4G

### Weekly awards

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Week  | MLS Player of the Week  | Goal of the Week  | MLS Save of the Week

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

### Best XI

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Luis Robles, Red Bulls |  Laurent Ciman, Montreal
Matt Hedges, Dallas
Kendall Waston, Vancouver |  Ethan Finlay, Columbus
Dax McCarty, Red Bulls
Benny Feilhaber, Sporting KC
Fabian Castillo, Dallas |  Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto
Kei Kamara, Columbus
Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy

## Player transfers

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### Allocation ranking

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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.

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Ranking  | Club  | Date Allocation Used
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20 | 1  | LA Galaxy† |  |  |  | [22]
6 | 2  | Chicago Fire |  |  |  |
7 | 3  | Houston Dynamo |  |  |  |
9 | 4  | Philadelphia Union |  |  |  |
10 | 5  | Portland Timbers |  |  |  |
11 | 6  | Sporting Kansas City |  |  |  |
12 | 7  | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |  |  |  |
13 | 8  | Columbus Crew |  |  |  |
14 | 9  | FC Dallas |  |  |  |
15 | 10  | Real Salt Lake |  |  |  |
3 | 11  | Montreal Impact‡ |  |  |  | [23]
18 | 12  | Seattle Sounders FC |  |  |  |
19 | 13  | New England Revolution |  |  |  |
5 | 14  | Colorado Rapids† |  |  |  | [22]
1 | 15  | New York City | January 13, 2015 (1) |  Mix Diskerud |  Rosenborg | [24]
8 | 16  | Toronto | January 16, 2015 (6) |  Jozy Altidore |  Sunderland | [25]
17 | 17  | New York Red Bulls‡ | January 28, 2015 (1) |  Sacha Kljestan |  Anderlecht | [23][26]
2  | 18  | Orlando City SC♯  | December 19, 2014 (2) |  Brek Shea |  Stoke City | [27]
February 2, 2015 (17) |  Eric Avila |  Santos Laguna | [28][29]
16 | 19  | D.C. United | February 10, 2015 (12) |  Michael Farfan |  Cruz Azul | [30]
4 | 20  | San Jose Earthquakes | July 17, 2015 (1) |  Marc Pelosi |  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

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### Eastern Conference

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* Chicago Fire: Frank Yallop
* Columbus Crew: Gregg Berhalter
* D.C. United: Ben Olsen
* Montreal Impact: Mauro Biello
* New England Revolution: Jay Heaps
* New York City: Patrick Vieira
* New York Red Bulls: Jesse Marsch
* Orlando City SC: Jason Kreis
* Philadelphia Union: Jim Curtin
* Toronto: Greg Vanney

### Western Conference

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* Colorado Rapids: Pablo Mastroeni
* FC Dallas: Óscar Pareja
* Houston Dynamo: Owen Coyle
* Los Angeles Galaxy: Bruce Arena
* Portland Timbers: Caleb Porter
* Real Salt Lake: Jeff Cassar
* San Jose Earthquakes: Dominic Kinnear
* Seattle Sounders FC: Sigi Schmid and Brian Schmetzer
* Sporting Kansas City: Peter Vermes
* Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Carl Robinson

## References

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2. ^ "MLS experiences TV ratings boost for 2015 opening weekend", SI.com, Richard Deitsch, March 11, 2015.
3. ^ a b "MLS announces new strategy for Los Angeles market, 2015 conference realignment," Archived October 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine from MLSSoccer.com, October 27, 2014
4. ^ "2015 Major League Soccer national television schedule". www.philly.com. January 21, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
5. ^ "MLS, U.S. Soccer sign landmark TV and media rights partnerships with ESPN, FOX & Univision Deportes," Archived December 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine from MLSSoccer.com, December 5, 2014
6. ^ "MLS and British broadcaster Sky Sports announce groundbreaking partnership". February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
7. ^ "MLS and Eurosport announce four-year partnership to broadcast games in Europe". March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 24, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
8. ^ "Former Earthquakes coach Watson takes high road over firing". mercurynews.com.
9. ^ a b "Dominic Kinnear to coach San Jose Earthquakes". ESPNFC.com. October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
10. ^ Alicia Tolar (December 8, 2014). "Reports: Owen Coyle signs three-year deal with Houston Dynamo". Dynamo Theory. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
11. ^ "New York Red Bulls part ways with head coach Mike Petke". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
12. ^ "Red Bulls name Jesse Marsch as head coach ahead of 2015 season". New York Red Bulls. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
13. ^ a b "Frank Klopas fired as Montreal Impact head coach; Mauro Biello to take over". si.com. August 30, 2015.
14. ^ a b "Fire dismisses head coach Yallop". TSN.ca. September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
15. ^ "Jason Kreis out as NYCFC manager". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
16. ^ "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Hires Veljko Paunovic as Head Coach". Chicago Fire. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
17. ^ "MLS Playoff Bracket". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
18. ^ "10-08-15_Stats_Standings.pdf". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer.
19. ^ "Goal of the Week". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
20. ^ "Major League Soccer announces 2015 roster rules, including revised player acquisition process".
21. ^ "MLS Allocation Process". Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
22. ^ a b "Two-time MLS Cup winner Marcelo Sarvas joins the Colorado Rapids". Colorado Rapids. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
23. ^ a b "Impact makes major trade with New York Red Bulls". Montreal Impact. January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
24. ^ MLS Soccer Media (January 13, 2015). "New York City FC ink USMNT playmaker Mix Diskerud ahead of MLS expansion season". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
25. ^ Toronto FC (January 16, 2015). "Toronto FC sign U.S. international Jozy Altidore". TorontoFC.ca. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
26. ^ "Red Bulls sign United States International Sacha Kljestan". New York Red Bulls. January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
27. ^ Orlando City SC Media (December 19, 2014). "Brek Shea Signs with Orlando City SC". orlandocitysc.com. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
28. ^ MLS Soccer staff (February 2, 2015). "Orlando City SC acquire former Chivas USA midfielder Eric Avila". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
29. ^ Tenorio, Paul (February 2, 2015), Orlando City signs former Chivas USA midfielder Eric Avila, Orlando Sentinel, retrieved July 20, 2015
30. ^ "Michael Farfan making return to MLS, signs with DC United after season at Cruz Azul". MLSsoccer.com. February 10, 2015.
31. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes sign US youth international midfielder Marc Pelosi". MLSsoccer.com. July 17, 2015.
32. ^ "12/19: Orlando City SC use No. 1 allocation spot to sign Brek Shea" (MLS Allocation Ranking, mlssoccer.com, archived from the original on December 12, 2018, retrieved January 27, 2015).

## External links

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