2014 Major League Soccer season

The 2014 Major League Soccer season was the 19th Major League Soccer season. The season had 19 teams (16 from the United States, and 3 from Canada). The Seattle Sounders won the Supporters' Shield, and Los Angeles Galaxy won the MLS Cup. The top scorer was Bradley Wright-Phillips, with 27 goals.

Teams

Fire

Chivas USA

Rapids

Crew

D.C. United

FC Dallas

Dynamo

Galaxy

Impact

Revolution

Red Bulls

Union

Timbers

Real Salt Lake

Earthquakes

Sounders

Sporting

Toronto

Whitecaps

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Locations of the 2014 MLS teams

Team	Country	Conference	Previous MLS Cup titles
Chicago Fire	United States	Eastern	1 (1998)
Chivas USA	United States	Western	—
Colorado Rapids	United States	Western	1 (2010)
Columbus Crew	United States	Eastern	1 (2008)
D.C. United	United States	Eastern	4 (1996, 1997, 1999, 2004)
FC Dallas	United States	Western	—
Houston Dynamo	United States	Eastern	2 (2006, 2007)
LA Galaxy	United States	Western	4 (2002, 2005, 2011, 2012)
Montreal Impact	Canada	Eastern	—
New England Revolution	United States	Eastern	—
New York Red Bulls	United States	Eastern	—
Philadelphia Union	United States	Eastern	—
Portland Timbers	United States	Western	—
Real Salt Lake	United States	Western	1 (2009)
San Jose Earthquakes	United States	Western	2 (2001, 2003)
Seattle Sounders FC	United States	Western	—
Sporting Kansas City	United States	Eastern	2 (2000, 2013)
Toronto FC	Canada	Eastern	—
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Canada	Western	—

Results

Eastern conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	D.C. United (EC)	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	59	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	New England Revolution	34	17	13	4	51	46	+5	55
3	Columbus Crew	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10	52
4	New York Red Bulls	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5	50	MLS Cup Play-offs
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7	49	MLS Cup Play-offs
6	Philadelphia Union	34	10	12	12	51	51	0	42
7	Toronto	34	11	15	8	44	54	–10	41
8	Houston Dynamo	34	11	17	6	39	58	–19	39
9	Chicago Fire	34	6	10	18	41	51	–10	36
10	Montreal Impact	34	6	18	10	38	58	–20	28

(EC) = Eastern Conference champions

Western conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to the
1	Seattle Sounders (WC) (SS)	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	64	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	LA Galaxy	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32	61
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15	56
4	Dallas	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10	54	MLS Cup Play-offs
5	Vancouver Whitecaps	34	12	8	4	42	40	+2	50	MLS Cup Play-offs
6	Portland Timbers	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9	49
7	Chivas USA	34	9	19	6	29	61	–32	33
8	Colorado Rapids	34	8	18	8	43	62	–19	32
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	6	16	12	35	50	–15	30

(WC) = Western Conference champions
(SS) = Supporters Shield champions

Overall table

The champion of the overall table, which combines the eastern and western conference, is the champion of the Supporters Shield. This table also will show what team will qualify for next years CONCACAF Champions League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
1	Seattle Sounders (WC) (SS)	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	64	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
2	LA Galaxy	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32	61
3	D.C. United (EC)	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	59
4	Real Salt Lake	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15	56
5	New England Revolution	34	17	13	4	51	46	+5	55
6	Dallas	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10	54
7	Columbus Crew	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10	52
8	New York Red Bulls	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5	50
9	Vancouver Whitecaps	34	12	8	4	42	40	+2	50	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
10	Sporting Kansas City	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7	49
11	Portland Timbers	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9	49
12	Philadelphia Union	34	10	12	12	51	51	0	42
13	Toronto	34	11	15	8	44	54	–10	41
14	Houston Dynamo	34	11	17	6	39	58	–19	39
15	Chicago Fire	34	6	10	18	41	51	–10	36
16	Chivas USA	34	9	19	6	29	61	–32	33
17	Colorado Rapids	34	8	18	8	43	62	–19	32
18	San Jose Earthquakes	34	6	16	12	35	50	–15	30
19	Montreal Impact	34	6	18	10	38	58	–20	28	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League

The Seattle Sounders qualified because they were they won the Supporters Shield and the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.^[1]
LA Galaxy qualified because they won the MLS Cup.
DC Untied qualified because they won a conference championship.
Because the Seattle Sounders won two titles, and two Canadian teams qualified, the next best American team qualified; which turns out to be Real Salt Lake.
The Vancouver Whitecaps qualified because, for this season only, the best Canadian team qualified.^[2]
Montreal Impact qualified because they won the 2014 Canadian Championship.

MLS Cup

East Knockout


E4	New York Red Bulls	2

E5	Sporting Kansas City	1

West Knockout


W4	Dallas	2

W5	Vancouver Whitecaps	1

Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					MLS Cup 2014

E1	D.C. United	0	2	2
E4	New York Red Bulls	2	1	3
E4	New York Red Bulls	2	1	3	E4	New York Red Bulls	1	2	3
Eastern Conference					E4	New York Red Bulls	1	2	3
Eastern Conference					E2	New England Revolution	2	2	4
E2	New England Revolution	4	3	7	E2	New England Revolution	2	2	4
E2	New England Revolution	4	3	7
E3	Columbus Crew	2	1	3
E3	Columbus Crew	2	1	3						E2	New England Revolution	1
										E2	New England Revolution	1
										W2	LA Galaxy (aet)	2
W1	Seattle Sounders (a)	1	0	1						W2	LA Galaxy (aet)	2
W1	Seattle Sounders (a)	1	0	1
W4	Dallas	1	0	1
W4	Dallas	1	0	1	W1	Seattle Sounders	0	2	2
Western Conference					W1	Seattle Sounders	0	2	2
Western Conference					W2	LA Galaxy (a)	1	1	2
W2	LA Galaxy	0	5	5	W2	LA Galaxy (a)	1	1	2
W2	LA Galaxy	0	5	5
W3	Real Salt Lake	0	0	0

Statistics

Awards

Robbie Keane of the LA Galaxy was the season's Most Valuable Player

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Robbie Keane^[3]
Defender of the Year	Chad Marshall^[4]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Bill Hamid^[5]
Golden Boot	Bradley Wright-Phillips^[6]
Rookie of the Year	Tesho Akindele^[7]

References

↑ "2014 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Results". thecup.us.
↑ "Changes for future Amway Canadian Championships". Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
↑ "LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane voted 2014 Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
↑ "Seattle Sounders' Chad Marshall wins 2014 MLS Defender of the Year award | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
↑ "DC United's Bill Hamid wins Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
↑ "New York Red Bulls' Bradley Wright-Phillips wins 2014 Budweiser Golden Boot | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
↑ "AT&T Rookie of the Year honor cap fantastic year for FC Dallas' Tesho Akindele: "I couldn't be happier" | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

[1] "2014 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Results". thecup.us.

[2] "Changes for future Amway Canadian Championships". Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

[3] "LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane voted 2014 Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

[4] "Seattle Sounders' Chad Marshall wins 2014 MLS Defender of the Year award | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

[5] "DC United's Bill Hamid wins Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

[6] "New York Red Bulls' Bradley Wright-Phillips wins 2014 Budweiser Golden Boot | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

[7] "AT&T Rookie of the Year honor cap fantastic year for FC Dallas' Tesho Akindele: "I couldn't be happier" | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

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