Major League Soccer 2006 season

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The 11th Major League Soccer season began on April 1, 2006 and ended with MLS Cup 2006 on November 12, 2006 at the same site as the previous year's championship game: Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.

Contents 1 Changes from 2005 Season 2 Final Standings 2.1 Eastern Conference 2.2 Western Conference 3 MLS Cup Playoffs 4 Scoring 5 Team Awards 6 International Competition 7 Individual Awards 8 External links

[edit] Changes from 2005 Season

• The MetroStars are bought by Austrian company Red Bull and rebranded as Red Bull New York, with the playing squad known as the New York Red Bulls.
• The San Jose Earthquakes moved to Houston, Texas due to financial and stadium problems in San Jose, California and become Houston 1836. The team later changed its name to the Houston Dynamo.

[edit] Final Standings

Purple indicates Supporters' Shield clinched
Yellow indicates Regular Season Runners-up clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

[edit] Eastern Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	D.C. United	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55
2	New England Revolution	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48
3	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47
4	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
5	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	-2	38
6	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	-12	33

[edit] Western Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	FC Dallas	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	52
2	Houston Dynamo	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	46
3	C.D. Chivas USA	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	43
4	Colorado Rapids	32	11	13	8	36	49	-13	41
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39
6	Real Salt Lake	32	10	13	9	45	49	-4	39

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

	Conference Semifinals							Conference Finals							MLS Cup 2006
	1	D.C. United	1	1	2
	4	New York Red Bulls	0	1	1
								1	D.C. United			0
	Eastern Conference
								2	New England Revolution			1
	3	Chicago Fire (AET, PSO)	1	1	2/2
	2	New England Revolution	0	2	2/4
															E	New England Revolution			1/3
															W	Houston Dynamo (AET, PSO)			1/4
	1	FC Dallas (AET, PSO)	2	2	4/4
	4	Colorado Rapids	1	3	4/5
								4	Colorado Rapids			1
	Western Conference
								2	Houston Dynamo			3
	3	Chivas USA	2	0	2
	2	Houston Dynamo	1	2	3

Conference Semifinals

October 21, 2006
	New York Red Bulls	0–1	D.C. United	Giants Stadium: 8,630
			Gómez 77'

October 29, 2006
	D.C. United	1–1	New York Red Bulls	RFK Stadium: 21,455
	Gómez 86'		Altidore 70'

D.C. advance 2-1 on aggregate.

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October 22, 2006
	Chicago Fire	1–0	New England Revolution	Toyota Park: 10,217
	Mapp 35'

October 28, 2006
	New England Revolution	2–1 (AET) (4-2 PSO)	Chicago Fire	Gillette Stadium: 9,372
	Twellman 41' Noonan 58'		Jaqua 18'

		Penalties
	Cancela scored Reis scored Noonan scored Twellman scored	4–2	Thiago saved Gutierrez scored Herron scored Guerrero saved

New England advance 4-2 on penalties (2-2 aggregate after extra time).

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October 21, 2006
	Colorado Rapids	1–2	FC Dallas	INVESCO Field: 4,176
	Cooke 23'		Ruíz 15' Thompson 55'

October 28, 2006
	FC Dallas	2–3 (AET) (4-5 PSO)	Colorado Rapids	Pizza Hut Park: 15,486
	Ruíz 48' Goodson 92'		Hernández 57' Hernández 83' Mathis 114'

		Penalties
	Ruíz scored O'Brien scored Mulrooney scored Vanney missed Valakari scored Sala saved	4–5	Mathis scored Hernández scored Kirovski scored Beckerman scored Karanka saved Mastroeni scored

Colorado advance 5-4 on penalties (4-4 aggregate after extra time).

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October 22, 2006
	C.D. Chivas USA	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Home Depot Center: 15,110
	Razov 45' Palencia 68'		Ching 75'

October 29, 2006
	Houston Dynamo	2–0	C.D. Chivas USA	Robertson Stadium: 17,440
	Davis 64' Ching 93+'

Houston advance 3-2 on aggregate.

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Conference Finals

November 5, 2006
	D.C. United	0–1	New England Revolution	RFK Stadium: 19,552
			Twellman 4'

November 5, 2006
	Houston Dynamo	3–1	Colorado Rapids	Robertson Stadium: 23,107
	Dalglish 10' Dalglish 21' Mullan 71'		Kirovski 4'

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MLS Cup 2006

November 12, 2006
	Houston Dynamo	1–1 (AET) (4-3 PSO)	New England Revolution	Pizza Hut Park: 22,427
	Ching 114'		Twellman 113'

		Penalties
	Gray scored Holden scored De Rosario scored Davis saved Ching scored	4–3	Joseph scored Reis scored Noonan missed Twellman scored Heaps saved

[edit] Scoring

This table lists the scoring leaders for the regular season.

Player	GP	G	A
Jeff Cunningham, RSL	31	16	11
Christian Gómez, DC	30	14	11
Ante Razov, CHV	28	14	8
Carlos Ruíz, DAL	27	13	5
Landon Donovan, LA	24	12	7
Jaime Moreno, DC	32	11	10
Dwayne De Rosario, HOU	30	11	5
Taylor Twellman, NE	32	11	5
Kenny Cooper, DAL	31	11	4
Brian Ching, HOU	21	11	2

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup: Houston Dynamo
• U.S. Open Cup: Chicago Fire
• MLS Supporters' Shield: D.C. United

[edit] International Competition

• Los Angeles Galaxy - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - lose to Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica in quarterfinals.

• New England Revolution - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - lose to LD Alajuelense of Costa Rica in quarterfinals.

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Christian Gómez, D.C. United
• Golden Boot: Jeff Cunningham, Real Salt Lake (16)
• Defender of the Year: Bobby Boswell, D.C. United
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Troy Perkins, D.C. United
• Rookie of the Year: Jonathan Bornstein, C.D. Chivas USA
• Coach of the Year: Bob Bradley, C.D. Chivas USA
• Comeback Player of the Year: Richard Mulrooney, FC Dallas
• Goal of the Year: Brian Ching, Houston Dynamo
• Fair Play Award: Chris Klein, Real Salt Lake
• Humanitarian of the Year: Michael Parkhurst, New England Revolution

[edit] External links

• MLS 2006 Season Stats

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