2006 Major League Soccer season

2006 Major League Soccer season
Season	2006
MLS Cup	Houston Dynamo (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	D.C. United (3rd shield)
Matches played	192
Goals scored	503 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeff Cunningham Real Salt Lake Goals: 16
Biggest home win	NY 6–0 RSL
Biggest away win	NY 1–4 DCU LA 0–3 RSL DCU 2–5 LA
Highest scoring	NY 5–4 CHV
Longest winning run	D.C. United Wins: 6 (06/21 – 07/15)
Longest unbeaten run	D.C. United Wins: 14 (05/13 – 07/22)
Longest losing run	K.C. Wizards Loss: 7 (06/24 – 07/22) Los Angeles Galaxy Loss: 7 (05/06 -06/08)
Highest attendance	Los Angeles Galaxy Season: 333,016 Game Avg.: 20,814
Lowest attendance	K.C. Wizards Season: 177,322 Game Avg.: 11,083
Average attendance	MLS Season: 2,976,787 Game Avg.: 15,504
← 2005 season 2007 season →

The 2006 Major League Soccer season was the 11th season in the history of Major League Soccer. It began on April 1, 2006 and ended with MLS Cup 2006 on November 12, 2006 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas for the second consecutive year in a row.

Changes from 2005 season

The MetroStars were 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 players and head coach Dominic Kinnear moved to Houston, Texas, due to owner AEG being unable to secure a soccer specific stadium in San Jose, California. The team was to be renamed Houston 1836, but later changed its name to the Houston Dynamo.
In June, the Chicago Fire moved into their new soccer-specific stadium, Toyota Park, in Bridgeview, Illinois.

Final standings

Eastern Conference

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


	MLS Supporters' Shield, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Western Conference
1	FC Dallas	52	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4
2	Houston Dynamo	46	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4
3	Chivas USA	43	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3
4	Colorado Rapids	41	32	11	13	8	36	49	–13
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	39	32	11	15	6	37	37	0
6	Real Salt Lake	39	32	10	13	9	45	49	–4


	MLS Supporters' Shield runner up, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs

Overall


Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	D.C. United !D.C. United (SS) (E1)	55	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	FC Dallas !FC Dallas (W1)	52	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	2007 North American SuperLiga
3	New England Revolution !New England Revolution	48	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	2007 North American SuperLiga
4	Chicago Fire !Chicago Fire	47	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
5	Houston Dynamo !Houston Dynamo	46	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
6	Chivas USA !Chivas USA	43	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
7	Colorado Rapids !Colorado Rapids	41	32	11	13	8	36	49	−13
8	New York Red Bulls !New York Red Bulls	39	32	9	11	12	41	41	0
9	LA Galaxy !LA Galaxy	39	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	2007 North American SuperLiga
10	Real Salt Lake !Real Salt Lake	39	32	10	13	9	45	49	−4
11	Kansas City Wizards !Kansas City Wizards	38	32	10	14	8	43	45	−2
12	Columbus Crew !Columbus Crew	33	32	8	15	9	30	42	−12

MLS Cup playoffs

Conference Semifinals				Conference Finals			MLS Cup 2006

E1	D.C.	1	1
E4	New York	0	1
				E1	D.C.	0
Eastern Conference
				E2	New England	1
E3	Chicago	1	1 (2)

E2	New England (p)	0	2 (4)
							E2	New England	1 (3)

							W2	Houston (p)	1 (4)
W1	Dallas	2	2 (4)

W4	Colorado (p)	1	3 (5)
				W4	Colorado	1
Western Conference
				W2	Houston	3
W3	Chivas USA	2	0

W2	Houston	1	2

Conference semifinals

D.C. United v New York Red Bulls

October 21, 2006

D.C. United	1–0	New York Red Bulls
Gómez 73' Namoff 75' Gómez 77'	Report	Mendes 76' Guevara 90+2'

Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 8,630
Referee: Michael Kennedy

New York Red Bulls v D.C. United

October 29, 2006

New York Red Bulls	1–1	D.C. United
Stammler 11' Altidore 70'	Report	Adu 73' Gómez 86'

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 21,455
Referee: Tim Weyland

D.C. United advance 2–1 on aggregate.

New England Revolution v Chicago Fire

October 22, 2006

New England Revolution	0–1	Chicago Fire
Heaps 34' John 37' Joseph 57'	Report	Herron 16' Mapp 35' Robinson 61'

Toyota Park
Bridgeview, Illinois
Attendance: 10,217
Referee: Tim Weyland

Chicago Fire v New England Revolution

October 28, 2006

Chicago Fire	1–2 (AET)	New England Revolution
Jaqua 18' Segares 31' Robinson 65' Jaqua 116'	(Report)	Larentowicz 10' Hernández 14' Twellman 41' Noonan 58'
	Penalties
Thiago Gutiérrez Herron Guerrero	2–4	Cancela Reis Noonan Twellman

Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 9,372
Referee: Jair Marrufo

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

FC Dallas v Colorado Rapids

October 21, 2006

FC Dallas	2–1	Colorado Rapids
Ruíz 15' Thompson 55' Ruíz 90'	Report	Cooke 23' Gargan 57' Beckerman 86' Martins 88'

INVESCO Field
Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 4,176
Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Colorado Rapids v FC Dallas

October 28, 2006

Colorado Rapids	3–2 (AET)	FC Dallas
Mastroeni 26' Winger 53' Hernández 57' Hernández 83' Noel 101' Mathis 114'	Report	Gbandi 29' Ruíz 48' Goodson 92' Saragosa 112'
	Penalties
Mathis Hernández Kirovski Beckerman Karanka Mastroeni	5–4	Ruíz O'Brien Mulrooney Vanney Valakari Sala

Pizza Hut Park
Frisco, Texas
Attendance: 15,486
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

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

Houston Dynamo v C.D. Chivas USA

October 22, 2006

Houston Dynamo	1–2	C.D. Chivas USA
Onstad 45+1' Ching 75'	Report	Mendoza 38' Razov 45' Palencia 68'

Home Depot Center
Carson, California
Attendance: 15,110
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

C.D. Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo

October 29, 2006

C.D. Chivas USA	0–2	Houston Dynamo
Vaughn 55' Palencia 57', 58' Regan 63' García 64'	Report	Clark 59' Davis 64' (pen.) Serioux 67' Ching 90+3'

Robertson Stadium
Houston, Texas
Attendance: 17,440
Referee: Michael Kennedy

Houston Dynamo advance 3–2 on aggregate.

Conference finals

New England Revolution v D.C. United

November 5, 2006

New England Revolution	1–0	D.C. United
Dorman 2' Twellman 4'	Report

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 19,552
Referee: Kevin Scott

New England Revolution advances 1–0 in single elimination.

Colorado Rapids v Houston Dynamo

November 5, 2006

Colorado Rapids	1–3	Houston Dynamo
Kirovski 4' Mathis 17'	Report	Dalglish 10' Clark 17' Dalglish 21' Mullan 71'

Robertson Stadium
Houston, Texas
Attendance: 23,107
Referee: Brian Hall

Houston Dynamo advances 3–1 in single elimination.

MLS Cup 2006

Houston Dynamo v New England Revolution

November 12, 2006

Houston Dynamo	1–1 (AET)	New England Revolution
Davis 23' Cochrane 99' Waibel 103' Ching 114'	(Report)	Franchino 16' Twellman 113'
	Penalties
Gray Holden De Rosario Davis Ching	4–3	Joseph Reis Noonan Twellman Heaps

Pizza Hut Park
Frisco, Texas
Attendance: 22,427
Referee: Jair Marrufo

The Houston Dynamo win MLS Cup 4–3 on penalties.

Team awards

MLS Cup: Houston Dynamo
U.S. Open Cup: Chicago Fire
MLS Supporters' Shield: D.C. United
MLS Reserve Division: Colorado Rapids

International competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Los Angeles Galaxy
Lost Deportivo Saprissa in quarterfinals.

New England Revolution
Lost LD Alajuelense in quarterfinals.

Individual awards

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Christian Gómez	D.C. United
Golden Boot	Jeff Cunningham (16) points	Real Salt Lake
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

Top goal scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jeff Cunningham	Real Salt Lake	16
2	Christian Gómez	D.C. United	14
	Ante Razov	C.D. Chivas USA	14
3	Carlos Ruíz	FC Dallas	13
4	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	12
5	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	11
	Dwayne De Rosario	Houston Dynamo	11
	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	11
	Kenny Cooper	FC Dallas	11
	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo	11

Goal-scoring totals

Club	Overall Record	Goals For	Goals For Avg.	Goals Against	Goals Against Avg.
D.C. United	15–7–10	52	1.63 (1st)	38	1.19 (3rd)
FC Dallas	16–12–4	48	1.50 (2nd)	44	1.38 (9th)
C.D. Chivas USA	10–9–13	45	1.41 (3rd)	42	1.31 (7th)
Real Salt Lake	10–13–9	45	1.41 (4th)	49	1.53 (11th)
Houston Dynamo	11–8–13	44	1.38 (5th)	40	1.25 (4th)
Chicago Fire	13–11–8	43	1.34 (6th)	41	1.28 (5th)
Kansas City Wizards	10–14–8	43	1.34 (7th)	45	1.41 (10th)
New York Red Bulls	9–11–12	41	1.28 (8th)	41	1.28 (5th)
New England Revolution	12–8–12	39	1.22 (9th)	35	1.09 (1st)
Los Angeles Galaxy	11–15–6	37	1.16 (10th)	37	1.16 (2nd)
Colorado Rapids	11–13–8	36	1013 (11th)	49	1.53 (11th)
Columbus Crew	8–15–9	30	0.94 (12th)	42	1.31 (7th)
Overall Totals		503	2.62

Team attendance totals

Club	Stadium	Games	Season	Game avg.
Chicago Fire	Toyota Park	16	225,775	14,111
CD Chivas USA	Home Depot Center	16	317,432	19,840
Colorado Rapids	INVESCO Field	16	192,894	12,056
Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew Stadium	16	212,699	13,294
New York Red Bulls	Giants Stadium	16	233,112	14,570
Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium	16	177,322	11,083
D.C. United	Robert F. Kennedy Stadium	16	291,442	18,215
New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium	16	188,569	11,786
Los Angeles Galaxy	Home Depot Center	16	333,016	20,814
Houston Dynamo	Robertson Stadium	16	302,957	18,935
FC Dallas	Pizza Hut Park	16	239,714	14,982
Real Salt Lake	Rice-Eccles Stadium	16	261,855	16,366
MLS Totals		192	2,976,787	15,504

External links

MLS 2006 Season Stats

Major League Soccer

Future teams

Los Angeles FC (2018)
Miami (TBA)

Former teams

Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001)
Miami Fusion (1998–2001)
Chivas USA (2005–2014)

Personnel

Competition

Associated competitions

Other

MLS performance in the CONCACAF Champions League

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