Major League Soccer 2014

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Major League Soccer 2014
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master LA Galaxy
Cup winners
Teams 19th
Games 323
Gates 924  (ø 2.86 per game)
Top scorer Bradley Wright-Phillips (28)
← Major League Soccer 2013

The 19th Major League Soccer season began on March 8, 2014 with the regular season. Then the play-offs were held in autumn 2014, which ended on December 7th with the game for the MLS Cup . The cup winner is the record champions LA Galaxy , who beat New England Revolution 2-1 after extra time .

Participating teams

team Trainer captain Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire CanadaCanada Frank Yallop United StatesUnited States Jeff Larentowicz United StatesUnited States Quaker Oats
CD Chivas USA ColombiaColombia Wilmer Cabrera United StatesUnited States Carlos Bocanegra none
Colorado Rapids United StatesUnited States Pablo Mastroeni United StatesUnited States Drew Moor United StatesUnited States Ciao Telecom
Columbus crew United StatesUnited States Gregg Berhalter United StatesUnited States Michael Parkhurst United StatesUnited States Barbasol
DC United United StatesUnited States Ben Olsen United StatesUnited States Bobby Boswell United StatesUnited States Leidos
FC Dallas ColombiaColombia Óscar Pareja United StatesUnited States Andrew Jacobson United StatesUnited States AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo United StatesUnited States Dominic Kinnear United StatesUnited States Brad Davis none
LA Galaxy United StatesUnited States Bruce Arena IrelandIreland Robbie Keane United StatesUnited States Herbalife
Montreal Impact United StatesUnited States Frank Klopas CanadaCanada Patrice Bernier CanadaCanada Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution United StatesUnited States Jay Heaps PortugalPortugal José Gonçalves United StatesUnited States UnitedHealth Group
New York Red Bulls United StatesUnited States Mike Petke FranceFrance Thierry Henry AustriaAustria Red Bull
Philadelphia Union United StatesUnited States John Hackworth United StatesUnited States Brian Carroll MexicoMexico Grupo Bimbo
Portland Timbers ScotlandScotland Caleb Porter CanadaCanada Will Johnson United StatesUnited States Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake United StatesUnited States Jeff Cassar United StatesUnited States Kyle Beckerman United StatesUnited States LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes CanadaCanada Mark Watson United StatesUnited States Chris Wondolowski none
Seattle Sounders GermanyGermany Sigi Schmid United StatesUnited States Brad Evans United StatesUnited States Xbox LIVE
Sporting Kansas City United StatesUnited States Peter Vermes United StatesUnited States Matt Besler United StatesUnited States Ivy Funds
Toronto FC New ZealandNew Zealand Ryan Nelsen ScotlandScotland Steven Caldwell CanadaCanada Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Carl Robinson United StatesUnited States Jay DeMerit CanadaCanada Bell Canada

Season course

Regular season

The first games of the season took place on March 8, 2014, the last games of the regular season will be played in October. Sporting Kansas City will enter the race as defending champions . The league is divided into two conferences. Each team plays two to three times against teams from the same conference, while teams from the other conference only play once a season. The home right of the individual games without a second leg and the third season matches alternate per season.

Like last season, FC Dallas got off to a successful start and led the overall table after seven match days, but then also slipped again. In the period that followed, the Seattle Sounders took over the championship lead and in the meantime (after 15 games) increased their lead in second place to seven points. DC United, who were only able to score 16 points in the entire 2013 season, already have 25 points in the 2014 season after 15 games and thus lead the table in the Eastern Conference. What was unusual at the beginning of the season was the high number of games that ended in a draw. Of the first 62 games played, 25 games (around 40%) ended in a draw. In the entire 2013 season, there were only 82 drawn games (25%) in 323 regular season games.

The Seattle Sounders were the first team to qualify for the playoffs after 27 games. Seattle had to play in the last two games against the previously tied LA Galaxy, won 4 points from these games and won the MLS Supporters' Shield.

In the game with the highest number of goals in the regular season, there were nine goals. On May 10, the New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire finished their game with a final score of 4-5. The LA Galaxy achieved the highest home win against the Colorado Rapids on September 5, 6-0. Away on August 16, FC Dallas recorded the highest victory at the San Jose Earthquakes with 0: 5.

Tables

Eastern Conference
team Games S. U N T + T- TD Points Total space
1 DC United (OC) 34 17th 8th 9 52 37 +15 59 3
2 New England Revolution 34 17th 4th 13 51 46 +5 55 5
3 Columbus crew 34 14th 10 10 52 42 +10 52 7th
4th New York Red Bulls (Sup) 34 13 11 10 55 50 +5 50 8th
5 Sporting Kansas City (M) 34 14th 7th 13 48 41 +7 49 10
6th Philadelphia Union 34 10 12 12 51 51 +0 42 12
7th Toronto FC 1 34 11 8th 15th 44 54 -10 41 13
8th Houston Dynamo 34 11 6th 17th 39 58 -19 39 14th
9 Chicago Fire 34 6th 18th 10 41 51 -10 36 15th
10 Montreal Impact 1 (CC) 34 6th 10 18th 38 58 -20 28 19th
Western Conference
team Games S. U N T + T- TD Points Total space
1 Seattle Sounders 34 20th 4th 10 65 50 +15 64 1
2 LA Galaxy 34 17th 10 7th 69 37 +32 61 2
3 Real Salt Lake 34 15th 11 8th 54 39 +15 56 4th
4th FC Dallas 34 16 6th 12 55 45 +10 54 6th
5 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 34 12 14th 8th 42 40 +2 50 9
6th Portland Timbers 34 12 13 9 61 52 +9 49 11
7th CD Chivas USA 34 9 6th 19th 29 61 -32 33 16
8th Colorado Rapids 34 8th 8th 18th 43 62 -19 32 17th
9 San Jose Earthquakes 34 6th 12 16 35 50 -15 30th 18th
MLS Cup Playoffs 2014
MLS Supporters' Shield 2014

(M) = Champion 2013, (Sup) = MLS Supporters' Shield 2013, (CC) = Canadian Cup Winner 2013, (OC) = US Cup Winner 2013

1 Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League via Major League Soccer because the three teams come from Canada and the starting places are allocated by state. If the teams finish the season on a qualifying place for the Champions League, these starting places are automatically assigned to the next lower team. The three Canadian teams can only qualify for this competition through the Canadian Championship .

Regulation in the event of a tie

If two or more teams are tied in the table, the following comparison rules will be applied in order to determine the ranking of the teams. The comparison is decided as soon as one of the rules can determine a ranking of the teams concerned. Unlike z. B. In the German Bundesliga, it is not the goal difference that decides first, but the number of games won.

As in previous years, the rules in the 2014 season differ from those of the previous season, as the goal difference is now the higher decision criterion compared to the goals scored.

  1. Total number of wins
  2. Total goal difference
  3. Total number of goals scored
  4. lowest number of penalty points in the fair play table
  5. Away goal difference
  6. Number of away goals scored
  7. Home goal difference
  8. Number of home goals scored
  9. Coin toss (for two teams) or drawing of lots (for more than two teams)

If more than two teams are tied, as soon as one team is placed, the remaining teams with the same number of points will start again with rule 1.

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top and bottom rows. Due to the unbalanced schedule, some games take place twice a season, while other theoretically possible matches are not played.

2014 Chicago Fire Chivas USA Colorado Rapids DC United Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Montreal Impact New England Revolution Philadelphia Union Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps
Chicago Fire 1: 1 3: 3 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1
1: 0 		2: 2
1: 1 		2: 3 2: 3 2: 1 1: 1
1: 1 		0-0
CD Chivas USA 3: 2 2: 1 0: 1 1: 4 0: 3
0: 3 		1-0 0: 3 0: 2 1: 0
1: 0 		1-0 1: 2
2: 4 		0: 4 1: 1
0: 0
Colorado Rapids 0-0 1: 3
3: 0 		1: 1 0: 1 3-0 1-0
3: 4 		4: 1 2-0
2-2 		0: 1 0: 0
1: 1 		1: 4 2: 3 2-0
Columbus crew 2-0 3-0 1: 1 0-0 3-0 4: 1 2: 1
2: 0 		1-0 1: 1 2: 1
2: 1 		1: 1 1: 2 0: 2
2: 3 		0: 1
DC United 2: 2
2: 1 		3: 1 4: 2 0: 3
0: 0 		4: 1 2-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 0
2: 0 		1-0 0: 1 1: 0
0: 0 		3-0
FC Dallas 3: 1
1: 1 		3: 2
3: 1 		2: 1 3: 2 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1
0: 2 		2: 1 1: 2 2: 3
3: 1 		2: 1 2: 1
Houston Dynamo 2-0 1-0
2-2 		1: 0
1: 3 		1: 4 1-0 1-0
3-2 		4: 0
1: 2 		2: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 5 0: 2 2: 2
LA Galaxy 1: 1 6-0 4: 1 2: 1
2: 1 		5: 1 4-0 4: 1 2: 2
3: 1 		0: 1
1: 0 		2: 2 2: 2 3-0 1: 0
2: 0
Montreal Impact 1: 1
1: 0 		2-0 2: 4
1: 1 		3-0 2: 2 2-0
2-2 		2: 2 1-0 2: 3 2-0 0: 2 0: 3
1: 2 		0: 2
New England Revolution 0: 1
2: 1 		1-0 3-0 1: 2
2: 1 		2: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 3 1: 1 5-0 2-0
3-1 		1-0 0-0
New York Red Bulls 4: 5 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1
1: 3 		1-0 4-0
1-0 		4: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 2: 2
3: 1
Philadelphia Union 1: 1 3: 3 2: 3 0: 1 0: 0
0: 0 		1: 1
2: 1 		1-0
3: 5 		3: 1
2: 2 		2: 2 4: 2 2: 1 1-0 3: 3
Portland Timbers 1: 1 1: 1
2: 0 		2: 1 3: 3 3: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 3
3: 0 		4: 4
2: 4 		0: 1 3: 4
3: 0
Real Salt Lake 2-0 2: 1
5: 1 		3-0 0-0
2-1 		1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 0
1: 3 		2-0 2: 1 3-0 2: 2
1: 1
San Jose Earthquakes 5: 1 1: 0
0: 1 		0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1
0: 5 		3-0 0: 1
1: 1 		1: 2 1: 2 3: 3
1: 1 		1-0 0-0
Seattle Sounders 4: 2 4: 1
1: 0 		1: 2 2: 1 2-0 0: 3
2: 0 		2: 1 2-0 4-0
3-2 		1: 0
1: 1 		1-0 1: 2 0: 1
Sporting Kansas City 1: 1
2: 0 		2-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 3 2: 1 4-0 2: 3 1: 1
0: 2 		1: 2
1: 1 		0-0 1-0 2: 2
4: 1
Toronto FC 2: 2 3-0 0: 1 3: 2 1: 0
1: 2 		4: 2
0: 1 		1: 1 1: 2
0: 3 		2-0 0: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 2 1: 1
Vancouver Whitecaps 1: 3 1: 2
1: 0 		0-0 2: 2
2: 0 		2: 1 2: 2 0-0 4: 1 0: 3 2: 1 3: 2
2: 0 		2: 2
1: 0 		2-0
2014 Chicago Fire Chivas USA Colorado Rapids DC United Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Montreal Impact New England Revolution Philadelphia Union Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps

Goal scorers

The following list contains the ranking of the goal scorers of the regular season in the race for the Golden Shoe up to 20th place. If the same number of goals scored, the number of goal preparation, then the lower number of minutes played decides on the placement.

space player team Goals scored Goals prepared Minutes played
1 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls 27 2 2573
2 Dom Dwyer Sporting Kansas City 22nd 1 2724
3 Robbie Keane LA Galaxy 19th 14th 2549
4th Lee Nguyen New England Revolution 18th 5 2750
5 Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders 17th 13 2600
6th Gyasi Zardes LA Galaxy 16 2 2392
7th Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders 15th 10 2132
8th Erick Torres CD Chivas USA 15th 1 2510
9 Chris Wondolowski San Jose Earthquakes 14th 4th 2340
10 Joao Plata Real Salt Lake 13 6th 1985
11 Sebastien Le Toux Philadelphia Union 12 7th 2050
12 Diego Valeri Portland Timbers 11 14th 2763
13 Fabian Espindola DC United 11 9 2124
14th Ethan Finlay Columbus crew 11 7th 1898
15th Federico Higuaín Columbus crew 11 7th 2488
16 Blow Pérez FC Dallas 11 6th 2061
17th Giles Barnes Houston Dynamo 11 5 3028
18th Luis Silva DC United 11 4th 1523
19th Jermain Defoe Toronto FC 11 2 1529
20th Landon Donovan LA Galaxy 10 19th 2720

Playoffs

After the 34 game days of the regular season, the playoffs will be played out in several rounds, some with different modes. Except for the final, all games take place within the respective conference.

Knockout Round

The knockout round only applies to the teams in conference places 4 and 5. The team in place 4 plays a home game against the team from the same conference in place 5. There is no return game, but the game is played in the event of a tie after the regular playing time decided by extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-outs. The winner of that game progresses to the next round. The teams in places 1 to 3 in the respective conference skip this first round and move directly to the conference semifinals.

The two games will be played on October 29th (Western Conference) and October 30th (Eastern Conference).

Conference semifinals and finals

The conference semi-finals are played with a return leg, whereby the sum of the goals scored counts. For the first time, the away goals rule known from European competitions will be applied. However (in contrast to the European regulation) it is only applied at the end of regular time, i.e. after the end of extra time there will always be a penalty shoot-out if the sum of the goals of both teams from the two games is the same, regardless of how many of the goals were scored away from home.

The conference table leader plays against the winner of the first playoff round and the second in the conference table against the third. The first leg takes place in the stadium of the team ranked lower in the conference table, the second leg in the stadium of the other team. The winners who have been determined after both games reach the conference finals, which are played in the same mode with a return leg.

The Seattle Sounders benefited from the new away goal rule in the Conference semifinals, after 1: 1 in the away first leg at home a 0: 0 was enough to advance. Landon Donovan , who ended his career after the season, scored three goals in the semi-final second leg of the LA Galaxy against Real Salt Lake (5-0) . Columbus Crew received a yellow, a yellow-red and a red card in the second leg of the semifinals at New England Revolution and had to accept two dismissals. These were the only cards shown in this game. In the conference finals, New England Revolution and LA Galaxy prevailed, playing against each other for the MLS Cup for the third time after 2002 and 2005.

MLS Cup Final

The MLS Cup final was played between the two winners of the Conference Finals, New England Revolution and LA Galaxy, in the stadium of the team higher in the overall table and without a second leg. Los Angeles won the home game after extra time 2-1.

Results

  Knockout Round Conference semifinals Conference finals MLS Cup 2014
                                             
  E4  New York Red Bulls 2            
  E5  Sporting Kansas City 1     E4  New York Red Bulls 2 1 3  
    E1  DC United 0 2 2    
        E4  New York Red Bulls 1 2 3  
    E2  New England Revolution 2 2 4th    
E3  Columbus crew 2 1 3      
E2  New England Revolution 4th 3 7th    
  W2  LA Galaxy 2
  E2  New England Revolution 1
W3  Real Salt Lake 0 0 0  
W2  LA Galaxy 0 5 5    
      W2  LA Galaxy A 1 1 2
    W1  Seattle Sounders 0 2 2    
  W4  FC Dallas 1 0 1      
  W4  FC Dallas 2     W1  Seattle Sounders A 1 0 1    
  W5  Vancouver Whitecaps 1    


A ... The team qualifies due to the more away goal scored.

National cup competitions

→ Main article: Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2014
→ Main article: Canadian Championship 2014

The 16 US teams of the MLS compete in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, while the three Canadian MLS teams contest the Canadian Championship. The two tournaments are the cup rounds of the USA and Canada, which are played in the knockout system. The winners qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League . Since the Canadian competition ended in June, the Canadian cup winner (Montreal Impact) can still compete in the Champions League season that starts in the same year, while the US cup winner does not compete until the following year, as the Champions League Season begins before the US Open Cup final.

International competitions

→ Main article: CONCACAF Champions League 2013/14
→ Main article: CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15

Unlike the MLS season, the Champions League is played in a season that begins in June and ends in May of the following year. The US teams in the 2014 MLS season can therefore qualify for the 2015/16 Champions League season, while the Canadian team, which qualifies via the 2014 Canadian Championship in spring, can qualify for the 2014 Champions League season / 15 starts.

In addition to the cup winners of the two countries, the winners of the Eastern and Western Conference and the winners of the MLS Cup also qualify for the 2015/16 Champions League season if they come from the USA. If one of the Canadian teams wins the Eastern or Western Conference or the MLS Cup, or the MLS Cup winner is also the winner of one of the conferences, the next US team with the highest points in the regular season moves up to the Champions League starting position. The Canadian Association has only one starting place in the Champions League, which is filled with the winner of the Canadian Championship of the respective year.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results table
  2. ↑ Rules page of the MLS
  3. ↑ Statistics on mlssoccer.com (English)
  4. ↑ Article on the away goal rule on mlssoccer.com
  5. ↑ [1]

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