2017 Major League Soccer season


The 2017 Major League Soccer season was 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 concluded on October 22, 2017. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 25, 2017 and concluded with MLS Cup 2017 on December 9, 2017.
Two new clubs joined the league as expansion franchises: Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC. The two franchises were the 21st and 22nd teams in the league.
Seattle Sounders FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, while FC Dallas were the defending Supporters' Shield champions. Toronto FC became the first Canadian team to win the Cup and Shield. Toronto's win of the Canadian Championship in the same year earned them the first domestic treble by an MLS side.
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Teams

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.
TeamHead coachCaptainShirt sponsor
Atlanta United FCsortname|Gerardo|Martino

Regular season

Format

Current teams: Each team in the league played 17 home and 17 away games using the following format:
  • 2 games against 10 teams in its conference.
  • 1 extra game against 3 of its conference rivals.
  • 1 game against 11 teams in the other conference.
Expansion teams: As expansion teams to the league in 2017, Atlanta United and Minnesota United played 17 home and 17 away games in a secondary format:
  • 2 games against 10 teams in its conference.
  • 1 extra game against 2 of its conference rivals.
  • 1 game against 10 teams in the other conference.
  • 2 games against each other.

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.
Team
1Atlanta United FC17819,40471,87442,51148,200
2Seattle Sounders FC17742,31451,79640,18243,666
3Toronto FC17470,00529,20325,20027,647
4Orlando City SC17425,47725,52723,01825,028
5New York City FC17379,45533,67910,165*22,321
6LA Galaxy17378,12825,66717,40422,243
7Vancouver Whitecaps FC17364,07325,08317,36821,416
8New York Red Bulls17359,97725,21916,21321,175
9Portland Timbers17359,44821,14421,14421,144
10Minnesota United FC17349,13835,04317,49120,538
11Montreal Impact17340,78334,37316,00520,046
12San Jose Earthquakes17337,87350,61717,25619,875
13Sporting Kansas City17332,12120,93318,64819,537
14New England Revolution17329,23333,76710,48719,367
15Real Salt Lake17319,28420,34816,43418,781
16D.C. United17304,36941,41811,97217,904
17Houston Dynamo17297,50722,11514,14817,500
18Chicago Fire17295,51121,89111,24417,383
19Philadelphia Union17285,79718,61915,10716,812
20Columbus Crew SC17262,46920,39110,31815,439
21Colorado Rapids17260,47617,64813,10215,322
22FC Dallas17257,07716,29114,01615,122
–Total3748,269,91971,87410,16522,112

Highest attendances

Regular season
RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateWeekStadium
1Atlanta United FC2–2Toronto FC71,87433Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2Atlanta United FC3–3Orlando City SC70,42528Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3Atlanta United FC1–2New York Red Bulls55,2971Bobby Dodd Stadium
4Seattle Sounders FC1–1Portland Timbers51,79625CenturyLink Field
5San Jose Earthquakes2–1LA Galaxy50,61718Stanford Stadium
6Seattle Sounders FC4–0FC Dallas48,47832CenturyLink Field
7Seattle Sounders FC1–0Portland Timbers47,36213CenturyLink Field
8Atlanta United FC1–3D.C. United46,0119Bobby Dodd Stadium
9Atlanta United FC4–0Chicago Fire45,9223Bobby Dodd Stadium
10Seattle Sounders FC3–1New York Red Bulls45,6003CenturyLink Field

Player statistics

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate

Awards

Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClubStatsRef
March

Player and Team of the week

Bold denotes player of the week.

Player contracts

Highest-paid players

RankPlayerTeamSalary
1

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. Two expansion teams will take the top spots.
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		ClubDate allocation used
Player signedPrevious clubRef
51New England Revolution
22Minnesota United FC
83Orlando City SC
64San Jose Earthquakes
115Philadelphia Union
46Houston Dynamo
137Real Salt Lake
148Sporting Kansas City
159LA Galaxy
1610New York City FC
1711New York Red Bulls
1812FC Dallas
1913Montreal Impact
2014Colorado Rapids
2115Toronto FC
2216Seattle Sounders FC
1017Portland Timbers
118Atlanta United FC26 01 2017

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Western Conference