2017 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season	2017
Matches played	248
Goals scored	733 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Villa (17 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Tim Melia (9 shutouts)
Biggest home win	5 goals: TOR 5–0 CLB (May 26)
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)
Longest winning run	6 games: Toronto FC (Apr 21 – May 13)
Longest unbeaten run	11 games: Chicago Fire (May 6 – Jul 5)
Longest winless run	8 games: Philadelphia Union (Mar 5 – Apr 29)
Longest losing run	5 games: Colorado Rapids (Apr 9 – May 5)
Highest attendance	55,297 ATL 1–2 NYR (Mar 5)
Lowest attendance	10,318 CLB 1–2 TOR (May 10)
Total attendance	5,335,083
Average attendance	21,512
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of August 6, 2017.

The 2017 Major League Soccer season is 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 will conclude in October 2017. The MLS Cup Playoffs are expected to begin in late October 2017 and conclude with MLS Cup 2017 in December 2017.

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

Seattle Sounders FC are the defending MLS Cup champions, while FC Dallas are the defending Supporters' Shield champions.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlanta Fire Rapids Crew D.C. Utd Dallas Dynamo Galaxy Minnesota Impact Revolution NYCFC Red Bulls Orlando Union Timbers Real Quakes 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

^ Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity. ()
^ 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	Martino, GerardoGerardo Martino	Parkhurst, MichaelMichael Parkhurst	American Family Insurance
Chicago Fire	Paunović, VeljkoVeljko Paunović	Juninho, Juninho	Valspar
Colorado Rapids	Mastroeni, PabloPablo Mastroeni	Howard, TimTim Howard	Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC	Berhalter, GreggGregg Berhalter	Trapp, WilWil Trapp	Acura
D.C. United	Olsen, BenBen Olsen	Birnbaum, SteveSteve Birnbaum	Leidos
FC Dallas	Pareja, OscarOscar Pareja	Hedges, MattMatt Hedges	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo	Cabrera, WilmerWilmer Cabrera	Beasley, DaMarcusDaMarcus Beasley	BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy	Schmid, SigiSigi Schmid	Van Damme, JelleJelle Van Damme	Herbalife
Minnesota United FC	Heath, AdrianAdrian Heath	Calvo, FranciscoFrancisco Calvo	Target^[3]
Montreal Impact	Biello, MauroMauro Biello	Bernier, PatricePatrice Bernier	Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	Heaps, JayJay Heaps	Nguyen, LeeLee Nguyen	UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC	Vieira, PatrickPatrick Vieira	Villa, DavidDavid Villa	Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls	Marsch, JesseJesse Marsch	Kljestan, SachaSacha Kljestan	Red Bull
Orlando City SC	Kreis, JasonJason Kreis	Kaká, Kaká	Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union	Curtin, JimJim Curtin	Bedoya, AlejandroAlejandro Bedoya	Bimbo Bakeries USA
Portland Timbers	Porter, CalebCaleb Porter	Ridgewell, LiamLiam Ridgewell	Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Mike Petke	Beckerman, KyleKyle Beckerman	LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes	Leitch, ChrisChris Leitch	Wondolowski, ChrisChris Wondolowski	Sutter Health
Seattle Sounders FC	Schmetzer, BrianBrian Schmetzer	Alonso, OsvaldoOsvaldo Alonso	Xbox
Sporting Kansas City	Vermes, PeterPeter Vermes	Besler, MattMatt Besler	Ivy Funds
Toronto FC	Vanney, GregGreg Vanney	Bradley, MichaelMichael Bradley	Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Robinson, CarlCarl Robinson	Waston, KendallKendall Waston	Bell Canada

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Houston Dynamo	Barrett, WadeWade Barrett (interim)	End of interim period	000000002016-10-28-0000October 28, 2016	Pre-season	Cabrera, WilmerWilmer Cabrera	000000002016-10-28-0000October 28, 2016
LA Galaxy	Arena, BruceBruce Arena	Signed by United States	000000002016-11-22-0000November 22, 2016	Pre-season	Onalfo, CurtCurt Onalfo	000000002016-12-13-0000December 13, 2016
Real Salt Lake	Cassar, JeffJeff Cassar	Mutual consent	000000002017-03-20-0000March 20, 2017	10th in West, 19th overall	Shore, DarylDaryl Shore (interim)	000000002017-03-20-0000March 20, 2017
Real Salt Lake	Shore, DarylDaryl Shore (interim)	End of interim period	000000002017-03-29-0000March 29, 2017	9th in West, 19th overall	Petke, MikeMike Petke	000000002017-03-29-0000March 29, 2017
San Jose Earthquakes	Kinnear, DominicDominic Kinnear	Fired	000000002017-06-25-0000June 25, 2017	5th in West, 12th overall	Leitch, ChrisChris Leitch	000000002017-06-25-0000June 25, 2017
LA Galaxy	Onalfo, CurtCurt Onalfo	Fired	000000002017-07-27-0000July 27, 2017	9th in West, 19th overall	Schmid, SigiSigi Schmid	000000002017-07-27-0000July 27, 2017

Regular season

Format

Each team plays the other 10 teams in its conference home and away, plus an extra match against three of its conference rivals. In addition, one match is played against the 11 sides in the other conference. In total, each team will play 17 home and 17 away games.^[4]

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto FC	23	12	3	8	42	23	+19	44	Conference Semi-finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Chicago Fire	22	12	5	5	44	25	+19	41	Conference Semi-finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	New York City FC	23	12	7	4	43	33	+10	40	Knockout round
4	New York Red Bulls	22	11	9	2	34	29	+5	35
5	Atlanta United	22	10	7	5	42	29	+13	35
6	Columbus Crew SC	24	10	12	2	34	39	−5	32
7	Orlando City	23	8	9	6	24	33	−9	30
8	Philadelphia Union	23	8	10	5	32	28	+4	29
9	Montreal Impact	21	7	8	6	32	37	−5	27
10	New England Revolution	22	7	10	5	37	38	−1	26
11	D.C. United	23	5	14	4	19	43	−24	19

Updated to match(es) played on August 6, 2017. 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:

↑ Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions will not automatically earn a berth in the 2018–19 CONCACAF Champions League.^[5]

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Kansas City	23	9	4	10	29	18	+11	37	Conference Semi-finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Houston Dynamo	23	9	7	7	39	32	+7	34	Conference Semi-finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	FC Dallas	21	9	5	7	33	26	+7	34	Knockout round
4	Seattle Sounders FC	23	9	7	7	36	31	+5	34
5	Portland Timbers	24	9	8	7	42	39	+3	34
6	San Jose Earthquakes	23	9	9	5	26	35	−9	32
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21	9	8	4	32	31	+1	31
8	Real Salt Lake	24	7	12	5	30	44	−14	26
9	LA Galaxy	22	6	11	5	32	40	−8	23
10	Minnesota United	23	6	13	4	29	49	−20	22
11	Colorado Rapids	21	6	12	3	22	31	−9	21

Updated to match(es) played on August 6, 2017. 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:

↑ Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions will not automatically earn a berth in the 2018–19 CONCACAF Champions League.^[6]

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1	Toronto FC	23	12	3	8	42	23	+19	44	2018 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Chicago Fire	22	12	5	5	44	25	+19	41
3	New York City FC	23	12	7	4	43	33	+10	40
4	Sporting Kansas City	23	9	4	10	29	18	+11	37
5	New York Red Bulls	22	11	9	2	34	29	+5	35
6	Atlanta United	22	10	7	5	42	29	+13	35
7	Houston Dynamo	23	9	7	7	39	32	+7	34
8	FC Dallas	21	9	5	7	33	26	+7	34
9	Seattle Sounders FC	23	9	7	7	36	31	+5	34
10	Portland Timbers	24	9	8	7	42	39	+3	34
11	Columbus Crew SC	24	10	12	2	34	39	−5	32
12	San Jose Earthquakes	23	9	9	5	26	35	−9	32
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21	9	8	4	32	31	+1	31
14	Orlando City	23	8	9	6	24	33	−9	30
15	Philadelphia Union	22	8	9	5	32	28	+4	29
16	Montreal Impact	21	7	8	6	32	37	−5	27
17	New England Revolution	22	7	10	5	37	38	−1	26
18	Real Salt Lake	24	7	12	5	30	44	−14	26
19	LA Galaxy	22	6	11	5	32	40	−8	23
20	Minnesota United	23	6	13	4	29	49	−20	22
21	Colorado Rapids	21	6	12	3	22	31	−9	21
22	D.C. United	23	5	14	4	19	43	−24	19

Updated to match(es) played on August 6, 2017. 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) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:

↑
CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure
- Four US-based teams qualify for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers will come from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.^[7] This combined qualification method will be used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2017 season, the following teams will qualify:
  1. The winner of MLS Cup 2017;
  2. The winner of the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
  Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield are not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier enters at the second phase of the tournament.
  One Canada-based team qualifies for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
  1. The winner of the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

Position by round

	Supporters Shield

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Round\Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Round\Team	0
Toronto FC	13	13	8	9	10	14	16	11	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Chicago Fire	9	5	14	14	13	8	6	9	12	12	10	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
New York City FC	20	8	10	11	5	10	7	10	6	6	8	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sporting Kansas City	12	12	9	10	11	6	4	7	4	4	6	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	6	4	4
New York Red Bulls	4	3	7	4	7	12	9	6	3	9	9	11	7	10	10	9	11	12	11	7	5	5
Atlanta United FC	18	7	3	5	4	7	10	8	11	13	14	15	11	15	15	11	10	7	6	5	6	6
Houston Dynamo	2	2	5	7	3	4	8	4	7	7	2	6	5	6	7	6	7	11	9	8	8	7
FC Dallas	3	6	2	2	6	2	5	3	5	3	5	8	8	7	8	8	9	6	5	4	7	8
Seattle Sounders FC	17	15	11	12	12	16	18	12	15	16	19	18	17	13	13	16	15	17	14	11	11	9
Portland Timbers	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	7	10	12	9	5	7	8	8	10	10	10	10
Columbus Crew SC	8	17	13	3	2	3	2	5	8	8	3	7	9	8	9	10	6	10	8	9	9	11
San Jose Earthquakes	6	4	6	8	8	11	11	14	10	10	11	9	10	14	14	14	12	9	12	14	14	12
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	10	16	19	20	16	19	14	18	14	11	12	12	14	12	12	12	14	15	13	13	12	13
Orlando City SC	5	9	4	6	9	5	3	2	1	2	4	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	7	12	13	14
Philadelphia Union	11	11	17	18	21	22	22	22	22	21	18	13	15	17	18	20	17	13	15	16	16	15
Montreal Impact	21	14	16	17	20	21	19	19	20	18	20	17	21	18	17	17	20	16	17	19	18	16
New England Revolution	19	20	22	15	14	9	13	13	16	17	13	14	16	11	11	13	16	18	19	17	15	17
Real Salt Lake	13	18	18	19	22	17	12	15	17	20	21	21	20	21	21	18	21	22	18	15	17	18
LA Galaxy	16	21	15	16	19	15	17	20	19	19	15	16	13	16	16	15	13	14	16	18	19	19
Minnesota United FC	22	22	21	22	18	20	20	17	18	15	17	20	19	20	20	22	19	21	21	21	20	20
Colorado Rapids	7	10	12	13	15	18	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	19	22	19	20	20	21	21
D.C. United	15	19	20	21	17	13	15	16	13	14	16	19	18	19	19	21	18	20	22	22	22	22

Updated to match(es) played on August 6, 2017. Source: MLS Supporters Shield Standings, MLS Rules and regulations
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) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Pos.	Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
1	Atlanta United FC	9	416,864	55,297	44,893	46,318
2	Seattle Sounders FC	10	427,263	47,362	40,182	42,726
3	Toronto FC	11	298,152	29,203	25,200	27,105
4	Orlando City SC	12	303,353	25,527	24,112	25,279
5	New York City FC	12	283,758	33,679	18,515	23,647
6	LA Galaxy	11	252,280	25,667	17,404	22,935
7	Vancouver Whitecaps	10	217,787	25,083	19,083	21,779
8	Portland Timbers	12	253,728	21,144	21,144	21,144
9	San Jose Earthquakes	12	248,617	50,617	18,000	20,718
10	Montreal Impact	10	203,442	34,373	16,660	20,344
11	New York Red Bulls	11	222,029	25,219	16,213	20,184
12	Minnesota United FC	14	281,875	35,043	17,491	20,134
13	Sporting Kansas City	12	236,062	20,933	18,648	19,672
14	Real Salt Lake	11	205,646	20,348	16,434	18,695
15	New England Revolution	11	196,382	27,441	10,487	17,853
16	Houston Dynamo	11	194,683	22,115	14,148	17,698
17	Chicago Fire	11	184,310	20,214	11,244	16,755
18	Philadelphia Union	12	198,634	18,399	15,107	16,553
19	D.C. United	11	179,960	20,618	14,031	16,360
20	Colorado Rapids	12	184,560	17,648	13,496	15,380
21	FC Dallas	11	168,108	16,291	14,016	15,283
22	Columbus Crew SC	12	177,561	20,391	10,318	14,797
–	Total	248	5,335,083	55,297	10,318	21,512

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Atlanta United FC	1–2	New York Red Bulls	55,297	March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	1	Bobby Dodd Stadium
2	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	LA Galaxy	50,617	July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	18	Stanford Stadium
3	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Portland Timbers	47,362	May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27)	13	CenturyLink Field
4	Atlanta United FC	1–3	D.C. United	46,011	April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)	9	Bobby Dodd Stadium
5	Atlanta United FC	4–0	Chicago Fire	45,922	March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18)	3	Bobby Dodd Stadium
6	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	New York Red Bulls	45,600	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)	3	CenturyLink Field
7	Atlanta United FC	1–1	Orlando City SC	45,006	July 29, 2017 (2017-07-29)	21	Bobby Dodd Stadium
8	Atlanta United FC	4–2	San Jose Earthquakes	44,974	July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	19	Bobby Dodd Stadium
9	Atlanta United FC	1–0	Colorado Rapids	44,938	June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)	17	Bobby Dodd Stadium
10	Atlanta United FC	3–1	Columbus Crew SC	44,922	June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	16	Bobby Dodd Stadium

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Villa	New York City FC	17
2	Nemanja Nikolić	Chicago Fire	16
3	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	13
4	David Accam	Chicago Fire	12
	C. J. Sapong	Philadelphia Union
	Erick Torres	Houston Dynamo
	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers
8	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	11
	Ola Kamara	Columbus Crew SC
	Christian Ramirez	Minnesota United FC
	Maximiliano Urruti	FC Dallas

As of August 6, 2017 ^[8]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Sacha Kljestan	New York Red Bulls	12
2	Yamil Asad	Atlanta United FC	10
	Michael Barrios	FC Dallas
	Joevin Jones	Seattle Sounders FC
	Alex	Houston Dynamo
	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution
	Víctor Vázquez	Toronto FC
8	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United FC	9
9	Romain Alessandrini	LA Galaxy	8
	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC
	Haris Medunjanin	Philadelphia Union
	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers

As of August 6, 2017 ^[9]

Shutouts

Rank	Player	Club	Shutouts
1	Tim Melia	Sporting Kansas City	9
2	Stefan Frei	Seattle Sounders FC	8
3	David Bingham	San Jose Earthquakes	7
	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union
	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls
6	Joe Bendik	Orlando City SC	6
	Alex Bono	Toronto FC
	Matt Lampson	Chicago Fire
	Zack Steffen	Columbus Crew SC
10	Cody Cropper	New England Revolution	5
	Jesse González	FC Dallas
	David Ousted	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake
	Bobby Shuttleworth	Minnesota United FC

As of August 6, 2017 ^[10]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Josef Martínez	Atlanta United	Minnesota United	6–1	March 12, 2017
Erick Torres	Houston Dynamo	New York Red Bulls	4–1	April 1, 2017
C. J. Sapong	Philadelphia Union	New York Red Bulls	3–0	May 6, 2017
Justin Meram	Columbus Crew SC	Montreal Impact	3–2	May 13, 2017
Gerso	Sporting Kansas City	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	May 17, 2017
Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United	Houston Dynamo	4–1	May 20, 2017
Roland Lamah	FC Dallas	Real Salt Lake	6–2	June 3, 2017
David Accam	Chicago Fire	Orlando City SC	4–0	June 24, 2017
David Villa	New York City FC	New York Red Bulls	3–2	August 6, 2017

As of August 6, 2017

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United	5G, 0A	^[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, 0A	^[14]
July	Daniel Royer	New York Red Bulls	6G, 1A	^[15]

Team of the Week

Team of the week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfielder	Forward
1^[16]	Bendik (ORL)	Sjöberg (COL) Spector (ORL) Jungwirth (SJ) Lima (SJ)	Acosta (DAL) Valeri (POR) Godoy (SJ)	Accam (CHI) Adi (POR) Quioto (HOU)
2^[17]	Howard (COL)	Garza (ATL) Kappelhof (CHI) Hedges (DAL)	Piatti (MON) McCarty (CHI) Godoy (SJ) Almirón (ATL)	Torres (HOU) Martínez (ATL) Villa (NYC)
3^[18]	Steffen (CLB)	Garza (ATL) Crognale (CLB) Spector (ORL)	Valeri (POR) Bernier (MON) Guzmán (POR) Feilhaber (SKC)	Urruti (DAL) Martínez (ATL) Larin (ORL)
4^[19]	Van Oekel (RSL)	Tierney (NE) Long (NYR) Afful (CLB)	Fagúndez (NE) Nguyen (NE) Higuaín (CLB) Artur (CLB) Blanco (POR)	Agudelo (NE) Kamara (NE)
5^[20]	Hamid (DC)	Farfan (POR) Delamea (NE) Svensson (SEA)	Meram (CLB) Roldan (SEA) Laba (VAN) Schweinsteiger (CHI)	Techera (VAN) Torres (HOU) Ramirez (MIN)
6^[21]	González (DAL)	Boswell (DC) Opara (SKC) Delamea (NE)	Alessandrini (LA) McCarty (CHI) Espinoza (SKC) Rusnák (RSL) Barrios (DAL)	Movsisyan (RSL) Villalba (ATL)
7^[22]	Melia (SKC)	Matarrita (NYC) Spector (ORL) Næss (CLB) Opara (SKC)	Meram (CLB) Ilie (SKC) Johnson (ORL)	Montero (VAN) Nikolić (CHI) Solignac (CHI)
8^[23]	Bendik (ORL)	Long (NYR) Toia (ORL) Zavaleta (TOR)	Almirón (ATL) Bradley (TOR) Gruezo (DAL) Lodeiro (SEA)	Dempsey (SEA) Giovinco (TOR) Larin (ORL)
9^[24]	Hamid (DC)	Edwards (TOR) Jungwirth (SJ) Zusi (SKC)	Gerso (SKC) Jacobson (VAN) Acosta (DC) Harrison (NYC)	Agudelo (NE) Altidore (TOR) Urruti (DAL)
10^[25]	Blake (PHI)	Hedges (DAL) Jungwirth (SJ) Morrow (TOR)	Alex (HOU) Higuaín (CLB) Ibarra (MIN) Ring (NYC)	Sapong (PHI) Wallace (NYC) Wondolowski (SJ)
11^[26]	Johnson (NYC)	Onyewu (PHI) Van Damme (LA) Hairston (COL)	Fagúndez (NE) Meram (CLB) Alex (HOU) Medunjanin (PHI) Accam (CHI)	Ricketts (TOR) Nikolić (CHI)
12^[27]	Melia (SKC)	Vincent (CHI) Bernárdez (SJ) Parker (VAN)	Fagúndez (NE) Piatti (MON) Almirón (ATL) Medunjanin (PHI) Gerso (SKC)	Villa (NYC) Nikolić (CHI)
13^[28]	Hamid (DC)	Vincent (CHI) Calvo (MIN) Marshall (SEA) Ford (COL)	Almirón (ATL) Vázquez (TOR) Sunny (RSL) João Pedro (LA) Alessandrini (LA)	dos Santos (LA)
14^[29]	Bendik (ORL)	Rowe (NE) Opara (SKC) Waston (VAN) Spector (ORL)	Lamah (DAL) Higuaín (CLB) Alonso (SEA) Valeri (POR) Nguyen (NE)	Urruti (DAL)
15^[30]	Gleeson (POR)	Meira (CHI) Olum (POR) Abdul-Salaam (SKC)	Asprilla (POR) Valeri (POR) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Accam (CHI)	Adi (POR) Nikolić (CHI) Gerso (SKC)
16^[31]	Robles (NYR)	Harvey (VAN) Figueroa (DAL) Opara (SKC)	Plata (RSL) Alessandrini (LA) Bradley (TOR) Almirón (ATL)	Piatti (MON) Villa (NYC) Wright-Phillips (NYR)
17^[32]	Blake (PHI)	Sweat (NYC) Opara (SKC) Moor (TOR) Polster (CHI)	Accam (CHI) Herrera (NYC) Higuaín (CLB) Bedoya (PHI) Hoesen (SJ)	McBean (LA)
18^[33]	Howard (COL)	Onyewu (PHI) Parkhurst (ATL) Polster (CHI)	Johnson (ORL) Džemaili (MON) Ring (NYC) Hairston (COL)	Nikolić (CHI) Villa (NYC) Badji (COL)
19^[34]	McCarthy (PHI)	Hollingshead (DAL) Palmer-Brown (SKC) Nerwinski (VAN)	Fagúndez (NE) Rusnák (RSL) Barrios (DAL) Savarino (RSL)	Dempsey (SEA) Martínez (ATL) Giovinco (TOR)
20^[35]	Guzan (ATL)	Acosta (RSL) Brillant (NYC) Crognale (CLB)	Royer (NYR) Kljestan (NYR) Roldan (SEA) Alex (HOU)	Plata (RSL) Colmán (DAL) Villa (NYC)
21^[36]	Cropper (NE)	Toia (ORL) Moor (TOR) Parker (VAN)	Royer (NYR) Valeri (POR) Bradley (TOR) Molino (MIN)	O. Kamara (CLB) K. Kamara (NE) Giovinco (TOR)
22^[37]	McCarthy (PHI)	Doody (CHI) Opare (DC) DeLaGarza (HOU)	Lodeiro (SEA) Džemaili (MON) Ilsinho (PHI) Thompson (SJ)	Villa (NYC) Sapong (PHI) Dempsey (SEA)

Player contracts

Highest paid players

Rank	Player	Team	Salary (US)^[38]
1	Kaka	Orlando SC	$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

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.^[39] Two expansion teams will take the top spots.^[40]

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]				^[41]
2	2	Minnesota United FC^[A]^[B]				^[42]^[43]
8	3	Orlando City SC
6	4	San Jose Earthquakes^[D]				^[41]
11	5	Philadelphia Union
4	6	Houston Dynamo^[C]				^[44]
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]				^[45]
1	18	Atlanta United FC	000000002017-01-26-0000January 26, 2017 (1)	Brad Guzan	Middlesbrough	^[46]
7	19	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^[B]	000000002017-02-15-0000February 15, 2017 (1)	Fredy Montero (loan)	Tianjin TEDA	^[43]
12	20	D.C. United^[C]	000000002017-06-20-0000June 20, 2017 (1)	Deshorn Brown	Tampa Bay Rowdies	^[44]
3	21	Chicago Fire^[A]^[E]	000000002016-12-23-0000December 23, 2016 (2)	Juninho (loan)	Tijuana	^[42]
3	21	Chicago Fire^[A]^[E]	000000002017-08-10-0000August 10, 2017 (6)	Richard Sánchez	Tigres UANL	^[45]
9	22	New England Revolution	000000002017-08-10-0000August 10, 2017 (1)	Krisztián Németh	Al-Gharafa	^[47]

^ 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.

References

↑ Stejskal, Sam. "Minnesota United FC to join MLS in 2017, debuting at TCF Bank Stadium". Major League Soccer. MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
↑ "Atlanta United to Start MLS Season in March 2017 at Georgia Tech’s Historic Bobby Dodd Stadium" (Press release). Atlanta United FC. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
↑ Greder, Andy. "Target sets major partnership with United, MLS, U.S. Youth Soccer". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
↑ "New Teams and New Stadiums Highlight 2017 MLS Regular Season Schedule". MLS. January 12, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
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↑ Atlanta United FC's Josef Martinez named MLS Player of the Month for March, MLS, April 5, 2017
↑ Orlando GK Joe Bendik voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for April, MLS, May 3, 2017
↑ Chicago FW Nemanja Nikolic voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for May, MLS, June 5, 2017
↑ NYCFC's David Villa voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for June, MLS, July 5, 2017
↑ Red Bulls’ Daniel Royer voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for July, MLS, August 4, 2017
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 1): Lions and Quakes and Timbers, oh my".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 2): Atlanta, Chicago represented after big wins".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 3): Strikers step up in Atlanta, Dallas, Orlando".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 4): Crew SC, Revs rewarded for strong displays".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 5): Schweinsteiger makes immediate impact".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 6): RSL, Revs, Sporting recognized after big wins".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 7): Sporting KC recognized after another big win".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 8): Orlando, Toronto earn plaudits for big wins".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 9): Sporting KC, DC recognized after big wins".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 10): Quakes, Union, NYCFC lead the way after wins".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 11): Fire, Union feature after statement wins".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 12): Superstars, and Men in Red, shine".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 13): LA Galaxy show dominance in Cali Clasico".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 14): Lions' defense shows big".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 15): Portland Timbers impress in shutout win".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 16): Brace-bagging star trio lead the line".
↑ "Team of the Week (Wk 17): Rivalry Week heroes and hot scorers headline".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 18): Colorado Rapids trio lead the way".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 19): Slick RSL duo headline star-laden front line".
↑ "2017 Team of the Week (Wk 20): Guzan shines in return, NY clubs show big".
↑ "2017 Team of the week (Wk 21): Reds, Revs lead the way as East dominates".
↑ "2017 MLS Team of the Week (Wk 22): David Villa, Union trio head the list".
↑ http://www.spotrac.com/mls/rankings/
↑ MLS Soccer Media (January 27, 2015). "MLS Allocation Ranking". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
↑ MLS (October 16, 2016). "Atlanta to pick first Expansion Draft, Minnesota get top SuperDraft pick". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
1 2 "NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire General Allocation Money from New England". San Jose Earthquakes. July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
1 2 "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Acquire Club Tijuana Midfielder Juninho Through Allocation Process". Chicago Fire. December 23, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
1 2 "Whitecaps FC acquire three-time MLS All-Star striker Fredy Montero". Vancouver Whitecaps. February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
1 2 "United acquire Jamaican forward Deshorn Brown following Allocation Ranking trade with Houston Dynamo". D.C. United. June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
1 2 "Chicago Fire Sign Goalkeeper Richard Sanchez". Chicago Fire. August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
↑ "Atlanta United Sign U.S. International Brad Guzan". Atlanta United. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
↑ "New England Revolution land forward Krisztian Nemeth in trade with Crew SC". Major League Soccer. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

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