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Major League Soccer records and statistics - wikipedia Major League Soccer records and statistics This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2014 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The following is a compilation of notable Major League Soccer records and statistics for teams and players . Contents 1 MLS Cup and Supporters ' Shield 2 MLS Cup finals 3 All - time most successful teams 4 Player records -- career 4.1 Goals 4.1. 1 Goals from a free kick 4.2 Assists 4.3 Minutes played 4.4 Goals against average 5 Player records -- single season 5.1 Most goals 5.2 Most assists 5.3 Most shutouts 6 All - time regular season successes 7 All - time regular season records 8 All - time playoff success 9 All - time playoffs records 10 Team records -- single season 10.1 Points 10.2 Results 10.3 Goals 10.3. 1 Most for 10.3. 2 Fewest for 10.3. 3 Fewest allowed 10.3. 4 Most allowed 10.3. 5 Best differential 10.3. 6 Worst differential 11 Single game records 11.1 Highest scoring games 11.2 Biggest winning margin 12 Longest streaks 12.1 Consecutive postseason berths 12.2 Winning streaks 12.3 Undefeated streaks 12.4 Home undefeated streaks 12.5 Losing streaks 12.6 Tie streaks 13 Transfer fees 13.1 Paid 13.2 Received 14 Average season attendances 15 Streaks 16 See also 17 References 17.1 Works cited 18 External links MLS Cup and Supporters ' Shield ( edit ) Season MLS Cup Winner MLS Cup Runner - Up MLS Supporters ' Shield Winner hide MLS Supporters ' Shield Runner - Up D.C. United Los Angeles Galaxy Tampa Bay Mutiny Los Angeles Galaxy 1997 D.C. United Colorado Rapids D.C. United Kansas City Wizards 1998 Chicago Fire D.C. United Los Angeles Galaxy D.C. United 1999 D.C. United Los Angeles Galaxy D.C. United Los Angeles Galaxy 2000 Kansas City Wizards Chicago Fire Kansas City Wizards Chicago Fire 2001 San Jose Earthquakes Los Angeles Galaxy Miami Fusion Chicago Fire 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy New England Revolution Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes 2003 San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire Chicago Fire San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Kansas City Wizards Columbus Crew Kansas City Wizards 2005 Los Angeles Galaxy New England Revolution San Jose Earthquakes New England Revolution 2006 Houston Dynamo New England Revolution D.C. United FC Dallas 2007 Houston Dynamo New England Revolution D.C. United Chivas USA 2008 Columbus Crew New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew Houston Dynamo 2009 Real Salt Lake Los Angeles Galaxy Columbus Crew Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake 2011 Los Angeles Galaxy Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC 2012 Los Angeles Galaxy Houston Dynamo San Jose Earthquakes Sporting Kansas City 2013 Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake New York Red Bulls Sporting Kansas City 2014 Los Angeles Galaxy New England Revolution Seattle Sounders FC Los Angeles Galaxy 2015 Portland Timbers Columbus Crew SC New York Red Bulls FC Dallas 2016 Seattle Sounders FC Toronto FC FC Dallas Colorado Rapids 2017 Toronto FC Seattle Sounders FC Toronto FC New York City FC MLS Cup finals ( edit ) Season Winner Result Runner - Up Venue Details D.C. United 3 -- 2 ( a.e.t. ) Los Angeles Galaxy Foxboro Stadium , Foxborough , MA 1997 Details D.C. United 2 -- 1 Colorado Rapids Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium , Washington , D.C. 1998 Details Chicago Fire 2 -- 0 D.C. United Rose Bowl , Pasadena , CA 1999 Details D.C. United 2 -- 0 Los Angeles Galaxy Foxboro Stadium , Foxborough , MA 2000 Details Kansas City Wizards 1 -- 0 Chicago Fire Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium , Washington , D.C. 2001 Details San Jose Earthquakes 2 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Los Angeles Galaxy Columbus Crew Stadium , Columbus , OH 2002 Details Los Angeles Galaxy 1 -- 0 ( a.e.t. ) New England Revolution Gillette Stadium , Foxborough , MA 2003 Details San Jose Earthquakes 4 -- 2 Chicago Fire The Home Depot Center , Carson , CA Details D.C. United 3 -- 2 Kansas City Wizards The Home Depot Center , Carson , CA 2005 Details Los Angeles Galaxy 1 -- 0 ( a.e.t. ) New England Revolution Pizza Hut Park , Frisco , TX 2006 Details Houston Dynamo 1 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) 4 -- 3 ( pen . ) New England Revolution Pizza Hut Park , Frisco , TX 2007 Details Houston Dynamo 2 -- 1 New England Revolution Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium , Washington , D.C. 2008 Details Columbus Crew SC 3 -- 1 New York Red Bulls The Home Depot Center , Carson , CA 2009 Details Real Salt Lake 1 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) 5 -- 4 ( pen . ) Los Angeles Galaxy Qwest Field , Seattle , WA Details Colorado Rapids 2 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) FC Dallas BMO Field , Toronto , ON 2011 Details Los Angeles Galaxy 1 -- 0 Houston Dynamo The Home Depot Center , Carson , CA 2012 Details Los Angeles Galaxy 3 -- 1 Houston Dynamo The Home Depot Center , Carson , CA 2013 Details Sporting Kansas City 1 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) 7 -- 6 ( pen . ) Real Salt Lake Sporting Park , Kansas City , KS 2014 Details Los Angeles Galaxy 2 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) New England Revolution StubHub Center , Carson , CA 2015 Details Portland Timbers 2 -- 1 Columbus Crew SC Mapfre Stadium , Columbus , OH 2016 Details Seattle Sounders FC 0 -- 0 ( a.e.t. ) 5 -- 4 ( pen . ) Toronto FC BMO Field , Toronto , ON 2017 Details Toronto FC 2 -- 0 Seattle Sounders FC BMO Field , Toronto , ON All - time most successful teams ( edit ) hide Team Seasons <Th_colspan="4"> Domestic <Th_colspan="3"> Continental Intercontinental Total MLS Cup MLS Supporters ' Shield U.S. Open Cup Canadian Championship CONCACAF Champions League CONCACAF Champions ' Cup SuperLiga Copa Interamericana D.C. United 22 -- -- 13 Los Angeles Galaxy 22 5 -- -- -- 12 Sporting Kansas City 22 -- -- -- -- 7 Seattle Sounders 9 -- -- -- -- 6 Chicago Fire 20 -- -- -- -- 6 Toronto FC 11 not eligible 6 -- -- -- -- 8 Columbus Crew SC 22 not eligible -- -- -- -- 5 San Jose Earthquakes 20 -- -- -- -- -- FC Dallas 22 -- -- -- -- -- Montreal Impact 6 -- -- not eligible -- -- -- -- Houston Dynamo 12 -- -- not eligible -- -- -- -- New York Red Bulls 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- New England Revolution 22 -- -- -- -- -- Real Salt Lake 13 -- -- -- -- -- -- Colorado Rapids 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- Portland Timbers 7 -- -- -- -- -- -- Miami Fusion -- -- -- -- -- -- Tampa Bay Mutiny 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7 -- -- not eligible -- -- -- -- Chivas USA 10 -- -- -- not eligible -- -- -- -- 0 Philadelphia Union 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 New York City FC -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 Orlando City SC -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 The figures in bold represent the most times this honor has been won by an MLS team . -- Minor honors -- Canadian teams can not participate in the U.S. Open Cup -- American teams can not participate in the Canadian Championship -- 2008 Canadian Championship was won by Montreal Impact , a former NASL team not the current MLS Montreal Impact -- Defunct Player records -- career ( edit ) Bold indicates active player . All statistics are for regular season only . Goals ( edit ) Goals from a free kick ( edit ) Rank Nat Name Years Goals Apps Ratio Landon Donovan 2001 -- 14 ; 2016 145 334 . 43 Chris Wondolowski 2005 -- present 140 293 . 46 Jeff Cunningham 1998 -- 2011 134 359 . 37 Jaime Moreno 1996 -- 2010 133 340 . 39 5 Ante Razov 1996 -- 2000 ; 2001 -- 09 114 263 . 43 6 Jason Kreis 1996 -- 2007 108 305 . 35 6 Kei Kamara 2006 -- 2013 ; 2015 -- present 108 288 . 35 8 Dwayne De Rosario 2001 -- 2014 104 343 . 30 9 Taylor Twellman 2002 -- 2010 101 174 . 58 10 Bradley Wright - P ) hilips 2013 - present 100 159 . 63 Rank Nat Name Years Goals Sebastian Giovinco 2015 -- present 13 Jeff Larentowicz 2005 -- present 9 Javier Morales 2007 -- 2017 David Beckham 2007 -- 2012 7 Assists ( edit ) hide Rank Nat Name Years Assists Apps Ratio Landon Donovan 2001 -- 14 ; 2016 136 334 . 41 Steve Ralston 1996 -- 2010 135 379 . 36 Brad Davis 2002 -- 2016 123 392 . 31 Carlos Valderrama 1996 -- 2002 114 177 . 64 5 Preki 1996 -- 2005 112 242 . 46 6 Jaime Moreno 1996 -- 2010 102 340 . 30 7 Marco Etcheverry 1996 -- 2003 101 190 . 53 8 Cobi Jones 1996 -- 2007 91 306 . 30 9 Andy Williams 1998 -- 2011 86 343 . 25 10 Sacha Kljestan 2006 - 10 ; 2015 -- present 84 205 . 41 Minutes played ( edit ) As of October 25 , 2017 Minutes played Rank Player Minutes Nick Rimando 40,801 Kevin Hartman 37,260 Kyle Beckerman 36,017 Steve Ralston 33,142 5 Chad Marshall 32,539 6 Bobby Boswell 32,222 7 Drew Moor 31,212 8 Brian Carroll 30,821 9 Joe Cannon 30,731 10 Nat Borchers 30,259 Goals against average ( edit ) Rank Player GAA Jimmy Nielsen . 98 Kasey Keller 1.04 Jaime Penedo 1.09 David Bingham 1.11 5 Bouna Coundoul 1.12 6 Tim Melia 1.13 Player records -- single season ( edit ) Bold indicates ongoing season . All statistics are for regular season only . Most goals ( edit ) hide Rank Player Season Team Goals Roy Lassiter Tampa Bay Mutiny 27 Chris Wondolowski 2012 San Jose Earthquakes Bradley Wright - Phillips 2014 New York Red Bulls Stern John 1998 Columbus Crew 26 Mamadou Diallo 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny Josef Martínez 2018 Atlanta United FC 7 Carlos Ruiz 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy 24 Bradley Wright - Phillips 2016 New York Red Bulls Nemanja Nikolic 2017 Chicago Fire 10 Raúl Díaz Arce D.C. United 23 Taylor Twellman 2002 New England Revolution David Villa 2016 New York City FC Most assists ( edit ) hide Rank Player Season Team Assists Carlos Valderrama 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny 26 Sacha Kljestan 2016 New York Red Bulls 20 Landon Donovan 2014 LA Galaxy 19 Guillermo Barros Schelotto 2008 Columbus Crew Steve Ralston 2002 New England Revolution Marco Etcheverry 1998 D.C. United Carlos Valderrama 1997 Tampa Bay Mutiny Marco Etcheverry D.C. United 9 Steve Ralston 1999 New England Revolution 18 Most shutouts ( edit ) hide Rank Player Season Team Shutouts Tony Meola 2000 Kansas City Wizards 17 Jimmy Nielsen 2012 Sporting Kansas City 15 Donovan Ricketts 2013 Portland Timbers 14 Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake 5 Adam Kwarasey 2015 Portland Timbers 13 David Ousted 2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC David Ousted 2014 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Sporting Kansas City Nick Rimando 2011 Real Salt Lake Kevin Hartman 2011 FC Dallas Brad Guzan 2007 Chivas USA Stefan Frei 2017 Seattle Sounders All - time regular season successes ( edit ) As of October 23 , 2017 hide Rank Club 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Los Angeles Galaxy D.C. United Columbus Crew SC 0 0 San Jose Earthquakes 0 5 New York Red Bulls 0 6 Sporting Kansas City 0 7 Chicago Fire 8 FC Dallas 9 Seattle Sounders 0 10 Tampa Bay Mutiny 0 11 Miami Fusion 0 0 0 12 Toronto FC 0 0 0 13 New England Revolution 0 14 Houston Dynamo 0 0 15 Real Salt Lake 0 16 New York City FC 0 0 Colorado Rapids 0 0 18 Chivas USA 0 0 0 19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 0 0 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 21 Atlanta United FC 0 0 0 22 Minnesota United FC 0 0 0 0 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 Orlando City SC 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 Supporters ' Shield Standings through 2017 regular season . Up the Tics Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny folded after completion of the 2001 season Chivas USA folded after completion of the 2014 season All - time regular season records ( edit ) Through completion of 2017 regular season . hide Pts Rank Club Seasons GP SOW GF GA GD Pts Pts Per Game Pts Per Season 1st 2nd 3rd 4th <Th_colspan="9"> Finishing Positions . Los Angeles Galaxy 22 ( 1996 -- ) 696 315 234 147 11 1106 898 + 208 1070 1.537 48.64 FC Dallas 22 ( 1996 -- ) 696 289 266 141 15 1028 1002 + 26 978 1.405 44.45 Columbus Crew SC 22 ( 1996 -- ) 696 286 269 141 13 1017 977 + 40 973 1.398 44.23 Sporting Kansas City 22 ( 1996 -- ) 697 282 262 153 16 962 921 + 41 967 1.387 43.95 5 New York Red Bulls 22 ( 1996 -- ) 696 280 274 182 11 1048 1028 + 20 960 1.379 43.64 6 D.C. United 22 ( 1996 -- ) 696 284 279 133 18 1045 1025 + 20 949 1.364 43.14 7 Chicago Fire 20 ( 1998 -- ) 633 253 228 152 5 931 871 + 60 901 1.423 45.05 8 New England Revolution 22 ( 1996 -- ) 697 263 296 138 17 974 1061 − 87 893 1.281 40.59 9 Colorado Rapids 22 ( 1996 -- ) 696 257 298 144 12 899 1009 − 110 891 1.280 40.50 10 San Jose Earthquakes 20 ( 1996 -- 05 , 2008 -- ) 634 243 246 145 19 863 873 − 10 836 1.319 41.80 11 Real Salt Lake 13 ( 2005 -- ) 422 156 158 108 0 566 553 + 13 576 1.365 44.31 12 Houston Dynamo 12 ( 2006 -- ) 390 145 128 117 0 522 493 + 29 552 1.415 46.00 13 Seattle Sounders FC 9 ( 2009 -- ) 298 137 90 71 0 431 344 + 87 482 1.617 53.56 14 Toronto FC 11 ( 2007 -- ) 358 111 149 98 0 458 535 − 77 431 1.204 39.18 15 Chivas USA 10 ( 2005 -- 14 ) 320 92 149 79 0 351 483 − 132 355 1.109 35.50 16 Portland Timbers 7 ( 2011 -- ) 238 87 80 71 0 338 331 + 7 332 1.395 47.43 17 Philadelphia Union 8 ( 2010 -- ) 268 83 111 75 0 353 382 − 29 324 1.209 40.50 18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7 ( 2011 -- ) 238 83 91 64 0 305 318 − 13 313 1.315 44.71 19 Montreal Impact 6 ( 2012 -- ) 204 69 88 47 0 282 313 − 31 254 1.245 42.33 20 Tampa Bay Mutiny 6 ( 1996 -- 01 ) 187 83 98 6 10 312 336 − 24 235 1.257 39.17 21 Miami Fusion 4 ( 1998 -- 01 ) 122 56 56 10 10 199 219 − 20 158 1.295 39.50 22 New York City FC 3 ( 2015 -- ) 102 41 36 25 0 167 158 + 9 148 1.451 49.33 23 Orlando City SC 3 ( 2015 -- ) 102 31 40 31 0 140 174 − 34 124 1.216 41.33 24 Atlanta United FC 1 ( 2017 -- ) 34 15 9 10 0 70 40 + 30 55 1.618 55.00 25 Minnesota United FC 1 ( 2017 -- ) 34 10 18 6 0 47 70 − 23 36 1.059 36.00 -- Included shootout wins in seasons 1996 -- 1999 . -- Included shootout losses in seasons 1996 -- 1999 . -- Shoot - out wins -- Based on combined conference results before single format for playoff qualification was inaugurated in 2007 . All - time playoff success ( edit ) hide Club Champions Final Conference Finals Conference Semis Knockout Round Series Played Series Won Series Lost Series Won % Los Angeles Galaxy 5 5 42 29 13 69.05 % D.C. United 5 26 17 9 65.38 % Houston Dynamo 7 8 0 18 14 5 77.78 % Sporting Kansas City 5 25 12 13 48.00 % San Jose Earthquakes 0 5 0 13 7 6 53.85 % Chicago Fire 5 23 12 11 52.17 % Columbus Crew SC 6 21 9 12 42.86 % Colorado Rapids 6 22 10 12 45.45 % Real Salt Lake 14 7 7 50.00 % Seattle Sounders FC 5 0 15 8 7 53.33 % Portland Timbers 0 0 0 6 5 83.33 % New England Revolution 0 5 5 25 12 13 48.00 % New York Red Bulls 0 13 0 24 7 17 29.17 % FC Dallas 0 10 21 6 15 28.57 % Toronto FC 5 60.00 % Tampa Bay Mutiny 0 0 0 5 20.00 % Miami Fusion 0 0 0 25.00 % Montreal Impact 0 0 6 50.00 % Chivas USA 0 0 0 0 0 00.00 % Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 0 0 0 00.00 % Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 00.00 % New York City FC 0 0 0 0 0 00.00 % Orlando City SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.00 % Atlanta United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.00 % Minnesota United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.00 % Through completion of 2016 playoffs . All - time playoffs records ( edit ) hide Pts Rank Club Appearances vs Seasons Appearances Percentages GP SOW GF GA GD Pts PPG PPG Rank Los Angeles Galaxy 18 / 21 85.71 % 74 45 22 7 122 78 + 44 137 1.851 D.C. United 12 / 21 57.14 % 45 26 13 6 67 54 + 13 78 1.733 5 Chicago Fire 12 / 19 63.16 % 43 21 16 6 61 41 + 20 65 1.512 8 New England Revolution 13 / 21 61.90 % 42 17 16 9 0 50 53 − 3 60 1.429 10 5 Sporting Kansas City 15 / 21 71.43 % 45 17 20 8 59 60 - 1 57 1.267 12 6 Columbus Crew SC 13 / 21 61.90 % 42 17 21 59 66 − 7 53 1.262 13 7 New York Red Bulls 17 / 21 80.95 % 47 15 24 8 53 66 − 13 51 1.085 15 8 Houston Dynamo 7 / 11 63.64 % 28 14 8 6 0 38 27 + 11 48 1.714 6 9 FC Dallas 15 / 21 71.43 % 43 14 22 7 56 76 − 20 45 1.047 16 10 Colorado Rapids 13 / 21 61.90 % 39 13 22 0 35 55 − 20 43 1.103 14 11 Seattle Sounders FC 8 / 8 100.00 % 26 11 10 5 0 28 27 + 1 38 1.462 9 12 San Jose Earthquakes 8 / 19 42.11 % 24 12 11 0 37 32 + 5 37 1.542 7 13 Real Salt Lake 8 / 12 66.67 % 22 7 8 7 0 23 27 − 4 28 1.273 11 14 Montreal Impact 3 / 5 60.00 % 9 6 0 0 18 17 + 1 18 2.000 14 Portland Timbers 2 / 6 33.33 % 10 5 0 18 14 + 4 18 1.800 15 Toronto FC 2 / 10 20.00 % 7 0 17 9 + 8 13 1.857 16 Miami Fusion 3 / 4 75.00 % 10 7 0 0 6 13 − 7 9 0.900 17 17 Chivas USA 4 / 10 40.00 % 8 0 6 10 − 4 6 0.750 18 18 Tampa Bay Mutiny 4 / 6 66.67 % 11 9 0 0 12 23 − 11 6 0.545 19 19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 / 6 50.00 % 0 0 6 − 4 0.250 20 21 Philadelphia Union 2 / 7 28.57 % 0 0 0 6 − 4 0 0.000 21 22 New York City FC 1 / 2 50.00 % 0 0 0 0 7 - 7 0 0.000 21 22 Orlando City SC 0 / 2 00.00 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 21 -- Included shootout wins in seasons 1996 -- 1999 . -- Included shootout losses in seasons 1996 -- 1999 . Through 2016 playoffs . Team records -- single season ( edit ) <Th_colspan="2"> Legend Indicates current season Points ( edit ) From 1996 - 99 a shoot out was used to determine the winner of a match if after 90 minutes there was still a draw . the winner of the shoot out was awarded 1 point From 2000 - 03 a 10 - min golden goal period was used to determine the winner of a match if after 90 minutes there was still a draw . As of August 4 , 2018 highest points hide Rank Team Points Season Toronto FC 69 2017 LA Galaxy 68 1998 LA Galaxy 67 2011 San Jose Earthquakes 66 2012 5 Seattle Sounders FC 64 2014 San Jose Earthquakes 64 2005 7 Sporting Kansas City 63 2012 Seattle Sounders FC 63 2011 9 LA Galaxy 61 2014 10 FC Dallas 60 2016 New York Red Bulls 60 2015 FC Dallas 60 2015 lowest points hide Rank Team Points Season Tampa Bay Mutiny 14 2001 MetroStars 15 1999 San Jose Earthquakes 16 2018 D.C. United 16 2013 5 D.C. United 18 2018 Chivas USA 18 2005 7 Colorado Rapids 20 2018 Real Salt Lake 20 2005 Kansas City Wizards 20 1999 10 New York Red Bulls 21 2009 -- Points earned during shootout era Results ( edit ) Wins hide Rank Team Season D.C. United 24 1998 Los Angeles Galaxy 24 1998 D.C. United 23 1999 D.C. United 21 1997 Kansas City Wizards 21 1997 6 Toronto FC 20 2017 Seattle Sounders FC 20 2014 Los Angeles Galaxy 20 1999 Chicago Fire 20 1998 Tampa Bay Mutiny 20 -- Included shootout wins in seasons 1996 -- 1999 . Losses hide Rank Team Season MetroStars 25 1999 D.C. United 24 2013 Kansas City Wizards 24 1999 Chivas USA 22 2005 Real Salt Lake 22 2005 6 Toronto FC 21 2012 Tampa Bay Mutiny 21 2001 New England Revolution 21 1998 Colorado Rapids 21 -- Included shootout losses in seasons 1996 -- 1999 . Ties hide Rank Team Season Chicago Fire 18 2014 Los Angeles Galaxy 16 2016 New York Red Bulls 16 2011 Chicago Fire 16 2011 5 Portland Timbers 15 2013 Philadelphia Union 16 2011 Toronto FC 16 2011 8 Orlando City SC 14 2016 San Jose Earthquakes 14 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 2014 FC Dallas 14 -- No ties in seasons 1996 -- 1999 . Goals ( edit ) As of August 6 , 2018 Most for ( edit ) hide Rank Team Season Los Angeles Galaxy 85 1998 D.C. United 74 1998 Toronto FC 74 2017 San Jose Earthquakes 72 2012 5 Atlanta United FC 70 2017 D.C. United 70 1997 7 LA Galaxy 69 2014 8 Chicago Fire 67 2000 Columbus Crew 67 1998 10 Tampa Bay Mutiny 66 Fewest for ( edit ) hide Rank Team Season D.C. United 21 D.C. United 22 2013 Seattle Sounders FC 24 2018 Chivas USA 24 2012 5 Toronto FC 25 2007 6 Colorado Rapids 27 2018 New York Red Bulls 27 2009 8 Philadelphia Union 29 2018 Chivas USA 29 2014 Colorado Rapids 29 2007 Colorado Rapids 29 Fewest allowed ( edit ) hide Rank Team GA Season Real Salt Lake 20 New York Red Bulls 23 2018 Houston Dynamo 23 2007 Portland Timbers 25 2018 Seattle Sounders FC 25 2018 6 Los Angeles Galaxy 26 7 Sporting Kansas City 27 2012 8 Atlanta United FC 28 2018 FC Dallas 28 2018 LA Galaxy 28 2011 FC Dallas 28 Chivas USA 28 2007 Most allowed ( edit ) hide Rank Team GA Season Minnesota United FC 70 2017 Colorado Rapids 69 1998 Tampa Bay Mutiny 68 2001 Miami Fusion 68 1998 5 L.A. Galaxy 67 2017 Chivas USA 67 2013 Chivas USA 67 2005 8 New England Revolution 66 1998 9 Real Salt Lake 65 2005 10 Dallas Burn 64 2003 MetroStars 64 1999 Best differential ( edit ) hide Rank Team GD Season Los Angeles Galaxy 41 1998 Toronto FC 37 2017 LA Galaxy 32 2014 Atlanta United FC 30 2017 5 San Jose Earthquakes 29 2012 6 D.C. United 26 1998 7 Real Salt Lake 25 8 Atlanta United FC 22 2018 D.C. United 22 2007 San Jose Earthquakes 22 2005 D.C. United 22 Worst differential ( edit ) hide Rank Team GD Season Chivas USA - 37 2013 D.C. United - 37 2013 Chivas USA - 36 2005 Tampa Bay Mutiny - 36 2001 5 Real Salt Lake - 35 2005 6 Chivas USA - 34 2012 7 Chivas USA - 32 2014 8 D.C. United - 29 2017 9 D.C. United - 26 Toronto - 26 2012 Single game records ( edit ) Highest scoring games ( edit ) hide Goals scored Date Home team Result Away team 11 May 6 , 1998 L.A. Galaxy 7 -- 4 Colorado Rapids 10 May 2 , 1996 Kansas City Wizards 6 -- 4 Columbus Crew 10 August 26 , 2000 MetroStars 6 -- 4 Dallas Burn 10 May 8 , 2004 MetroStars 5 -- 5 San Jose Earthquakes 10 August 1 , 2015 D.C. United 6 -- 4 Real Salt Lake Biggest winning margin ( edit ) hide Winning margin Date Home team Result Away team 7 June 4 , 1998 Dallas Burn 1 -- 8 LA Galaxy 7 July 4 , 2001 Kansas City Wizards 0 -- 7 Chicago Fire 7 May 21 , 2016 New York City FC 0 -- 7 New York Red Bulls 7 September 13 , 2017 Atlanta United FC 7 -- 0 New England Revolution 6 June 20 , 1999 Kansas City Wizards 6 -- 0 MetroStars 6 August 26 , 2006 New York Red Bulls 6 -- 0 Real Salt Lake 6 April 25 , 2009 Real Salt Lake 6 -- 0 New England Revolution 6 August 1 , 2009 FC Dallas 6 -- 0 Kansas City Wizards 6 September 5 , 2014 Los Angeles Galaxy 6 -- 0 Colorado Rapids 6 April 20 , 2018 Sporting Kansas City 6 -- 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Longest streaks ( edit ) Consecutive postseason berths ( edit ) As of October 15 , 2017 Legend Consecutive run in progress Most Consecutive Postseason Berths in a Row hide Rank Team Number From To Los Angeles Galaxy 10 2005 Seattle Sounders 9 2009 2017 New England Revolution 8 2002 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 8 2009 2016 New York Red Bulls 8 2017 6 Dallas Burn 7 2002 Real Salt Lake 7 2008 2014 Sporting Kansas City 7 2011 2017 9 Chicago Fire 6 1998 2003 10 KC Wizards 5 2000 San Jose Earthquakes 5 2001 2005 Colorado Rapids 5 2002 2006 D.C. United 5 2003 2007 Chicago Fire 5 2005 2009 Winning streaks ( edit ) Most Wins in a Row hide Team No . From To LA Galaxy 15 September 7 , 1997 May 17 , 1998 LA Galaxy 12 April 13 , 1996 June 26 , 1996 Chicago Fire 11 May 16 , 1998 July 4 , 1998 D.C. United 11 July 25 , 1999 September 25 , 1999 Note : During 1996 -- 1999 , there were no ties ; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time , it was decided by a shootout . The longest winning start to a season was achieved by Los Angeles Galaxy in 1996 , who opened the campaign with 12 consecutive wins and won their first eight games in regulation . The longest winning end to a season was achieved by the Los Angeles Galaxy in 1997 , who closed the campaign with six straight wins . Undefeated streaks ( edit ) Legend Unbeaten run in progress hide Team No . From To Columbus Crew 19 July 3 , 2004 April 2 , 2005 FC Dallas 19 May 27 , 2010 October 9 , 2010 Real Salt Lake 18 November 24 , 2010 April 13 , 2011 New York Red Bulls 18 July 10 , 2016 March 11 , 2017 Real Salt Lake 16 September 28 , 2013 May 24 , 2014 LA Galaxy 15 September 7 , 1997 May 17 , 1998 LA Galaxy 15 October 2 , 2009 June 5 , 2010 Portland Timbers 15 March 16 , 2013 July 7 , 2013 Colorado Rapids 15 April 13 , 2016 July 23 , 2016 Portland Timbers 15 April 14 , 2018 Present The longest unbeaten start to a season was achieved by both the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2010 and Real Salt Lake in 2014 , who both opened their campaigns with 12 unbeaten matches ( with 10 wins , 2 draws and 6 wins , 6 draws , respectively ) . The longest unbeaten end to a season was achieved by the Columbus Crew in 2004 , who closed the campaign 18 matches unbeaten ( with 8 wins and 10 draws ) . Home undefeated streaks ( edit ) Legend Unbeaten run in progress Defunct team Only regular season MLS matches count towards individual team records records . As of October 9 , 2017 Most consecutive home wins / draws Team Home games unbeaten Start date End date Atlanta United FC 12 May 20 , 2017 September 27 , 2017 Chicago Fire 15 May 24 , 2000 May 26 , 2001 Chivas USA 16 September 9 , 2006 September 27 , 2007 Colorado Rapids 19 March 12 , 2016 March 18 , 2017 Columbus Crew SC 22 June 28 , 2008 September 26 , 2009 D.C. United 17 March 30 , 2012 March 9 , 2013 FC Dallas 19 August 29 , 2015 September 3 , 2016 Houston Dynamo 30 July 9 , 2011 April 28 , 2013 LA Galaxy 23 April 12 , 2014 May 27 , 2015 Miami Fusion 11 August 5 , 2000 June 30 , 2001 Minnesota United FC May 27 , 2017 June 24 , 2017 Montreal Impact 7 September 5 , 2015 April 9 , 2016 New England Revolution 17 July 30 , 2014 June 13 , 2015 New York City FC 12 September 23 , 2017 July 14 , 2018 New York Red Bulls 19 April 24 , 2016 April 29 , 2017 Orlando City SC 17 August 1 , 2015 July 31 , 2016 Philadelphia Union 10 September 20 , 2015 June 22 , 2016 Portland Timbers 22 April 6 , 2013 May 17 , 2014 Real Salt Lake 29 June 6 , 2009 May 14 , 2011 San Jose Earthquakes 18 September 25 , 2004 October 8 , 2005 Seattle Sounders FC 14 March 16 , 2013 September 29 , 2013 Sporting Kansas City 24 June 19 , 2016 September 24 , 2017 Tampa Bay Mutiny 8 August 17 , 1996 May 10 , 1997 Toronto FC 17 June 13 , 2009 August 7 , 2010 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 March 2 , 2013 July 14 , 2013 Notes ^ Montreal ( MTL ) : Montreal Impact has accomplished this home unbeaten run four times , the most recent dates are shown ^ Philadelphia ( PHI ) : Philadelphia Union has accomplished this home unbeaten run twice , the most recent dates are shown Losing streaks ( edit ) Most losses in a row hide Team No . From To MetroStars 12 July 4 , 1999 September 5 , 1999 Real Salt Lake 10 August 10 , 2005 October 5 . 2005 Orlando City 9 May 13 , 2018 July 7 , 2018 New England Revolution 9 July 20 , 1997 September 9 , 1997 New England Revolution 9 May 13 , 1998 July 1 , 1998 Toronto FC 9 March 17 , 2012 May 19 , 2012 Note : During 1996 -- 1999 , there were no ties ; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time , it was decided by a shootout . The longest losing start to a season was achieved by Toronto FC in 2012 , who opened the campaign with nine consecutive losses . The longest losing end to a season was achieved by Sporting Kansas City in 1999 , who closed the campaign with seven consecutive losses . Tie streaks ( edit ) Most ties in a row hide Team No . From To San Jose Earthquakes 6 September 25 , 2004 April 9 , 2005 Colorado Rapids 6 May 7 , 2011 June 4 , 2011 Chicago Fire 6 March 16 , 2014 April 19 , 2014 Chicago Fire 5 April 11 , 2009 May 9 , 2009 LA Galaxy 5 May 6 , 2009 May 30 , 2009 Seattle Sounders FC 5 May 2 , 2009 May 30 , 2009 The longest streak of ties to start a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 2003 , the New York Red Bulls in 2006 , Columbus Crew SC in 2007 , the Portland Timbers in 2015 , and the Colorado Rapids in 2015 , who each opened their respective campaigns with three consecutive ties . The longest streak of ties to end a season was achieved by the San Jose Earthquakes in 2004 and the Montreal Impact in 2014 , who each closed their respective campaigns with four consecutive ties . Transfer fees ( edit ) Main article : List of most expensive association football transfers Paid ( edit ) Rank Player From To Fee Year Ezequiel Barco Independiente Atlanta United $15.0 m 2018 Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur Toronto FC $11.0 m 2014 Michael Bradley Roma Toronto FC $10.8 m 2014 Clint Dempsey Tottenham Hotspur Seattle Sounders $9.3 m 2013 5 Giovani Dos Santos Villarreal LA Galaxy $8.9 m 2015 6 Miguel Almiron Lanús Atlanta United $8.2 m 2017 7 Lucas Melano Lanús Portland Timbers $6.4 m 2015 = Nicolás Lodeiro Boca Juniors Seattle Sounders $6.4 m 2016 9 Kaku Huracán New York Red Bulls $6.2 m 2018 10 Carlos Vela Real Sociedad Los Angeles FC $6.1 m 2018 Received ( edit ) Rank Player From To Fee Year Alphonso Davies Vancouver Whitecaps Bayern Munich $13 m 2018 Jozy Altidore New York Red Bulls Villarreal $11.6 m 2008 Maurice Edu Toronto FC Rangers $6.6 m 2008 Matt Miazga New York Red Bulls Chelsea $5.8 m 2016 5 Giancarlo González Columbus Crew Palermo $5.6 m 2014 6 Stern John Columbus Crew Nottingham Forest $5.3 m 1999 7 Clint Dempsey New England Revolution Fulham $5.2 m 2007 8 Tim Howard MetroStars Manchester United $4.7 m 2003 = Jermain Defoe Toronto FC Sunderland $4.7 m 2014 10 Eddie Johnson Kansas City Wizards Fulham $4.3 m 2008 Average season attendances ( edit ) Main article : Major League Soccer attendance Highest single match attendance : 72,243 ( Atlanta United vs. Seattle Sounders FC , July 15 , 2018 ) Highest average attendance : 48,200 ( Atlanta United , 2017 ) Lowest average attendance : 7,063 ( Chivas USA , 2014 ) Lowest single match attendance : 3,702 ( Chivas USA vs. Portland Timbers , May 28 , 2014 ) Streaks ( edit ) The longest road trip a team has played during the regular season was recorded by Sporting Kansas City in 2011 . They opened the season with ten straight games on the road due to the completion of Livestrong Sporting Park in the early part of the 2011 season , so the club elected to play its first ten games away , rather than find a temporary venue . The record for longest home stand a team has played during the regular season is shared by Chicago Fire in 2006 and Sporting Kansas City in 2011 . They played nine consecutive games at home . The highest number of points achieved by a team at home during a regular season is 42 ( 13 - 3 - 1 ) by Toronto FC in 2017 . Previously , it was 41 ( 12 -- 5 -- 0 ) by LA Galaxy in 2011 and ( 13 - 2 - 2 ) by the New York Red Bulls in 2016 . The highest number of points achieved by a team on the road during a regular season was 37 ( 13 -- 3 ) , by the LA Galaxy in 1998 . The most draws achieved by a team during a regular season was 18 , by Chicago Fire in 2014 . See also ( edit ) List of American and Canadian soccer champions References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Sebastian Giovinco breaks MLS free kick record with 10th set - piece goal '' . July 30 , 2017 . Retrieved November 3 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Giovinco free kick puts boots to Red Bulls as TFC takes 1st leg '' . Retrieved November 3 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` All - Time '' . Retrieved September 14 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` By Season '' . MLSsoccer.com . Retrieved October 14 , 2015 . Jump up ^ `` Major League Soccer 2017 Season standings '' . mlssoccer.com . Retrieved October 9 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Major League Soccer 2017 Season standings '' . mlssoccer.com . Retrieved October 23 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Major League Soccer 2017 Season standings '' . mlssoccer.com . Retrieved October 15 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Recap : RSL 0 -- 0 FC Dallas '' . Real Salt Lake . May 24 , 2014 . Retrieved August 1 , 2015 . Jump up ^ `` Form Guide '' . MLSsoccer.com . 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