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2016 Major League Soccer season

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Major League Soccer
Season2016
MLS CupSeattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Supporters' ShieldFC Dallas (1st shield)
Champions League
(United States)		Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas
New York Red Bulls
Seattle Sounders FC
Champions League
(Canada)		Toronto FC
Matches played340
Goals scored956 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerBradley Wright-Phillips
(24 goals)
Best goalkeeperLuis Robles
(11 shutouts)
Biggest home win5 goals:
HOU 5–0 DAL
(Mar 12)
SEA 5–0 DAL
(Jul 13)
DC 6–1 CHI
(August 27)
Biggest away win7 goals:
NYC 0–7 NY
(May 21)
Highest scoring8 goals:
CLB 4–4 MTL
(May 7)
DC 6–2 CHI
(Aug 27)
Longest winning run4 games:
New York Red Bulls
(May 18 – Jun 19)
New York City FC
(Jun 18 – Jul 6)
LA Galaxy
(Jul 4 – Jul 23)
Toronto FC
(Jul 23 – Aug 6)
Seattle Sounders FC
(Sep 17 – Oct 2)
D.C. United
(Sep 24 – Oct 16)
New York Red Bulls
(Sep 24 – Oct 23)
Toronto FC
(Oct 23 – Nov 6)
Montreal Impact
(Oct 27 – Nov 22)
Longest unbeaten run16 games:
New York Red Bulls
(Jul 10 – Oct 23)
Longest winless run10 games:
Columbus Crew SC
(Jun 1 – Aug 13)
Longest losing run4 games:
New York Red Bulls
(Apr 1 – Apr 16)
New England Revolution
(Jul 31 – Aug 20)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
(Jul 31 – Aug 20)
Philadelphia Union
(Oct 1 – Oct 26)
Highest attendance60,147
ORL 2–2 RSL
(Mar 6)
Lowest attendance10,144
NE 1–1 POR
(Apr 27)
Total attendance7,345,265
Average attendance21,692
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). The regular season began on March 6 and ended on October 23. The playoffs began on October 26 and ended on December 10. The defending MLS Cup champions were the Portland Timbers, while the New York Red Bulls were the defending Supporters' Shield winners. FC Dallas won the Supporter's Shield for the first time, and the Seattle Sounders FC won their first MLS Cup in their history after defeating Toronto FC 5–4 in a penalty kick shootout, after playing to a 0–0 result after regulation and added extra time.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums
  1. ^ a b c d e f
    Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

Personnel and sponsorship

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Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire Serbia Veljko Paunović Romania Răzvan Cociș Valspar
Colorado Rapids United States Pablo Mastroeni United States Sam Cronin Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC United States Gregg Berhalter United States Michael Parkhurst Barbasol
D.C. United United States Ben Olsen United States Bobby Boswell Leidos
FC Dallas Colombia Óscar Pareja United States Matt Hedges AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo Colombia Wílmer Cabrera United States DaMarcus Beasley BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy United States Bruce Arena Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Herbalife
Montreal Impact Canada Mauro Biello Canada Patrice Bernier Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution United States Jay Heaps United States Lee Nguyen UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC France Patrick Vieira Spain David Villa Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls United States Jesse Marsch United States Dax McCarty Red Bull
Orlando City SC United States Jason Kreis Brazil Kaká Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union United States Jim Curtin United States Brian Carroll Bimbo
Portland Timbers United States Caleb Porter England Liam Ridgewell Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake United States Jeff Cassar United States Kyle Beckerman LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes United States Dominic Kinnear United States Chris Wondolowski Sutter Health
Seattle Sounders FC United States Brian Schmetzer United States Brad Evans Xbox
Sporting Kansas City United States Peter Vermes United States Matt Besler Ivy Funds
Toronto FC United States Greg Vanney United States Michael Bradley Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Wales Carl Robinson Chile Pedro Morales Bell Canada

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of
vacancy 		Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Houston Dynamo Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle Mutual consent May 25, 2016 10th in West, 18th overall United States Wade Barrett (interim) June 7, 2016
Orlando City SC England Adrian Heath Mutual consent July 6, 2016[1] 7th in East, 15th overall United States Bobby Murphy (interim) July 7, 2016
United States Bobby Murphy (interim) End of interim period July 19, 2016 8th in East, 16th overall United States Jason Kreis July 19, 2016[2]
Seattle Sounders FC United States Sigi Schmid Mutual consent July 26, 2016 9th in West, 17th overall United States Brian Schmetzer (interim) July 26, 2016[3]
Houston Dynamo United States Wade Barrett (interim) End of interim period October 28, 2016 10th in West, 18th overall Colombia Wílmer Cabrera October 28, 2016[4]

Standings

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Eastern Conference

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Red Bulls 34 16 9 9 61 44 +17 57 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 New York City FC 34 15 10 9 62 57 +5 54
3 Toronto FC 34 14 9 11 51 39 +12 53 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 D.C. United 34 11 10 13 53 47 +6 46
5 Montreal Impact 34 11 11 12 49 53 −4 45
6 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 52 55 −3 42
7 New England Revolution 34 11 14 9 44 54 −10 42
8 Orlando City SC 34 9 11 14 55 60 −5 41
9 Columbus Crew SC 34 8 14 12 50 58 −8 36
10 Chicago Fire 34 7 17 10 42 58 −16 31
Source: MLS

Western Conference

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Dallas 34 17 8 9 50 40 +10 60 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Colorado Rapids 34 15 6 13 39 32 +7 58
3 LA Galaxy 34 12 6 16 54 39 +15 52 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 14 14 6 44 43 +1 48
5 Sporting Kansas City 34 13 13 8 42 41 +1 47
6 Real Salt Lake 34 12 12 10 44 46 −2 46
7 Portland Timbers 34 12 14 8 48 53 −5 44
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 10 15 9 45 52 −7 39
9 San Jose Earthquakes 34 8 12 14 32 40 −8 38
10 Houston Dynamo 34 7 14 13 39 45 −6 34
Source: MLS

Overall standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Dallas (S) 34 17 8 9 50 40 +10 60 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Colorado Rapids 34 15 6 13 39 32 +7 58
3 New York Red Bulls 34 16 9 9 61 44 +17 57
4 New York City FC 34 15 10 9 62 57 +5 54
5 Toronto FC 34 14 9 11 51 39 +12 53 CONCACAF Champions League
6 LA Galaxy 34 12 6 16 54 39 +15 52
7 Seattle Sounders FC (C) 34 14 14 6 44 43 +1 48 CONCACAF Champions League
8 Sporting Kansas City 34 13 13 8 42 41 +1 47
9 Real Salt Lake 34 12 12 10 44 46 −2 46
10 D.C. United 34 11 10 13 53 47 +6 46
11 Montreal Impact 34 11 11 12 49 53 −4 45
12 Portland Timbers 34 12 14 8 48 53 −5 44
13 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 52 55 −3 42
14 New England Revolution 34 11 14 9 44 54 −10 42
15 Orlando City SC 34 9 11 14 55 60 −5 41
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 10 15 9 45 52 −7 39
17 San Jose Earthquakes 34 8 12 14 32 40 −8 38
18 Columbus Crew SC 34 8 14 12 50 58 −8 36
19 Houston Dynamo 34 7 14 13 39 45 −6 34
20 Chicago Fire 34 7 17 10 42 58 −16 31
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

MLS Cup Playoffs

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Main article: 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

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Knockout round Conference semifinals Conference finals MLS Cup
December 10 – Toronto, Ontario
                
E5 Montreal Impact 1 2 3
October 27 – Washington, D.C.
E1 New York Red Bulls 0 1 1
E4 D.C. United 2
E5 Montreal Impact 4
E5 Montreal Impact 3 2 5
Eastern Conference
E3 Toronto FC (a.e.t.) 2 5 7
E3 Toronto FC 2 5 7
October 26 – Toronto, Ontario
E2 New York City FC 0 0 0
E3 Toronto FC 3
E6 Philadelphia Union 1
E3 Toronto FC 0 (4)
W4 Seattle Sounders FC (p) 0 (5)
W4 Seattle Sounders FC 3 1 4
October 27 – Seattle, Washington
W1 FC Dallas 0 2 2
W4 Seattle Sounders FC 1
W5 Sporting Kansas City 0
W4 Seattle Sounders FC 2 1 3
Western Conference
W2 Colorado Rapids 1 0 1
W3 LA Galaxy 1 0 1 (1)
October 26 – Carson, California
W2 Colorado Rapids (p) 0 1 1 (3)
W3 LA Galaxy 3
W6 Real Salt Lake 1

Attendance

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See also: Major League Soccer attendance

Average home attendances

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Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

As of October 24, 2016[5]
Pos. Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
1 Seattle Sounders FC 17 724,809 53,302 39,269 42,636
2 Orlando City SC 17 502,478 60,147 23,802 31,324
3 New York City FC 17 462,336 37,858 22,736 27,196
4 Toronto FC 17 451,917 30,262 22,212 26,583
5 LA Galaxy 17 427,492 27,167 19,651 25,147
6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 379,603 27,038 18,836 22,330
7 Portland Timbers 17 359,448 21,144 21,144 21,144
8 Montreal Impact 17 351,366 27,545 16,318 20,669
9 New York Red Bulls 17 350,535 25,218 15,167 20,620
10 New England Revolution 17 343,150 39,587 10,144 20,185
11 San Jose Earthquakes 17 338,816 50,816 18,000 19,930
12 Real Salt Lake 17 335,909 20,389 18,036 19,759
13 Sporting Kansas City 17 333,155 20,618 18,563 19,549
14 Houston Dynamo 17 323,361 21,601 15,045 19,597
15 Philadelphia Union 17 297,825 18,681 15,011 17,519
16 Columbus Crew SC 17 291,128 20,389 13,114 17,125
17 D.C. United 17 290,381 30,943 12,094 17,081
18 Colorado Rapids 17 276,721 18,759 10,670 16,278
19 Chicago Fire 17 265,234 18,976 12,073 15,602
20 FC Dallas 17 239,601 16,215 10,381 14,094
 – Total 340 7,375,144 60,147 10,144 21,692
  1. ^ a b c d e f
    Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

Highest attendances

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Regular season

As of October 24, 2016[6]
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Orlando City SC 2–2 Real Salt Lake 60,147 March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06) 1 Orlando Citrus Bowl
2 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Portland Timbers 53,302 August 21, 2016 25 CenturyLink Field
3 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 50,816 June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) 15 Stanford Stadium
4 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 50,022 October 23, 2016 34 CenturyLink Field
5 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 48,458 July 31, 2016 22 CenturyLink Field
6 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 New York City FC 47,537 June 25, 2016 15 CenturyLink Field
7 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 47,111 September 17, 2016 30 CenturyLink Field
8 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids 41,028 May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21) 11 CenturyLink Field
9 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 40,813 July 9, 2016 18 CenturyLink Field
10 Seattle Sounders FC 5–0 FC Dallas 40,101 July 13, 2016 19 CenturyLink Field

Player statistics

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Goals

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls 25
2 Spain David Villa New York City FC 24
3 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 17
Argentina Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact
5 Nigeria Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers 16
United States Dom Dwyer Sporting Kansas City
Norway Ola Kamara Columbus Crew
8 Mexico Giovani Dos Santos LA Galaxy 14
Canada Cyle Larin Orlando City SC
Argentina Diego Valeri Portland Timbers

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
England Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Toronto FC 3–0 May 28
Norway Ola Kamara Columbus Crew SC Real Salt Lake 4–3 May 28
Netherlands Roland Alberg Philadelphia Union Chicago Fire 4–3 June 22
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Philadelphia Union 5–1 July 23
Italy Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC D.C. United 4–1 July 23
England Frank Lampard New York City FC Colorado Rapids 5–1 July 30
Italy Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC New England Revolution 4–1 August 6
United States Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders FC Orlando City SC 3–1 August 7
United States Patrick Mullins D.C. United Chicago Fire 6–2 August 27
Colombia Mauro Manotas Houston Dynamo Portland Timbers 3–1 September 24
Italy Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC New York City FC 5–0 November 6

Assists

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Rank Player Club Assists
1 United States Sacha Kljestan New York Red Bulls 20
2 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 15
3 Argentina Mauro Díaz FC Dallas 13
United States Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City
Iraq Justin Meram Columbus Crew
6 Mexico Giovani Dos Santos LA Galaxy 12
7 Argentina Luciano Acosta D.C. United 11
England Steven Gerrard LA Galaxy
Italy Andrea Pirlo New York City FC
Ecuador Joao Plata Real Salt Lake

Clean Sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
Sheets
1 United States Luis Robles New York Red Bulls 11
2 United States Chris Seitz FC Dallas 10
3 United States Brian Rowe LA Galaxy 9
4 United States David Bingham San Jose Earthquakes 8
United States Steve Clark Columbus Crew SC
Switzerland Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
United States Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City
Puerto Rico Josh Saunders New York City FC
9 United States Tim Howard Colorado Rapids 7
10 7 players 6

Awards

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Individual awards

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Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Spain David Villa New York City FC
Defender of the Year United States Matt Hedges FC Dallas
Goalkeeper of the Year Jamaica Andre Blake Philadelphia Union
Coach of the Year Colombia Óscar Pareja FC Dallas
Rookie of the Year United States Jordan Morris Seattle Sounders FC
Newcomer of the Year Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro Seattle Sounders FC
Comeback Player of the Year United States Chris Pontius Philadelphia Union
Golden Boot England Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls
Fair Play Award United States Keegan Rosenberry Philadelphia Union
Humanitarian of the Year United States Matt Lampson Chicago Fire
Goal of the Year Albania Shkëlzen Gashi Sporting Kansas City
Save of the Year United States Joe Bendik Orlando City SC

Player of the Month

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Month Player Club Stats
March Ecuador Joao Plata Real Salt Lake 3G, 2A
April Nigeria Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers 3G, 1A
May England Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls 6G, 2A
June Armenia Yura Movsisyan Real Salt Lake 3G
July England Frank Lampard New York City FC 6G, 1A
August Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro Seattle Sounders FC 2G, 6A
September United States Chad Marshall Seattle Sounders FC 1G
October Iraq Justin Meram Columbus Crew 1G, 4A

Weekly awards

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Week MLS Player of the Week MLS Goal of the Week MLS Save of the Week
Player Club Player Club Player Club
1 United States Mike Magee[7] LA Galaxy Argentina Ignacio Piatti[8] Montreal Impact United States Evan Bush[9] Montreal Impact
2 United States Andrew Wenger[10] Houston Dynamo Canada Cyle Larin[11] Orlando City SC United States Brian Rowe[12] LA Galaxy
3 Brazil Felipe[13] New York Red Bulls Brazil Felipe[14] New York Red Bulls United States Tim Melia[15] Sporting Kansas City
4 Colombia Michael Barrios[16] FC Dallas United States Thomas McNamara[17] New York City FC United States Bobby Shuttleworth[18] New England Revolution
5 Brazil Kaká[19] Orlando City SC United States Adam Jahn[20] San Jose Earthquakes United States Joe Bendik[21] Orlando City SC
6 Argentina Fabián Espíndola[22] D.C. United Panama Alberto Quintero[23] San Jose Earthquakes United States David Bingham[24] San Jose Earthquakes
7 Mexico Giovani dos Santos[25] LA Galaxy Argentina Ignacio Piatti[26] Montreal Impact United States Nick Rimando[27] Real Salt Lake
8 Ghana Emmanuel Boateng[28] LA Galaxy Argentina Luciano Acosta[29] D.C. United United States David Bingham[30] San Jose Earthquakes
9 New Zealand Jake Gleeson[31] Portland Timbers Canada Maxim Tissot[32] Montreal Impact United States Joe Bendik[33] Orlando City SC
10 Argentina Ignacio Piatti[34] Montreal Impact Argentina Ignacio Piatti[35] Montreal Impact United States Tim Melia[36] Sporting Kansas City
11 The Gambia Kekuta Manneh[37] Vancouver Whitecaps FC Panama Blas Perez[38] Vancouver Whitecaps FC United States Joe Bendik[39] Orlando City SC
12 England Bradley Wright-Phillips[40] New York Red Bulls Canada Cyle Larin[41] Orlando City SC United States Joe Bendik[39] Orlando City SC
13 Norway Ola Kamara[42] Columbus Crew SC Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Molino[43] Orlando City SC United States Luis Robles[44] New York Red Bulls
14 United States Chris Pontius[45] Philadelphia Union United States Chris Pontius[46] Philadelphia Union United States Nick Rimando[47] Real Salt Lake
15 United States Mike Grella[48] New York Red Bulls Brazil Júlio Baptista[49] Orlando City SC New Zealand Jake Gleeson[50] Portland Timbers
16 Netherlands Roland Alberg[51] Philadelphia Union United States Lamar Neagle[52] D.C. United Jamaica Andre Blake[53] Philadelphia Union
17 England Jack Harrison[54] New York City FC Argentina Cristian Maidana[55] Houston Dynamo United States Joe Bendik[56] Orlando City SC
18 Brazil Ilsinho[57] Philadelphia Union United States Lee Nguyen[58] New England Revolution United States Brian Rowe[59] LA Galaxy
19 Argentina Diego Valeri[60] Portland Timbers England Jack Harrison[61] New York City FC United States Joe Bendik[62] Orlando City SC
20 Italy Sebastian Giovinco[63] Toronto FC Argentina Ignacio Piatti[64] Montreal Impact United States Joe Bendik[65] Orlando City SC
21 England Frank Lampard[66] New York City FC Canada Cyle Larin[67] Orlando City SC United States Joe Bendik[68] Orlando City SC
22 Italy Sebastian Giovinco[69] Toronto FC Argentina Javier Morales[70] Real Salt Lake United States Joe Bendik[71] Orlando City SC
23 England Bradley Wright-Phillips[72] New York Red Bulls Albania Shkelzen Gashi[73] Colorado Rapids United States Bill Hamid[74] D.C. United
24 United States Clint Dempsey[75] Seattle Sounders FC Argentina Luis Solignac[76] Chicago Fire SC United States Joe Willis[77] Houston Dynamo
25 United States Patrick Mullins[78] D.C. United Armenia Yura Movsisyan[79] Real Salt Lake United States Joe Bendik[80] Orlando City SC
26 England Frank Lampard[81] New York City FC Mexico Giovani dos Santos[82] LA Galaxy United States Brad Knighton[83] New England Revolution
27 Mexico Giovani dos Santos[84] LA Galaxy Ecuador Joao Plata[85] Real Salt Lake United States Joe Bendik[86] Orlando City SC
28 United States Kelyn Rowe[87] New England Revolution Canada Cyle Larin[88] Orlando City SC Denmark David Ousted[89] Vancouver Whitecaps FC
29 Colombia Mauro Manotas[90] Houston Dynamo Albania Shkelzen Gashi[91] Colorado Rapids United States Brad Knighton[92] New England Revolution
Team of the Week
Week Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
1[93] United States Bingham (SJ) England Cole (LA)
United States Moor (TOR)
United States Zimmerman (DAL) 		Colombia Chara (POR)
Uruguay Fagundez (NE)
Argentina Martinez (RSL)
United States McNamara (NYC) 		Canada Larin (ORL)
United States Magee (LA)
Argentina Piatti (MTL)
2[94] Jamaica Blake (PHI) United States Beasley (HOU)
Belgium Ciman (MTL)
Trinidad and Tobago Williams (COL) 		Haiti Mustivar (SKC)
United States Pontius (PHI)
Nigeria Sunday (RSL)
United States Wenger (HOU) 		England Dwyer (SKC)
Argentina Piatti (MTL)
Spain Villa (NYC)
3 [95] United States Shuttleworth (NE) United States Hollingshead (DAL)
United States Rosenberry (PHI)
Costa Rica Waston (VAN) 		Argentina Díaz (DAL)
Brazil Felipe (NYR)
Colombia Higuita (ORL)
United States Zardes (LA) 		Nigeria Adi (POR)
United States Bruin (HOU)
United States Sapong (PHI)
4 [96] Denmark Ousted (VAN) Argentina Bravo (NYC)
United States Jacobson (VAN)
United States Tierney (NE) 		United States Bunbury (NE)
Argentina Díaz (DAL)
United States McNamara (NYC)
Chile Morales (VAN) 		Colombia Barrios (DAL)
Colombia Castillo (DAL)
Argentina Urruti (DAL)
5 [97] Denmark Ousted (VAN) Netherlands Kappelhof (CHI)
United States Maund (RSL)
United States Rogers (LA)
United States Shea (ORL) 		Cuba Alonso (SEA)
Colombia Higuita (ORL)
United States Neagle (DC)
Ecuador Plata (RSL) 		Albania Gashi (COL)
Brazil Kaká (ORL)
6 [98] United States Melia (SKC) Belgium Ciman (MTL)
United States Marshall (SEA)
Costa Rica Matarrita (NYC) 		Jamaica Barnes (HOU)
Colombia Chara (POR)
Ghana Koffie (NE)
Argentina Piatti (MTL) 		United States Amarikwa (SJ)
Argentina Espíndola (DC)
Costa Rica Saborío (DC)
7 [99] United States Rimando (RSL) Iran Beitashour (TOR)
Belgium Ciman (MTL)
Jamaica Phillips (RSL) 		Austria Ivanschitz (SEA)
United States Jones (COL)
Iraq Meram (CLB)
Argentina Piatti (MTL) 		Nigeria Adi (POR)
Colombia Castillo (DAL)
Mexico Dos Santos (LA)
8[100] Denmark Ousted (VAN) United States Boswell (DC)
United States Harvey (VAN)
United States Moor (TOR) 		Switzerland Barnetta (PHI)
Ghana Boateng (LA)
United States Bradley (TOR)
United States Kljestan (NYR) 		Mexico Dos Santos (LA)
Italy Giovinco (TOR)
England Wright-Phillips (NYR)
9[101] New Zealand Gleeson (POR) United States Scott (SEA)
United States Wynne (SJ)
United States Zusi (SKC) 		United States Allen (RSL)
Brazil Felipe (NYR)
Albania Gashi (COL)
United States Kljestan (NYR)
Argentina Valeri (POR) 		Ivory Coast Drogba (MTL)
Spain Villa (NYC)
10[102] United States Irwin (TOR) United States Horst (HOU)
Costa Rica Matarrita (NYC)
Poland Perquis (TOR) 		United States Jones (COL)
United States Kljestan (NYR)
United States Nagbe (POR)
Argentina Piatti (MTL) 		Japan Kudo (VAN)
United States Morris (SEA)
United States Zardes (LA)
11[103] United States Worra (DC) United States Hernandez (NYC)
Trinidad and Tobago Williams (COL)
United States Zimmerman (DAL) 		Honduras Espinoza (SKC)
The Gambia Manneh (VAN)
Ghana Nyarko (DC)
Panama Quintero (SJ) 		Italy Giovinco (TOR)
Panama Pérez (VAN)
Spain Villa (NYC)
12[104] United States Bendik (ORL) United States Glad (RSL)
United States Marquez (PHI)
Sweden Sjöberg (COL) 		United States Acosta (DAL)
United States Grella (NYR)
Brazil Kaká (ORL)
United States McCarty (NYR)
United States Nagbe (POR) 		Canada Akindele (DAL)
England Wright-Phillips (NYR)
13[105] United States Robles (NYR) United States Allen (NYC)
United States Beasley (HOU)
Ghana Opare (DC) 		United States Kljestan (NYR)
Trinidad and Tobago Molino (ORL)
United States Nguyen (NE)
Argentina Piatti (MTL) 		Ivory Coast Drogba (MTL)
Norway Kamara (CLB)
England Wright-Phillips (NYR)
14[106] New Zealand Gleeson (POR) Colombia Medranda (SKC)
United States Opara (SKC)
England Ridgewell (POR)
United States Rosenberry (PHI) 		Colombia Chara (POR)
France Nogueira (PHI)
United States Pontius (PHI)
United States Roldan (SEA) 		Norway Kamara (CLB)
Armenia Movsisyan (RSL)
15[107] United States Hamid (DC) United States Burch (COL)
United States Moor (TOR)
United States Abdul-Salaam (SKC) 		United States Salinas (SJ)
Brazil Felipe (NYR)
United States Feilhaber (SKC)
England Harrison (NYC)
United States Grella (NYR) 		Spain Villa (NYC)
Argentina Martínez (RSL)
16[108] United States Irwin (TOR) Costa Rica Matarrita (NYC)
United States Wynne (SJ)
United States Robinson (DC) 		Brazil Kaká (ORL)
Argentina Valeri (POR)
Netherlands Alberg (PHI)
Argentina Díaz (DAL)
United States Neagle (DC) 		The Gambia Manneh (VAN)
England Dwyer (SKC)
17[109] United States Hamid (DC) United States Beasley (HOU)
United States Zimmerman (DAL)
Brazil Ramos (CHI) 		United States Zusi (SKC)
England Gerrard (LA)
Argentina Díaz (DAL)
England Harrison (NYC) 		Sierra Leone Kamara (NE)
Norway Kamara (CLB)
Belize Salazar (MTL)
18[110] New Zealand Gleeson (POR) Jamaica Phillips (RSL)
Belgium Van Damme (LA)
United States Hedges (DAL)
United States Morrow (TOR) 		Netherlands Alberg (PHI)
United States Larentowicz (LA)
United States Feilhaber (SKC)
Brazil Ilsinho (PHI) 		Republic of Ireland Doyle (COL)
Sierra Leone Kamara (NE)
19[111] United States Robles (NYR) Sweden Sjöberg (COL)
Honduras Bernárdez (SJ)
United States Maund (RSL) 		Colombia Castillo (DAL)
United States Kljestan (NYR)
Argentina Valeri (POR)
Argentina Díaz (DAL)
Austria Ivanschitz (SEA) 		Spain Villa (NYC)
Mexico Dos Santos (LA)
20[112] Denmark Ousted (VAN) Cameroon Oyongo (MTL)
Belgium Van Damme (LA)
United States Woodberry (NE) 		United States Muyl (NYR)
United States Kljestan (NYR)
Republic of Ireland Cronin (COL)
Argentina Piatti (MTL) 		England Dwyer (SKC)
Italy Giovinco (TOR)
Ivory Coast Drogba (MTL)
21[113] United States Bingham (SJ) United States Opara (SKC)
Belgium Van Damme (LA)
United States Moor (TOR) 		Trinidad and Tobago Molino (ORL)
Uruguay Lodeiro (SEA)
England Lampard (NYC)
United States McNamara (NYC) 		Argentina Urruti (DAL)
Italy Giovinco (TOR)
Ecuador Plata (RSL)
22[114] United States Bush (MTL) United States Burch (COL)
Luxembourg Chanot (NYC)
United States Moor (TOR) 		Argentina Valeri (POR)
Uruguay Lodeiro (SEA)
Argentina Morales (RSL)
United States Hairston (COL) 		United States Morris (SEA)
Italy Giovinco (TOR)
United States Dempsey (SEA)
23[115] United States Bingham (SJ) United States Birnbaum (DC)
Spain Agus (HOU)
United States Marshall (SEA) 		United States Pontius (PHI)
Switzerland Barnetta (PHI)
United States Davis (NYR)
United States Finlay (CLB) 		Spain Villa (NYC)
England Wright-Phillips (NYR)
England Dwyer (SKC)
24[116] United States Willis (HOU) United States Parkhurst (CLB)
Colombia Olave (RSL)
United States Horst (HOU)
Costa Rica Matarrita (NYC) 		United States Roldan (SEA)
United States Feilhaber (SKC)
Ghana Accam (CHI) 		United States Dempsey (SEA)
England Wright-Phillips (NYR)
United States Altidore (TOR)
25[117] United States Howard (COL) France Camara (MTL)
Norway Næss (CLB)
United States Rosenberry (PHI) 		United States Beckerman (RSL)
Brazil Kaká (ORL)
Brazil Felipe (NYR)
Argentina Valeri (POR)
Colombia Barrios (DAL) 		United States Mullins (DC)
Armenia Movsisyan (RSL)
26[118] United States Johnson (CHI) United States Farrell (NE)
United States Zimmerman (DAL)
France Collin (NYR)
Portugal Meira (CHI) 		United States Lletget (LA)
Argentina Díaz (DAL)
England Lampard (NYC)
United States Rowe (NE) 		England Wright-Phillips (NYR)
Netherlands de Leeuw (CHI)
27[119] United States Howard (COL) Lithuania Vytas (POR)
Costa Rica Waston (VAN)
England Stewart (SJ) 		Honduras Garcia (HOU)
Brazil Kaká (ORL)
Uganda Azira (COL)
Ghana Koffie (NE)
Uruguay Fagundez (NE) 		United States Altidore (TOR)
Mexico Dos Santos (LA)

Best XI

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Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Jamaica Andre Blake, Philadelphia Sweden Axel Sjöberg, Colorado
United States Matt Hedges, Dallas
Belgium Jelle Van Damme, LA Galaxy 		Argentina Mauro Díaz, Dallas
Mexico Giovani dos Santos, LA Galaxy
United States Sacha Kljestan, Red Bulls
Argentina Ignacio Piatti, Montreal 		Italy Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto
England Bradley Wright-Phillips, Red Bulls
Spain David Villa, New York City

Player transfers

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Main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2016

Allocation ranking

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The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in the MLS allocation list. The MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering a transfer fee of at least $500,000. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2015 season, taking playoff performance into account.[120]

Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. At all times each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS season.

Original
Ranking 		Current
Ranking 		Club Date Allocation Used
(Rank on that date) 		Player Signed Previous Club Ref
1 1 Chicago Fire[A][B] [121][122]
4 2 New York City FC
5 3 Real Salt Lake
6 4 Houston Dynamo
7 5 Orlando City SC
8 6 San Jose Earthquakes
9 7 Toronto FC
10 8 New England Revolution
11 9 Sporting Kansas City
12 10 LA Galaxy
13 11 D.C. United
14 12 Montreal Impact
15 13 Seattle Sounders FC
16 14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
17 15 FC Dallas
18 16 New York Red Bulls
19 17 Columbus Crew SC
20 18 Portland Timbers
2 19 Colorado Rapids[A] March 20, 2016 (1) United States Tim Howard England Everton [121]
3 20 Philadelphia Union[B] August 3, 2016 (1) United States Alejandro Bedoya France Nantes [122]
  1. ^
    On January 14, 2016, Colorado Rapids acquired the number 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 1), a first-round selection (15th overall) in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft, and a second-round selection (33rd overall) in the 2016 SuperDraft from Chicago Fire in exchange for the number 2 allocation ranking (original ranking number 2), a first-round selection (12th overall) in the 2016 SuperDraft, and a second-round selection (22nd overall) in the 2016 SuperDraft.
  2. ^
    On August 3, 2016, Philadelphia Union acquired the number 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 2) from Chicago Fire in exchange for the number 2 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3), a first-round selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, and the Discovery Priority on a player to be named later.

Television

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See also: MLS on television

United States

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In the 2016 MLS season, 96 games aired in the United States on national television. English-language broadcasts once again included Soccer Sunday doubleheaders — 29 games on ESPN and 5 on ESPN2 (mainly on Sunday afternoons), 4 on Fox, and 30 on Fox Sports 1 (mainly on Sunday evenings). The 2016 season marked MLS's debut on the Fox network channel.[123] Spanish-language broadcasts included 28 games on UniMás (mainly on Friday evenings).[123]

U.S. TV viewership ('000)
Wkd Date(s) ESPN FS1 UDN Ref Notes
1 March 6 362 267 148 [124] The UDN match aired from 10:00 pm to 12:08 am, outside its usual window.
2 March 11–13 197 175 84 [125]
3 March 18–20 179 184 98 [126] MLS matches went head-to-head against the NCAA basketball tournament.
4 March 25–27 No Games on TV (international window).
5 April 1–3 261 185 No Games on ESPN (MLB opening day).
6 April 8–10 386 183
270		 192 Two Games on FS1, 183k NYCFC-CHI, 270k LAG-POR
7 April 15–17 229 138 109 [127][128]
8 April 22–24 180 176 [129] No Games on Unimas.
9 April 29–May 1 302 199 51 [130][131]
10 May 6–8 225 199 93 [132]
May 20–22 463 636*
210		 190 [133] *New York derby was broadcast on FOX instead of FS1.
July 1–3 439 136 [134]
July 8–10 223 171 84 [135]
July 15–17 322 118 [136]
AVG 2016 262.1 205.8 120 2016 Average

Notes:

  • All viewership numbers are in thousands.
  • Average viewership for the previous 2015 season was 245,000 (ESPN2), 197,000 (FS1), and 244,000 (Univ).

Other countries

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TSN, RDS and Sportsnet aired matches in Canada of primarily the three Canadian-based teams.

MLS aired on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Eurosport in Continental Europe, Abu Dhabi Media in the Middle East and North Africa, Letv Sports in China, beIN Sports in Asia-Pacific, ESPN and Fox Sports in Latin America, SporTV in Brazil and Fox Sports in Africa.

2016 attendances

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The following is a list of the average attendance for each of the twenty MLS teams at their regular-season games. It includes the team, the average attendance for the 2016 regular season and the 2015 regular season, the percentage change in attendance from season-to-season, the home venue, the home venue's capacity, and the percent of capacity.[137]

Team 2016
Attendance		 2015
Attendance		 Change Stadium Capacity
(Unrestricted)		 Percent
(2016)
Seattle Sounders FC 42,636 44,247 -4% CenturyLink Field 39,115
(69,000)		 109%
(62%)
Orlando City SC 31,324 32,847 -5% Camping World Stadium 19,500
(65,000)		 161%
(48%)
New York City FC 27,196 29,016 -6% Yankee Stadium 27,470
(49,638)		 99%
(55%)
Toronto FC 26,583 23,451 +13% BMO Field 30,226 88%
LA Galaxy 25,138 23,392 +7% StubHub Center 27,167 93%
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 22,330 20,507 +9% BC Place 22,120
(54,500)		 101%
(41%)
Portland Timbers 21,144 21,144 0% Providence Park 21,144 100%
Montreal Impact 20,669 17,750 +16% Saputo Stadium 20,801 99%
New York Red Bulls 20,620 19,657 +5% Red Bull Arena 25,219 82%
New England Revolution 20,185 19,627 +3% Gillette Stadium 20,000
(66,829)		 101%
(30%)
San Jose Earthquakes 19,930 20,979 -5% Avaya Stadium 18,000 111%
Real Salt Lake 19,759 20,160 -2% Rio Tinto Stadium 20,213 98%
Sporting Kansas City 19,597 19,687 -0.5% Children's Mercy Park 18,467 106%
Houston Dynamo 19,021 20,658 -8% BBVA Compass Stadium 22,039 86%
Philadelphia Union 17,519 17,451 0% PPL Park 18,500 95%
Columbus Crew SC 17,125 16,513 +4% Mapfre Stadium 20,145 85%
D.C. United 17,081 16,244 +5% RFK Stadium 20,000
(45,596)		 85%
(37%)
Colorado Rapids 16,278 15,657 +4% Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061 90%
Chicago Fire 15,602 16,003 -3% Toyota Park 20,000 78%
FC Dallas 14,094 16,015 -12% Toyota Stadium 20,500 67%

Note: Vancouver's and Seattle's attendances are both over 100% capacity because, for select games, they open up additional sections above the regular limited capacity. Orlando's and New England's attendances are over 100% because their capacities are artificial; both teams regularly sell more tickets than the limit. San Jose's attendance is over 100% capacity because they played one game at Levi's Stadium (68,000 capacity).

Coaches

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Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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See also

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  54. ^ "New York City FC rook Jack Harrison wins MLS Player of the Week for Week 17".
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  57. ^ "Philadelphia Union's Ilsinho wins MLS Player of the Week for Week 18".
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  60. ^ "Portland Timbers' Diego Valeri wins MLS Player of the Week for Week 19".
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  63. ^ "Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco wins MLS Player of the Week after hat trick".
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  69. ^ "Toronto FC star Sebastien Giovinco named MLS Player of the Week — again".
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  76. ^ "Chicago Fire's Luis Solignac wins AT&T Goal of the Week with precise strike".
  77. ^ "Houston Dynamo's Joe Willis wins Save of the Week for Week 24".
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  79. ^ "Real Salt Lake's Yura Movsisyan wins AT&T Goal of the Week with blast".
  80. ^ "Orlando City SC's Joe Bendik wins Save of the Week for Week 25".
  81. ^ "New York City FC's Frank Lampard wins MLS Player of the Week for Week 26".
  82. ^ "LA Galaxy's Giovani dos Santos wins AT&T Goal of the Week with a chip".
  83. ^ "New England's Brad Knighton wins Save of the Week for Week 26".
  84. ^ "LA Galaxy's Giovani dos Santos wins MLS Player of the Week for huge Week 27".
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  89. ^ "Vancouver's Ousted edges Howard to win Week 28 MLS Save of the Week".
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  94. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 2): New look Houston Dynamo lead the way".
  95. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 3): Union keep rolling thanks to CJ Sapong".
  96. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 4): FC Dallas dot the team after trouncing DC".
  97. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 5): Kaká returns to lead Orlando City over champs".
  98. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 6): Old guard shines for DC United".
  99. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 7): Dos Santos leads LA Galaxy in romp vs. Dynamo".
  100. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 8): Toronto FC beats up on rivals in 401 Derby".
  101. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 9): Red Bulls midfielders show attacking prowess".
  102. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 10): Canadian teams lead the way".
  103. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 11): New York City FC on fire after another win".
  104. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 12): Akindele, Acosta lead Dallas to a win".
  105. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 13): New York Red Bulls roll over Toronto FC".
  106. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 14): Union take control of East with another win".
  107. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 15): Villa, Lampard, Harrison deliver for NYCFC".
  108. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 16): Playmakers take center stage across MLS".
  109. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 17): Dallas jump to 1st thanks to Diaz, Zimmerman".
  110. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 18): Alberg, Ilsinho lead Union rout of DC".
  111. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 19): FC Dallas stars shine bright vs. Chicago".
  112. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 20): Drogba breaks out, Piatti stars for Impact".
  113. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 21): Toronto take Trillium Cup thanks to Giovinco".
  114. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 22): Sounders trio find rhythm in Orlando".
  115. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 23): BWP breaks record as Red Bulls get huge win".
  116. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 24): USMNT strikers shine bright in big wins".
  117. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 25): Stars lead RSL to Rocky Mountain Cup".
  118. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 26): Chicago Fire dominate Union front to back".
  119. ^ "2016 Team of the Week (Wk 27): Revolution jump back into playoff race".
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