Major League Soccer 2010

Major League Soccer 2010
master	Colorado Rapids
Cup winners	Seattle Sounders
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	591  (ø 2.46 per game)
spectator	4,002,053  (ø 16,675 per game)
Top scorer	Chris Wondolowski , 18 goals
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The 15th Major League Soccer season began with the Regular Season on March 25, 2010 and ended with the MLS Cup 2010 on November 21, 2010. The final was held at BMO Field in Toronto , which the Colorado Rapids won . All results since the founding of the MLS can be found in the MLS's eternal table . The first game of the season was played at Qwest Field in Seattle between the Seattle Sounders and Philadelphia Union. The Sounders won 2-0.

No games will be played during the group stage of the 2010 World Cup .

Innovations

• The players union and the MLS agreed on a new collective agreement, which affects the contracts of the players.
• The Philadelphia Union franchise is the 16th team in Major League Soccer (Eastern Conference) to start playing.
• The New York Red Bulls move to the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ .
• The Designated Player Rule has been revised and introduced with new rules.

Change of coach

• Piotr Nowak becomes the first Philadelphia Union coach.
• Hans Backe takes over the coaching position at the New York Red Bulls. The previous interim trainer Richie Williams takes over the post of assistant trainer again.
• Predrag Radosavljević became the new coach of Toronto FC. The previous head coach Chris Cummins had not signed a new contract. On September 14, 2010 Preki was replaced by the Canadian Nick Dasovic.
• Curt Onalfo took over the coaching position at DC United on December 28, 2009. After eight months, he was fired due to poor performance by his team. Since August 4, 2010, the Washington team has been looked after by former US national player Ben Olsen as an interim solution.
• In early 2010, Denis Hamlett was fired from the Chicago Fire. The new coach is Carlos de los Cobos .

Participating teams 2010

team	Trainer 1	captain	Outfitter	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Carlos de los Cobos	Brian McBride	Adidas	Best Buy
CD Chivas USA	Martin Vasquez	Jonathan Bornstein	Adidas	Comex Group
Colorado Rapids	Gary Smith	Pablo Mastroeni	Adidas
Columbus crew	Robert Warzycha	Frankie Hejduk	Adidas	Glidden
DC United	Ben Olsen	Jaime Moreno	Adidas	Volkswagen
FC Dallas	Schellas Hyndman	Daniel Hernández	Adidas
Kansas City	Peter Vermes	Davy Arnaud	Adidas
Houston Dynamo	Dominic Kinnear	Brian Ching	Adidas	Amigo Energy
LA Galaxy	Bruce Arena	Landon Donovan	Adidas	Herbalife
New England Revolution	Steve Nicol	Shalrie Joseph	Adidas
Philadelphia Union	Piotr Nowak	Danny Califf	Adidas
Red Bull New York	Hans Backe	Juan Pablo Angel	Adidas	Red Bull
Real Salt Lake	Jason Circle	Kyle Beckerman	Adidas	Xango
San Jose Earthquakes	Frank Yallop	Ramiro Corrales	Adidas	Amway Global
Seattle Sounders	Sigi Schmid	Kasey Keller	Adidas	Xbox LIVE
Toronto FC	Nick Dasovic	Dwayne De Rosario	Adidas	BMO

Coach changes during the season have been updated accordingly. Status: October 26, 2010

Competition format

Regular season

The 16 teams play against each other twice in the regular season. So each team plays a total of 30 games. The best 8 teams, but at least 2 per conference, qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs. The team with the most points in the regular season wins the MLS Supporters' Shield.

MLS Cup Playoffs

The playoff pairings are determined based on the placements in the conference tables. If more than four teams in one conference qualify for the playoff, the surplus teams will switch to the vacant places in the playoff tree of the other conference. The quarter-finals (conference semifinals) will be played over two games, the semifinals (conference finals) and the final in one game. The away goals rule does not apply.

International qualifications

The best team in the regular season and the winner of the MLS Cup qualify directly for the CONCACAF Champions League . The defeated finalist and the US Open Cup winner qualify for the qualifying round for the Champions League. The four best-placed teams that do not participate in the CONCACAF Champions League qualify for the SuperLiga .

As a Canadian team, Toronto FC cannot qualify for the Champions League via MLS. This is only possible via the Canadian Championship .

US Open Cup

The best 6 US teams of the regular season qualify directly for the round of 16 of next year's US Open Cup. The remaining teams play two more places in the round of 16 in an internal MLS qualification tournament (KO system).

Toronto FC cannot qualify as a Canadian team for the US Open Cup or is not eligible to play for this tournament.

Season course

Regular season

In addition to the two best teams in each conference, four teams with the next highest number of points qualify for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference

society		Pt	Games	S.	N	U	T +	T-	T
1	New York Red Bulls	51	30th	15th	9	6th	38	29	+9
2	Columbus crew	50	30th	14th	8th	8th	40	34	+6
3	Kansas City Wizards	39	30th	11	13	6th	36	35	+1
4th	Chicago Fire	36	30th	9	12	9	37	38	−1
5	Toronto FC 1	35	30th	9	13	8th	33	41	−8
6th	New England Revolution	32	30th	9	16	5	32	50	−18
7th	Philadelphia Union	31	30th	8th	15th	7th	35	49	−14
8th	DC United	22nd	30th	6th	20th	4th	21st	47	−26

Western Conference

society		Pt	Games	S.	N	U	T +	T-	T
1	LA Galaxy	59	30th	18th	7th	5	44	26th	+18
2	Real Salt Lake	56	30th	15th	4th	11	45	20th	+25
3	FC Dallas	50	30th	12	4th	14th	42	28	+14
4th	Seattle Sounders	48	30th	14th	10	6th	39	35	+4
5	Colorado Rapids	46	30th	12	8th	10	44	32	+12
6th	San Jose Earthquakes	46	30th	13	10	7th	34	33	+1
7th	Houston Dynamo	33	30th	9	15th	6th	40	49	−9
8th	CD Chivas USA	28	30th	8th	18th	4th	31	45	−14

	MLS Supporters' Shield, MLS Cup Playoffs 2010, US Open Cup 2011, CONCACAF Champions League 2011/12
	MLS Cup Playoffs 2010, US Open Cup 2011
	MLS Cup Playoffs 2010

As of October 26, 2010, source: mlssoccer.com ¹ Toronto FC cannot qualify for the US Open Cup because the club is from Canada. If the team concludes the season on a qualifying place for the US Open Cup, this starting place is automatically assigned to the next higher team. The same applies to a qualification place for the CONCACAF Champions League . Also here qualifies, should Toronto get a qualifying place, the next higher team. Toronto FC can only qualify for this competition through the Canadian Championship .

Playoffs

	Conference semifinals							Conference finals					MLS Cup 2010
	E1	New York Red Bulls	1	1	2
	E4	San Jose Earthquakes	0	3	3
								E4	San Jose Earthquakes	0
	Eastern Conference
								E2	Colorado Rapids	1
	E2	Columbus crew	0	2	2
	E3	Colorado Rapids (5-4 pens)	1	1	2
													E.	Colorado Rapids	2
													W.	FC Dallas	1
	W1	LA Galaxy	1	2	3
	W4	Seattle Sounders	0	1	1
								W1	LA Galaxy	0
	Western Conference
								W2	FC Dallas	3
	W2	Real Salt Lake	1	1	2
	W3	FC Dallas	2	1	3

List of goalscorers

see also: List of Major League Soccer's top scorers

space	Surname	society	Gates
1	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	18th
2	Edson Buddle	LA Galaxy	17th
3	Dwayne De Rosario	Toronto FC	15th
4th	Omar Cummings	Colorado Rapids	14th
	Sébastien Le Toux	Philadelphia Union	14th
6th	Juan Pablo Angel	New York Red Bulls	13
	Conor Casey	Colorado Rapids	13
8th	Álvaro Saborío	Real Salt Lake	12
9	Jeff Cunningham	FC Dallas	11
10	Kei Kamara	Kansas City Wizards	10
	Fredy Montero	Seattle Sounders	10
	Steve Zakuani	Seattle Sounders	10

MLS All-Star Game

The 15th MLS All-Star Game took place on July 28th at Reliant Stadium in Houston , Texas . Opponent was Manchester United from the English Premier League , who won the game 5-2. The goals for the All-Star team were scored by Brian Ching and Dwayne De Rosario. Manchester United's Federico Macheda has been named Player of the Match .

On July 27, 2009, Houston was announced as the location by MLS Commissioner Don Carber. This was due to the large football fan base in Houston and the success of the Houston Dynamo organization.

The MLS All-Star team included a. Landon Donovan , Dwayne De Rosario and Chad Marshall . The selection was supervised by Bruce Arena .

National competitions

• Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

The Seattle Sounders won the US Open Cup on October 5, 2010. In the final, the team met the Columbus crew. With two goals from Sanna Nyassi, they won this game.

• Canadian Championship 2010

Toronto FC won the 2010 Canadian Championship.

International competitions

• CONCACAF Champions League 2010/2011

Real Salt Lake - quarterfinals versus Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew - Quarterfinals versus Real Salt Lake

LA Galaxy - Qualifying Round (Eliminated)

Seattle Sounders - Group Stage (Eliminated)

Toronto FC - group stage (eliminated)

• SuperLiga 2010

With Chicago Fire and CD Chivas USA, two teams from the MLS were eliminated from the tournament in the group stage. Houston Dynamo lost to Puebla FC in the semifinals and New England Revolution made it to the final. There they were defeated by Monarcas Morelia 2-1.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MLS player-side sources float strike threat . In: Sports Business Journal , Steet & Smith's Sports Group, November 9, 2009, p. 3. Retrieved November 11, 2009. 
2. ↑ Toronto FC hosts Philadelphia in first MLS game on grass at BMO Field . In: The Canadian Press . October 14, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
3. ↑ Joshua Mayers: Major League Soccer adds second DP slot, can purchase a third (league release) . In: The Seattle Times . April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
4. ↑ Standings ( English ) mlssoccer.com. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
5. ↑ Major League Soccer Statistics . Retrieved October 24, 2010.
6. ↑ MLS All-Star Team - Man United 2: 5 ( English ) MLS. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
7. ↑ MLSsoccer.com: MLSsoccer.com reveals 2010 MLS All-Star First XI was released on July 13, 2010