# 2012 in Canadian soccer

The 2012 Season is the 136th season of competitive soccer in Canada under the association rules.

## National teams

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Women
#### Senior
##### Friendlies
## Managerial changes
## Leagues
### Men
#### Major League Soccer
##### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Jose Earthquakes (S) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 43 | +29 | 66 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 63 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | D.C. United | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 58 | |
| 4 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 57 | |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 57 | |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 57 | |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 56 | |
| 8 | LA Galaxy (C) | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 54 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 53 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 52 | |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 43 | |
| 12 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 42 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 13 | FC Dallas | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 39 | |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 37 | |
| 15 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 36 | |
| 16 | New England Revolution | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 35 | |
| 17 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 34 | |
| 18 | Chivas USA | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 30 | |
| 19 | Toronto FC | 34 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 23 | |

##### Playoffs
###### Knockout round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| LA Galaxy | 2–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |

#### North American Soccer League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Antonio Scorpions (X) | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 47 | Playoff semifinals |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (C) | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 45 | Playoff semifinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 41 | Playoff quarterfinals |
| 4 | Carolina RailHawks | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 40 | Playoff quarterfinals |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 36 | Playoff quarterfinals |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 35 | Playoff quarterfinals |
| 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Edmonton | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 25 | |

#### Canadian Soccer League
##### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toronto Croatia (A, C, O) | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 13 | +44 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Montreal Impact Academy (A) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 3 | SC Toronto (A) | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 46 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Windsor Stars (A) | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 5 | York Region Shooters (A) | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 38 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Serbian White Eagles (A) | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 7 | TFC Academy (A) | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Niagara United (A) | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 33 | Playoffs |
| 9 | SC Waterloo Region | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 31 | |
| 10 | Mississauga Eagles | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 29 | |
| 11 | Brampton United | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 28 | |
| 12 | London City | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 28 | |
| 13 | Brantford Galaxy | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 25 | |
| 14 | Kingston FC | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 61 | −38 | 13 | |
| 15 | St. Catharines Wolves | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 67 | −54 | 8 | |
| 16 | North York Astros | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 73 | −58 | 7 | |

##### Playoffs

| Quarter-Final | Quarter-Final | Quarter-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Toronto Croatia | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Niagara United | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Niagara United | 0 | 1 | Toronto Croatia | 4 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Serbian White Eagles | 0 | | | |
| 3 | SC Toronto | 0 | 6 | Serbian White Eagles | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Serbian White Eagles | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Serbian White Eagles | 1 | | | | 1 | Toronto Croatia | 1 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Montreal Impact Academy | 0 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact Academy | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Montreal Impact Academy | 0 |
| 7 | TFC Academy | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | TFC Academy | 0 | 2 | Montreal Impact Academy | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | York Region Shooters | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Windsor Stars | 0 | 5 | York Region Shooters | 1 | | | |
| 5 | York Region Shooters | 1 | | | | | | |

#### Premier Development League

In 2012 there were nine Canadian teams playing in the US-based USL PDL:
* Victoria Highlanders
* Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
* Abbotsford Mariners
* WSA Winnipeg
* Thunder Bay Chill
* Forest City London
* Hamilton Rage
* Toronto Lynx
* Ottawa Fury

### Women
#### W-League

For details on Canadian W-League teams' year, please refer to 2012 W-League season.

## Canadian clubs in international competitions
### Toronto FC

2011–12 edition