Major League Soccer

Season	2014
Teams	19
MLS Cup	LA Galaxy (5th title)
Supporters' Shield	Seattle Sounders FC (1st shield)
Champions League (U.S.)	LA Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United Real Salt Lake
Champions League (Canada)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches	323
Goals	924 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bradley Wright-Phillips (27 goals)
Biggest home win	LA 6–0COL (Sept. 5)
Biggest away win	SJ 0–5DAL (Aug. 16)
Highest scoring	9 goals: NY 4–5CHI (May 11)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Seattle Sounders FC (Apr 12 – May 7) New England Revolution (Apr 26 – May 24) LA Galaxy (Aug 20 – Sept. 5) New England Revolution (Aug 23 – Sept. 13)
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches: Real Salt Lake (Mar 8 – May 24)
Longest winless run	13 matches: San Jose Earthquakes (Aug 2–present)
Longest losing run	8 matches: New England Revolution (May 31 – Jul. 26)
Highest attendance	64,207 POR @SEA (July 13)
Lowest attendance	3,702 POR @CHV (May 28)
Average attendance	19,148[1]
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Chicago

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Toronto

Philadelphia

Montreal

Colorado

Dallas

Chivas USA

Galaxy

Houston

Salt Lake

Portland

San Jose

Seattle

Vancouver

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Locations of teams for the 2014 Major League Soccer season
Western Conference  Eastern Conference

The2014 Major League Soccer season was the 19th season ofMajor League Soccer. It was also the 102nd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in theUnited States, and the 36th with a national first-division league.

The regular season began on March 8 and ended on October 26. TheMLS Cup Playoffs began on October 29 and ended on December 7, when theLA Galaxy claimed their fifth league title by defeating theNew England Revolution, 2–1, inMLS Cup

Teams played 34 games: 17 at home and 17 away. The nine Western Conference teams faced each West club three times, with the home teams reversed from the previous year. The 10 Eastern Conference teams played 7 East teams three times (home teams reversed from 2013) and two East teams twice. Eastern and Western Conference teams played each other once, with the home team reversed from previous year.^[2] 90 percent of matches were on weekends.^[3] A proposal to cut the regular season to 28 matches and allow for balanced in-conference schedules was reported in the media but not adopted.^[4]

Chicago Fire	Chivas USA/ LA Galaxy	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	D.C. United	FC Dallas
Toyota Park	StubHub Center	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Crew Stadium	RFK Memorial Stadium	Toyota Stadium
Capacity:20,000	Capacity:27,000	Capacity:18,086	Capacity:20,145	Capacity:19,467	Capacity:21,193

Houston Dynamo	Montreal Impact	New England Revolution	New York Red Bulls	Philadelphia Union	Portland Timbers
BBVA Compass Stadium	Saputo Stadium[a]	Gillette Stadium	Red Bull Arena	PPL Park	Providence Park
Capacity:22,000	Capacity:20,801	Capacity:22,385	Capacity:25,189	Capacity:18,500	Capacity:20,438

Real Salt Lake	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle Sounders FC	Sporting Kansas City	Toronto FC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rio Tinto Stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium	CenturyLink Field	Sporting Park	BMO Field	BC Place
Capacity:20,213	Capacity:11,500	Capacity:67,000	Capacity:18,467	Capacity:30,000	Capacity:21,000

• On October 29, 2013,Real Salt Lake announced a 10-year contract withLifeVantage to become their jersey sponsor effective January 1, 2014. They replacedXanGo, which had been their sponsor since the 2006 season.^[5]
• On February 10, 2014,Portland Timbers announced a partnership withProvidence Health & Services to rename their stadium toProvidence Park, which had been calledJeld-Wen Field since 2011.^[6]
• On February 24, 2014,D.C. United announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship withLeidos.^[7]
• On May 1, 2014,Colorado Rapids announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship with Ciao Telecom.^[8]
• On July 1, 2014, following two years without jersey sponsorship,Houston Dynamo announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship withBHP Billiton.^[9][10]

Note: All teams useAdidas as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Frank Yallop	Jeff Larentowicz	Quaker
Chivas USA	Wílmer Cabrera	Carlos Bocanegra	—
Colorado Rapids	Pablo Mastroeni	Drew Moor	Ciao Telecom
Columbus Crew	Gregg Berhalter	Michael Parkhurst	Barbasol
D.C. United	Ben Olsen	Bobby Boswell	Leidos
FC Dallas	Óscar Pareja	Matt Hedges	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo	Dominic Kinnear	Brad Davis	BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy	Bruce Arena	Robbie Keane	Herbalife
Montreal Impact	Frank Klopas	Patrice Bernier	Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	Jay Heaps	José Gonçalves	UnitedHealthcare
New York Red Bulls	Mike Petke	Thierry Henry	Red Bull
Philadelphia Union	Jim Curtin	Brian Carroll	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 FC	Greg Vanney	Steven Caldwell	Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carl Robinson	Pedro Morales	Bell Canada

Major League Soccer employs twelve methods to acquire players. These mechanisms are the following: (a) viaallocation; (b) via theDesignated Player Rule; (c) via the annualSuperDraft; (d) via trade; (e) placing a discovery claim; (f) via theHomegrown Player Rule; (g) via the annualRe-Entry Draft; (h) via the annual Waiver Draft; (i) through weighted lottery; (j) through an "extreme hardship" call-up; (k) by replacing a player who has been placed on the Season Ending Injury List; (l) by replacing a player who has been placed on the Disabled List.^[11]

The allocation ranking is 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. The allocation rankings may also be used in the event two or more clubs file a request for the same player on the same day. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2013 season, taking playoff performance into account.

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 League season.

Original Ranking	Club	Date Allocation Used	Player signed	Previous club	Ref
1	Philadelphia Union†	January 27, 2014	Maurice Edu	Stoke City	[12][13]
2	Seattle Sounders FC‡	January 31, 2014	Marco Pappa	Heerenveen	[14][15]
3	Houston Dynamo∞	July 23, 2014	DaMarcus Beasley	Puebla	[16][17]
4	Columbus Crew SC	October 7, 2014	Kei Kamara	Middlesbrough	[18]
5	FC Dallas
6	Los Angeles Galaxy†#				[19][20]
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
8	Chicago Fire
9	San Jose Earthquakes
10	Montreal Impact
11	Colorado Rapids
12	New England Revolution
13	Chivas USA‡				[15]
14	D.C. United#				[20]
15	New York Red Bulls
16	Toronto FC∞				[17]
17	Portland Timbers
18	Real Salt Lake
19	Sporting Kansas City

^{† On January 14, 2014, Philadelphia Union acquired the No. 1 ranking andEthan White from D.C. United in exchange for the No. 6 allocation ranking andJeff Parke.[13]}

^{‡ On December 11, 2013, Seattle Sounders acquired the No. 2 allocation ranking from Chivas USA in exchange for the No. 13 allocation ranking andTristan Bowen.[15]}

^{∞ On July 23, 2014, Houston Dynamo acquired the then-no. 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3) and allocation money from Toronto FC in exchange for the then-no. 14 allocation ranking (original ranking number 16) andWarren Creavalle.[17]}

^{# On July 29, 2014, Los Angeles Galaxy acquired the then-No. 3 allocation ranking (original ranking number 6) from D.C. United in exchange for the then-No. 11 allocation ranking (original ranking number 14), a second-round selection in the2015 MLS SuperDraft, andKofi Opare.[20]}

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FC Dallas	Schellas Hyndman	Resigned	October 26, 2013	Preseason	Oscar Pareja	January 10, 2014
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Martin Rennie	Fired	October 29, 2013		Carl Robinson	December 16, 2013
Chicago Fire	Frank Klopas	Resigned	October 30, 2013[21]		Frank Yallop	October 31, 2013[22]
Columbus Crew	Brian Bliss	End of caretaker spell	November 6, 2013		Gregg Berhalter	November 6, 2013[23]
Chivas USA	José Luis Real		November 25, 2013[24]		Wílmer Cabrera	January 9, 2014[25]
Real Salt Lake	Jason Kreis	End of contract	December 10, 2013[26]		Jeff Cassar	December 18, 2013[27]
Montreal Impact	Marco Schällibaum	Fired	December 18, 2013[28]		Frank Klopas	December 18, 2013[28]
Colorado Rapids	Oscar Pareja	Resigned	January 10, 2014		Pablo Mastroeni	March 8, 2014[29]
Philadelphia Union	John Hackworth	Fired	June 10, 2014	16th	Jim Curtin	June 10, 2014[30]
Toronto FC	Ryan Nelsen		August 31, 2014	7th	Greg Vanney	August 31, 2014[31]
San Jose Earthquakes	Mark Watson		October 15, 2014	18th	Ian Russell (interim)	October 15, 2014[32]

The rules for the 2014 season are largely identical as those in 2013, with one major exception. For the first time in league history, theaway goals rule will be used in two-legged MLS Cup playoff matches. MLS will use the version of the rule employed inCONCACAF competitions, which is applied only at the end of regular time of the second leg andnot after extra time.^[33] MLS has also tweaked the tiebreaker rules for the league standings. The first tiebreaker remains total wins, but the second and third tiebreakers have been swapped—goal difference is now second and goals scored is third. All other tiebreakers remain the same as in 2013.^[34]

More minor changes include the following:^[33][34]

• The so-called "Special Discovery Signing" has been standardized. Under this provision, each team is allowed toamortize the total acquisition costs for one player, including the transfer fee, over the length of his contract without making him a Designated Player.
• Regulations for loans between MLS teams have been formalized. Each team may loan out one player per season to another league team, with the loan deal being finalized no later than the close of the primary transfer window (May 12 in 2014). The player must be no older than 24 at the time of the loan, must stay on the receiving team's roster for the entire season, and cannot play against the team that loaned him out. Deals may include an option to buy.
• Players who have trained for at least one year in a team's youth system, and have trained for at least 80 days with the team's academy in that year, may be signed to a first professional contract without being subject to the MLS SuperDraft.

The salary cap for 2014 has also been adjusted upward. The team salary cap, which as in previous years covers the first 20 of the 30 available roster spots, has increased to $3.1 million. The cap charge for a Designated Player is now $387,500, up from $368,750 last season. Midseason Designated Player signings carry a cap charge of $193,750. The minimum salaries for "off-budget" players (roster spots 21–30, including Generation adidas players) have also increased from last season.^[34]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	27
2	Dom Dwyer	Sporting Kansas City	22
3	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy	19
4	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution	18
5	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC	17
6	Gyasi Zardes	LA Galaxy	16
7	Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders FC	15
	Erick Torres	Chivas USA
9	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	14
10	Joao Plata	Real Salt Lake	13

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	19
2	Thierry Henry	New York Red Bulls	14
	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy
	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers
5	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC	13
6	Javier Morales	Real Salt Lake	12
	Pedro Morales	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
8	Brad Davis	Houston Dynamo	11
	Cristian Maidana	Philadelphia Union
	Mauro Rosales	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Marcelo Sarvas	LA Galaxy

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	David Ousted	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	13
2	Bill Hamid	D.C. United	10
3	Stefan Frei	Seattle Sounders FC	9
4	Steve Clark	Columbus Crew	8
	Jaime Penedo	LA Galaxy
	Bobby Shuttleworth	New England Revolution
7	Tally Hall	Houston Dynamo	7
	Clint Irwin	Colorado Rapids
	Eric Kronberg	Sporting Kansas City
	Donovan Ricketts	Portland Timbers
	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy
Defender of the Year	Chad Marshall	Seattle Sounders FC
Goalkeeper of the Year	Bill Hamid	D.C. United
Coach of the Year	Ben Olsen	D.C. United
Rookie of the Year	Tesho Akindele	FC Dallas
Newcomer of the Year	Pedro Morales	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Comeback Player of the Year	Rodney Wallace	Portland Timbers
Golden Boot	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls
Fair Play Award	Michael Parkhurst	Columbus Crew
Humanitarian of the Year	A. J. DeLaGarza	LA Galaxy
Goal of the Year	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC
Save of the Year	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Bill Hamid,D.C. United	Chad Marshall,Seattle Bobby Boswell,D.C. United Omar Gonzalez,LA Galaxy	Lee Nguyen,New England Landon Donovan,LA Galaxy Diego Valeri,Portland Thierry Henry,Red Bulls	Robbie Keane,LA Galaxy Bradley Wright-Phillips,Red Bulls Obafemi Martins,Seattle

Month
	Player	Club	Stats
March	Mauro Díaz	FC Dallas	2G, 1A
April	Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders FC	7G, 2A
May	Dom Dwyer	Sporting Kansas City	6G
June	Eric Kronberg	Sporting Kansas City	6SV, 0GA
July	Benny Feilhaber	Sporting Kansas City	2G, 1A
August	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	3G, 6A
September	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC	5G, 1A
October	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution	5G

Week	MLS Player of the Week			AT&T Goal of the Week			MLS Save of the Week
	Player	Nat	Club	Player	Nat	Club	Player	Nat	Club
Week 1	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake	Sebastián Fernández	URU	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 2	Jermain Defoe	ENG	Toronto FC	Kyle Beckerman	USA	Real Salt Lake	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 3	Bernardo Añor	VEN	Columbus Crew	Fabián Castillo	COL	FC Dallas	David Ousted	DEN	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 4	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Dom Dwyer	ENG	Sporting Kansas City	Dan Kennedy	USA	Chivas USA
Week 5	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	José Mari	ESP	Colorado Rapids	Chris Seitz	USA	FC Dallas
Week 6	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Chris Seitz	USA	FC Dallas
Week 7	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Júlio César	BRA	Toronto FC
Week 8	Bradley Wright-Phillips	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Tally Hall	USA	Houston Dynamo
Week 9	Joao Plata	ECU	Real Salt Lake	Gastón Fernández	ARG	Portland Timbers	Eric Kronberg	USA	Sporting Kansas City
Week 10	Harrison Shipp	USA	Chicago Fire	Javier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas
Week 11	Federico Higuaín	ARG	Columbus Crew	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Jeff Attinella	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 12	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Erik Hurtado	USA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 13	Deshorn Brown	JAM	Colorado Rapids	Will Johnson	CAN	Portland Timbers	Jeff Attinella	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 14	Fanendo Adi	NGA	Portland Timbers	Fabian Castillo	COL	FC Dallas	Dan Kennedy	USA	Chivas USA
Week 15	Luis Silva	USA	D.C. United	(not awarded)			(not awarded)
Week 16	Jack McInerney	USA	Montreal Impact	Jack McInerney	USA	Montreal Impact	David Ousted	DEN	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 17	Erick Torres	MEX	Chivas USA	Erick Torres	MEX	Chivas USA	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 18	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Deshorn Brown	JAM	Colorado Rapids	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 19	Benny Feilhaber	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Steve Clark	USA	Columbus Crew
Week 20	Yannick Djaló	POR	San Jose Earthquakes	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Jaime Penedo	PAN	LA Galaxy
Week 21	Robbie Keane	IRE	LA Galaxy	Dax McCarty	USA	New York Red Bulls	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 22	Chris Schuler	USA	Real Salt Lake	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Jon Kempin	USA	Sporting Kansas City
Week 23	Tesho Akindele	CAN	FC Dallas	Dillon Serna	USA	Colorado Rapids	Jon Kempin	USA	Sporting Kansas City
Week 24	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Irwin	USA	Colorado Rapids
Week 25	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 26	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Jon Busch	USA	San Jose Earthquakes
Week 27	Blas Pérez	PAN	FC Dallas	Lamar Neagle	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Joe Bendik	USA	Toronto FC
Week 28	Bradley Wright-Phillips	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Luis Robles	USA	New York Red Bulls
Week 29	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Steve Clark	USA	Columbus Crew
Week 30	Sebastián Fernández	URU	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Marco Pappa	GUA	Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Irwin	USA	Colorado Rapids
Week 31	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Andy Gruenebaun	USA	Sporting Kansas City
Week 32	Lee Nguyen	USA	New England Revolution	Lee Nguyen	USA	New England Revolution	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 33	Marco Pappa	GUA	Seattle Sounders FC	Kyle Beckerman	USA	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers

The player of the week is voted on by North American sports journalists. All other weekly and monthly awards are decided by an online fan vote.

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