Major League Soccer 2016

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Major League Soccer 2016
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master Seattle Sounders
Teams 20th
Games 340  (of which 340 played)
Gates 956  (ø 2.81 per game)
spectator 7,091,480  (ø 20,857 per game)
Top scorer EnglandEngland Bradley Wright-Phillips (24)
← Major League Soccer 2015

The 21st major league soccer season began on March 6, 2016 with the regular season . This lasts until October 23, after which the play-offs will be played. There are 20 teams in the league, 17 from the United States and three from Canada . The defending champions of the MLS Cup are the Portland Timbers , the Supporters' Shield are the New York Red Bulls .

Changes compared to the 2015 season

Games

  • There was an interruption in all league games from June 2, 2016 to June 14, 2016. The reason for this was the Copa América Centenario 2016 .
  • On the last day of the regular season, all games were played on the same day and at the same time.

Participating teams

Major League Soccer 2016 hometowns

In the 2016 season, the same 20 franchises will take part in Major League Soccer that took part in the 2015 season . 17 of the 20 franchises are located in the United States and three in Canada .

franchise Location Stadion capacity
Chicago Fire United StatesUnited States Bridgeview , Illinois Toyota Park 20,000
Colorado Rapids United StatesUnited States Commerce City , Colorado Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,000
Columbus crew United StatesUnited States Columbus , Ohio Mapfre Stadium 20,145
DC United United StatesUnited States Washington, DC RFK Memorial Stadium 20,000
FC Dallas United StatesUnited States Frisco , Texas Toyota Stadium 20,500
Houston Dynamo United StatesUnited States Houston , Texas BBVA Compass Stadium 22,000
LA Galaxy United StatesUnited States Carson , California StubHub Center 27,000
Montreal Impact CanadaCanada Montreal , Quebec Saputo Stadium 20,801
New England Revolution United StatesUnited States Foxborough , Massachusetts Gillette Stadium 22,385
New York City FC United StatesUnited States New York City , New York Yankee Stadium 33,444
New York Red Bulls United StatesUnited States Harrison , New Jersey Red Bull Arena 25,000
Orlando City United StatesUnited States Orlando , Florida Camping World Stadium 23,000
Philadelphia Union United StatesUnited States Chester , Pennsylvania Talen Energy Stadium 18,500
Portland Timbers United StatesUnited States Portland , Oregon Providence Park 22,000
Real Salt Lake United StatesUnited States Sandy , Utah Rio Tinto Stadium 20,000
San Jose Earthquakes United StatesUnited States San Jose , California Avaya Stadium 18,000
Seattle Sounders United StatesUnited States Seattle , Washington CenturyLink Field 39,115
Sporting Kansas City United StatesUnited States Kansas City , Missouri Children's Mercy Park 18,500
Toronto FC CanadaCanada Toronto , Ontario BMO Field 30,991
Vancouver Whitecaps CanadaCanada Vancouver , British Columbia BC Place Stadium 21,000

Regular season

Tables

Eastern Conference

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. New York Red Bulls (Sup)  34  16  9  9 061:440 +17 57
 2. New York City FC  34  15th  9  10 062:570  +5 54
 3. Toronto FC CAN  34  14th  11  9 051:390 +12 53
 4th DC United  34  11  13  10 053:470  +6 46
 5. Montreal Impact CAN  34  11  12  11 049:530  −4 45
 6th Philadelphia Union  34  11  9  14th 052:550  −3 42
 7th New England Revolution  34  11  9  14th 044:540 −10 42
 8th. Orlando City  34  9  14th  11 055:600  −5 41
 9. Columbus crew  34  8th  12  14th 050:580  −8 36
10. Chicago Fire  34  7th  10  17th 042:580 −16 31
As of October 24, 2016

Western Conference

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FC Dallas  34  17th  9  8th 050:400 +10 60
 2. Colorado Rapids  34  15th  13  6th 039:320  +7 58
 3. LA Galaxy  34  12  16  6th 054:390 +15 52
 4th Seattle Sounders  34  14th  6th  14th 044:430  +1 48
 5. Sporting Kansas City (OC)  34  13  8th  13 042:410  +1 47
 6th Real Salt Lake  34  12  10  12 044:460  −2 46
 7th Portland Timbers (M)  34  12  8th  14th 048:530  −5 44
 8th. Vancouver Whitecaps CAN  34  10  9  15th 045:520  −7 39
 9. San Jose Earthquakes  34  8th  14th  12 032:400  −8 38
10. Houston Dynamo  34  7th  13  14th 039:450  −6 34
As of October 24, 2016
After the regular season:
Participation in the MLS Cup Playoffs Conference semi-finals and in the group stage of the 2017/18 Champions League
Participation in the MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals
Participation in the MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round
After the 2015 season
(M) 2015 MLS Cup Winner (Major League Soccer Champion): Portland Timbers
(Sup) MLS Supporters' Shield 2015 winner (Major League Soccer Regular Season winner): New York Red Bulls
(OC) Winner of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2015 (American Cup winner): Sporting Kansas City
CAN 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 .

Goal scorers

The following list contains the ranking of the regular season scorers .

space player team Gates
1. EnglandEngland Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls 24
2. SpainSpain David Villa New York City FC 23
3. ArgentinaArgentina Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact 17th
ItalyItaly Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 17th
5. EnglandEngland Dom Dwyer Sporting Kansas City 16
NigeriaNigeria Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers 16
NorwayNorway Ola Kamara Columbus crew 16
8th. MexicoMexico Giovani dos Santos New York Red Bulls 14th
CanadaCanada Cyle Larin Orlando City 14th
ArgentinaArgentina Diego Valeri Portland Timbers 14th

Source: October 24, 2016

MLS Cup Playoffs

The 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs will begin with the Knockout Round games on October 26, 2016.

Knockout round

Eastern Conference
Oct 26, 2016
7:30 PM EDT 		Toronto FC 3: 1 Philadelphia Union BMO Field , Toronto
Spectators: 21,759
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Giovinco 15 ′ Osorio 48 ′ Altidore 85 ′Goal after 15 minutes 
Goal after 48 minutes 
Goal after 85 minutes  		report Bedoya 73 ′Goal after 73 minutes 
Oct 27, 2016
7:30 PM EDT 		DC United 2: 4 Montreal Impact RFK Stadium , Washington, DC
Spectators: 12,773
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Neagle 90 ′ Kemp 90 + 4 ′Goal after 90 minutes 
Goal after 90 + 4 minutes  		report Ciman 4 ′ Mancosu 43 ′ 58 ′ Piatti 83 ′Goal after 4 minutes 
Goal after 43 minutes  Goal after 58 minutes 
Goal after 83 minutes 
Western Conference
Oct 26, 2016
10:30 PM EDT 		LA Galaxy 3: 1 Real Salt Lake StubHub Center , Los Angeles
Spectators: 18,124
Referee: Alan Kelly
Gordon 14 ′ Boateng 26 ′ 34 ′Goal after 14 minutes 
Goal after 26 minutes  Goal after 34 minutes  		report Plata 21 ′ ( penalty kick )Penalty after 21 minutes 
Oct 27, 2016
10:00 PM EDT 		Seattle Sounders 1-0 Sporting Kansas City CenturyLink Field , Seattle
Spectators: 36,151
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Valdez 88 ′Goal after 88 minutes  report

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference
Oct. 30, 2016
7:00 PM ET 		Toronto FC 2-0 New York City FC BMO Field , Toronto
Spectators: 28,220
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Altidore 84 ′ Ricketts 90 + 2 ′Goal after 84 minutes 
Goal after 90 + 2 minutes  		report
Nov. 6, 2016
6:30 PM ET 		New York City FC 0: 5 Toronto FC Yankee Stadium , New York City
Spectators: 28,355
Referee: Kevin Stott
report Giovinco 6 ′ 20 ′ ( penalty ) 90 + 1 ′ Altidore 30 ′ Osorio 50 ′Goal after 6 minutes  Penalty after 20 minutes  Goal after 90 + 1 minutes 
Goal after 30 minutes 
Goal after 50 minutes 

Toronto FC won the series with an aggregate result of 7-0

Oct. 30, 2016
3:00 PM ET 		Montreal Impact 1-0 New York Red Bulls Stade Saputo , Montreal
Spectators: 15,027
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Mancosu 61 ′Goal after 61 minutes  report
Nov. 6, 2016
4:00 PM ET 		New York Red Bulls 1: 2 Montreal Impact Red Bull Arena , Harrison
Spectators: 24,314
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
B. Wright-Phillips 77 ′Goal after 77 minutes  report Piatti 51 ′ 85 ′Goal after 51 minutes  Goal after 85 minutes 

Montreal Impact wins the series with a 3-1 aggregate result

Western Conference
Oct. 30, 2016
5:00 PM ET 		LA Galaxy 1-0 Colorado Rapids StubHub Center , Los Angeles
Spectators: 24,487
Referee: Drew Fischer
dos Santos 55 ′Goal after 55 minutes  report
Nov. 6, 2016
2:00 PM ET 		Colorado Rapids 1: 0 a.d. LA Galaxy Dick's Sporting Goods Park , Commerce City
Spectators: 17,782
Referee: Mark Geiger
Gashi 36 ′Goal after 36 minutes  report
    penalties shoot  
Doyle Le Toux PappaPenalty converted
Penalty converted
Penalty converted 		3: 1 Penalty converted Gerrard dos Santos Cole Larentowicz
Penalty missed
Penalty missed
Penalty missed 		 

Colorado Rapids won the series 3-1 on penalties and 1-1 overall

Oct. 30, 2016
9:30 PM ET 		Seattle Sounders 3-0 FC Dallas CenturyLink Field , Seattle
Spectators: 37,073
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Valdez 50 ′ Lodeiro 55 ′ 58 ′Goal after 50 minutes 
Goal after 55 minutes  Goal after 58 minutes  		report
Nov. 6, 2016
9:00 PM ET 		FC Dallas 2: 1 Seattle Sounders Toyota Stadium , Frisco
Spectators: 14,878
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Akindele 25 ′ Urruti 56 ′Goal after 25 minutes 
Goal after 56 minutes  		report Lodeiro 54 ′Goal after 54 minutes 

The Seattle Sounders win the series with an aggregate result of 4-2

Conference finals

Eastern Conference
Nov 22, 2016
8:00 PM ET 		Montreal Impact 3: 2 Toronto FC Olympic Stadium , Montreal
Spectators: 61,004
Referee: Juan Guzman
Oduro 10 ′ Mancosu 12 ′ Oyongo 53 ′Goal after 10 minutes 
Goal after 12 minutes 
Goal after 53 minutes  		report Altidore 68 ′ Bradley 73 ′Goal after 68 minutes 
Goal after 73 minutes 
Nov. 30, 2016
7:00 PM ET 		Toronto FC 5: 2 a.d. Montreal Impact BMO Field , Toronto
Spectators: 36,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Cooper 37 ′ Altidore 45 ′ Hagglund 68 ′ Cheyrou 98 ′ Ricketts 100 ′Goal after 37 minutes 
Goal after 45 minutes 
Goal after 68 minutes 
Goal after 98 minutes 
Goal after 100 minutes  		report Oduro 24 ′ Piatti 53 ′Goal after 24 minutes 
Goal after 53 minutes 

Toronto FC won the series by 7-5 overall

Western Conference
Nov. 22, 2016
10:00 PM ET 		Seattle Sounders 2: 1 Colorado Rapids CenturyLink Field , Seattle
Spectators: 42,774
Referee: Chris Penso
Morris 19 ′ Lodeiro 61 ′ ( penalty kick )Goal after 19 minutes 
Penalty after 61 minutes  		report Doyle 13 ′Goal after 13 minutes 
Nov. 27, 2016
4:00 PM ET 		Colorado Rapids 0: 1 Seattle Sounders Dick's Sporting Goods Park , Commerce City
Spectators: 17,695
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
report Morris 56 ′Goal after 56 minutes 

The Seattle Sounders win the series with an aggregate result of 3-1

MLS Cup Final

Toronto FC Seattle Sounders Lineup
Toronto FC
December 10, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. EST in Toronto , Ontario ( BMO Field )
Result: 0: 0 n.v., 4: 5 i. E.
Spectators: 36,045
Referee: Alan Kelly
Match report
Seattle Sounders
Line-up between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders
Clint Irwin - Eriq Zavaleta , Drew Moor , Nick Hagglund - Steven Beitashour , Armando Cooper (85th Benoît Cheyrou ), Michael Bradley , Jonathan Osorio (77th Will Johnson ), Justin Morrow - Jozy Altidore , Sebastian Giovinco (103rd Tosaint Ricketts ) Trainer: Greg Vanney(C)Captain of the crew
 Stefan Frei - Tyrone Mears , Román Torres , Chad Marshall , Joevin Jones - Osvaldo Alonso , Cristian Roldan - Nicolás Lodeiro , Erik Friberg (66th Álvaro Fernández ), Jordan Morris (108th Brad Evans ) - Nelson Valdez (73rd Andreas Ivanschitz ) Trainer: Brian Schmetzer(C)Captain of the crew
penalties shoot
Penalty converted1: 0 Jozy Altidore

Penalty missedMichael Bradley

Penalty converted2: 2 Benoît Cheyrou

Penalty converted3: 2 Will Johnson

Penalty converted4: 3 Drew Moor

Penalty missedJustin Morrow
Penalty converted1: 1 Brad Evans

Penalty converted1: 2 Andreas Ivanschitz

Penalty missedÁlvaro Fernández

Penalty converted3: 3 Joevin Jones

Penalty converted4: 4 Nicolás Lodeiro

Penalty converted4: 5 Román Torres
yellow cards Michael Bradley (90th + 3 ') yellow cards Chad Marshall (45th + 1 '), Joevin Jones (72nd)
Player of the Match: Stefan Frei

National cup competitions

→ Main article: Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2016
→ Main article: Canadian Championship 2016

The 17 US MLS teams competed in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2016 , while the three Canadian MLS teams contested the 2016 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 .

FC Dallas won the US Open Cup. Toronto FC was successful at the Canadian Championship.

International competitions

→ Main article: CONCACAF Champions League 2015/16
→ Main article: CONCACAF Champions League 2016/17

MLS All-Star Game

The 2016 MLS All-Star Game was played on June 28, 2016 at Avaya Stadium in San José, California . Here a selection of the Major League Soccer league met the English Premier League club Arsenal FC . The game ended 1: 2 for the team from London.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b MLS announces possible plans to expand league to 28 teams, 2016 scheduling updates . December 6, 2015. Accessed December 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Standings. In: mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer, accessed October 24, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Major League Soccer - Statistics - Goals. Retrieved October 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ 2016 MLS Playoffs Bracket. Retrieved October 24, 2016 .

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