Regular Season | Championship Playoff
Regular Season
NB: Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC were admitted.
Final Tables (based on points/match):
Eastern Conference
1.Philadelphia Union 23 14 5 4 44-20 47 Championship Playoff
2.Toronto FC 23 13 5 5 33-26 44 Championship Playoff
3.Columbus Crew 23 12 5 6 36-21 41 Championship Playoff
4.Orlando City SC 23 11 8 4 40-25 41 Championship Playoff
5.New York City FC 23 12 3 8 37-25 39 Championship Playoff
6.New York Red Bulls 23 9 5 9 29-31 32 Championship Playoff
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7.Nashville SC 23 8 8 7 24-22 32 [N] [*] Preliminary Round
8.New England Revolution 23 8 8 7 26-25 32 Preliminary Round
9.Montreal Impact 23 8 2 13 33-43 26 Preliminary Round
10.Inter Miami CF 23 7 3 13 25-35 24 [N] Preliminary Round
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11.Chicago Fire 23 5 8 10 33-39 23
12.Atlanta United FC 23 6 4 13 23-30 22
13.DC United 23 5 6 12 25-41 21
14.FC Cincinnati 23 4 4 15 12-36 16
[*] on Jun 10, Nashville SC were moved from the Western to the Eastern Conference.
Western Conference
1.Sporting Kansas City 21 12 3 6 38-25 39 Championship Playoff
2.Seattle Sounders 22 11 6 5 44-23 39 [C] Championship Playoff
3.Portland Timbers 23 11 6 6 46-35 39 Championship Playoff
4.Minnesota United FC 21 9 7 5 36-26 34 Championship Playoff
5.Colorado Rapids 18 8 4 6 32-28 28 Championship Playoff
6.FC Dallas 22 9 7 6 28-24 34 Championship Playoff
7.Los Angeles FC 22 9 5 8 47-39 32 Championship Playoff
8.San Jose Earthquakes 23 8 6 9 35-51 30 Championship Playoff
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9.Vancouver Whitecaps 23 9 0 14 27-44 27
10.Los Angeles Galaxy 22 6 4 12 27-46 22
11.Real Salt Lake 22 5 7 10 25-35 22
12.Houston Dynamo 23 4 9 10 30-40 21
NB: first tie-breaker: number of wins per match played
Canadian Head-to-Head Records
1.Toronto FC 6 4 0 2 9- 5 12 Qualified
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2.Montreal Impact 6 3 0 3 9- 8 9
3.Vancouver Whitecaps 6 2 0 4 8-13 6
NB: the Canadian MLS clubs play each other three times; the club with the best
record in the head-to-head matches qualifies for the Canadian Championship
Championship Playoff
NB: the playoffs are expanded to 18 clubs (all but the bottom-4 of both
conferences) instead of 14; start Nov 20
Preliminary Round [Nov 20]
New England Revolution 2-1 Montreal Impact
[Carles Gil 38, Gustavo Bou 95 - Romell Quioto 60]
Nashville SC 3-0 Inter Miami CF
Round 1
Western Conference
[Nov 22]
Sporting Kansas City 3-3 San Jose Earthquakes [aet, 3-0 pen]
Minnesota United FC 3-0 Colorado Rapids
Portland Timbers 1-1 FC Dallas [aet, 7-8 pen]
[Nov 24]
Seattle Sounders 3-1 Los Angeles FC
Eastern Conference
[Nov 21]
Orlando City SC 1-1 New York City FC [aet, 6-5 pen]
Columbus Crew 3-2 New York Red Bulls
[Nov 24]
Toronto FC 0-1 Nashville SC [aet]
Philadelphia Union 0-2 New England Revolution
Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference [Nov 29]
Orlando City SC 1-3 New England Revolution
Columbus Crew 2-0 Nashville SC [aet]
Western Conference
[Dec 1]
Seattle Sounders 1-0 FC Dallas
[Dec 3]
Sporting Kansas City 0-3 Minnesota United FC
Semifinals
Eastern Conference [Dec 6]
Columbus Crew 1-0 New England Revolution
Western Conference [Dec 7]
Seattle Sounders 3-2 Minnesota United FC
MLS Cup [Dec 12, Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio]
Columbus Crew 3-0 Seattle Sounders
[Lucas Zelarayán 25, 82, Derrick Etienne 31]
list of professional first division champions
Source: [ws]
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