2018 Major League Soccer season - Wikipedia 2018 Major League Soccer season Major League Soccer Season 2018 Matches played 53 Goals scored 165 ( 3.11 per match ) Top goalscorer Felipe Gutierrez Josef Martínez ( 5 goals ) Highest scoring 7 goals : CHI 3 -- 4 SKC ( Mar 10 ) ORL 4 -- 3 NYRB ( Mar 31 ) LAG 4 -- 3 LAFC ( Mar 31 ) Highest attendance 72,035 ATL 3 -- 1 DCU ( Mar 11 ) Lowest attendance 5,158 DCU 2 - 2 HOU ( Mar 17 ) Total attendance 1,058,052 Average attendance 20,746 ← 2017 2019 → The 2018 Major League Soccer season is the 23rd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2018 and will conclude on October 28, 2018. The MLS Cup Playoffs will begin on October 31, 2018 and conclude with the MLS Cup 2018 on December 8, 2018. The league will take a nine - day hiatus in early June for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, reduced from previous breaks. One new club has joined the league as an expansion franchise : Los Angeles FC. Also, this is D.C. United 's first season in their new soccer - specific stadium, Audi Field. Toronto FC are the defending Supporters ' Shield champions and defending MLS Cup champions. Contents 1 Teams 1.1 Stadiums and locations 1.2 Personnel and Sponsorship 1.3 Managerial changes 2 Regular season 2.1 Format 2.2 Conference standings 2.2. 1 Eastern Conference 2.2. 2 Western Conference 2.3 Overall table 2.4 Aggregate 2017 and 2018 table 3 Attendance 3.1 Average home attendances 3.2 Highest attendances 4 Player statistics 4.1 Goals 4.2 Assists 4.3 Shutouts 4.4 Hat - tricks 5 Awards 5.1 Team of the week 6 Player transfers 6.1 SuperDraft 6.2 Allocation ranking 7 References 8 External links Teams Stadiums and locations Main article : List of Major League Soccer stadiums Atlanta Fire Rapids Crew D.C. Dallas Dynamo LAFC Galaxy Minnesota Impact Revolution NYCFC Red Bulls Orlando Union Timbers RSL Earthquakes Sounders Sporting KC Toronto FC Whitecaps Locations of teams for the 2018 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 Los Angeles FC Banc of California Stadium 22,000 Minnesota United FC TCF Bank Stadium 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 39,419 Sporting Kansas City Children 's Mercy Park 18,467 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place 22,120 Eastern Conference Team Stadium Capacity Atlanta United FC Mercedes - Benz Stadium 42,500 Chicago Fire Toyota Park 20,000 Columbus Crew SC Mapfre Stadium 19,968 D.C. United Audi Field 20,000 Montreal Impact Saputo Stadium 20,801 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 20,000 New York City FC Yankee Stadium 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. Personnel and sponsorship Note : All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer. Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor Atlanta United FC Martino, Gerardo Gerardo Martino Parkhurst, Michael Michael Parkhurst American Family Insurance Chicago Fire Paunović, Veljko Veljko Paunović McCarty, Dax Dax McCarty Valspar Colorado Rapids Hudson, Anthony Anthony Hudson Howard, Tim Tim Howard Transamerica Columbus Crew SC Berhalter, Gregg Gregg Berhalter Trapp, Wil Wil Trapp Acura D.C. United Olsen, Ben Ben Olsen Birnbaum, Steve Steve Birnbaum Leidos FC Dallas Pareja, Oscar Oscar Pareja Hedges, Matt Matt Hedges AdvoCare Houston Dynamo Cabrera, Wilmer Wilmer Cabrera Beasley, DaMarcus DaMarcus Beasley None LA Galaxy Schmid, Sigi Sigi Schmid Cole, Ashley Ashley Cole Herbalife Los Angeles FC Bradley, Bob Bob Bradley Ciman, Laurent Laurent Ciman YouTube TV Minnesota United FC Heath, Adrian Adrian Heath Calvo, Francisco Francisco Calvo Target Montreal Impact Garde, Rémi Rémi Garde Piatti, Ignacio Ignacio Piatti Bank of Montreal New England Revolution Friedel, Brad Brad Friedel Dielna, Claude Claude Dielna UnitedHealthcare New York City FC Vieira, Patrick Patrick Vieira Villa, David David Villa Etihad Airways New York Red Bulls Marsch, Jesse Jesse Marsch Robles, Luis Luis Robles Red Bull Orlando City SC Kreis, Jason Jason Kreis Spector, Jonathan Jonathan Spector Orlando Health Philadelphia Union Curtin, Jim Jim Curtin Bedoya, Alejandro Alejandro Bedoya Bimbo Bakeries USA Portland Timbers Savarese, Giovanni Giovanni Savarese Ridgewell, Liam Liam Ridgewell Alaska Airlines Real Salt Lake Mike Petke Beckerman, Kyle Kyle Beckerman LifeVantage San Jose Earthquakes Stahre, Mikael Mikael Stahre Wondolowski, Chris Chris Wondolowski Sutter Health Seattle Sounders FC Schmetzer, Brian Brian Schmetzer Alonso, Osvaldo Osvaldo Alonso Xbox Sporting Kansas City Vermes, Peter Peter Vermes Besler, Matt Matt Besler Ivy Funds Toronto FC Vanney, Greg Greg Vanney Bradley, Michael Michael Bradley Bank of Montreal Vancouver Whitecaps FC Robinson, Carl Carl Robinson Waston, Kendall Kendall Waston Bell Canada Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Montreal Impact Mauro Biello Fired October 23, 2017 Pre-season Rémi Garde November 8, 2017 New England Revolution Tom Soehn ( interim ) End of interim period November 9, 2017 Brad Friedel November 9, 2017 Portland Timbers Caleb Porter Resigned November 17, 2017 Giovanni Savarese December 18, 2017 San Jose Earthquakes Chris Leitch Returned to technical director role November 24, 2017 Mikael Stahre November 24, 2017 Colorado Rapids Steve Cooke ( interim ) End of interim period November 29, 2017 Anthony Hudson November 29, 2017 Regular season Format During the 2018 MLS regular season, each team will play 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams will face each of their conference opponents ( 10 in the East, 11 in the West ) twice during the season with one game at home and one game away. Western Conference teams will play one additional intra-conference game and Eastern Conference teams will play two. All teams will face each non-conference opponent once. Conference standings Eastern conference Main article : Eastern Conference ( MLS ) Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification New York City FC 5 0 10 + 6 13 Conference Semi-finals Atlanta United 5 0 13 6 + 7 12 New England Revolution 5 10 5 + 5 10 Knockout round Columbus Crew SC 6 9 6 + 3 10 5 Orlando City 5 9 10 − 1 7 6 New York Red Bulls 0 10 5 + 5 6 7 Montreal Impact 5 0 5 9 − 4 6 8 Philadelphia Union − 1 5 9 Chicago Fire 7 8 − 1 10 Toronto FC 0 − 1 11 D.C. United 5 0 5 10 − 5 Updated to match ( es ) played on April 8, 2018. 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 : Jump up ^ Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions will not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Western conference Main article : Western Conference ( MLS ) Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sporting Kansas City 6 12 9 + 3 13 Conference Semi-finals Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6 8 9 − 1 10 LA Galaxy 5 7 8 − 1 7 Knockout round Real Salt Lake 5 6 10 − 4 7 5 Los Angeles FC 0 9 10 − 1 6 6 Minnesota United 5 0 6 9 − 3 6 7 FC Dallas 0 6 + 3 6 8 Colorado Rapids 7 5 + 2 5 9 Houston Dynamo 7 6 + 1 10 San Jose Earthquakes 7 8 − 1 11 Portland Timbers 5 0 6 12 − 6 12 Seattle Sounders FC 0 0 0 5 − 5 0 Updated to match ( es ) played on April 8, 2018. 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 : Jump up ^ Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions will not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Overall table Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification New York City FC 5 0 10 + 6 13 Sporting Kansas City 6 12 9 + 3 13 Atlanta United 5 0 13 6 + 7 12 New England Revolution 5 10 5 + 5 10 5 Columbus Crew SC 6 9 6 + 3 10 6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6 8 9 − 1 10 7 Orlando City 5 9 10 − 1 7 8 LA Galaxy 5 7 8 − 1 7 9 Real Salt Lake 5 6 10 − 4 7 10 New York Red Bulls 0 10 5 + 5 6 11 Los Angeles FC 0 9 10 − 1 6 12 Minnesota United 5 0 6 9 − 3 6 13 Montreal Impact 5 0 5 9 − 4 6 14 FC Dallas 0 6 + 3 6 15 Colorado Rapids 7 5 + 2 5 16 Philadelphia Union − 1 5 17 Houston Dynamo 7 6 + 1 18 Chicago Fire 7 8 − 1 19 San Jose Earthquakes 7 8 − 1 20 Toronto FC 0 − 1 21 D.C. United 5 0 5 10 − 5 22 Portland Timbers 5 0 6 12 − 6 23 Seattle Sounders FC 0 0 0 5 − 5 0 Updated to match ( es ) played on April 8, 2018. 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 ) coin toss or drawing of lots Notes : Jump up ^ 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. This combined qualification method will be used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2018 season, the following teams will qualify : The winner of MLS Cup 2018 ; The winner of the 2018 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 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase ( NOTE : Canadian teams can not qualify through MLS ) : The winner of the 2018 Canadian Championship Aggregate 2017 and 2018 table As Toronto FC won MLS Cup 2017, at least one of the U.S. berths for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League will be reallocated to the U.S. - based team with the best aggregate record over the 2017 and 2018 MLS regular seasons that has not yet qualified. More berths will be allocated based on this method if a Canada - based team wins MLS Cup 2018, and / or a U.S. - based team qualifies for multiple CONCACAF Champions League berths ( by winning a combination of MLS Cup 2018, 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and / or 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ). Note : Only U.S. - based teams are listed in this table. Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification New York City FC 39 20 9 10 66 47 + 19 70 2019 CONCACAF Champions League Atlanta United 39 19 10 10 83 46 + 37 67 Columbus Crew SC 40 19 14 7 62 55 + 7 64 Sporting Kansas City ( Q ) 40 16 10 14 52 38 + 14 62 2019 CONCACAF Champions League 5 Chicago Fire 38 17 13 8 68 55 + 13 59 6 New England Revolution 39 16 16 7 63 66 − 3 55 7 Portland Timbers 38 15 13 10 64 59 + 5 55 8 Houston Dynamo 38 14 12 12 64 51 + 13 54 9 New York Red Bulls 36 15 13 8 60 51 + 9 53 10 Seattle Sounders FC 37 14 12 11 52 44 + 8 53 11 FC Dallas 38 12 10 16 54 51 + 3 52 12 San Jose Earthquakes 38 14 16 8 46 68 − 22 50 13 Real Salt Lake 37 14 16 7 53 62 − 9 49 14 Philadelphia Union 38 12 15 11 53 51 + 2 47 15 Orlando City 39 12 17 10 48 68 − 20 46 16 Minnesota United 39 12 21 6 63 79 − 16 42 17 LA Galaxy 39 10 20 9 52 75 − 23 39 18 Colorado Rapids 38 10 20 8 38 56 − 18 38 19 D.C. United 39 9 23 7 36 71 − 35 34 20 Los Angeles FC 0 9 10 − 1 6 Updated to match ( es ) played on April 9, 2018. 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 ) coin toss or drawing of lots ( Q ) Qualified to the phase indicated. Notes : Jump up ^ As 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champions Attendance See also : Major League Soccer attendance Average home attendances Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance. Pos. Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean Atlanta United FC 162,245 72,035 45,003 54,082 Seattle Sounders FC 79,539 40,070 39,469 39,770 Toronto FC 54,639 28,006 26,633 27,320 LA Galaxy 52,530 27,068 25,462 26,265 5 Montreal Impact 26,005 26,005 26,005 26,005 6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 49,957 27,837 22,120 24,978 7 Orlando City SC 72,822 25,527 23,257 24,274 8 New York City FC 44,805 26,221 18,584 22,402 9 Minnesota United FC 41,195 23,138 18,057 20,598 10 Sporting Kansas City 58,323 20,831 18,624 19,441 11 San Jose Earthquakes 36,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 12 Houston Dynamo 53,615 20,377 16,082 17,872 13 Real Salt Lake 53,055 20,706 16,015 17,685 14 New York Red Bulls 33,142 18,374 14,768 16,571 15 Philadelphia Union 46,570 16,452 14,795 15,523 16 Colorado Rapids 28,214 17,424 10,790 14,107 17 FC Dallas 56,424 16,116 13,147 14,106 18 Chicago Fire 38,722 14,021 11,023 12,907 19 New England Revolution 36,589 13,305 10,908 12,196 20 Columbus Crew SC 28,533 11,098 8,443 9,511 21 D.C. United 5,128 5,128 5,128 5,128 22 Los Angeles FC -- -- -- -- -- 23 Portland Timbers -- -- -- -- -- -- Total 51 1,058,052 72,035 5,128 20,746 Highest attendances Regular season Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium Atlanta United FC 3 -- 1 D.C. United 72,035 March 11, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 11 ) Mercedes - Benz Stadium Atlanta United FC 5 -- 0 Los Angeles FC 45,207 April 7, 2018 ( 2018 - 04 - 07 ) 6 Mercedes - Benz Stadium Atlanta United FC 4 -- 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 45,003 March 17, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 17 ) Mercedes - Benz Stadium Seattle Sounders FC 0 -- 1 Los Angeles FC 40,070 March 4, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 04 ) CenturyLink Field 5 Seattle Sounders FC 0 -- 1 Montreal Impact 39,469 March 31, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 31 ) 5 CenturyLink Field 6 Toronto FC 3 -- 1 Real Salt Lake 28,006 March 30, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 30 ) 5 BMO Field 7 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 -- 1 Montreal Impact 27,837 March 4, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 04 ) BC Place 8 LA Galaxy 4 -- 3 Los Angeles FC 27,068 March 31, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 31 ) 5 StubHub Center 9 Toronto FC 0 -- 2 Columbus Crew SC 26,633 March 3, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 03 ) BMO Field 10 New York City FC 2 -- 1 LA Galaxy 26,221 March 11, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 11 ) Yankee Stadium Player statistics See also : Major League Soccer § Player records Goals Rank Player Club Goals Felipe Gutierrez Sporting Kansas City 5 Josef Martinez Atlanta United Dominique Badji Colorado Rapids Nemanja Nikolić Chicago Fire Gyasi Zardes Columbus Crew SC 6 Miguel Almirón Atlanta United Sebastián Blanco Portland Timbers Dom Dwyer Orlando City Diego Fagúndez New England Revolution Kei Kamara Vancouver Whitecaps Roland Lamah FC Dallas Diego Rossi Los Angeles FC Maximiliano Moralez New York City FC Brek Shea Vancouver Whitecaps Ismael Tajouri New York City FC Carlos Vela Los Angeles FC Bradley Wright - Phillips New York Red Bulls As of April 8, 2018 Assists Rank Player Club Assists Diego Rossi Los Angeles FC Miguel Almirón Atlanta United Steven Beitashour Los Angeles FC Alberth Elis Houston Dynamo Julian Gressel Atlanta United Jesús Medina New York City FC Cristian Penilla New England Revolution Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact Dániel Sallói Sporting Kansas City Bastian Schweinsteiger Chicago Fire Wilfried Zahibo New England Revolution As of April 7, 2018 Shutouts Rank Player Club Shutouts Andre Blake Philadelphia Union Evan Bush Montreal Impact Brad Guzan Atlanta United Sean Johnson New York City FC Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City Luis Robles New York Red Bulls Zack Steffen Columbus Crew SC Matt Turner New England Revolution 5 David Bingham LA Galaxy Tim Howard Colorado Rapids Stefan Marinovic Vancouver Whitecaps Tyler Miller Los Angeles FC Jimmy Maurer FC Dallas Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake Richard Sánchez Chicago Fire Chris Seitz Houston Dynamo As of April 8, 2018 Hat - tricks Main article : List of Major League Soccer hat - tricks Player For Against Result Date Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC Vancouver Whitecaps 4 -- 1 March 17 Dominique Badji Colorado Rapids Philadelphia Union 3 -- 0 March 31 Awards Team of the Week Italics denotes Audi Player Performance of the Week. Team of the week Week Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Bench Coach Ref Miller ( LAFC ) Valenzuela ( CLB ) Elliott ( PHI ) Senderos ( HOU ) Abubakar ( CLB ) Davies ( VAN ) Higuaín ( CLB ) Meram ( ORL ) Medina ( NYC ) Elis ( HOU ) Hoesen ( SJ ) Rimando ( RSL ) Bedoya ( PHI ) Ciman ( LAFC ) Qazaishvili ( SJ ) Sapong ( PHI ) Spector ( ORL ) O. Kamara ( LAG ) Wilmer Cabrera ( HOU ) Turner ( NER ) Tierney ( NER ) Escobar ( NYRB ) Tinnerholm ( NYC ) Medina ( NYC ) Gutiérrez ( SKC ) Finlay ( MIN ) Gressel ( ATL ) Rossi ( LAFC ) K. Kamara ( VAN ) Vela ( LAFC ) Marinovic ( VAN ) Beitashour ( LAFC ) Davis ( NYRB ) Almirón ( ATL Sallói ( SKC ) Rivas ( NYRB ) Zardes ( CLB ) Bob Bradley ( LAFC ) Player transfers Main article : List of Major League Soccer transfers 2018 SuperDraft Further information : 2018 MLS SuperDraft The MLS SuperDraft is an annual event, taking place in January of each year, in which the teams of Major League Soccer select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league. The first two rounds of 2018 MLS SuperDraft were held on January 19 in Philadelphia. Rounds three and four of the 2018 SuperDraft were held via conference call on January 21. Los Angeles FC selected João Moutinho with the first overall pick. 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 are ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2017 season, taking playoff performance into account. As an expansion team, Los Angeles FC took the top spot. 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 LA Galaxy D.C. United Colorado Rapids 5 Minnesota United FC 11 5 FC Dallas 7 6 Montreal Impact 8 7 Philadelphia Union 9 8 New England Revolution 10 9 Real Salt Lake 10 Los Angeles FC 12 11 San Jose Earthquakes 13 12 Sporting Kansas City 14 13 Atlanta United FC 15 14 Chicago Fire 16 15 New York Red Bulls 18 16 Portland Timbers 19 17 New York City FC 20 18 Houston Dynamo 21 19 Columbus Crew SC 22 20 Seattle Sounders FC 23 21 Toronto FC 17 22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 000000002017 - 12 - 22 - 0000 December 22, 2017 ( 17 ) Doneil Henry West Ham United 6 23 Orlando City SC 000000002018 - 01 - 30 - 0000 January 30, 2018 ( 1 ) Oriol Rosell Sporting CP ^ On December 10, 2017, FC Dallas acquired the number 1 allocation ranking, $250,000 in general allocation money, and $250,000 in targeted allocation money from Los Angeles FC in exchange for the number 11 allocation ranking and Walker Zimmerman. ^ On January 30, 2018, Orlando City acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from FC Dallas in exchange for the number 6 allocation ranking and $400,000 in targeted allocation money. References Jump up ^ `` MLS releases full 2018 schedule, including shorter World Cup break ''. ESPN. January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Brian Straus ( April 6, 2017 ). `` MLS clubs have resolution over qualifying for future CCL after format change ''. Sports Illustrated. Jump up ^ Stejskal, Sam. `` How CONCACAF Champions League qualifiers are determined in MLS ''. www.mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Major League Soccer - Statistics - Goals ''. Jump up ^ `` Major League Soccer - Statistics - Assists ''. Jump up ^ `` Major League Soccer - Statistics - Shutouts ''. Jump up ^ `` Team of the Week presented by Audi : Earthquakes ' Hoesen leads in Week 1 ''. MLSsoccer.com. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Team of the Week presented by Audi : LAFC 's Carlos Vela shines in Week 2 ''. MLSsoccer.com. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` MLS Allocation Ranking ''. MLS Soccer Media. December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` LAFC Acquires Walker Zimmerman From FC Dallas ''. Los Angeles FC. December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` FC Dallas Exchanges Places in the MLS Allocation Order with Orlando City SC for $400,000 of Targeted Allocation Money ''. FC Dallas. January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Whitecaps FC acquire Canadian international centre back Doneil Henry ''. Vancouver Whitecaps. December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Orlando City Acquires Midfielder Oriol Rosell ''. Orlando City. January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018. External links Official website ( Mobile ) Major League Soccer Seasons 2018 season Records and statistics ( Hat - tricks ) Players Union Rivalry cups History USSF CSA Eastern Conference Western Conference Atlanta United FC Chicago Fire Columbus Crew SC D.C. 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