Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer
Sport	nogomet
Država	SAD Kanada
Osnovana	1993.
Niža liga	NASL USL
Broj klubova	30
Kupovi
- domaći	U.S. Open Cup Canadian Championship
- međunarodni	CONCACAF Liga prvaka SuperLiga Copa Sudamericana
Prvaci (2016.)	Seattle Sounders
Najuspješniji klub	Los Angeles Galaxy (5)
Službena stranica	mlssoccer.com

Major League Soccer (MLS) je profesionalna nogometna liga u kojoj sudjeluje 19 klubova iz SAD-a te tri iz Kanade.

Format natjecanja

Liga je podijeljena na dvije konferencije:Istočnu (Eastern) i Zapadnu (Western), svaku s po 11 klubova. Nakon odigrana 34 kola u ligaškom dijelu, najboljih šest klubova iz svake konferencije se plasira u doigravanje, koje odigrava u četiri faze - konferencijska knock-out utakmica (jedna utakmica, na terenu bolje plasiranne momčadi u konferenciji), konferencijska polufinala (dvije utakmice), konferencijska finala (dvije utakmice) te finale MLS-a MLS Cup (jedna utakmica na terenu bolje plasirane momčadi u poretku za Supporters' Shield).

Klubovi

Momčad	Stadion	Grad	Osnovan	Član MLS-a	Nazivi momčadi
Istočna konferencija
Atlanta United FC	Bobby Dodd Stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Atlanta, Georgia	2014.	2017.	Atlanta United (2017.-)
Chicago Fire	Toyota Park	Bridgeview, Illinois	1997.	1998.	Chicago Fire (1998.-)
Columbus Crew SC	Mapfre Stadium	Columbus, Ohio	1994.	1996.	Columbus Crew (1996.-)
D.C. United	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	1995.	1996.	D.C. United (1996.-)
Montreal Impact	Saputo Stadium Olympic Stadium	Montreal, Quebec	2010.	2012.	Montreal Impact (2012.-)
New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium	Foxborough, Massachusetts	1995.	1996.	New England Revolution (1996.-)
New York City FC	Yankee Stadium	New York City, New York	2013.	2015.	New York City FC (2015.-)
New York Red Bulls	Red Bull Arena	Harrison, New Jersey	1995.	1996.	New York/ New Jersey MetroStars (1996. – 2002.) MestroStars (2003. – 2005.) Red Bull New York (2006. – 2007.) New York Red Bulls (2008.-)
Orlando City SC	Camping World Stadium	Orlando, Florida	2010.	2015.	Orlando City SC (2015.-)
Philadelphia Union	Talen Energy Stadium	Chester, Pennsylvania	2008.	2010.	Philadephia Union (2010.-)
Toronto FC	BMO Field	Toronto, Ontario	2006.	2007.	Toronto FC (2007.-)
Zapadna konferencija
Colorado Rapids	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Commerce City, Colorado	1995.	1996.	Colorado Rapids (1996.-)
FC Dallas	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, Teksas	1996.	1996.	Dallas Burn (1996. – 2004.) FC Dallas (2005.)
Houston Dynamo	BBVA Compass Stadium	Houston, Teksas	2005.	2006.	Houston Dynamo (2006.-)
Los Angeles Galaxy	StubHub Center	Carson, Kalifornija	1995.	1996.	Los Angeles Galaxy (1996.-)
Minnesota United FC	TCF Bank Stadium	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2015.	2017.	Minnesota United (2017.-)
Portland Timbers	Providence Park	Portland, Oregon	2009.	2011.	Portland Timbers (2011.-)
Real Salt Lake	Rio Tinto Stadium	Sandy, Utah	2004.	2005.	Real Salt Lake (2005.-)
San Jose Earthquakes	Avaya Stadium	San Jose, Kalifornija	1995.	1996.	San Jose Clash (1996. – 1999.) San Jose Earthquakes (2000. – 2005., 2008.-)
Seattle Sounders	CenturyLink Field	Seattle, Washington	2007.	2009.	Seatle Sounders (2009.-)
Sporting Kansas City	Children's Mercy Park	Kansas City, Kansas	1995.	1996.	Kansas City Wiz (1996.) Kansas City Wizards (1997. – 2010.) Sporting Kansas City (2011.-)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BC Place Stadium	Vancouver, Britanska Kolumbija	2009.	2011.	Vancouver Whitecaps
Bivši klubovi
Chivas USA	StubHub Center	Carson, Kalifornija	2004.	2005.	Chivas USA (2005. – 2014.)
Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	1997.	1998.	Miami Fusion (1998. – 2001.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Raymond James Stadium	Tampa, Florida	1995.	1996.	Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996. – 2001.)

Dosadašnji pobjednici i doprvaci lige

Godina	Datum	Pobjednik	Reg. sezona	Finalist	Reg. sezona	Rezultat	Stadion	Grad	Gledatelja
1996.	20. listopada	D.C. United	2., istok	Los Angeles Galaxy	1., zapad	3:2 (pr.)	Foxboro Stadium	Foxborough	34,643
1997.	26. listopada	D.C. United	1., istok	Colorado Rapids	4., zapad	2:1	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	57,431
1998.	25. listopada	Chicago Fire	2., zapad	D.C. United	1., istok	2:0	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	51,350
1999.	21. studenog	D.C. United	1., istok	Los Angeles Galaxy	1., zapad	2:0	Foxboro Stadium	Foxborough	44,910
2000.	15. listopada	Kansas City Wizards	1., zapad	Chicago Fire	1., centar	1:0	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	39,159
2001.	21. listopada	San Jose Earthquakes	2., zapad	Los Angeles Galaxy	1., zapad	2:1 (pr.)	Columbus Crew Stadium	Columbus	21,626
2002.	20. listopada	Los Angeles Galaxy	1., zapad	New England Revolution	1., istok	1:0 (pr.)	Gillette Stadium	Foxborough	61,316
2003.	23. studenog	San Jose Earthquakes	1., zapad	Chicago Fire	1., istok	4:2	The Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	27,000
2004.	14. studenog	D.C. United	2., istok	Kansas City Wizards	1., zapad	3:2	The Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	25,797
2005.	13. studenog	Los Angeles Galaxy	4., zapad	New England Revolution	1., istok	1:0 (pr.)	Pizza Hut Park	Frisco, TX	21,193
2006.	12. studenog	Houston Dynamo	2., zapad	New England Revolution	2., istok	1:1 (pr., 4-3 pen)	Pizza Hut Park	Frisco, TX	22,427
2007.	18. studenog	Houston Dynamo	2., zapad	New England Revolution	2., istok	2:1	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	39,859
2008.	23. studenog	Columbus Crew	1., istok	New York Red Bulls	5., istok	3:1	The Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	27,000
2009.	22. studenog	Real Salt Lake	5., zapad	Columbus Crew	1., istok	1:1 (pr., 5:4 pen)	Qwest Field	Seattle	46,011
2010.	21. studenog	Colorado Rapids	5., zapad	Dallas	3., zapad	2:1 (pr.)	BMO Field	Toronto	21,700
2011.	20. studenog	Los Angeles Galaxy	1., zapad	Houston Dynamo	2., istok	1:0	The Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	30,281
2012.	4. prosinca	Los Angeles Galaxy	4., zapad	Houston Dynamo	5., istok	3:1	The Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	30,515
2013.	7. prosinca	Sporting Kansas City	2., istok	Real Salt Lake	2., zapad	1:1 (7:6 11 m)	Sporting Park	Kansas City, KS	21,650
2014.	7. prosinca	Los Angeles Galaxy	2., zapad	New England Revolution	2., istok	2:1 (pr.)	StubHub Center	Carson, CA	27,000
2015.	6. prosinca	Portland Timbers	3., zapad	Columbus Crew	2., istok	2:1	Mapfre Stadium	Columbus, OH	21,747
2016.	10. prosinca	Seattle Sounders	4., zapad	Toronto	3. istok	0:0 (5:4 11 m)	BMO Field	Toronto	36,045

Klubovi po uspješnosti
klub	pobjednik	drugoplasirani
Los Angeles Galaxy	5	4
D.C. United	4	1
Houston Dynamo	2	2
Sporting Kansas City Kansas City Wizards	2	1
San Jose Earthquakes	2	0
Chicago Fire	1	2
Colorado Rapids	1	1
Columbus Crew	1	1
Real Salt Lake	1	1
Portland Timbers	1	0
Seattle Sounders	1	0
New England Revolution	0	5
Dallas	0	1
New York Red Bulls	0	1
Toronto	0	1

Regularna sezona

Popis najbolje plasiranih momčadi u regularnoj sezoni po osvojenim bodovima. Pobjednik regularne sezone dobiva trofej Supporters' Shield.

Godina	prvi	drugi	treći.
1996.	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Los Angeles Galaxy	D.C. United
1997.	D.C. United	Kansas City Wizards	Tampa Bay Mutiny
1998.	Los Angeles Galaxy	D.C. United	Chicago Fire
1999.	D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy	Dallas Burn
2000.	Kansas City Wizards	Chicago Fire	MetroStars
2001.	Miami Fusion	Chicago Fire	Los Angeles Galaxy
2002.	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Earthquakes	Dallas Burn
2003.	Chicago Fire	San Jose Earthquakes	New England Revolution
2004.	Columbus Crew	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy
2005.	San Jose Earthquakes	New England Revolution	D.C. United
2006.	D.C. United	Dallas	New England Revolution
2007.	D.C. United	Chivas USA	Houston Dynamo
2008.	Columbus Crew	Houston Dynamo	Chicago Fire
2009.	Columbus Crew	Los Angeles Galaxy	Houston Dynamo
2010.	Los Angeles Galaxy	Real Salt Lake	New York Red Bulls
2011.	Los Angeles Galaxy	Seattle Sounders	Real Salt Lake
2012.	San Jose Earthquakes	Sporting Kansas City	D.C. United
2013.	New York Red Bulls	Sporting Kansas City	Portland Timbers
2014.	Seattle Sounders	Los Angeles Galaxy	D.C. United
2015.	New York Red Bulls	Dallas	Vancouver Whitecaps
2016.	Dallas	Colorado Rapids	New York Red Bulls

Prvaci konferencija i divizija MLS-a

Između 1996. i 1999., te od 2002. godine MLS je podijeljen na dvije konferencije - Zapadnu (Western) i Istočnu (Eastern) s pripadnim doigravanjima, dok se između 2000. i 2001. sastojala od tri divizije - Zapadne (Western), Istočne (Eastern) te Središnje (Central).

Sezona	Istočna (Eastern) konferencija / divizija		Zapadna (Western) konferencija / divizija		Središnja (Central) divizija
	doigravanje	regular	doigravanje	regular	regular
1996.	D.C. United	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Los Angeles Galaxy	Los Angeles Galaxy
1997.	D.C. United	D.C. United	Colorado Rapids	Kansas City Wizards
1998.	D.C. United	D.C. United	Chicago Fire	Los Angeles Galaxy
1999.		D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy	Los Angeles Galaxy
2000.		MetroStars		Kansas City Wizards	Chicago Fire
2001.		Miami Fusion		Los Angeles Galaxy	Chicago Fire
2002.	New England Revolution	New England Revolution	Los Angeles Galaxy	Los Angeles Galaxy
2003.	Chicago Fire	Chicago Fire	San Jose Earthquakes	San Jose Earthquakes
2004.	D.C. United	Columbus Crew	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City Wizards
2005.	New England Revolution	New England Revolution	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Earthquakes
2006.	New England Revolution	D.C. United	Houston Dynamo	Dallas
2007.	New England Revolution	D.C. United	Houston Dynamo	Chivas USA
2008.	Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew	New York Red Bulls	Houston Dynamo
2009.	Real Salt Lake	Columbus Crew	Los Angeles Galaxy	Los Angeles Galaxy
2010.	Colorado Rapids	New York Red Bulls	Dallas	Los Angeles Galaxy
2011.	Houston Dynamo	Sporting Kansas City	Los Angeles Galaxy	Los Angeles Galaxy
2012.	Houston Dynamo	Sporting Kansas City	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Earthquakes
2013.	Sporting Kansas City	New York Red Bulls	Real Salt Lake	Portland Timbers
2014.	New England Revolution	D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy	Seattle Sounders
2015.	Columbus Crew	New York Red Bulls	Portland Timbers	Dallas
2016.	Toronto	New York Red Bulls	Seattle Sounders	Dallas

Pregled klubova po sezonama

Regularna sezona (poredak za Supporters' Shield)

Klub / sezona	1996.	1997.	1998.	1999.	2000.	2001.	2002.	2003.	2004.	2005.	2006.	2007.	2008.	2009.	2010.	2011.	2012.	2013.	2014.	2015.	2016.
Tampa Bay Mutiny	1.	3.	9.	8.	4.	12.
Los Angeles Galaxy	2.	4.	1.	2.	5.	3.	1.	9.	3.	9.	9.	11.	13.	2.	1.	1.	8.	5.	2.	9.	6.
D.C. United	3.	1.	2.	1.	11.	10.	10.	7.	4.	3.	1.	1.	10.	10.	16.	13.	3.	19.	3.	8.	10.
Dallas	4.	5.	7.	3.	6.	7.	3.	10.	8.	5.	2.	5.	11.	11.	4.	4.	13.	15.	6.	2.	1.
Sporting Kansas City	5.	2.	11.	11.	1.	8.	8.	4.	2.	7.	11.	8.	6.	13.	9.	5.	2.	2.	10.	10.	8.
San Jose Earthquakes	6.	10.	10.	7.	12.	5.	2.	2.	7.	1.			14.	14.	8.	14.	1.	10.	18.	13.	17.
New York Red Bulls	7.	9.	6.	12.	3.	6.	9.	5.	6.	6.	8.	6.	8.	15.	3.	10.	4.	1.	8.	1.	3.
Columbus Crew	8.	6.	4.	6.	10.	4.	6.	8.	1.	10.	12.	9.	1.	1.	13.	9.	10.	16.	7.	4.	18.
New England Revolution	9.	8.	12.	10.	7.	9.	5.	3.	9.	2.	3.	4.	4.	7.	13.	17.	16.	7.	5.	11.	14.
Colorado Rapids	10.	7.	5.	5.	8.	11.	4.	6.	5.	8.	7.	10.	9.	9.	7.	6.	14.	8.	17.	19.	2.
Chicago Fire			3.	4.	2.	2.	7.	1.	10.	4.	4.	7.	3.	5.	10.	11.	6.	12.	15.	20.	20.
Miami Fusion			8.	9.	9.	1.
Real Salt Lake										11.	10.	12.	7.	8.	2.	3.	5.	4.	4.	16.	9.
Chivas USA										12.	6.	2.	5.	6.	15.	15.	18.	18.	16.
Houston Dynamo											5.	3.	2.	3.	12.	7.	9.	9.	14.	15.	19.
Toronto												13.	12.	12.	11.	16.	19.	17.	13.	12.	5.
Seattle Sounders														4.	6.	2.	7.	6.	1.	6.	7.
Philadelphia Union															14.	8.	15.	14.	12.	18.	13.
Portland Timbers																12.	17.	3.	11.	5.	12.
Vancouver Whitecaps																18.	11.	13.	9.	3.	16.
Montreal Impact																	12.	11.	19.	7.	11.
Orlando City																				14.	15.
New York City																				17.	4.

Doigravanje

Klub / sezona	1996.	1997.	1998.	1999.	2000.	2001.	2002.	2003.	2004.	2005.	2006.	2007.	2008.	2009.	2010.	2011.	2012.	2013.	2014.	2015.	2016.
D.C. United	MLS	MLS	F	MLS				E SF	MLS	E SF	E F	E SF					E F		E SF	E SF	E KO
Los Angeles Galaxy	F	W SF	W F	F	SF	F	MLS	W SF	W F	MLS				F	W F	MLS	MLS	W SF	MLS	W KO	W SF
Tampa Bay Mutiny	E F	E SF		E SF	QF
Sporting Kansas City	W F	W SF			MLS	QF	QF	W F	F			W F	E SF			E F	E SF	MLS	E KO	W KO	W KO
Columbus Crew	E SF	E F	E F	E F		QF	SF		E SF				MLS	E SF	E SF	WCS			E SF	F
New York Red Bulls	E SF		E SF		SF	QF		E SF	E SF	E SF	E SF	E SF	F		E SF	W SF	E SF	E SF	E F	E F	E SF
San Jose Earthquakes	W SF					MLS	QF	MLS	W SF	W SF					E F		W SF
Dallas	W SF	W F	W SF	W F	QF	QF	QF			W SF	W SF	W SF			F	WCS			W SF	W F	W SF
Colorado Rapids		F	W SF	W SF	QF		SF	W SF	W SF	W F	W F				MLS	E SF		W KO			W F
New England Revolution		E SF			QF		F	E F	E F	F	F	F	E SF	E SF				E SF	F	E KO
Chicago Fire			MLS	W SF	F	SF	QF	F		E F	E SF	E F	E F	E F			E KO
Miami Fusion			E SF	E SF		F
Houston Dynamo											MLS	MLS	W SF	W F		F	F	E F
Chivas USA											W SF	W SF	W SF	W SF
Real Salt Lake													W F	MLS	W SF	W F	W SF	F	W SF		W KO
Seattle Sounders														W SF	W SF	W SF	W F	W SF	W F	W SF	MLS
Philadelphia Union																E SF					E KO
Vancouver Whitecaps																	W KO		W KO	W SF
Portland Timbers																		W F		MLS
Montreal Impact																		E KO		E SF	E F
Toronto																				E KO	F
New York City																					E SF

Objašnjenja za kratice u tablicama
MLS	prvak MLS-a (pobjednik doigravanja	SF	polufinalist doigravanja	QF	četvrtfinale doigravanja	WCS	wild-card series doigravanje za ulazak u polufinala konferencija
F	finalist doigravanja	E F	finalist Istočne konferencije	E SF	polufinale Istočne konferencije	E KO	knock-out Istočne konferencije
		W F	finale Zapadne konferencije	W SF	polufinale Zapadne konferencije	W KO	knock-out Zapadne konferencije

Pregled po konferencijama i divizijama (regularna sezona)

Istočna (Eastern) konferencija / divizija
Klub / sezona	1996.	1997.	1998.	1999.	2000.	2001.	2002.	2003.	2004.	2005.	2006.	2007.	2008.	2009.	2010.	2011.	2012.	2013.	2014.	2015.	2016.
Tampa Bay Mutiny	1.	2.	5.	3.
D.C. United	2.	1.	1.	1.	4.	4.	5.	4.	2.	2.	1.	1.	6.	4.	8.	7.	2.	10.	1.	4.	4.
New York Red Bulls	3.	5.	3.	6.	1.	2.	4.	3.	3.	4.	4.	3.	5.	7.	1.	5.	3.	1.	4.	1.	1.
Columbus Crew	4.	3.	2.	2.			2.	5.	1.	6.	6.	6.	1.	1.	2.	4.	6.	8.	3.	2.	9.
New England Revolution	5.	4.	6.	5.	2.	3.	1.	2.	4.	1.	2.	2.	3.	3.	6.	9.	9.	3.	2.	5.	7.
Miami Fusion			4.	4.	3.	1.
Chicago Fire							3.	1.	5.	3.	3.	4.	2.	2.	4.	6.	4.	6.	9.	10.	10.
Sporting Kansas City										5.	5.	5.	4.	6.	3.	1.	1.	2.	5.
Toronto												7.	7.	5.	5.	8.	10.	9.	7.	6.	3.
Philadelphia Union															7.	3.	8.	7.	6.	9.	6.
Houston Dynamo																2	5.	4.	8.
Montreal Impact																	7.	5.	10.	3.	5.
Orlando City																				7.	8.
New York City																				8.	2.

Zapadna (Western) konferencija / divizija
Klub / sezona	1996.	1997.	1998.	1999.	2000.	2001.	2002.	2003.	2004.	2005.	2006.	2007.	2008.	2009.	2010.	2011.	2012.	2013.	2014.	2015.	2016.
Los Angeles Galaxy	1.	2.	1.	1.	2.	1.	1.	4.	2.	4.	5.	5.	6.	1.	1.	1.	4.	3.	2.	5.	3.
Dallas	2.	3.	4.	2.			3.	5.	5.	2.	1.	3.	5.	7.	3.	4.	6.	8.	4.	1.	1.
Sporting Kansas City	3.	1.	6.	6.	1.	3.	5.	2.	1.											6.	5.
San Jose Earthquakes	4.	5.	5.	5.	4.	2.	2.	1.	4.	1.			7.	8.	6.	7.	1.	6.	9.	7.	9.
Colorado Rapids	5.	4.	3.	4.	3.	4.	4.	3.	3.	3.	4.	4.	4.	6.	5.	5.	7.	5.	8.	10.	2.
Chicago Fire			2.	3.
Real Salt Lake										5.	6.	6.	3.	5.	2.	3.	2.	2.	3.	9.	6.
Chivas USA										6.	3.	1.	2.	4.	8.	8.	9.	9.	7.
Houston Dynamo											2.	2.	1.	2.	7.					8.	10.
Seattle Sounders														3.	4.	2.	3.	4.	1.	4.	4.
Portland Timbers																6.	8.	1.	6.	3.	7.
Vancouver Whitecaps																9.	5.	7.	5.	2.	8.

Središnja (Central) divizija
Klub / sezona	2000.	2001.
Chicago Fire	1.	1.
Tampa Bay Mutiny	2.	4.
Dallas	3.	3.
Columbus Crew	4.	2.

Poveznice

• Službena stranica
• North American Soccer League
• United Soccer League
• National Women's Soccer League
• Nogometni savez SAD-a (USSF)