2018 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season	2018
Matches played	87
Goals scored	287 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josef Martínez ; (6 goals)
Biggest home win	6 goals: ; SKC 6–0 VAN ; (Apr 20)
Biggest away win	4 goals: ; RSL 1–5 LAFC ; (Mar 10)
Highest scoring	8 goals: ; MON 3–5 LAFC ; (Apr 21)
Highest attendance	72,035; ATL 3–1 DCU; (Mar 11)
Lowest attendance	5,158; DCU 2–2 HOU; (Mar 17)
Total attendance	1,811,198
Average attendance	20,818
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Major League Soccer season is the 23rd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2018 and will conclude on October 28, 2018. The MLS Cup Playoffs will begin on October 31, 2018 and conclude with the MLS Cup 2018 on December 8, 2018. The league will take a nine-day hiatus in early June for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, reduced from previous breaks.^[1]

One new club has joined the league as an expansion franchise: Los Angeles FC. Also, this is D.C. United's first season in their new soccer-specific stadium, Audi Field.

Toronto FC are the defending Supporters' Shield champions and defending MLS Cup champions.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlanta Fire Rapids Crew D.C. Dallas Dynamo LAFC Galaxy Minnesota Impact Revolution NYCFC Red Bulls Orlando Union Timbers RSL Earthquakes Sounders Sporting KC Toronto FC Whitecaps class=notpageimage\| Locations of teams for the 2018 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
Los Angeles FC	Banc of California Stadium	22,000
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]	42,500
Chicago Fire	Toyota Park	20,000
Columbus Crew SC	Mapfre Stadium	19,968
D.C. United	Audi Field	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

^
Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

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	Dax McCarty	Valspar
Colorado Rapids	Anthony Hudson	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	DaMarcus Beasley	None
LA Galaxy	Sigi Schmid	Ashley Cole	Herbalife
Los Angeles FC	Bob Bradley	Laurent Ciman	YouTube TV
Minnesota United FC	Adrian Heath	Francisco Calvo	Target
Montreal Impact	Rémi Garde	Ignacio Piatti	Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	Brad Friedel	Claude Dielna	UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC	Patrick Vieira	David Villa	Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls	Jesse Marsch	Luis Robles	Red Bull
Orlando City SC	Jason Kreis	Jonathan Spector	Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union	Jim Curtin	Alejandro Bedoya	Bimbo Bakeries USA
Portland Timbers	Giovanni Savarese	Liam Ridgewell	Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Mike Petke	Kyle Beckerman	LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes	Mikael Stahre	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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Montreal Impact	Mauro Biello	Fired	October 23, 2017	Pre-season	Rémi Garde	November 8, 2017
New England Revolution	Tom Soehn (interim)	End of interim period	November 9, 2017		Brad Friedel	November 9, 2017
Portland Timbers	Caleb Porter	Resigned	November 17, 2017		Giovanni Savarese	December 18, 2017
San Jose Earthquakes	Chris Leitch	Returned to technical director role	November 24, 2017		Mikael Stahre	November 24, 2017
Colorado Rapids	Steve Cooke (interim)	End of interim period	November 29, 2017		Anthony Hudson	November 29, 2017

Regular season

Format

During the 2018 MLS regular season, each team will play 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams will face each of their conference opponents (10 in the East, 11 in the West) twice during the season with one game at home and one game away. Western Conference teams will play one additional intra-conference game and Eastern Conference teams will play two. All teams will face each non-conference opponent once.

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	34	22	7	5	62	33	+29	71	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Atlanta United FC	34	21	7	6	70	44	+26	69	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
3	New York City FC	34	16	10	8	59	45	+14	56	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	D.C. United	34	14	11	9	60	50	+10	51
5	Columbus Crew	34	14	11	9	43	45	−2	51
6	Philadelphia Union	34	15	14	5	49	50	−1	50
7	Montreal Impact	34	14	16	4	47	53	−6	46
8	New England Revolution	34	10	13	11	49	55	−6	41
9	Toronto FC	34	10	18	6	59	64	−5	36
10	Chicago Fire	34	8	18	8	48	61	−13	32
11	Orlando City SC	34	8	22	4	43	74	−31	28

Source: MLS

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	8	8	65	40	+25	62	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	11	5	52	37	+15	59	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
3	Los Angeles FC	34	16	9	9	68	52	+16	57	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	FC Dallas	34	16	9	9	52	44	+8	57
5	Portland Timbers	34	15	10	9	54	48	+6	54
6	Real Salt Lake	34	14	13	7	55	58	−3	49
7	LA Galaxy	34	13	12	9	66	64	+2	48
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	13	8	54	67	−13	47
9	Houston Dynamo	34	10	16	8	58	58	0	38
10	Minnesota United FC	34	11	20	3	49	71	−22	36
11	Colorado Rapids	34	8	19	7	36	63	−27	31
12	San Jose Earthquakes	34	4	21	9	49	71	−22	21

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls (S)	34	22	7	5	62	33	+29	71	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Atlanta United FC (C)	34	21	7	6	70	44	+26	69
3	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	8	8	65	40	+25	62
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	11	5	52	37	+15	59
5	Los Angeles FC	34	16	9	9	68	52	+16	57
6	FC Dallas	34	16	9	9	52	44	+8	57
7	New York City FC	34	16	10	8	59	45	+14	56
8	Portland Timbers	34	15	10	9	54	48	+6	54
9	D.C. United	34	14	11	9	60	50	+10	51
10	Columbus Crew	34	14	11	9	43	45	−2	51
11	Philadelphia Union	34	15	14	5	49	50	−1	50
12	Real Salt Lake	34	14	13	7	55	58	−3	49
13	LA Galaxy	34	13	12	9	66	64	+2	48
14	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	13	8	54	67	−13	47
15	Montreal Impact	34	14	16	4	47	53	−6	46
16	New England Revolution	34	10	13	11	49	55	−6	41
17	Houston Dynamo	34	10	16	8	58	58	0	38	CONCACAF Champions League
18	Minnesota United FC	34	11	20	3	49	71	−22	36
19	Toronto FC	34	10	18	6	59	64	−5	36	CONCACAF Champions League
20	Chicago Fire	34	8	18	8	48	61	−13	32
21	Colorado Rapids	34	8	19	7	36	63	−27	31
22	Orlando City SC	34	8	22	4	43	74	−31	28
23	San Jose Earthquakes	34	4	21	9	49	71	−22	21

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) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Aggregate 2017 and 2018 table

As Toronto FC won MLS Cup 2017, one of the U.S. berths for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League had to be reallocated, to the U.S. non-champions with the best aggregate record over the 2017 and 2018 MLS regular seasons. As the top ranked team in the table, Atlanta United FC, also qualified for the Champions League by winning MLS Cup 2018, the Champions League spot via the aggregate table was instead awarded to the second-placed team, the New York Red Bulls.^[2]^[3]

Note: Only U.S. teams are listed in this table.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlanta United FC	68	36	16	16	140	84	+56	124	2019 CONCACAF Champions League^[a]
2	New York Red Bulls	68	36	19	13	115	80	+35	121	2019 CONCACAF Champions League^[b]
3	New York City FC	68	32	19	17	115	88	+27	113
4	Seattle Sounders FC	68	32	20	16	104	76	+28	112
5	Sporting Kansas City	68	30	17	21	105	69	+36	111	2019 CONCACAF Champions League^[c]
6	Portland Timbers	68	30	21	17	114	98	+16	107
7	Columbus Crew	68	30	23	15	96	94	+2	105
8	FC Dallas	68	27	19	22	100	92	+8	103
9	Real Salt Lake	68	27	28	13	104	113	−9	94
10	Philadelphia Union	68	26	28	14	99	97	+2	92
11	Houston Dynamo	68	23	26	19	115	103	+12	88	2019 CONCACAF Champions League^[d]
12	Chicago Fire	68	24	29	15	106	105	+1	87
13	New England Revolution	68	23	28	17	102	116	−14	86
14	D.C. United	68	23	31	14	91	110	−19	83
15	LA Galaxy	68	21	30	17	111	131	−20	80
16	Minnesota United	68	21	38	9	97	141	−44	72
17	Orlando City	68	18	37	13	82	132	−50	67
18	San Jose Earthquakes	68	17	35	16	84	126	−42	67
19	Colorado Rapids	68	17	38	13	67	114	−47	64
20	Los Angeles FC	34	16	9	9	68	52	+16	57

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
Notes:

^ As MLS Cup 2018 champions (USA1)
^ As best aggregate 2017 and 2018 record (USA4)
^ As 2017 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA2)
^ As 2018 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA3)

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Pos.	Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
1	Atlanta United FC	5	252,285	72,035	45,001	50,457
2	Seattle Sounders FC	3	119,016	40,070	39,469	39,672
3	Toronto FC	3	80,970	28,006	26,331	26,990
4	LA Galaxy	5	130,926	27,068	25,462	26,185
5	Orlando City SC	5	120,686	25,527	22,337	24,137
6	Montreal Impact	2	46,307	26,005	26,005	23,154
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4	72,077	27,837	19,283	22,840
8	Los Angeles FC	1	22,000	22,000	22,000	22,000
9	Portland Timbers	2	42,288	21,144	21,144	21,144
10	New York City FC	4	85,523	26,221	18,584	21,381
11	Minnesota United FC	3	62,769	23,138	18,057	20,923
12	Sporting Kansas City	5	96,521	20,831	18,508	19,304
13	San Jose Earthquakes	3	53,822	18,000	17,822	17,941
14	Houston Dynamo	4	70,724	20,377	16,082	17,681
15	Real Salt Lake	4	70,516	20,706	16,015	17,629
16	New York Red Bulls	4	66,943	18,374	14,768	16,736
17	Philadelphia Union	5	79,905	16,493	14,795	15,819
18	Chicago Fire	4	60,637	21,915	11,023	15,159
19	FC Dallas	5	69,750	16,116	13,147	13,950
20	Colorado Rapids	4	55,148	17,424	10,790	13,787
21	New England Revolution	5	65,112	17,015	10,908	13,022
22	Columbus Crew SC	5	51,276	11,479	8,443	10,255
23	D.C. United	2	17,524	12,396	5,128	8,762
–	Total	87	1,811,198	72,035	5,128	20,818

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Atlanta United FC	3–1	D.C. United	72,035	March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)	2	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2	Atlanta United FC	5–0	Los Angeles FC	45,207	April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)	6	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3	Atlanta United FC	4–1	Montreal Impact	45,039	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)	9	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
4	Atlanta United FC	4–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	45,003	March 17, 2018 (2018-03-17)	3	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
5	Atlanta United FC	2–2	New York City FC	45,001	April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)	7	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
6	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Los Angeles FC	40,070	March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04)	1	CenturyLink Field
7	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Minnesota United FC	39,477	April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)	8	CenturyLink Field
8	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Montreal Impact	39,469	March 31, 2018 (2018-03-31)	5	CenturyLink Field
9	Toronto FC	3–1	Real Salt Lake	28,006	March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)	5	BMO Field
10	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Montreal Impact	27,837	March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04)	1	BC Place

Player statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United	6
1	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United	6
3	Dom Dwyer	Orlando City	5
	Felipe Gutiérrez	Sporting Kansas City
	Nemanja Nikolić	Chicago Fire
	Johnny Russell	Sporting Kansas City
	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC
	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls
	Gyasi Zardes	Columbus Crew SC
10	Dominique Badji	Colorado Rapids	4
	Sebastián Blanco	Portland Timbers
	Teal Bunbury	New England Revolution
	Alberth Elis	Houston Dynamo
	Mauro Manotas	Houston Dynamo
	Maximiliano Moralez	New York City FC
	Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact
	Diego Rossi	Los Angeles FC
	Ismael Tajouri	New York City FC

As of April 28, 2018^[4]

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Roger Espinoza	Sporting Kansas City	5
	Jesús Medina	New York City FC
	Marco Ureña	Los Angeles FC
4	Alberth Elis	Houston Dynamo	4
	Cristian Penilla	New England Revolution
	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United
	Alejandro Romero Gamarra	New York Red Bulls
	Federico Higuaín	Columbus Crew SC
	Diego Rossi	Los Angeles FC
	Dániel Sallói	Sporting Kansas City
	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Chicago Fire
	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls
	Yoshimar Yotún	Orlando City
	Wilfried Zahibo	New England Revolution

As of April 28, 2018^[5]

Shutouts

Rank	Player	Club	Shutouts
1	Brad Guzan	Atlanta United	3
	Sean Johnson	New York City FC
	Jimmy Maurer	FC Dallas
	Tim Melia	Sporting Kansas City
	Matt Turner	New England Revolution
6	David Bingham	LA Galaxy	2
	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union
	Evan Bush	Montreal Impact
	Tim Howard	Colorado Rapids
	Stefan Marinovic	Portland Timbers
	Tyler Miller	Los Angeles FC
	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake
	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls
	Zack Steffen	Columbus Crew SC

As of April 21, 2018^[6]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Josef Martínez	Atlanta United	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4–1	March 17
Dominique Badji	Colorado Rapids	Philadelphia Union	3–0	March 31
Johnny Russell	Sporting Kansas City	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6–0	April 20
Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact	Los Angeles FC	3–5	April 21

Awards

Player of the month

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Felipe Gutiérrez	Sporting Kansas City	5G	^[7]

Team of the week

Italics denotes Audi player performance of the week.

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Bench	Coach	Ref
1	Miller (LAFC)	Valenzuela (CLB) Elliott (PHI) Senderos (HOU) Abubakar (CLB)	Davies (VAN) Higuaín (CLB) Meram (ORL) Medina (NYC)	Elis (HOU) Hoesen (SJ)	Rimando (RSL) Bedoya (PHI) Ciman (LAFC) Qazaishvili (SJ) Sapong (PHI) Spector (ORL) O. Kamara (LAG)	Wilmer Cabrera (HOU)	^[8]
2	Turner (NER)	Tierney (NER) Escobar (NYRB) Tinnerholm (NYC)	Medina (NYC) Gutiérrez (SKC) Finlay (MIN) Gressel (ATL)	Rossi (LAFC) K. Kamara (VAN) Vela (LAFC)	Marinovic (VAN) Beitashour (LAFC) Davis (NYRB) Almirón (ATL Sallói (SKC) Rivas (NYRB) Zardes (CLB)	Bob Bradley (LAFC)	^[9]
3	Rimando (RSL)	Fanni (MTL) Elliott (PHI) Zusi (SKC)	Piatti (MTL) Lamah (DAL) Diaz (DAL) Taïder (MTL) Moralez (NYC)	Martínez (ATL) Elis (HOU)	Bush (MTL) Beasley (HOU) Gutiérrez (SKC) Gressel (ATL) Medina (NYC) Nicholson (MIN) Acosta (DC)	Patrick Vieira (NYC)	^[10]
4	Howard (COL)	Valenzuela (CLB) Steres (LAG) Tuiloma (POR)	Penilla (NER) Muyl (RBNY) Gutiérrez (SKC) Higuaín (CLB) Martínez (CLB)	Wright-Phillips (RBNY) Tajouri-Shradi (NYC)	Johnson (NYC) Aja (VAN) Long (RBNY) Duncan (RBNY) Hayes (DAL) Caldwell (NER) Santos (CLB)	Gregg Berhalter (CLB)	^[11]
5	Johnson (NYC)	Opara (SKC) Parkhurst (ATL) Wynne (COL)	Vela (LAFC) Ilie (SKC) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Penilla (NER)	Badji (COL) Ibrahimović (LAG) Altidore (TOR)	Turner (NER) Van der Wiel (TOR) Tinnerholm (NYC) Felipe (VAN) Kljestan (ORL) Blanco (POR) Dwyer (ORL)	Jason Kreis (ORL)	^[12]
6	Melia (SKC)	Lennon (RSL) Parkhurst (ATL) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Farrell (NER)	Gressel (ATL) Zahibo (NER) Bedoya (PHI) Fagúndez (NER)	Russell (SKC) Dwyer (ORL)	Tarbell (SJ) Opara (SKC) Almirón (ATL) Blanco (POR) Eriksson (SJ) Picault (PHI) Nikolić (CHI)	Gerardo Martino (ATL)	^[13]
7	Clark (DC)	Cole (LAG) Chanot (NYC) Powell (POR)	Martínez (HOU) Kljestan (ORL) Hayes (DAL) Moralez (NYC) Almirón (ATL)	Vela (LAFC) Quintero (MIN)	Bendik (ORL) Cannon (DAL) Price (COL) Dos Santos (LAG) Roldan (SEA) Kaku (RBNY) Wright-Phillips (RBNY)	Patrick Vieira (NYC)	^[14]
8	Sanchez (CHI)	Hedges (DAL) Mabiala (POR) Dielna (NER)	Piatti (MTL) Croizet (SKC) Alonso (SEA) Almirón (ATL)	Quioto (HOU) Russell (SKC) Mueller (ORL)	Maurer (DAL) Medranda (SKC) Blanco (POR) McCarty (CHI) Rusnák (RSL) Yotún (ORL) Vela (LAFC)	Giovanni Savarese (POR)	^[15]

Player transfers

SuperDraft

The MLS SuperDraft is an annual event, taking place in January of each year, in which the teams of Major League Soccer select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league. The first two rounds of 2018 MLS SuperDraft were held on January 19 in Philadelphia. Rounds three and four of the 2018 SuperDraft were held via conference call on January 21. Los Angeles FC selected João Moutinho with the first overall pick.

Allocation ranking

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 are ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2017 season, taking playoff performance into account.^[16] As an expansion team, Los Angeles FC took the top spot.

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
2	1	LA Galaxy
3	2	D.C. United
4	3	Colorado Rapids
5	4	Minnesota United FC
11	5	FC Dallas^[A]^[B]				^[17]^[18]
7	6	Montreal Impact
8	7	Philadelphia Union
9	8	New England Revolution
10	9	Real Salt Lake
1	10	Los Angeles FC^[A]				^[17]
12	11	San Jose Earthquakes
13	12	Sporting Kansas City
14	13	Atlanta United FC
15	14	Chicago Fire
16	15	New York Red Bulls
18	16	Portland Timbers
19	17	New York City FC
20	18	Houston Dynamo
21	19	Columbus Crew SC
22	20	Seattle Sounders FC
23	21	Toronto FC
17	22	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	December 22, 2017 (17)	Doneil Henry	West Ham United	^[19]
6	23	Orlando City SC^[B]	January 30, 2018 (1)	Oriol Rosell	Sporting CP	^[20]^[18]

^
On December 10, 2017, FC Dallas acquired the number 1 allocation ranking, $250,000 in general allocation money, and $250,000 in targeted allocation money from Los Angeles FC in exchange for the number 11 allocation ranking and Walker Zimmerman.
^
On January 30, 2018, Orlando City acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from FC Dallas in exchange for the number 6 allocation ranking and $400,000 in targeted allocation money.

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^ "Orlando City Acquires Midfielder Oriol Rosell". Orlando City. January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

External links

Official website

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

[table_note_res_CCL10.029013297068427-4] As MLS Cup 2018 champions (USA1)

[table_note_res_CCL40.029013297068427-5] As best aggregate 2017 and 2018 record (USA4)

[table_note_res_CCL20.029013297068427-6] As 2017 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA2)

[table_note_res_CCL30.029013297068427-7] As 2018 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA3)

[cnote_A_grp_2] 
On December 10, 2017, FC Dallas acquired the number 1 allocation ranking, $250,000 in general allocation money, and $250,000 in targeted allocation money from Los Angeles FC in exchange for the number 11 allocation ranking and Walker Zimmerman.

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On January 30, 2018, Orlando City acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from FC Dallas in exchange for the number 6 allocation ranking and $400,000 in targeted allocation money.

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[Roselltrade-22] "FC Dallas Exchanges Places in the MLS Allocation Order with Orlando City SC for $400,000 of Targeted Allocation Money". FC Dallas. January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

[doneil_henry-23] "Whitecaps FC acquire Canadian international centre back Doneil Henry". Vancouver Whitecaps. December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.

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