USA 2012

Major Soccer League

Regular Season | Championship Playoff

Regular Season

NB: Montreal Impact were added for 2012

Final Tables:

Eastern Conference
 1.Sporting Kansas City       34  18  9  7  42-27  63  Eastern Semifinals
 2.DC United                  34  17  7 10  53-43  58  Eastern Semifinals
 3.New York Red Bulls         34  16  9  9  57-46  57  Eastern Semifinals
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 4.Chicago Fire               34  17  6 11  46-41  57  Wild Card Games
 5.Houston Dynamo             34  14 11  9  48-41  53  Wild Card Games
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 6.Columbus Crew              34  15  7 12  44-44  52
 7.Montreal Impact            34  12  6 16  45-51  42
 8.Philadelphia Union         34  10  6 18  37-45  36
 9.New England Revolution     34   9  8 17  39-44  35
10.Toronto FC                 34   5  8 21  36-62  23

Western Conference
 1.San Jose Earthquakes       34  19  9  6  72-43  66  Western Semifinals
 2.Real Salt Lake             34  17  6 11  46-35  57  Western Semifinals
 3.Seattle Sounders           34  15 11  8  51-33  56  Western Semifinals
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 4.Los Angeles Galaxy         34  16  6 12  59-47  54  Wild Card Games
 5.Vancouver Whitecaps        34  11 10 13  35-41  43  Wild Card Games
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 6.FC Dallas                  34   9 12 13  42-47  39
 7.Colorado Rapids            34  11  4 19  44-50  37
 8.Portland Timbers           34   8 10 16  34-56  34
 9.Chivas USA                 34   7  9 18  24-58  30

NB: top-3 of both conferences qualified for conference semifinals;
    teams finishing 4th and 5th qualify for wild card game.

[Mar 10]
Colorado Rapids         2-0 Columbus Crew
Vancouver Whitecaps     2-0 Montreal Impact
[Mar 11]
Chivas USA              0-1 Houston Dynamo
D.C. United             0-1 Kansas City Wizards
FC Dallas               2-1 New York Red Bulls
Los Angeles Galaxy      1-3 Real Salt Lake
San Jose Earthquakes    1-0 New England Revolution
[Mar 13]
Portland Timbers        3-1 Philadelphia Union
[Mar 17]
Montreal Impact         -   Chicago Fire
San Jose Earthquakes    -   Houston Dynamo


Wild Card Games

[Oct 31]
Chicago Fire               1-2 Houston Dynamo
   [Alex 83 - Bruin 12,46]
[Nov 1]
Los Angeles Galaxy         2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps
   [Magee 69, Donovan 73 [pen] - Mattocks 3]

NB: Houston Dynamo enter Eastern Semifinals;
    Los Angeles Galaxy enter Western Semifinals

Eastern Semifinals

First Legs
[Nov 3]
DC United                  1-1 New York Red Bulls
[Nov 4]
Houston Dynamo             2-0 Sporting Kansas City

Second Legs
[Nov 7]
Sporting Kansas City       1-0 Houston Dynamo
[Nov 8]
New York Red Bulls         0-1 DC United

Eastern Conference Final

First Leg [Nov 11]
Houston Dynamo             3-1 DC United

Second Leg [Nov 18]
DC United                  1-1 Houston Dynamo

NB: Houston Dynamo to MLS Cup 2012

Western Semifinals

First Legs
[Nov 2]
Seattle Sounders           0-0 Real Salt Lake
[Nov 4]
Los Angeles Galaxy         0-1 San Jose Earthquakes

Second Legs
[Nov 7]
San Jose Earthquakes       1-3 Los Angeles Galaxy
[Nov 8]
Real Salt Lake             0-1 Seattle Sounders

Western Conference Final

First Leg [Nov 11]
Los Angeles Galaxy         3-0 Seattle Sounders

Second Leg [Nov 18]
Seattle Sounders           2-1 Los Angeles Galaxy

NB: Los Angeles Galaxy to MLS Cup 2012

MLS Cup 2012

[Dec 1, Home Depot Center, Carson City, California]
Los Angeles Galaxy         3-1 Houston Dynamo

NB: both finalists had to qualify through the wild card games; both had also
    contested the 2011 final, also won by Los Angeles Galaxy.


2011

list of professional first division champions


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Author: Ian King Last updated: 14 Dec 2012

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