2017 Major League Soccer season

The 2017 Major League Soccer season was the 22nd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2017 and concluded on October 22, 2017. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 25, 2017 and concluded with MLS Cup 2017 on December 9, 2017.

Major League Soccer

Season	2017
MLS Cup	Toronto FC (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	Toronto FC (1st shield)
2019 Champions League (United States)	Sporting Kansas City[lower-alpha 1]
2018 Champions League (Canada)	Toronto FC[lower-alpha 2]
Matches played	374
Goals scored	1,110 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nemanja Nikolić (24 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Stefan Frei (13 shutouts)
Biggest home win	7 goals: ATL 7–0 NE (Sep 13)
Biggest away win	5 goals: MIN 1–6 ATL (Mar 12)
Highest scoring	8 goals: DAL 6–2 RSL (Jun 3) LA 2–6 RSL (Jul 4) TOR 3–5 MTL (Sep 20)
Longest winning run	6 games: Toronto FC (Apr 21 – May 13)
Longest unbeaten run	13 games: Seattle Sounders FC (Jun 17 – Sep 23)
Longest winless run	10 games: LA Galaxy (Jun 24 – Aug 27)
Longest losing run	6 games: D.C. United (Jun 24 – Jul 29)
Highest attendance	71,874 ATL 2–2 TOR (Oct 22)
Lowest attendance	10,165 NYC 1–1 HOU (Sep 23 at East Hartford)
Total attendance	8,269,919
Average attendance	22,112
← 2016 2018 → As 2017 U.S. Open Cup winner (see note for detail) As 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship winner (see note for detail)

Two new clubs joined the league as expansion franchises: Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC. The two franchises were the 21st and 22nd teams in the league.[1]

Seattle Sounders FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, while FC Dallas were the defending Supporters' Shield champions. Toronto FC became the first Canadian team to win the Cup and Shield. Toronto's win of the Canadian Championship in the same year earned them the first domestic treble by an MLS side.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums

Atlanta Fire Rapids Crew D.C. Dallas Dynamo Galaxy Minnesota Impact Revolution NYC Red Bulls Orlando Union Timbers RSL Earthquakes Sounders Sporting Toronto FC Whitecaps Locations of teams for the 2017 Major League Soccer season Western Conference   Eastern Conference

Western Conference Team Stadium Capacity Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061 FC Dallas Toyota Stadium 20,500 Houston Dynamo BBVA Compass Stadium 22,039 LA Galaxy StubHub Center 27,000 Minnesota United FC TCF Bank Stadium^[A] 21,895 Portland Timbers Providence Park 21,144 Real Salt Lake Rio Tinto Stadium 20,213 San Jose Earthquakes Avaya Stadium 18,000 Seattle Sounders FC CenturyLink Field^[A] 39,419 Sporting Kansas City Children's Mercy Park 18,467 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place^[A] 22,120

Eastern Conference Team Stadium Capacity Atlanta United FC Mercedes-Benz Stadium^[A]^[B] 42,500 Chicago Fire Toyota Park 20,000 Columbus Crew SC Mapfre Stadium 19,968 D.C. United RFK Stadium^[A] 20,000 Montreal Impact Saputo Stadium 20,801 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium^[A] 20,000 New York City FC Yankee Stadium^[A] 30,321 New York Red Bulls Red Bull Arena 25,000 Orlando City SC Orlando City Stadium 25,500 Philadelphia Union Talen Energy Stadium 18,500 Toronto FC BMO Field 30,000

1. ^
   Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.
2. ^
   Due to construction delays to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta United FC played its home matches at Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium during the first half of the season.[2]

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Atlanta United FC	Gerardo Martino	Michael Parkhurst	American Family Insurance
Chicago Fire	Veljko Paunović	Juninho	Valspar
Colorado Rapids	Steve Cooke (interim)	Tim Howard	Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC	Gregg Berhalter	Wil Trapp	Acura
D.C. United	Ben Olsen	Steve Birnbaum	Leidos
FC Dallas	Oscar Pareja	Matt Hedges	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo	Wilmer Cabrera	Ricardo Clark	BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy	Sigi Schmid	Jermaine Jones	Herbalife
Minnesota United FC	Adrian Heath	Francisco Calvo	Target[3]
Montreal Impact	Mauro Biello	Patrice Bernier	Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	Tom Soehn (interim)	Chris Tierney	UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC	Patrick Vieira	David Villa	Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls	Jesse Marsch	Sacha Kljestan	Red Bull
Orlando City SC	Jason Kreis	Kaká	Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union	Jim Curtin	Alejandro Bedoya	Bimbo Bakeries USA
Portland Timbers	Caleb Porter	Liam Ridgewell	Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Mike Petke	Kyle Beckerman	LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes	Chris Leitch	Chris Wondolowski	Sutter Health
Seattle Sounders FC	Brian Schmetzer	Osvaldo Alonso	Xbox
Sporting Kansas City	Peter Vermes	Matt Besler	Ivy Funds
Toronto FC	Greg Vanney	Michael Bradley	Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carl Robinson	Kendall Waston	Bell Canada

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Houston Dynamo	Wade Barrett (interim)	End of interim period	October 28, 2016	Pre-season	Wilmer Cabrera	October 28, 2016
LA Galaxy	Bruce Arena	Signed by United States	November 22, 2016		Curt Onalfo	December 13, 2016
Real Salt Lake	Jeff Cassar	Mutual consent	March 20, 2017	10th in West, 19th overall	Daryl Shore (interim)	March 20, 2017
	Daryl Shore (interim)	End of interim period	March 29, 2017	9th in West, 19th overall	Mike Petke	March 29, 2017
San Jose Earthquakes	Dominic Kinnear	Fired	June 25, 2017	5th in West, 12th overall	Chris Leitch	June 25, 2017
LA Galaxy	Curt Onalfo	Fired	July 27, 2017	9th in West, 19th overall	Sigi Schmid	July 27, 2017
Colorado Rapids	Pablo Mastroeni	Fired	August 15, 2017	10th in West, 20th overall	Steve Cooke (interim)	August 15, 2017
New England Revolution	Jay Heaps	Fired	September 18, 2017	8th in East, 16th overall	Tom Soehn (interim)	September 18, 2017

Regular season

Format

Current teams: Each team in the league (except for expansion teams Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC) played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) using the following format:[4]

• 2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference (20 games).
• 1 extra game against 3 of its conference rivals (3 games).
• 1 game against 11 teams in the other conference (11 games).

Expansion teams: As expansion teams to the league in 2017, Atlanta United and Minnesota United played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) in a secondary format:

• 2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference (20 games).
• 1 extra game against 2 of its conference rivals (2 games).
• 1 game against 10 teams in the other conference (10 games).
• 2 games (1 home and 1 away) against each other (2 games).

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto FC	34	20	5	9	74	37	+37	69	Conference Semifinals[lower-alpha 1]
2	New York City FC	34	16	9	9	56	43	+13	57
3	Chicago Fire	34	16	11	7	62	48	+14	55	Knockout Round
4	Atlanta United FC	34	15	9	10	70	40	+30	55
5	Columbus Crew	34	16	12	6	53	49	+4	54
6	New York Red Bulls	34	14	12	8	53	47	+6	50
7	New England Revolution	34	13	15	6	53	61	−8	45
8	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	50	47	+3	42
9	Montreal Impact	34	11	17	6	52	58	−6	39
10	Orlando City SC	34	10	15	9	39	58	−19	39
11	D.C. United	34	9	20	5	31	60	−29	32

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored ; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions did not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[5]

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	34	15	11	8	60	50	+10	53	Conference Semifinals[lower-alpha 1]
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	52	39	+13	53
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	15	12	7	50	49	+1	52	Knockout Round
4	Houston Dynamo	34	13	10	11	57	45	+12	50
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	12	9	13	40	29	+11	49
6	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	14	7	39	60	−21	46
7	FC Dallas	34	11	10	13	48	48	0	46
8	Real Salt Lake	34	13	15	6	48	56	−8	45
9	Minnesota United FC	34	10	18	6	47	70	−23	36
10	Colorado Rapids	34	9	19	6	31	51	−20	33
11	LA Galaxy	34	8	18	8	45	67	−22	32

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:

1. Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions did not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[6]

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1	Toronto FC (C, X)	34	20	5	9	74	37	+37	69	2018 CONCACAF Champions League
2	New York City FC	34	16	9	9	56	43	+13	57
3	Chicago Fire	34	16	11	7	61	47	+14	55
4	Atlanta United FC	34	15	9	10	70	40	+30	55
5	Columbus Crew	34	16	12	6	53	49	+4	54
6	Portland Timbers	34	15	11	8	60	50	+10	53
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	52	39	+13	53
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	15	12	7	50	49	+1	52
9	New York Red Bulls	34	14	12	8	53	47	+6	50
10	Houston Dynamo	34	13	10	11	57	45	+12	50
11	Sporting Kansas City	34	12	9	13	40	29	+11	49	2019 CONCACAF Champions League
12	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	14	7	39	60	−21	46
13	FC Dallas	34	11	10	13	48	48	0	46
14	Real Salt Lake	34	13	15	6	49	55	−6	45
15	New England Revolution	34	13	15	6	53	61	−8	45
16	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	50	47	+3	42
17	Montreal Impact	34	11	17	6	52	58	−6	39
18	Orlando City SC	34	10	15	9	39	58	−19	39
19	Minnesota United FC	34	10	18	6	47	70	−23	36
20	Colorado Rapids	34	9	19	6	31	51	−20	33
21	D.C. United	34	9	20	5	31	60	−29	32
22	LA Galaxy	34	8	18	8	45	67	−22	32

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Supporters' Shield winner.
Notes:

1. CONCACAF Champions League
   Selection Procedure

   • Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[7] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2017 season, the following teams qualified:
     1. The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.
        
     2. The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).
        
     Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield were not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
     One Canada-based team qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
     1. The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

	Knockout Round					Conference Semifinals							Conference Finals							MLS Cup
	October 26 – Atlanta, Georgia
	E4	Atlanta United FC	0 (1)
						E5	Columbus Crew	4	0	4
	E5	Columbus Crew (p)	0 (3)
						E2	New York City FC	1	2	3
						Eastern Conference
	October 25 – Bridgeview, Illinois												E5	Columbus Crew	0	0	0
													E1	Toronto FC	0	1	1
	E3	Chicago Fire	0
						E6	New York Red Bulls	1	1	2
	E6	New York Red Bulls	4																	December 9 – Toronto, Ontario
						E1	Toronto FC (a)	2	0	2
	October 26 – Houston, Texas																			E1	Toronto FC	2
																				W2	Seattle Sounders	0
	W4	Houston Dynamo (a.e.t.)	1
						W4	Houston Dynamo	0	2	2
	W5	Sporting Kansas City	0
						W1	Portland Timbers	0	1	1
						Western Conference
	October 25 – Vancouver, British Columbia												W4	Houston Dynamo	0	0	0
													W2	Seattle Sounders FC	2	3	5
	W3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	5
						W3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0
	W6	San Jose Earthquakes	0
						W2	Seattle Sounders FC	0	2	2

Knockout Round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Eastern Conference
Chicago Fire (E3)	0–4	New York Red Bulls (E6)
Atlanta United FC (E4)	0–0 (1–3 p)	Columbus Crew SC (E5)
Western Conference
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3)	5–0	San Jose Earthquakes (W6)
Houston Dynamo (W4)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sporting Kansas City (W5)

Conference Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastern Conference
New York Red Bulls (E6)	2–2 (a)	Toronto FC (E1)	1–2	1–0
Columbus Crew SC (E5)	4–3	New York City FC (E2)	4–1	0–2
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4)	2–1	Portland Timbers (W1)	0–0	2–1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3)	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC (W2)	0–0	0–2

Conference Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Columbus Crew SC (E5)	0–1	Toronto FC (E1)	0–0	0–1
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4)	0–5	Seattle Sounders FC (W2)	0–2	0–3

MLS Cup

Main article: MLS Cup 2017

December 9, 2017 (2017-12-09)

4:00 p.m. EST

Toronto FC	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC
Altidore  67' Vázquez  90+4'	Report

BMO Field, Toronto, Canada

Attendance: 30,584

Referee: Allen Chapman (United States)

Attendance

See also: Major League Soccer attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Pos.	Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
1	Atlanta United FC	17	819,404	71,874	42,511	48,200
2	Seattle Sounders FC	17	742,314	51,796	40,182	43,666
3	Toronto FC	17	470,005	29,203	25,200	27,647
4	Orlando City SC	17	425,477	25,527	23,018	25,028
5	New York City FC	17	379,455	33,679	10,165*	22,321
6	LA Galaxy	17	378,128	25,667	17,404	22,243
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	364,073	25,083	17,368	21,416
8	New York Red Bulls	17	359,977	25,219	16,213	21,175
9	Portland Timbers	17	359,448	21,144	21,144	21,144
10	Minnesota United FC	17	349,138	35,043	17,491	20,538
11	Montreal Impact	17	340,783	34,373	16,005	20,046
12	San Jose Earthquakes	17	337,873	50,617	17,256	19,875
13	Sporting Kansas City	17	332,121	20,933	18,648	19,537
14	New England Revolution	17	329,233	33,767	10,487	19,367
15	Real Salt Lake	17	319,284	20,348	16,434	18,781
16	D.C. United	17	304,369	41,418	11,972	17,904
17	Houston Dynamo	17	297,507	22,115	14,148	17,500
18	Chicago Fire	17	295,511	21,891	11,244	17,383
19	Philadelphia Union	17	285,797	18,619	15,107	16,812
20	Columbus Crew SC	17	262,469	20,391	10,318	15,439
21	Colorado Rapids	17	260,476	17,648	13,102	15,322
22	FC Dallas	17	257,077	16,291	14,016	15,122
–	Total	374	8,269,919	71,874	10,165	22,112

• game played at East Hartford

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Atlanta United FC	2–2	Toronto FC	71,874	October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)	33	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2	Atlanta United FC	3–3	Orlando City SC	70,425	September 16, 2017 (2017-09-16)	28	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3	Atlanta United FC	1–2	New York Red Bulls	55,297	March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	1	Bobby Dodd Stadium
4	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Portland Timbers	51,796	August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)	25	CenturyLink Field
5	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	LA Galaxy	50,617	July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	18	Stanford Stadium
6	Seattle Sounders FC	4–0	FC Dallas	48,478	October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)	32	CenturyLink Field
7	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Portland Timbers	47,362	May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27)	13	CenturyLink Field
8	Atlanta United FC	1–3	D.C. United	46,011	April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)	9	Bobby Dodd Stadium
9	Atlanta United FC	4–0	Chicago Fire	45,922	March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18)	3	Bobby Dodd Stadium
10	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	New York Red Bulls	45,600	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)	3	CenturyLink Field

Player statistics

See also: Major League Soccer § Player records

Goals Rank Player Club Goals[8] 1 Nemanja Nikolić Chicago Fire 24 2 David Villa New York City FC 22 3 Diego Valeri Portland Timbers 21 4 Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC 19 5 Ola Kamara Columbus Crew SC 18 6 Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact 17 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls 8 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 16 C. J. Sapong Philadelphia Union 10 Jozy Altidore Toronto FC 15

Assists Rank Player Club Assists[9] 1 Sacha Kljestan New York Red Bulls 17 2 Víctor Vázquez Toronto FC 16 3 Lee Nguyen New England Revolution 15 4 Miguel Almirón Atlanta United FC 14 Michael Barrios FC Dallas Federico Higuaín Columbus Crew SC 7 Yamil Asad Atlanta United FC 13 Albert Rusnák Real Salt Lake 9 Romain Alessandrini LA Galaxy 12 Nicolás Lodeiro Seattle Sounders FC Haris Medunjanin Philadelphia Union

Shutouts Rank Player Club Shutouts[10] 1 Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC 13 2 Alex Bono Toronto FC 10 Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City Luis Robles New York Red Bulls 5 Andre Blake Philadelphia Union 9 Jesse González FC Dallas Zack Steffen Columbus Crew SC 8 Cody Cropper New England Revolution 8 Brad Guzan Atlanta United FC Matt Lampson Chicago Fire Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake Hat-tricks Main article: List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC Minnesota United FC 6–1 March 12 Erick Torres Houston Dynamo New York Red Bulls 4–1 April 1 C. J. Sapong Philadelphia Union New York Red Bulls 3–0 May 6 Justin Meram Columbus Crew SC Montreal Impact 3–2 May 13 Gerso Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 May 17 Miguel Almirón Atlanta United FC Houston Dynamo 4–1 May 20 Roland Lamah FC Dallas Real Salt Lake 6–2 June 3 David Accam Chicago Fire Orlando City SC 4–0 June 24 David Villa New York City FC New York Red Bulls 3–2 August 6 Kei Kamara New England Revolution Orlando City SC 4–0 September 2 Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC New England Revolution 7–0 September 13 Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC Orlando City SC 3–3 September 16 Patrick Mullins^4 D.C. United San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 September 23 Justin Morrow Toronto FC New York Red Bulls 4–2 September 30 Nemanja Nikolić Chicago Fire Philadelphia Union 3–2 October 15 ^4 Scored 4 goals Awards Player of the Month Main article: MLS Player of the Month Month Player Club Stats Ref March Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC 5G [11] April Joe Bendik Orlando City SC 2SO [12] May Nemanja Nikolić Chicago Fire 6G, 1A [13] June David Villa New York City FC 3G [14] July Daniel Royer New York Red Bulls 6G, 1A [15] August Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact 7G, 1A [16] September Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC 9G [17] Player and Team of the week Bold denotes player of the week. Team of the week Week Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Bench Coach 1 [18][19] Bendik (ORL) Sjöberg (COL) Spector (ORL) Jungwirth (SJ) Lima (SJ) Acosta (DAL) Valeri (POR) Godoy (SJ) Accam (CHI) Adi (POR) Quioto (HOU) Melia (SKC) Hedges (DAL) Felipe (NY) Jones (PHI) Davies (VAN) Torres (HOU) Larin (ORL) Wilmer Cabrera (HOU) 2 [20][21] Howard (COL) Garza (ATL) Kappelhof (CHI) Hedges (DAL) Piatti (MTL) McCarty (CHI) Godoy (SJ) Almirón (ATL) Torres (HOU) Martínez (ATL) Villa (NYC) Gleeson (POR) Lima (SJ) Alex (HOU) Felipe (NY) Lletget (LA) Moralez (NYC) Elis (HOU) Gerardo Martino (ATL) 3 [22][23] Steffen (CLB) Garza (ATL) Crognale (CLB) Spector (ORL) Valeri (POR) Bernier (MTL) Guzmán (POR) Feilhaber (SKC) Urruti (DAL) Martínez (ATL) Larin (ORL) Bendik (ORL) Kallman (MIN) Burch (COL) Grana (DAL) Roldan (SEA) Wallace (NYC) Altidore (TOR) Gregg Berhalter (CLB) 4 [24][25] Van Oekel (RSL) Tierney (NE) Long (NY) Afful (CLB) Fagúndez (NE) Nguyen (NE) Higuaín (CLB) Artur (CLB) Blanco (POR) Agudelo (NE) Kamara (NE) Robles (NY) Maund (VAN) Phillips (RSL) Adams (NY) Trapp (CLB) Valeri (POR) Adi (POR) Jay Heaps (NE) 5 [26][27] Hamid (DC) Farfan (POR) Delamea (NE) Svensson (SEA) Meram (CLB) Roldan (SEA) Laba (VAN) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Techera (VAN) Torres (HOU) Ramirez (MIN) Bono (TOR) Crognale (CLB) Edwards (TOR) Artur (CLB) Manotas (HOU) Tabla (MTL) Villa (NYC) Adrian Heath (MIN) 6 [28][29] González (DAL) Boswell (DC) Opara (SKC) Delamea (NE) Alessandrini (LA) McCarty (CHI) Espinoza (SKC) Rusnák (RSL) Barrios (DAL) Movsisyan (RSL) Villalba (ATL) Hamid (DC) Redding (ORL) Nagbe (POR) Almirón (ATL) Acosta (DC) Agudelo (NE) Óscar Pareja (DAL) 7 [30][31] Melia (SKC) Matarrita (NYC) Spector (ORL) Næss (CLB) Opara (SKC) Meram (CLB) Ilie (SKC) Johnson (ORL) Montero (VAN) Nikolić (CHI) Solignac (CHI) Bendik (ORL) Parker (VAN) McCarty (CHI) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Muyl (NY) Molino (MIN) Villa (NYC) Mike Petke (RSL) 8 [32][33] Bendik (ORL) Long (NY) Toia (ORL) Zavaleta (TOR) Almirón (ATL) Bradley (TOR) Gruezo (DAL) Lodeiro (SEA) Dempsey (SEA) Giovinco (TOR) Larin (ORL) Shuttleworth (MIN) Jones (SEA) Johnson (ORL) Muyl (NY) Vázquez (TOR) Morris (SEA) Jackson-Hamel (MTL) Jason Kreis (ORL) 9 [34][35] Hamid (DC) Edwards (TOR) Jungwirth (SJ) Zusi (SKC) Gerso (SKC) Jacobson (VAN) Acosta (DC) Harrison (NYC) Agudelo (NE) Altidore (TOR) Urruti (DAL) Blake (PHI) Sutter (ORL) Alonso (SEA) Herrera (NYC) Delgado (TOR) Cato (SJ) Adi (POR) Not awarded 10 [36][37] Blake (PHI) Hedges (DAL) Jungwirth (SJ) Morrow (TOR) Alex (HOU) Higuaín (CLB) Ibarra (MIN) Ring (NYC) Sapong (PHI) Wallace (NYC) Wondolowski (SJ) Shuttleworth (MIN) Ciman (MTL) Næss (CLB) Accam (CHI) Manotas (HOU) Giovinco (TOR) Villa (NYC) Greg Vanney (TOR) 11 [38][39] Johnson (NYC) Onyewu (PHI) Van Damme (LA) Hairston (COL) Fagúndez (NE) Meram (CLB) Alex (HOU) Medunjanin (PHI) Accam (CHI) Ricketts (TOR) Nikolić (CHI) Bono (TOR) Vincent (CHI) Gressel (ATL) Gashi (COL) Alessandrini (LA) Badji (COL) Blessing (SKC) Greg Vanney (TOR) 12 [40][41] Melia (SKC) Vincent (CHI) Bernárdez (SJ) Parker (VAN) Fagúndez (NE) Piatti (MTL) Almirón (ATL) Medunjanin (PHI) Gerso (SKC) Villa (NYC) Nikolić (CHI) Hamid (DC) Gaddis (PHI) Rusnák (RSL) Bolaños (VAN) Accam (CHI) G. dos Santos (LA) Sapong (PHI) Veljko Paunovic (CHI) 13 [42][43] Hamid (DC) Vincent (CHI) Calvo (MIN) Marshall (SEA) Ford (COL) Almirón (ATL) Vázquez (TOR) Sunny (RSL) João Pedro (LA) Alessandrini (LA) G. dos Santos (LA) Deric (HOU) González Pírez (ATL) Lawrence (NY) Gressel (ATL) Felipe (NY) Roldan (SEA) Plata (RSL) Curt Onalfo (LA) 14 [44][45] Bendik (ORL) Rowe (NE) Opara (SKC) Waston (VAN) Spector (ORL) Lamah (DAL) Higuaín (CLB) Alonso (SEA) Valeri (POR) Nguyen (NE) Urruti (DAL) Melia (SKC) Ford (COL) Donadel (MTL) Fagúndez (NE) Meram (CLB) Villa (NYC) Torres (HOU) Jay Heaps (NE) 15 [46][47] Gleeson (POR) Meira (CHI) Olum (POR) Abdul-Salaam (SKC) Asprilla (POR) Valeri (POR) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Accam (CHI) Adi (POR) Nikolić (CHI) Gerso (SKC) Melia (SKC) Vytas (POR) Grana (DAL) Polster (CHI) Ilie (SKC) de Leeuw (CHI) Urruti (DAL) Veljko Paunovic (CHI) 16 [48][49] Robles (NY) Harvey (VAN) Figueroa (DAL) Opara (SKC) Plata (RSL) Alessandrini (LA) Bradley (TOR) Almirón (ATL) Piatti (MTL) Villa (NYC) Wright-Phillips (NY) Shuttleworth (MIN) Saeid (COL McCarty (CHI) Pérez García (ORL) Verón (NY) Meram (CLB) Giovinco (TOR) Gerardo Martino (ATL) 17 [50][51] Blake (PHI) Sweat (NYC) Opara (SKC) Moor (TOR) Polster (CHI) Accam (CHI) Herrera (NYC) Higuaín (CLB) Bedoya (PHI) Hoesen (SJ) McBean (LA) Hamid (DC) González Pírez (ATL) Roldan (SEA) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Manneh (CLB) Kamara (CLB) Martínez (ATL) Veljko Paunovic (CHI) 18 [52][53] Howard (COL) Onyewu (PHI) Parkhurst (ATL) Polster (CHI) Johnson (ORL) Džemaili (MTL) Ring (NYC) Hairston (COL) Nikolić (CHI) Villa (NYC) Badji (COL) Bingham (SJ) Aja (ORL) Harrison (NYC) Doyle (COL) Wondolowski (SJ) Urruti (DAL) Óscar Pareja (DAL) 19 [54][55] McCarthy (PHI) Hollingshead (DAL) Palmer-Brown (SKC) Nerwinski (VAN) Fagúndez (NE) Rusnák (RSL) Barrios (DAL) Savarino (RSL) Dempsey (SEA) Martínez (ATL) Giovinco (TOR) Robles (NY) Machado (HOU) Ulloa (DAL) Medranda (SKC) Lamah (DAL) Manotas (HOU) Altidore (TOR) Brian Schmetzer (SEA) 20 [56][57] Guzan (ATL) Acosta (RSL) Brillant (NYC) Crognale (CLB) Royer (NY) Kljestan (NY) Roldan (SEA) Alex (HOU) Plata (RSL) Colmán (DAL) Villa (NYC) Gleeson (POR) Leerdam (SEA) Felipe (NY) Salazar (MTL) Bunbury (NE) Meram (CLB) Ebobisse (POR) Jesse Marsch (NY) 21 [58][59] Cropper (NE) Toia (ORL) Moor (TOR) Parker (VAN) Royer (NY) Valeri (POR) Bradley (TOR) Molino (MIN) O. Kamara (CLB) K. Kamara (NE) Giovinco (TOR) Robles (NY) Mavinga (TOR) Thiesson (MIN) Rowe (NE) Kljestan (NY) Villalba (ATL) Montero (VAN) Carl Robinson (VAN) 22 [60][61] McCarthy (PHI) Doody (CHI) Opare (DC) DeLaGarza (HOU) Lodeiro (SEA) Džemaili (MTL) Ilsinho (PHI) Thompson (SJ) Villa (NYC) Sapong (PHI) Dempsey (SEA) Johnson (NYC) Powell (POR) Marshall (SEA) Roldan (SEA) Kljestan (NY) Wright-Phillips (NY) Ureña (SJ) Jim Curtin (PHI) 23 [62][63] Johnson (NYC) Morrow (TOR) Marshall (SEA) Abubakar (CLB) Murillo (NY) Piette (MTL) Džemaili (MTL) Beckerman (COL) Delgado (TOR) Elis (HOU) Villa (NYC) Howard (COL) Leerdam (SEA) Hedges (DAL) Ring (NYC) Piatti (MTL) Meram (CLB) Sánchez (HOU) Greg Vanney (TOR) 24 [64][65] Hamid (DC) Besler (SKC) Marshall (SEA) Zusi (SKC) Piatti (MTL) Džemaili (MTL) Delgado (TOR) Reyna (VAN) Valeri (POR) Lewis (NYC) Jackson-Hamel (MTL) Steffen (CLB) Franklin (DC) Opara (SKC) Bradley (TOR) Vako (SJ) Villa (NYC) Montero (VAN) Mauro Biello (MTL) 25 [66][67] Hamid (DC) Waston (VAN) Mensah (CLB) Glad (RSL) Vázquez (TOR) Valeri (POR) Canouse (DC) Rusnák (RSL) Danladi (MIN) Giovinco (TOR) Silva (RSL) Bono (TOR) Vytas (POR) Abu (CLB) Bradley (TOR) Plata (RSL) Torres (HOU) Kamara (CLB) Mike Petke (RSL) 26 [68][69] Robles (NY) Long (NY) Steres (LA) Polster (CHI) Kljestan (NY) Nguyen (NE) Jones (LA) Ulloa (DAL) Alessandrini (LA) Kamara (NE) Zardes (LA) Cropper (NE) Romney (LA) Caldwell (NE) Juninho (CHI) Barrios (DAL) Muyl (NY) Piatti (MTL) Jay Heaps (NE) 27 [70][71] Johnson (NYC) Beitashour (TOR) González Pírez (ATL) Moor (TOR) Nerwinski (VAN) Almirón (ATL) J. dos Santos (LA) Vázquez (TOR) Alessandrini (LA) Sapong (PHI) Altidore (TOR) Melia (SKC) Romney (LA) Ford (COL) Adams (NY) Aigner (COL) Yotún (ORL) Reyna (VAN) Greg Vanney (TOR) 28 [72][73] Blake (PHI) Vincent (CHI) Glad (RSL) Waston (VAN) Manneh (CLB) Rusnák (RSL) Vázquez (TOR) Bradley (TOR) Almirón (ATL) Dwyer (ORL) 'Martínez (ATL) Johnson (NYC) Yueill (SJ) Trapp (CLB) Asad (ATL) Reyna (VAN) Rubio (SKC) Ricketts (TOR) Greg Vanney (TOR) 29 [74][75] Rimando (RSL) Tierney (NE) Glad (RSL) Williams (CLB) Asad (ATL) Savarino (RSL) Valeri (POR) Nguyen (NE) Arriola (DC) Mullins (DC) Ramirez (MIN) Shuttleworth (MIN) González Pírez (ATL) Chará (POR) Larentowicz (ATL) Higuaín (CLB) Pontius (PHI) Reyna (VAN) Mike Petke (RSL) 30 [76][77] Blake (PHI) Morrow (TOR) Waston (VAN) Parkhurst (ATL) Adams (NY) Meram (CLB) Yotún (ORL) Mihailovic (CHI) Elis (HOU) Nikolić (CHI) Altidore (TOR) González (DAL) Hedges (DAL) Bernárdez (SJ) Kaká (ORL) Vako (SJ) Lodeiro (SEA) Sánchez (HOU) Greg Vanney (TOR) 31 [78][79] González (DAL) Lawrence (NY) Kallman (MIN) Hedges (DAL) Adams (NY) Molino (MIN) Aigner (COL) Ilie (SKC) Kljestan (NY) Morales (DAL) Danladi (MIN) Robles (NY) Opara (SKC) Felipe (NY) Gruezo (DAL) Carmona (ATL) Martin (MIN) Gatt (COL) Jesse Marsch (NY) 32 [80][81] Deric (HOU) Adams (NY) Sjöberg (COL) Powell (POR) Blanco (POR) Fagúndez (NE) Larentowicz (ATL) Valeri (POR) Alessandrini (LA) Bruin (SEA) Nikolić (CHI) Guzan (ATL) Nerwinski (VAN) Long (NY) Trapp (CLB) Mihailovic (CHI) J. dos Santos (LA) Reyna (VAN) Caleb Porter (POR) 33 [82][83] Knighton (NE) Leonardo (HOU) Torres (SEA) Murillo (NY) Picault (PHI) Ilsinho (PHI) Díaz (DAL) Lodeiro (SEA) Lamah (DAL) Wondolowski (SJ) Villa (NYC) Steffen (CLB) Jungwirth (SJ) Alex (HOU) Higuaín (CLB) Arriola (DC) Sapong (PHI) Hoesen (SJ) Chris Leitch (SJ) Goal of the Week Goal of the Week Week Player Club Ref 1 Romell Quioto Houston Dynamo [84] 2 Miguel Almirón Atlanta United FC [85] 3 Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC [86] 4 Not awarded 5 Diego Valeri Portland Timbers [87] 6 Nicolás Lodeiro Seattle Sounders FC [88] 7 Anthony Jackson-Hamel Montreal Impact [89] 8 Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers [90] 9 Andrew Jacobson Vancouver Whitecaps FC [91] 10 Alberth Elis Houston Dynamo [92] 11 Shkëlzen Gashi Colorado Rapids [93] 12 Miguel Almirón Atlanta United FC [94] 13 Héctor Villalba Atlanta United FC [95] 14 Blerim Džemaili Montreal Impact [96] 15 Not awarded 16 Miguel Almirón Atlanta United FC [97] 17 Ike Opara Sporting Kansas City [98] 18 Blerim Džemaili Montreal Impact [99] 19 Ian Harkes D.C. United [100] 20 Héctor Villalba Atlanta United FC [101] 21 Nicolás Mezquida Vancouver Whitecaps FC [102] 22 Diego Valeri Portland Timbers [103] 23 Luis Silva Real Salt Lake [104] 24 Yordy Reyna Vancouver Whitecaps FC [105] 25 Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers [106] 26 Not awarded 27 Greg Garza Atlanta United FC [107] 28 Kevin Kratz Atlanta United FC [108] 29 Héctor Villalba Atlanta United FC [109] 30 Kaká Orlando City SC [110] 31 Not awarded 32 Nemanja Nikolić Chicago Fire [111] 33 Paul Arriola D.C. United [112] End of season awards Award Winner Ref Most Valuable Player Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers) [113] Defender of the Year Ike Opara (Sporting Kansas City) [114] Goalkeeper of the Year Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City) [115] Coach of the Year Greg Vanney (Toronto FC) [116] Rookie of the Year Julian Gressel (Atlanta United FC) [117] Newcomer of the Year Miguel Almirón (Atlanta United FC) [118] Comeback Player of the Year Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC) [119] Golden Boot Nemanja Nikolić (Chicago Fire) [120] Fair Play Player Award DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo) [121] Fair Play Team Award Seattle Sounders FC [121] Humanitarian of the Year Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas) [122] Referee of the Year Allen Chapman [123] Assistant Referee of the Year Corey Parker [123] Goal of the Year Héctor Villalba (Atlanta United FC) [124] Save of the Year Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC) [125] MLS Best XI Year Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards 2017 [126] Tim Melia, Sporting KC Justin Morrow, Toronto FC Ike Opara, Sporting KC Kendall Waston, Vancouver Diego Valeri, Portland Miguel Almirón, Atlanta Victor Vázquez, Toronto FC Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC Josef Martínez, Atlanta Nemanja Nikolić, Chicago David Villa, New York City FC Player contracts Highest paid players Rank Player Team Salary (US)[127] 1 Kaká Orlando City $7.2m 2 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC $7.1m 3 Michael Bradley Toronto FC $6.5m 4 Andrea Pirlo New York City FC $5.9m 5 David Villa New York City FC $5.6m Allocation ranking Main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2017 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 2016 season, taking playoff performance into account.[128] Two expansion teams will take the top spots.[129] 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 5 1 New England Revolution^[D] [130] 2 2 Minnesota United FC^[A]^[B] [131][132] 8 3 Orlando City SC 6 4 San Jose Earthquakes^[D] [130] 11 5 Philadelphia Union 4 6 Houston Dynamo^[C] [133] 13 7 Real Salt Lake 14 8 Sporting Kansas City 15 9 LA Galaxy 16 10 New York City FC 17 11 New York Red Bulls 18 12 FC Dallas 19 13 Montreal Impact 20 14 Colorado Rapids 21 15 Toronto FC 22 16 Seattle Sounders FC 10 17 Portland Timbers^[E] [134] 1 18 Atlanta United FC January 26, 2017 (1) Brad Guzan Middlesbrough [135] 7 19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC^[B] February 15, 2017 (1) Fredy Montero (loan) Tianjin TEDA [132] 12 20 D.C. United^[C] June 20, 2017 (1) Deshorn Brown Tampa Bay Rowdies [133] 3 21 Chicago Fire^[A]^[E] December 23, 2016 (2) Juninho (loan) Tijuana [131] August 10, 2017 (6) Richard Sánchez UANL [134] 9 22 Columbus Crew SC August 10, 2017 (1) Krisztián Németh Al-Gharafa [136] ^ On December 23, 2016, Chicago Fire acquired the number 2 allocation ranking from Minnesota United in exchange for the number 3 allocation ranking, a second-round selection (25th overall) in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, and general allocation money. ^ On February 15, 2017, Vancouver Whitecaps acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Minnesota United in exchange for the number 5 allocation ranking, $100,000 in 2018 general allocation money, $125,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money, and a 2017 international roster spot. ^ On June 20, 2017, D.C. United acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Houston Dynamo in exchange for the number 9 allocation ranking, $100,000 in general allocation money, $75,000 in targeted allocation money, and a 2018 international roster spot. ^ On July 3, 2017, New England Revolution acquired the number 2 allocation ranking and either $175,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money or $100,000 in 2018 general allocation money and $75,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for the number 5 allocation ranking and $175,000 in general allocation money. ^ On August 10, 2017, Chicago Fire acquired the number 6 allocation ranking from Portland Timbers in exchange for the number 19 allocation ranking and Chicago's natural third-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, which will be upgraded to Chicago's natural second-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft should Richard Sánchez appear in five or more games for the remainder of 2017 season. 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