2010 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season	2010
Matches played	28
Goals scored	71 (2.54 per match)
Average goals/game	2.54
Top goalscorer	Edson Buddle (7) LA
Biggest home win	DC 0–4 KC; (March 27, 2010)
Highest scoring	DC 2–3 PHI
Longest winning run	Los Angeles Galaxy (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Los Angeles Galaxy (5)
Longest losing run	D.C. United (4)
Highest attendance	38,700
Lowest attendance	HOU 1–1 DAL (8,016); (March 27, 2010)
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The 2010 Major League Soccer season is the 15th season in league history. It began on March 25 at Seattle's Qwest Field with Seattle Sounders FC defeating the expansion Philadelphia Union, 2-0. The 2010 MLS All-Star Game will be played at Reliant Stadium, to be hosted by the Houston Dynamo at a date to be announced, and the regular season will conclude October 24 and the 2010 MLS Cup Playoffs will culminate with MLS Cup 2010 on November 21 at BMO Field in Toronto, the first time MLS Cup will be played outside the United States.^[3]

The expiration of and failure to sign a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players' union threatened the season. Negotiations resulted in a new contract being agreed to on March 20, 2010.

Changes from 2009

The players' union and league passed a new collective bargaining agreement that adjusted the players' contracts.^[4]
The Philadelphia Union joined the league as its 16th club and is playing in the Eastern Conference.^[5] Their first two home games of the season - against D.C. United April 10 and FC Dallas on May 15 - will be played at Lincoln Financial Field while their permanent home, PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania, is expected to be completed and open with a game against Seattle Sounders FC on June 27.^[6]
A natural grass field replaces the FieldTurf surface at Toronto FC's BMO Field.^[5]
The New York Red Bulls began play in their new stadium Red Bull Arena, defeating the Chicago Fire in the first MLS match played there on March 27 by the score of 1-0.^[7]
Adidas is providing their Jabulani match ball with MLS colors of blue and green for the season, as well as new referee kits - the same ones that will be used in FIFA World Cup 2010.
New Designated Player Rules were agreed upon early in the season:^[8]
- Teams can sign two Designated Players, up from one under the previous rules, and pay a "luxury tax" of $250,000 for the right to sign a third Designated Player. The $250,000 would be distributed evenly to all MLS teams that have not signed a third Designated Player in the form of allocation money.
- Each Designated Player counts as $335,000 for the salary cap, down from $415,000 under the previous agreement, and only counts as half that amount if the player is signed during the middle of the season. Teams can use allocation money to reduce the salary cap value of a Designated Player.
- Teams are no longer allowed to trade for additional Designated Player spots, so the New York Red Bulls will receive $70,000 of allocation money in exchange for effectively nullifying their earlier trade with Chivas USA for a second Designated Player spot.
- Teams who have a Designated Player transfer out of the country during the MLS season will recoup a portion of the money spent on the Designated Player.
- Landon Donovan is no longer grandfathered into the agreement, and must be counted as a Designated Player.
- Unlike the previous Designated Player agreement, which was set to expire after three seasons, this agreement has no set expiration date.

Pre-season managerial changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Table
Philadelphia Union	Expansion Team				Piotr Nowak	May 29, 2009	Pre-season
New York Red Bulls	Richie Williams	Caretaker	August 21, 2009	7th East ('09)	Hans Backe	January 7, 2010	Pre-season
Toronto FC	Chris Cummins	Contract expiration	October 27, 2009	5th East ('09)	Preki	November 18, 2009	Pre-season
D.C. United	Tom Soehn	Resigned	November 3, 2009	4th East ('09)	Curt Onalfo	December 28, 2009	Pre-season
Chivas USA	Preki	Mutual consent	November 12, 2009	4th West ('09)	Martin Vasquez	December 2, 2009	Pre-season
Chicago Fire	Denis Hamlett	Fired	November 24, 2009	2nd East ('09)	Carlos de los Cobos	January 11, 2010	Pre-season

Collective Bargaining Agreement

After two extensions to facilitate additional talks, the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players' union expired February 25, 2010. The league had said that it would not lockout the players.^[9] The union had voted in favor of a strike if a new deal was not reached before the beginning of the season.^[10] Players were seeking free-agent rights and more guaranteed contracts from the league.^[11] On March 20, 2010, MLS and the Players' Union agreed on a new, 5-year collective bargaining agreement that allowed the season to start on time.^[12]

Competition format

The format for the 2010 season will be as follows:^[13]

The season began on March 25 and will end on November 21 with MLS Cup 2010.
The 16 teams were split evenly into two conferences. The Eastern Conference has eight teams with the addition of the Philadelphia Union, and the Western Conference also has eight teams. Each team will play every other team in the league once at home and once away for a total of 30 games.
Games will not be played during the group stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The last MLS game prior to the World Cup will be played on June 10, with no games scheduled until after the group stage concludes on June 25.
The two teams in each conference with the most points will qualify for the 2010 MLS Cup Playoffs. In addition, the next four highest ranked teams, regardless of conference, will also qualify. Teams will be bracketed by conference, with the lowest ranked teams crossing over to the other conference if necessary. In the Conference Semifinals, aggregate goals over two matches will determine the winners. The Conference Finals will be played as single matches, and the winners will advance to MLS Cup 2010. After the completion of any round, ties will be broken with two 15-minute periods of extra time, followed by a penalty kick shootout if necessary. The away goals rule will not be used in any round.
The team with the most points in the regular season wins the MLS Supporters' Shield and will qualify directly into the Group Stage of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. The MLS Cup Winner also qualifies for the Champions League Group Stage. The MLS Cup Runners-Up and the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Winners qualify for the Preliminary Round of the Champions League. If a team qualifies for multiple berths into the Champions League, then additional berths will be awarded to the highest-placed team(s) in the 2010 MLS regular season's overall standings that have not already qualified.
The four teams with the most points, regardless of conference, who have not qualified for the Champions League will qualify for the SuperLiga 2011.
The six U.S.-based teams with the most points, regardless of conference, will qualify for the Third Round of the 2011 U.S. Open Cup. The remaining U.S.-based MLS teams will have to qualify for the remaining two berths via a series of play-in games.
As a Canadian-based team, Toronto FC cannot qualify through MLS for the Champions League or the U.S. Open Cup. In either case, any berth earned by Toronto FC is awarded to the highest-placed team in the overall standings which has not already qualified. They may instead qualify for the Champions League through the Canadian Championship.

Tiebreakers

Head-to-Head (Points-per-match average)
Overall Goal Differential
Overall Total Goals Scored
Tiebreakers 1-3 applied only to matches on the road
Tiebreakers 1-3 applied only to matches at home
Fewest team disciplinary points in the League Fair Play table
Coin toss

If more than two clubs are tied, once a club advances through any step, the process reverts to Tiebreaker 1 among the remaining tied clubs recursively until all ties are resolved.^[14]

Results table

Abbreviation and Color Key: Chicago Fire - CHI • Chivas USA - CHV • Colorado Rapids - COL • Columbus Crew - CLB • D.C. United - DC FC Dallas - FCD • Houston Dynamo - HOU • Kansas City Wizards - KC • Los Angeles Galaxy - LA New England Revolution - NE • New York Red Bulls - NY • Philadelphia Union - PHI • Real Salt Lake - RSL San Jose Earthquakes - SJ • Seattle Sounders FC - SEA • Toronto FC - TOR Win • Loss • Tie • Home
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Chicago Fire	NY	COL	SJ	DC	HOU	CHV	TOR	KC	COL	DAL	PHI	NE	CLB	RSL	KC	LA	NY	NE	HOU	SEA	LA	TOR	PHI	RSL	SEA	SJ	DAL	CLB	DC	CHV
Chicago Fire	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0-2	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Chivas USA	COL	LA	NY	HOU	SJ	CHI	NE	HOU	CLB	RSL	DC	NY	DAL	PHI	KC	RSL	CLB	TOR	SEA	DAL	DC	COL	NE	KC	PHI	LA	TOR	SEA	SJ	CHI
Chivas USA	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–3	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Colorado Rapids	CHV	CHI	KC	TOR	NE	SJ	LA	DC	CHI	SEA	CLB	HOU	NY	TOR	KC	PHI	SEA	DAL	SJ	PHI	CLB	HOU	CHV	NY	NE	RSL	DC	DAL	LA	RSL
Colorado Rapids	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	2-1	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Columbus Crew	TOR	DAL	RSL	SEA	NE	CHV	NY	KC	LA	SJ	COL	DC	CHI	HOU	KC	NY	HOU	CHV	PHI	RSL	COL	DAL	DC	LA	SEA	NE	SJ	CHI	TOR	PHI
Columbus Crew	0–2	2–2	0–1	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
D.C. United	KC	NE	PHI	CHI	NY	KC	DAL	COL	HOU	CHV	RSL	SEA	CLB	SJ	NY	SEA	LA	RSL	NE	DAL	PHI	CHV	CLB	TOR	LA	HOU	COL	SJ	CHI	TOR
D.C. United	0–4	2–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
FC Dallas	HOU	CLB	NY	SEA	NE	HOU	DC	PHI	LA	CHI	SJ	CHV	KC	SEA	RSL	TOR	COL	PHI	DC	CHV	CLB	TOR	SJ	NY	NE	KC	CHI	COL	RSL	LA
FC Dallas	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Houston Dynamo	DAL	RSL	LA	CHV	CHI	KC	DAL	CHV	RSL	DC	PHI	NY	LA	COL	TOR	CLB	CLB	NY	SEA	NE	CHI	COL	SJ	KC	TOR	DC	PHI	NE	SJ	SEA
Houston Dynamo	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–3	0-2	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Kansas City Wizards	DC	COL	SEA	LA	HOU	DC	CHI	CLB	RSL	TOR	PHI	NY	DAL	CHV	CLB	COL	CHI	TOR	RSL	SJ	NE	LA	PHI	HOU	CHV	DAL	NY	SEA	NE	SJ
Kansas City Wizards	0–4	0–1	0–1	0-0	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Los Angeles Galaxy	NE	CHV	HOU	RSL	KC	PHI	COL	SEA	TOR	FCD	CLB	HOU	RSL	TFC	SEA	NE	DC	SJ	CHI	NY	SJ	KC	CHI	CLB	DC	NY	CHV	PHI	COL	DAL
Los Angeles Galaxy	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	0-0	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
New England Revolution	LA	DC	TOR	SJ	COL	DAL	CHV	CLB	SJ	TOR	NY	SEA	CHI	RSL	LA	PHI	DC	HOU	CHI	KC	PHI	SEA	CHV	COL	DAL	CLB	RSL	HOU	KC	NY
New England Revolution	0–1	2–0	1–4	0–2	2-1	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
New York Red Bulls	CHI	SEA	CHV	DAL	PHI	DC	SJ	SEA	CLB	NE	HOU	CHV	KC	COL	DC	CLB	HOU	CHI	TOR	LA	TOR	SJ	RSL	COL	DAL	LA	KC	RSL	PHI	NE
New York Red Bulls	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Philadelphia Union	SEA	DC	TOR	NY	LA	RSL	DAL	HOU	CHI	KC	SEA	CHV	SJ	TOR	COL	NE	CLB	DAL	RSL	COL	DCU	NE	KC	CHI	SJ	CHIV	HOU	LA	NY	CLB
Philadelphia Union	0–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Real Salt Lake	SJ	HOU	SEA	LA	CLB	TOR	PHI	HOU	CHV	KC	DC	LA	SJ	NE	CHI	FCD	CHV	DC	KC	PHI	CLB	TOR	NY	SEA	CHI	COL	NE	NY	DAL	COL
Real Salt Lake	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
San Jose Earthquakes	RSL	CHI	NE	CHV	COL	NY	NE	SEA	TOR	CLB	DAL	RSL	DC	PHI	LA	SEA	COL	KC	LA	NY	HOU	DAL	PHI	TOR	CHI	CLB	DC	HOU	CHV	KC
San Jose Earthquakes	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–3	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Seattle Sounders FC	PHI	NY	RSL	KC	DAL	TOR	CLB	LA	NY	SJ	COL	NE	DC	PHI	LA	DAL	DC	COL	SJ	HOU	CHV	CHI	NE	RSL	CLB	CHI	TOR	KC	CHV	HOU
Seattle Sounders FC	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Toronto FC	CLB	NE	PHI	COL	SEA	RSL	CHI	LA	NE	SJ	KC	LA	HOU	COL	PHI	DAL	KC	CHV	NY	NY	RSL	DAL	CHI	DC	HOU	SJ	SEA	CHV	CLB	DC
Toronto FC	0–2	1–4	1–2	1–3	0-2	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30

Standings

Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	30	15	9	6	38	29	+9	51	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Columbus Crew	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6	50	MLS Cup Playoffs
3	Kansas City Wizards	30	11	13	6	36	35	+1	39
4	Chicago Fire	30	9	12	9	37	38	−1	36
5	Toronto FC	30	9	13	8	33	41	−8	35
6	New England Revolution	30	9	16	5	32	50	−18	32
7	Philadelphia Union	30	8	15	7	35	49	−14	31
8	D.C. United	30	6	20	4	21	47	−26	22

Source: MLS

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18	59	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Real Salt Lake	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25	56
3	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48
5	Colorado Rapids	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46
6	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1	46
7	Houston Dynamo	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9	33
8	Chivas USA	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14	28

Source: MLS

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy (S)	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Real Salt Lake	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25	56
3	New York Red Bulls	30	15	9	6	38	29	+9	51
4	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Columbus Crew	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6	50
6	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48	CONCACAF Champions League
7	Colorado Rapids (C)	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46	CONCACAF Champions League
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1	46
9	Kansas City Wizards	30	11	13	6	36	35	+1	39
10	Chicago Fire	30	9	12	9	37	38	−1	36
11	Toronto FC	30	9	13	8	33	41	−8	35	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Houston Dynamo	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9	33
13	New England Revolution	30	9	16	5	32	50	−18	32
14	Philadelphia Union	30	8	15	7	35	49	−14	31
15	Chivas USA	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14	28
16	D.C. United	30	6	20	4	21	47	−26	22

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Statistical leaders

Budweiser Golden Boot

Full article: MLS Golden Boot

Rank

Goalkeeping leaders

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	MINS	GA	GAA	W–L–T	SHO
1	Donovan Ricketts	Los Angeles Galaxy	4	360	1	0.25	4–0–0	3
2	Jimmy Nielsen	Kansas City Wizards	3	270	1	0.33	2–1–0	2
3	Bouna Coundoul	New York Red Bulls	4	360	3	0.75	3–1–0	2
3	Kasey Keller	Seattle Sounders FC	4	360	3	0.75	2–1–1	2
5	Terry Boss	Seattle Sounders FC	1	45	1	1.00	0–1–0	0
	Preston Burpo	New England Revolution	4	360	4	1.00	2–2–0	1
	William Hesmer	Columbus Crew	2	180	2	1.00	1–0–1	1
	Pat Onstad	Houston Dynamo	4	360	4	1.00	2–1–1	1
	Matt Pickens	Colorado Rapids	4	360	4	1.00	2–1–1	1
10	Andrew Dykstra	Chicago Fire	4	360	5	1.25	1–2–1	1
11	Joe Cannon	San Jose Earthquakes	3	270	4	1.33	2–1–0	1

Individual Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month	Club	Month's Statline
April	Edson Buddle	Los Angeles Galaxy	7G Galaxy 4-0-1 in April

Player of the Week

Week	Player of the Week	Club	Week's Statline
Week 1	Javier Morales	Real Salt Lake	2G (14', 54')
Week 2	Kenny Mansally	New England Revolution	2G (80', 82')
Week 3	Sébastien Le Toux	Philadelphia Union	3G (4', 40', 80')
Week 4	Edson Buddle	Los Angeles Galaxy	2G (12', 76')
Week 5	Dwayne De Rosario	Toronto FC	1G (57') 1A (76')

Goal of the Week

Week	Player of the Week	Club
Week 1	Javier Morales	Real Salt Lake
Week 2	Kenny Mansally	New England Revolution
Week 3	Marco Pappa	Chicago Fire
Week 4	Lovel Palmer	Houston Dynamo
Week 5	Freddy Montero	Seattle Sounders FC

MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Link
April	Sanna Nyassi	Seattle Sounders FC	April Humanitarian of the Month

Related Competitions

International competitions

CONCACAF Champions League

The Columbus Crew continued their CONCACAF Champions League 2009-10 campaign that began during the previous season. They were defeated by Mexican club Toluca in the quarterfinals, 5-4 on aggregate.

Seattle Sounders FC have qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Columbus Crew have qualified by winning the 2009 MLS Supporters' Shield. The Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake have also qualified by being the two 2009 MLS Cup finalists.

National competitions

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The top six overall teams from the 2009 MLS season (the Columbus Crew, the Los Angeles Galaxy, the Houston Dynamo, Seattle Sounders FC, the Chicago Fire, and Chivas USA) received automatic berths into the Third Round of the 2010 U.S. Open Cup, while the eight remaining U.S.-based MLS teams and the expansion Philadelphia Union will compete in a single-elimination qualification tournament to determine the MLS's final two official entrants into the competition.

Canadian Championship

Toronto FC, as a Canadian-based MLS team cannot compete in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and will instead contest the Canadian Championship with the two Canadian-based teams in the Division-2 Pro League Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Montreal Impact.

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External links

[D.C._United_0–4_Kansas_City_Wizards-1] Fletcher, Paul (28 March 2010). "Tottenham 9-1 Wigan". ESPNSoccerNet. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 28 March 2010.

[Houston_Dynamo_1–1_FC_Dallas-2] Hunt, Steve (27 March 2010). "Tied In Texas: Dallas, Houston share points in season opener". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 11 April 2010.

[3] "M.L.S. Cup in Toronto". The New York Times. March 30, 2010. pp. B13. Retrieved March 30, 2010.

[Sports_Business_Journal_November_09,_2009-4] Mickle, Tripp; Mullen, Liz (November 09, 2009). "MLS player-side sources float strike threat". Sports Business Journal. Steet & Smith's Sports Group. p. 3. Retrieved November 11, 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[Canadian_Press_October_14,_2009-5] "Toronto FC hosts Philadelphia in first MLS game on grass at BMO Field". The Canadian Press. October 14, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2009.

[6] Smallwood, John (March 25, 2010). "Union debut is dream come true". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 1, 2010.

[2010firsts-7] Romero, Jose (January 21, 2010). "The reason, perhaps, why Sounders FC hasn't confirmed international signings". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 23, 2010.

[8] Mayers, Joshua (April 1, 2010). "Major League Soccer adds second DP slot, can purchase a third (league release)". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 2, 2010.

[9] Dure, Beau (March 4, 2010). "MLS: No talks, no posturing despite lack of deal with players". USA Today. Retrieved March 5, 2010.

[10] Booth, Tim (March 12, 2010). "MLS players say they're unified in labor talks". Associated Press. Retrieved March 13, 2010.

[11] "MLS labor agreement expires; no strike for now". The Seattle Times. February 25, 2010. Other Sports. Retrieved March 5, 2010. {{cite news}}: Text "A.M. Briefing" ignored (help)

[12] "MLS, Players Union reach agreement in principle on CBA". MLSnet.com. March 20, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2010.

[Seattle_Times_September_24,_2009-13] Romero, José (September 24, 2009). "Seattle will host first MLS game of 2010". Seattle Times. Retrieved November 11, 2009.

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