2015 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season2015
DatesMarch 6th — October 25th (Regular Season)
MLS CupPortland Timbers (1st title)
Supporters' ShieldNew York Red Bulls (2nd shield)
Champions League (United States)FC Dallas
New York Red Bulls
Portland Timbers
Sporting Kansas City
Champions League (Canada)Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played340
Goals scored937 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerSebastian Giovinco
Kei Kamara
(22 goals each)
Best goalkeeperAdam Kwarasey
David Ousted
(13 shutouts each)
Biggest home win5 goals:
LA 5–0 POR
(Jun 24)
TOR 5–0 ORL
(Aug 22)
CLB 5–0 DC
(Oct 25)
Biggest away win5 goals:
SKC 0–5 SJ
(Aug 19)
Highest scoring10 goals:
DC 6–4 RSL
(Aug 1)
Longest winning run6 games:
New England Revolution
(Aug 1 – Sep 16)
Longest unbeaten run9 games:
New England Revolution
(Mar 21 – May 16)
Portland Timbers
(Oct 14 – Dec 6)
Longest winless run11 games:
New York City
(Mar 21 – May 30)
Longest losing run5 games:
New England Revolution
(Jun 21 – Jul 11)
Seattle Sounders FC
(Jul 11 – Aug 9)
Chicago Fire
(Sep 5 – Sep 26)
Highest attendance64,358
SEA 2–1 POR
(Aug 30)
Lowest attendance10,035
MTL 2–1 VAN
(Jun 3)
Total attendance7,335,053
Average attendance21,574
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Locations of teams for the 2015 Major League Soccer season
Western Conference   Eastern Conference

The 2015 Major League Soccer season was the 20th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 103rd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 37th with a national first-division league.

This marked the first season for two new clubs as Orlando City SC and New York City FC joined the Eastern Conference, while both the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved to the Western Conference.

Chivas USA folded at the end of the 2014 season.

The regular season began on March 6 and ended on October 25. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 28 and ended on December 6. The New York Red Bulls won the Supporters' Shield, while the Portland Timbers won their first MLS Cup by defeating the Columbus Crew, 2–1.

Overview

The 2015 season began on Friday, March 6. The opening weekend saw an average attendance of 25,838 — buoyed by strong attendances in Orlando (62,510), and Seattle (39,782) — with seven of the weekend's ten matches selling out.[1] Additionally, MLS saw strong TV ratings on ESPN2 (539,000 viewers), Unimas (341,000 viewers), and Fox Sports 1 (289,000 and 278,500 viewers).[2]

Franchise changes

The 2015 MLS season featured the addition of two expansion teams, New York City and Orlando City SC. New York City became the second MLS team in the New York metropolitan area (joining the New Jersey-based New York Red Bulls), as well as the first based within New York City itself, as the team played its inaugural season at Yankee Stadium). Orlando was a new market for MLS, which returned to Florida for the first time since folding their Miami and Tampa Bay franchises before the 2002 season. The Lions' ownership previously owned Orlando's team that played in the league then known as USL Pro from 2010 to 2014; that team that relocated to Louisville for the 2015 season of the rebranded United Soccer League.

While MLS added two teams, one team closed down. Chivas USA, which had called the Los Angeles area home since 2005 and shared the StubHub Center with the LA Galaxy. Chivas had been owned by Mexican club, C.D. Guadalajara, who sold the club back to MLS in 2014. The league folded Chivas in October 2014, after the conclusion of the regular season, though it announced plans to add a second LA-area club, Los Angeles FC, in 2018.[3]

Realignment and playoffs

With the addition and subtraction of the above-mentioned teams, the 2015 season saw a realignment of MLS's Eastern and Western conferences: New York City and Orlando City SC joined the East, while Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved from the East to the West.[3]

Each team played 34 regular season matches: two or three against conference rivals and once against teams from the opposite conference. The regular season concluded with all teams playing at the same scheduled time, a league first.[4]

12 teams advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs, up from 10 the previous 3 seasons. The top six teams per conference qualified. The first round per conference had the third-seed hosting the sixth-seed, and the fourth hosting the fifth. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed played the lowest remaining seed and the second played the next-lowest.

Television

The 2015 season saw the launch of a new United States television and media rights deal with English-language ESPN and Fox Sports and Spanish-language Univision Deportes. The deal continues MLS's relationship with ESPN and Univision, while it reestablishes one with Fox Sports, whose Fox Soccer channel carried MLS games until 2011 (NBC Sports carried MLS broadcasts from 2012 to 2014). The deal, formally announced in May 2014, sees regular weekly game broadcasts on ESPN2 (Sunday afternoons) and Fox Sports 1 (Sunday evenings), as well as a regular Friday night match on UniMás and/or Univision Deportes Network. The networks will share coverage of the MLS Cup Playoffs, while ESPN and Fox will alternate English language carriage of the MLS All-Star Game and MLS Cup championship match each year. The 2015 MLS all star game will be on Fox Sports, and MLS Cup 2015 will air on ESPN. As part of the deal, the networks also share coverage of the U.S. Soccer men's and women's national teams.[5]

The league reached a four-year agreement with Sky Sports to televise league matches live in the United Kingdom and Ireland. At least two regular season matches each week, the MLS All-Star Game, and every MLS Cup Playoff match was aired on the Sky family of networks.[6] MLS also reached a four-year agreement with Eurosport to air live matches in many other European countries.[7]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums
Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew D.C. United FC Dallas Houston Dynamo
Toyota Park Dick's Sporting Goods Park Mapfre Stadium RFK Memorial Stadium Toyota Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 20,145 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,500 Capacity: 22,000
LA Galaxy Montreal Impact
Locations of teams for the 2015 Major League Soccer season
Eastern Conference; Western Conference
 New England Revolution New York City
StubHub Center Saputo Stadium Gillette Stadium Yankee Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 20,801 Capacity: 22,385 Capacity: 33,444
New York Red Bulls Orlando Philadelphia Union Portland Timbers
Red Bull Arena Citrus Bowl PPL Park Providence Park
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 18,500 Capacity: 22,000
Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rio Tinto Stadium Avaya Stadium CenturyLink Field Sporting Park BMO Field BC Place
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 39,115 Capacity: 18,500 Capacity: 30,991 Capacity: 21,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire Veljko Paunović Jeff Larentowicz Quaker
Colorado Rapids Pablo Mastroeni Drew Moor Transamerica
Columbus Crew Gregg Berhalter Michael Parkhurst Barbasol
D.C. United Ben Olsen Bobby Boswell Leidos
FC Dallas Óscar Pareja Matt Hedges AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo Owen Coyle Brad Davis BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy Bruce Arena Robbie Keane Herbalife
Montreal Impact Mauro Biello Patrice Bernier Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution Jay Heaps Jermaine Jones UnitedHealthcare
New York City Jason Kreis David Villa Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls Jesse Marsch Dax McCarty Red Bull
Orlando City SC Adrian Heath Kaká Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union Jim Curtin Maurice Edu Bimbo
Portland Timbers Caleb Porter Will Johnson Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake Jeff Cassar Kyle Beckerman LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes Dominic Kinnear Chris Wondolowski —
Seattle Sounders FC Sigi Schmid Brad Evans Xbox
Sporting Kansas City Peter Vermes Matt Besler Ivy Funds
Toronto Greg Vanney Michael Bradley Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Carl Robinson Pedro Morales Bell Canada

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
San Jose Earthquakes Mark Watson Fired October 16, 2014[8] Preseason Dominic Kinnear October 16, 2014[9]
Houston Dynamo Dominic Kinnear Signed by San Jose Earthquakes October 16, 2014[9] Owen Coyle December 8, 2014[10]
New York Red Bulls Mike Petke Fired January 7, 2015[11] Jesse Marsch January 7, 2015[12]
Montreal Impact Frank Klopas Fired August 29, 2015[13] 7th in East,
17th overall 		Mauro Biello (Interim) August 29, 2015[13]
Chicago Fire Frank Yallop Fired September 20, 2015[14] 10th in East,
20th overall 		Brian Bliss (Interim) September 20, 2015[14]
New York City Jason Kreis Fired November 2, 2015[15] Postseason Patrick Vieira November 9, 2015
Chicago Fire Brian Bliss End of interim period November 24, 2015 Veljko Paunovic November 24, 2015[16]

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Red Bulls 34 18 10 6 62 43 +19 60 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Columbus Crew 34 15 11 8 58 53 +5 53
3 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 −2 51
5 New England Revolution 34 14 12 8 48 47 +1 50
6 Toronto FC 34 15 15 4 58 58 0 49
7 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 −10 44
8 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 −9 37
9 Philadelphia Union 34 10 17 7 42 55 −13 37
10 Chicago Fire 34 8 20 6 43 58 −15 30
Source: MLS

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Dallas 34 18 10 6 52 39 +13 60 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 13 5 45 36 +9 53
3 Portland Timbers 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
6 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51
7 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
8 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 −7 42
9 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 −10 41
10 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 −10 37
Source: MLS

Overall standings

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Red Bulls (S) 34 18 10 6 62 43 +19 60 CONCACAF Champions League
2 FC Dallas 34 18 10 6 52 39 +13 60
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 13 5 45 36 +9 53
4 Columbus Crew 34 15 11 8 58 53 +5 53
5 Portland Timbers (C) 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 CONCACAF Champions League
6 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
7 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51
8 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 −2 51
9 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
10 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51 CONCACAF Champions League
11 New England Revolution 34 14 12 8 48 47 +1 50
12 Toronto FC 34 15 15 4 58 58 0 49
13 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
14 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 −10 44
15 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 −7 42
16 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 −10 41
17 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 −9 37
18 Philadelphia Union 34 10 17 7 42 55 −13 37
19 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 −10 37
20 Chicago Fire 34 8 20 6 43 58 −15 30
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2015 MLS Cup playoffs

Source: [17]

Attendance

See also: Major League Soccer attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[18]

Team GP Total High Low Average
Seattle Sounders FC 17 752,192 64,358 39,175 44,247
Orlando City SC 17 558,407 62,510 23,372 32,847
New York City FC 17 493,267 48,047 20,461 29,016
Toronto FC 17 398,671 30,266 16,382 23,451
LA Galaxy 17 397,668 27,000 13,391 23,392
Portland Timbers 17 359,418 21,144 21,144 21,144
San Jose Earthquakes 17 356,646 50,422 18,000 20,979
Houston Dynamo 17 351,187 22,651 16,018 20,658
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 348,624 22,500 18,083 20,507
Real Salt Lake 17 342,718 21,004 18,895 20,160
Sporting Kansas City 17 334,684 21,505 18,864 19,687
New York Red Bulls 17 334,172 25,219 12,540 19,657
New England Revolution 17 333,652 42,947 10,668 19,627
Montreal Impact 17 301,742 25,245 10,035 17,750
Philadelphia Union 17 296,674 18,883 15,374 17,451
Columbus Crew 17 288,747 22,719 10,302 16,985
D.C. United 17 276,152 21,517 11,218 16,244
FC Dallas 17 272,221 21,907 12,640 16,013
Chicago Fire 17 272,043 20,124 11,196 16,003
Colorado Rapids 17 266,168 18,597 10,439 15,657
Total 340 7,335,053 64,358 10,035 21,574

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Portland Timbers 64,358 August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30) CenturyLink Field
2 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC 62,510 March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08) Citrus Bowl
3 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 LA Galaxy 56,097 October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) CenturyLink Field
4 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake 55,435 October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) CenturyLink Field
5 Seattle Sounders FC 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 53,125 August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02) CenturyLink Field
6 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 LA Galaxy 50,422 June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Stanford Stadium
7 New York City 1–3 New York Red Bulls 48,047 June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28) Yankee Stadium
8 New York City 2–0 New England Revolution 43,507 March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15) Yankee Stadium
9 Orlando City SC 2–1 New York City 43,179 October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16) Citrus Bowl
10 New England Revolution 0–1 Montreal Impact 42,947 October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17) Gillette Stadium

Updated to games played on October 25, 2015. Source: MLS Soccer

Player statistics

Goals

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 22
Kei Kamara Columbus Crew
3 Robbie Keane LA Galaxy 20
4 David Villa New York City FC 18
5 Cyle Larin Orlando City SC 17
Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls
7 Chris Wondolowski San Jose Earthquakes 16
Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers
9 Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC 15
10 Jozy Altidore Toronto FC 13

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Toronto FC 4–0 July 4
Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC New York City FC 4–4 July 12
Robbie Keane LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 July 17
Cyle Larin Orlando City SC New York City FC 3–5 July 26
Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC Orlando City SC 4–1 August 5
Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Chicago Fire 4–3 September 5
Cyle Larin Orlando City SC New York Red Bulls 5–2 September 25

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 16
2 Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City 15
Cristian Maidana Philadelphia Union
4 Sacha Kljestan New York Red Bulls 14
5 Ethan Finlay Columbus Crew 13
6 Javier Morales Real Salt Lake 11
7 Brad Davis Houston Dynamo 10
Mauro Díaz FC Dallas
Lee Nguyen New England Revolution
Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders FC

Clean Sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
Sheets
1 Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers 13
David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
3 David Bingham San Jose Earthquakes 12
4 Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC 10
5 Evan Bush Montreal Impact 9
Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
7 Bill Hamid D.C. United 8
Clint Irwin Colorado Rapids
Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City
Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Bobby Shuttleworth New England Revolution

Awards

Individual awards

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC
Defender of the Year Laurent Ciman New England Revolution
Goalkeeper of the Year Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Coach of the Year Jesse Marsch New York Red Bulls
Rookie of the Year Cyle Larin Orlando City SC
Newcomer of the Year Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC
Comeback Player of the Year Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City
Golden Boot Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC
Fair Play Award Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers
Humanitarian of the Year Kei Kamara Columbus Crew
Goal of the Year Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City
Save of the Year Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers

Best XI

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Luis Robles, Red Bulls Laurent Ciman, Montreal
Matt Hedges, Dallas
Kendall Waston, Vancouver 		Ethan Finlay, Columbus
Dax McCarty, Red Bulls
Benny Feilhaber, Sporting KC
Fabian Castillo, Dallas 		Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto
Kei Kamara, Columbus
Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy

Player of the Month

Month Player Club Stats
March Octavio Rivero Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3G
April Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City 2G, 3A
May Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City 3G, 2A
June David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30SV, 4GA
July Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 5G, 3A
August Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 4G, 3A
September Didier Drogba Montreal Impact 7G, 1A
October Didier Drogba Montreal Impact 4G

Weekly awards

Week MLS Player of the Week Goal of the Week MLS Save of the Week
Player Club Player Club Player Club
Week 1 Jozy Altidore Toronto Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders FC Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 2 David Villa New York City Innocent Emeghara San Jose Earthquakes Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 3 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Octavio Rivero Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 4 Kelyn Rowe New England Revolution Jack McInerney Montreal Impact Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 5 Shaun Maloney Chicago Fire Javier Morales Real Salt Lake Brek Shea Orlando City SC
Week 6 Jaime Penedo LA Galaxy Dillon Serna Colorado Rapids Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 7 Fabián Castillo FC Dallas Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers
Week 8 Ethan Finlay Columbus Crew Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 9 Fabián Castillo FC Dallas Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 10 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Diego Valeri Portland Timbers David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 11 Chad Barrett Seattle Sounders FC Devon Sandoval Real Salt Lake Steve Clark Columbus Crew
Week 12 Kei Kamara Columbus Crew Dom Dwyer Sporting Kansas City Evan Bush Montreal Impact
Week 13 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto Marco Pappa Seattle Sounders FC Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 14 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto Thomas McNamara New York City Andrew Dykstra D.C. United
Week 15 David Villa New York City Diego Fagúndez New England Revolution Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 16 Gyasi Zardes LA Galaxy Matías Pérez García San Jose Earthquakes David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 17 Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers Olmes Garcia Real Salt Lake David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 18 Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Tyrone Mears Seattle Sounders FC David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 19 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto Marco Donadel Montreal Impact Evan Bush Montreal Impact
Week 20 Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Javier Morales Real Salt Lake Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 21 Cyle Larin Orlando City SC Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 22 Pa Modou Kah Vancouver Whitecaps FC Taylor Kemp D.C. United Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 23 Kei Kamara Columbus Crew Sebastian Giovinco Toronto Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 24 Paulo Nagamura Sporting Kansas City Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers
Week 25 Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Cristian Techera Vancouver Whitecaps FC Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 26 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 27 Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 28 Kei Kamara Columbus Crew Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 29 Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Gonzalo Pineda Seattle Sounders FC Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 30 Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 31 Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 32 None awarded[19]
Week 33 Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 34 Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers Evan Bush Montreal Impact

Player transfers

Allocation ranking

The allocation ranking was the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee.

MLS streamlined the allocation mechanism in the middle of 2015 season. Effective on May 1, 2015, the allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in MLS allocation list.[20] 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 2014 season, taking playoff performance into account.[21]

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 		Final
Ranking 		Club Date Allocation Used
(Rank on that date) 		Player Signed Previous Club Ref
20 1 LA Galaxy† [22]
6 2 Chicago Fire
7 3 Houston Dynamo
9 4 Philadelphia Union
10 5 Portland Timbers
11 6 Sporting Kansas City
12 7 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
13 8 Columbus Crew
14 9 FC Dallas
15 10 Real Salt Lake
3 11 Montreal Impact‡ [23]
18 12 Seattle Sounders FC
19 13 New England Revolution
5 14 Colorado Rapids† [22]
1 15 New York City January 13, 2015 (1) Mix Diskerud Rosenborg [24]
8 16 Toronto January 16, 2015 (6) Jozy Altidore Sunderland [25]
17 17 New York Red Bulls‡ January 28, 2015 (1) Sacha Kljestan Anderlecht [23][26]
2 18 Orlando City SC♯ December 19, 2014 (2) Brek Shea Stoke City [27]
February 2, 2015 (17) Eric Avila Santos Laguna [28][29]
16 19 D.C. United February 10, 2015 (12) Michael Farfan Cruz Azul [30]
4 20 San Jose Earthquakes July 17, 2015 (1) Marc Pelosi Liverpool U-21 [31]

†On January 15, 2015, LA Galaxy acquired the then-number 3 allocation ranking (original ranking number 5) and allocation money from Colorado Rapids in exchange for the then-number 18 allocation ranking (original ranking number 20), Marcelo Sarvas, and an international roster slot.

‡On January 27, 2015, New York Red Bulls acquired the then-number 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3) and Felipe from Montreal Impact in exchange for the then-number 14 allocation ranking (original ranking number 17), Ambroise Oyongo, Eric Alexander, allocation money, and an international roster slot for the 2015 season.

♯ On December 19, 2014, Orlando used its original ranking to acquire Shea.[32] Orlando used their allocation a second time when 16 teams passed and they picked Avila with the then-number 17 allocation ranking.

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

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