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 |
← Major League Soccer 2009 | |
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 | |
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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 |
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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
- 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.
- Toronto FC won the 2010 Canadian Championship.
International competitions
- 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)
- 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Toronto FC hosts Philadelphia in first MLS game on grass at BMO Field . In: The Canadian Press . October 14, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Standings ( English ) mlssoccer.com. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ↑ Major League Soccer Statistics . Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- ↑ MLS All-Star Team - Man United 2: 5 ( English ) MLS. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
- ↑ MLSsoccer.com: MLSsoccer.com reveals 2010 MLS All-Star First XI was released on July 13, 2010