2019 Major League Soccer season

The 2019 Major League Soccer season was the 24th season of Major League Soccer. The regular season began on March 2, 2019 and ended on October 6. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 19 and concluded with MLS Cup 2019 on November 10, under a new format that included 14 teams and consisted only of single-match rounds.^[1]

Major League Soccer

Season	2019
Dates	March 2 – October 6 (regular season) October 19 – November 10 (Playoffs)
MLS Cup	Seattle Sounders FC (2nd title)
Supporters' Shield	Los Angeles FC (1st shield)
Champions League (United States)	Atlanta United FC Los Angeles FC New York City FC Seattle Sounders FC
Champions League (Canada)	Montreal Impact
Leagues Cup (canceled)	D.C. United LA Galaxy Minnesota United FC New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake Toronto FC
Matches played	408
Goals scored	1,241 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Vela (34 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Brad Guzan Bill Hamid (14 shutouts each)
Biggest home win	6 goals: SKC 7–1 MTL (March 30) MIN 7–1 CIN (June 29) DAL 6–0 SKC (October 6)
Biggest away win	5 goals: SJ 0–5 LAFC (March 30)
Highest scoring	9 goals: COL 6–3 MTL (August 3) LA 7–2 SKC (September 15)
Longest winning run	6 games: Seattle Sounders FC (September 29 – November 10)
Longest unbeaten run	13 games: Toronto FC (August 10 – November 10)
Longest winless run	11 games: Colorado Rapids (March 2 – May 19)
Longest losing run	8 games: Colorado Rapids (March 23 – May 19)
Highest attendance	72,548 ATL 3–0 LA (August 3)
Lowest attendance	6,074 CHI 5–0 NE (May 8)
Total attendance	8,676,109
Average attendance	21,265
← 2018 2020 →

FC Cincinnati joined the league as an expansion franchise, bringing the total number of clubs to 24.^[2] Minnesota United FC opened their first soccer-specific stadium, Allianz Field, on April 13.^[3]

Atlanta United FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, while New York Red Bulls were the defending Supporters' Shield winners.^[4][5]

Los Angeles FC won their first Supporters' Shield with an MLS single-season record 72 points, while Seattle Sounders FC won their second MLS Cup title.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums

Western Conference Team Stadium Capacity (Maximum) Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061 FC Dallas Toyota Stadium 20,500 Houston Dynamo BBVA Stadium 22,039 LA Galaxy Dignity Health Sports Park 27,000 Los Angeles FC Banc of California Stadium 22,000 Minnesota United FC Allianz Field 19,400 Portland Timbers Providence Park 25,218 Real Salt Lake Rio Tinto Stadium 20,213 San Jose Earthquakes Avaya Stadium 18,000 Seattle Sounders FC CenturyLink Field[A] 39,419 (68,740) Sporting Kansas City Children's Mercy Park 18,467 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place[A] 22,120 (54,500)

Eastern Conference Team Stadium Capacity Atlanta United FC Mercedes-Benz Stadium[A] 42,500 (71,000) Chicago Fire SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 FC Cincinnati Nippert Stadium[A] 32,250 (40,000) 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[A] 20,000 (65,878) New York City FC Yankee Stadium[A] 28,743 (47,309) New York Red Bulls Red Bull Arena 25,000 Orlando City SC Exploria Stadium 25,500 Philadelphia Union Talen Energy Stadium 18,500 Toronto FC BMO Field[A] 30,000 (36,000)

Atlanta D.C. United Red Bulls Columbus New England Chicago Kansas City Toronto Philadelphia Montreal Orlando Cincinnati NYCFC Colorado Dallas LAFC Galaxy Houston Salt Lake Minnesota Portland San Jose Seattle Vancouver Locations of teams for the 2019 Major League Soccer season Western Conference   Eastern Conference

1. ^
   Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

The Portland Timbers announced in late 2018 that, due to expansion construction at Providence Park, they would play the first 12 games of the 2019 season on the road. The construction, which added about 4000 seats (bringing the total capacity to just over 25,000), also included a completely remodeled east side of the stadium, an updated concourse and concession stands on the west side of the stadium, a new scoreboard, ribbon boards and video board, and new turf. The stadium was expected to be ready to host MLS games in May or June 2019.^[6] The first home game for Portland in their renovated stadium was held on June 1, 2019, against Los Angeles FC.^[7]

Two stadiums were renamed during the season. First, on June 4, Exploria Resorts acquired the naming rights to Orlando City Stadium, which was accordingly renamed Exploria Stadium.^[8] Then, on June 13, the U.S. arm of the Spanish multinational bank BBVA announced a rebranding of the U.S. operations from "BBVA Compass" to "BBVA". As part of the rebranding, BBVA Compass Stadium became simply BBVA Stadium.^[9]

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Atlanta United FC	Frank de Boer	Michael Parkhurst	American Family Insurance
Chicago Fire	Veljko Paunović	Dax McCarty	Motorola
FC Cincinnati	Ron Jans[a]	Kendall Waston	Mercy Health[10]
Colorado Rapids	Robin Fraser[b]	Tim Howard	Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC	Caleb Porter	Wil Trapp	Acura
D.C. United	Ben Olsen	Wayne Rooney	Leidos
FC Dallas	Luchi Gonzalez	Reto Ziegler	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo	Davy Arnaud[c]	DaMarcus Beasley	MD Anderson[note 1]
LA Galaxy	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Herbalife
Los Angeles FC	Bob Bradley	Carlos Vela	YouTube TV
Minnesota United FC	Adrian Heath	Osvaldo Alonso	Target
Montreal Impact	Wílmer Cabrera[d]	Ignacio Piatti	Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	Bruce Arena[e]	Carles Gil	UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC	Domènec Torrent	Alexander Ring	Etihad Airways[note 2]
New York Red Bulls	Chris Armas	Luis Robles	Red Bull
Orlando City SC	James O'Connor	Nani	Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union	Jim Curtin	Alejandro Bedoya	Bimbo Bakeries USA
Portland Timbers	Giovanni Savarese	Diego Valeri	Alaska Airlines[note 3]
Real Salt Lake	Freddy Juarez[f]	Kyle Beckerman	LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes	Matías Almeyda	Chris Wondolowski	—
Seattle Sounders FC	Brian Schmetzer	Nicolás Lodeiro	Zulily[note 4]
Sporting Kansas City	Peter Vermes	Matt Besler	Ivy Funds
Toronto FC	Greg Vanney	Michael Bradley	Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Marc Dos Santos	Jon Erice	Bell Canada

1. Jans was named head coach on August 4, replacing interim head coach Yoann Damet, who took over after FC Cincinnati relieved Alan Koch of his duties on May 7.
2. Fraser was named head coach on August 25, replacing interim head coach Conor Casey, who took over after the Rapids relieved Anthony Hudson of his duties as head coach on May 1.
3. Arnaud was named interim head coach on August 13 following the Dynamo's announcement that the club had relieved Wílmer Cabrera of his duties as head coach.
4. Cabrera was named head coach on August 21 following the Impact's announcement that the club had relieved Rémi Garde of his duties as head coach.
5. Arena was named head coach on May 14, replacing interim head coach Mike Lapper, who took over after the Revolution relieved Brad Friedel of his duties on May 9.
6. Juarez was named interim head coach on August 11, after the announcement that RSL would relieve Mike Petke of his duties as head coach.

1. Practice jersey sponsor is Phillips 66's 76 brand.
2. Practice jersey sponsor is NewYork-Presbyterian.
3. Practice jersey sponsor is Dutch Bros. Coffee.
4. Practice jersey sponsor is CHI Franciscan.

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Craig Dalrymple	End of interim period	November 7, 2018	Pre-season	Marc Dos Santos	November 7, 2018
FC Dallas	Óscar Pareja	Resigned	November 16, 2018		Luchi Gonzalez	December 16, 2018
Columbus Crew SC	Gregg Berhalter	Signed by United States	November 29, 2018		Caleb Porter	January 4, 2019
Atlanta United FC	Tata Martino	End of contract	December 18, 2018		Frank de Boer	December 23, 2018
LA Galaxy	Dominic Kinnear	End of interim period	January 2, 2019		Guillermo Barros Schelotto	January 2, 2019
Colorado Rapids	Anthony Hudson	Fired	May 1, 2019	12th in West, 24th overall	Conor Casey	May 1, 2019
FC Cincinnati	Alan Koch		May 7, 2019	11th in East, 22nd overall	Yoann Damet	May 7, 2019
New England Revolution	Brad Friedel		May 9, 2019	12th in East, 23rd overall	Mike Lapper	May 9, 2019
	Mike Lapper	End of interim period	May 14, 2019	12th in East, 21st overall	Bruce Arena	May 14, 2019
FC Cincinnati	Yoann Damet		August 4, 2019	12th in East, 24th overall	Ron Jans	August 4, 2019
Real Salt Lake	Mike Petke	Fired	August 10, 2019	6th in West, 10th overall	Freddy Juarez	August 11, 2019
Houston Dynamo	Wílmer Cabrera		August 13, 2019	9th in West, 17th overall	Davy Arnaud	August 13, 2019
Montreal Impact	Rémi Garde		August 21, 2019	7th in East, 15th overall	Wílmer Cabrera	August 21, 2019
Colorado Rapids	Conor Casey	End of interim period	August 25, 2019	11th in West, 22nd overall	Robin Fraser	August 25, 2019

Regular season

Format

Each club played 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams faced each of their conference opponents twice during the season and non-conference opponents once. Half of the conference games were played at home, and half of the non-conference games were played away from home.^[11]

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

Main article: Eastern Conference (MLS)

2019 MLS Eastern Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York City FC (P)	34	18	6	10	63	42	+21	64	Playoffs Conference Semifinals & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Atlanta United FC (P, U)	34	18	12	4	58	43	+15	58	Playoffs first round & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[a]
3	Philadelphia Union (P, L)	34	16	11	7	58	50	+8	55	Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup
4	Toronto FC[b] (P, L)	34	13	10	11	57	52	+5	50
5	D.C. United (P, L)	34	13	10	11	42	38	+4	50
6	New York Red Bulls (P, L)	34	14	14	6	53	51	+2	48
7	New England Revolution (P)	34	11	11	12	50	57	−7	45	Playoffs first round
8	Chicago Fire	34	10	12	12	55	47	+8	42
9	Montreal Impact[b] (V)	34	12	17	5	47	60	−13	41	2020 CONCACAF Champions League[c]
10	Columbus Crew SC	34	10	16	8	39	47	−8	38
11	Orlando City SC	34	9	15	10	44	52	−8	37
12	FC Cincinnati	34	6	22	6	31	75	−44	24

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.
(L) Leagues Cup berth; (P) Playoffs berth; (U) U.S. Open Cup winners; (V) Canadian Championship winners
Notes:

1. as 2019 U.S. Open Cup champions
2. Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through MLS play.
3. as 2019 Canadian Championship winners

Western Conference

Main article: Western Conference (MLS)

2019 MLS Western Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles FC (P, S)	34	21	4	9	85	37	+48	72	Playoffs Conference Semifinals & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Seattle Sounders FC (P, C)	34	16	10	8	51	49	+2	56	Playoffs first round & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[a]
3	Real Salt Lake (P, L)	34	16	13	5	45	41	+4	53	Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup
4	Minnesota United FC (P, L)	34	15	11	8	52	42	+10	53
5	LA Galaxy (P, L)	34	16	15	3	56	55	+1	51
6	Portland Timbers (P, L)	34	14	13	7	49	48	+1	49
7	FC Dallas (P)	34	13	12	9	48	46	+2	48	Playoffs first round
8	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	16	5	51	52	−1	44
9	Colorado Rapids	34	12	16	6	57	60	−3	42
10	Houston Dynamo	34	12	18	4	45	57	−12	40
11	Sporting Kansas City	34	10	16	8	49	67	−18	38
12	Vancouver Whitecaps FC[b]	34	8	16	10	37	58	−21	34

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
(C) Champions; (L) Leagues Cup berth; (P) Playoffs berth; (S) Supporters' Shield winner
Notes:

1. As MLS Cup 2019 champions
2. Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through MLS play.

Overall table

The leading team in this table wins the Supporters' Shield.

2019 MLS regular season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles FC (S)	34	21	4	9	85	37	+48	72	2020 CONCACAF Champions League[a]
2	New York City FC	34	18	6	10	63	42	+21	64	2020 CONCACAF Champions League[b]
3	Atlanta United FC (U)	34	18	12	4	58	43	+15	58	2020 CONCACAF Champions League[c]
4	Seattle Sounders FC (C)	34	16	10	8	52	49	+3	56	2020 CONCACAF Champions League[d]
5	Philadelphia Union	34	16	11	7	58	50	+8	55
6	Real Salt Lake	34	16	13	5	46	41	+5	53
7	Minnesota United FC	34	15	11	8	52	43	+9	53
8	LA Galaxy	34	16	15	3	58	59	−1	51
9	Toronto FC	34	13	10	11	57	52	+5	50
10	D.C. United	34	13	10	11	42	38	+4	50
11	Portland Timbers	34	14	13	7	52	49	+3	49
12	New York Red Bulls	34	14	14	6	53	51	+2	48
13	FC Dallas	34	13	12	9	54	46	+8	48
14	New England Revolution	34	11	11	12	50	57	−7	45
15	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	16	5	52	55	−3	44
16	Colorado Rapids	34	12	16	6	58	63	−5	42
17	Chicago Fire	34	10	12	12	55	47	+8	42
18	Montreal Impact (V)	34	12	17	5	47	60	−13	41	2020 CONCACAF Champions League[e]
19	Houston Dynamo	34	12	18	4	49	59	−10	40
20	Columbus Crew SC	34	10	16	8	39	47	−8	38
21	Sporting Kansas City	34	10	16	8	49	67	−18	38
22	Orlando City SC	34	9	15	10	44	52	−8	37
23	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	8	16	10	37	59	−22	34
24	FC Cincinnati	34	6	22	6	31	75	−44	24

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
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield winner; (U) U.S. Open Cup winner; (V) Canadian Championship winner
Notes:

1. As Supporters' Shield champions (USA2)
2. As Eastern Conference regular season champions (USA3)
3. As 2019 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA4)
4. As MLS Cup 2019 champions (USA1)
5. As 2019 Canadian Championship champions (CAN1)

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	ATL	CHI	CIN	COL	CLB	DAL	DC	HOU	LA	LFC	MIN	MTL	NE	NYC	NY	ORL	PHI	POR	RSL	SEA	SJ	SKC	TOR	VAN
Atlanta United FC	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	5–0	3–0	—	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	—	—	—	3–1	—	2–0	—
Chicago Fire	5–1	—	1–2	4–1	2–2	4–0	0–0	—	—	—	2–0	3–2	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	2–4	—	—	2–2	1–1
FC Cincinnati	0–2	0–0	—	—	1–3	—	1–4	3–2	0–2	—	—	2–1	0–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–3	—	—	1–1	1–5	1–2
Colorado Rapids	—	—	3–1	—	3–2	3–0	2–3	1–4	2–1	1–0	1–0	6–3	1–2	1–2	—	—	—	3–3	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	—	2–3
Columbus Crew SC	2–0	1–1	2–2	—	—	1–0	0–1	—	3–1	0–3	—	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	—	1–2	—	0–1	2–2	—
FC Dallas	—	—	3–1	2–1	—	—	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–1	5–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	—	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	6–0	3–0	2–2
D.C. United	2–0	3–3	0–0	—	3–1	—	—	—	2–1	0–4	—	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–5	—	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	—
Houston Dynamo	—	0–1	—	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	—	4–2	1–3	2–0	2–1	—	—	4–0	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	—	3–2
LA Galaxy	—	2–1	—	0–1	—	2–0	—	2–1	—	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	—	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	7–2	2–0	3–4
Los Angeles FC	4–3	0–0	2–0	3–1	—	2–0	—	3–1	3–3	—	0–2	4–2	—	—	4–2	—	—	4–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	6–1
Minnesota United FC	—	—	7–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	—	—	3–3	—	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	—	0–0
Montreal Impact	1–1	1–0	0–1	—	1–0	3–3	0–3	—	—	—	2–3	—	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	—	—	0–2	2–1
New England Revolution	0–2	2–1	0–2	—	0–2	—	1–1	2–1	—	0–2	2–1	0–3	—	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	—	0–0	—	3–1	—	1–1	4–0
New York City FC	4–1	1–0	5–2	—	1–0	—	0–0	3–2	—	2–2	—	0–0	2–1	—	2–1	1–1	4–2	0–1	—	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	—
New York Red Bulls	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	—	0–0	—	3–2	—	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	0–1	2–0	—	4–0	—	4–1	—	2–0	2–2
Orlando City SC	0–1	2–5	5–1	4–3	1–0	2–0	1–2	—	0–1	2–2	—	1–3	3–3	2–2	0–1	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	1–0	0–2	1–0
Philadelphia Union	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	—	1–1	—	3–0	6–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	—	1–3	—	0–0	—	—	1–3	—
Portland Timbers	0–2	3–2	—	2–2	—	1–0	0–1	4–0	4–0	2–3	0–0	—	2–2	—	0–2	1–1	—	—	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	—	3–1
Real Salt Lake	2–1	—	—	2–0	1–0	2–4	—	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	—	—	3–1	—	2–1	4–0	1–2	—	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0
Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	—	4–1	2–0	—	0–0	—	1–0	4–3	1–1	1–0	—	3–3	—	4–2	2–1	—	1–2	1–0	—	2–2	2–3	3–2	1–0
San Jose Earthquakes	—	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	0–5	0–3	1–2	—	—	—	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	—	4–1	—	3–1
Sporting Kansas City	0–3	1–0	—	2–3	—	0–2	—	1–0	0–2	1–5	1–0	7–1	4–4	—	2–2	—	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	—	—	1–1
Toronto FC	3–2	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–3	—	—	4–3	2–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	—	—	1–2	2–2	—	—
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–1	—	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	—	—	1–3	—	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–3	1–1	—

Source: MLS
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 MLS Cup playoffs

Format

The MLS Cup Playoffs were expanded from 12 teams to 14 for the 2019 season, eliminating the use of two-legged series and re-seeding in favor of a shorter playoff format. The top seven teams in each conference advanced to a single elimination bracket, with the top team in each conference earning a first round bye. The MLS Cup Final took place on November 10, 2019.^[1]

Bracket

First round October 19–20

Conference semifinals October 23–24

Conference finals October 29–30

MLS Cup November 10

E1

New York City FC

1

E4

Toronto FC

2

E4

Toronto FC (a.e.t.)

5

E5

D.C. United

1

E4

Toronto FC

2

Eastern Conference

E2

Atlanta United FC

1

E2

Atlanta United FC

1

E7

New England Revolution

0

E2

Atlanta United FC

2

E3

Philadelphia Union

0

E3

Philadelphia Union (a.e.t.)

4

E6

New York Red Bulls

3

E4

Toronto FC

1

W2

Seattle Sounders FC

3

W1

Los Angeles FC

5

W5

LA Galaxy

3

W4

Minnesota United FC

1

W5

LA Galaxy

2

W1

Los Angeles FC

1

Western Conference

W2

Seattle Sounders FC

3

W2

Seattle Sounders FC (a.e.t.)

4

W7

FC Dallas

3

W2

Seattle Sounders FC

2

W3

Real Salt Lake

0

W3

Real Salt Lake

2

W6

Portland Timbers

1

Note: The higher seeded team hosted matches, with the MLS Cup host determined by overall points.
Source: 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs Bracket

Attendance

See also: Major League Soccer attendance

Average home attendances

As of October 6, 2019^{[citation needed]}

Pos.	Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
1	Atlanta United FC	17	892,663	72,548	42,537	52,510
2	Seattle Sounders FC	17	684,192	50,072	37,722	40,247
3	FC Cincinnati	17	464,720	32,250	25,095	27,336
4	Portland Timbers	17	428,706	25,218	25,218	25,218
5	Toronto FC	17	425,816	28,989	22,651	25,048
6	LA Galaxy	17	394,477	27,088	19,015	23,205
7	Orlando City SC	17	386,940	25,527	22,341	22,761
8	Los Angeles FC	17	378,265	22,757	22,001	22,251
9	New York City FC	17	358,820	28,895	18,113	21,107
10	Minnesota United FC	17	335,291	19,906	19,600	19,723
11	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	331,745	27,837	16,138	19,514
12	San Jose Earthquakes	17	319,272	50,850	15,232	18,781
13	Sporting Kansas City	17	316,211	19,979	17,083	18,601
14	Real Salt Lake	17	308,050	20,838	15,949	18,121
15	D.C. United	17	301,644	20,600	12,521	17,744
16	New York Red Bulls	17	293,769	20,128	11,115	17,281
17	Philadelphia Union	17	290,883	19,145	12,890	17,111
18	New England Revolution	17	284,535	28,602	9,422	16,737
19	Montreal Impact	17	258,560	19,619	11,996	16,171
20	Houston Dynamo	17	266,464	21,777	12,601	15,674
21	Columbus Crew SC	17	250,424	20,865	9,687	14,856
22	FC Dallas	17	252,313	19,096	11,911	14,842
23	Colorado Rapids	17	242,833	16,998	10,794	14,284
24	Chicago Fire	17	209,516	18,232	6,074	12,324
–	Total	408	8,676,109	72,548	6,074	21,265

Highest attendances

Regular season^{[citation needed]}

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Atlanta United	3–0	LA Galaxy	72,548	August 3, 2019	22	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2	Atlanta United	1–1	FC Cincinnati	70,382	March 10, 2019	2	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3	Atlanta United	1–0	Orlando City SC	68,152	May 12, 2019	11	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
4	Atlanta United	3–3	New York Red Bulls	68,077	July 7, 2019	18	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
5	Atlanta United	1–3	Columbus Crew SC	68,046	September 14, 2019	28	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
6	Atlanta United	2–0	Chicago Fire	67,502	June 1, 2019	14	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
7	San Jose Earthquakes	3–0	LA Galaxy	50,850	June 29, 2019	17	Stanford Stadium
8	Seattle Sounders	1–2	Portland Timbers	50,072	July 21, 2019	20	CenturyLink Field
9	Seattle Sounders	1–0	Minnesota United	47,297	October 6, 2019	31	CenturyLink Field
10	Seattle Sounders	4–3	LA Galaxy	46,673	September 1, 2019	26	CenturyLink Field

Player statistics

See also: Major League Soccer § Player records

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[12]
1	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	34
2	Zlatan Ibrahimović	LA Galaxy	30
3	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	27
4	Diego Rossi	Los Angeles FC	16
5	Héber	New York City FC	15
	Kacper Przybyłko	Philadelphia Union
	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes
8	Kei Kamara	Colorado Rapids	14
9	Mauro Manotas	Houston Dynamo	13
	C.J. Sapong	Chicago Fire
	Gyasi Zardes	Columbus Crew SC

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Wayne Rooney	D.C. United	Real Salt Lake	5−0	March 16
Krisztián Németh	Sporting Kansas City	Montreal Impact	7−1	March 30
Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	San Jose Earthquakes	5−0
Diego Rossi	Los Angeles FC	D.C. United	4−0	April 6
Chris Wondolowski4	San Jose Earthquakes	Chicago Fire	4−1	May 18
Johnny Russell	Sporting Kansas City	Seattle Sounders FC	3−2	May 26
Zlatan Ibrahimović	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles FC	3−2	July 19
Kei Kamara	Colorado Rapids	Montreal Impact	6−3	August 3
Zlatan Ibrahimović	LA Galaxy	Sporting Kansas City	7−2	September 15
Alexandru Mitriță	New York City FC	Atlanta United FC	4−1	September 25
Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	Colorado Rapids	3−1	October 6

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[13]
1	Maximiliano Moralez	New York City FC	20
2	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	16
3	Michael Barrios	FC Dallas	15
	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC
5	Carles Gil	New England Revolution	14
6	Cristian Espinoza	San Jose Earthquakes	13
7	Nicolás Gaitán	Chicago Fire	12
	Ján Greguš	Minnesota United FC
	Julian Gressel	Atlanta United FC
	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC
	Alejandro Pozuelo	Toronto FC

Shutouts

Rank	Player	Club	Shutouts[14]
1	Brad Guzan	Atlanta United FC	14
	Bill Hamid	D.C. United
3	Vito Mannone	Minnesota United FC	11
4	Stefan Frei	Seattle Sounders FC	10
	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake
6	Tyler Miller	Los Angeles FC	9
	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls
8	David Bingham	LA Galaxy	8
	Jesse González	FC Dallas
10	Evan Bush	Montreal Impact	7
	Sean Johnson	New York City FC
	Brian Rowe	Orlando City SC
	Daniel Vega	San Jose Earthquakes

Awards

Player / Team of the Week

• Bold denotes League Player of the Week.
• Italics denotes Audi Player Performance of the Week.

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Bench	Coach
1 [15][16]	Howard (COL)	Sauro (CLB) Brillant (DC) Diallo (MTL)	Lodeiro (SEA) Feilhaber (COL) Taïder (MTL) Bradley (TOR) Arriola (DC)	Quintero (MIN) Morris (SEA)	Hamid (DC) Calvo (MIN) Steres (LA) Atuesta (LAFC) V. Rodríguez (SEA) Mueller (ORL) E. Álvarez (LA)	Ben Olsen (DC)
2 [17][18]	Sean Johnson (NYC)	Métanire (MIN) Struna (HOU) Hagglund (CIN) Leerdam (SEA)	Pomykal (DAL) Atuesta (LAFC) Gruezo (DAL)	Vela (LAFC) Zardes (CLB) Quintero (MIN)	Hamid (DC) Melia (SKC) Herrera (RSL) Alonso (MIN) Hwang (VAN) Saief (CIN) Nani (ORL)	Caleb Porter (CLB)
3 [19][20]	Richey (CIN)	Sauro (CLB) Robinson (ATL) Jara (DC)	Lletget (LA) Moreno (DC) Lodeiro (SEA) Muyl (NY)	Piatti (MTL) Rooney (DC) Elis (HOU)	Steffen (CLB) Waston (CIN) M. Rodríguez (HOU) Ulloa (CIN) Akinola (TOR) Morris (SEA) Vela (LAFC)	Alan Koch (CIN)
4 [21][22]	Rowe (ORL)	Hollingshead (DAL) Zimmerman (LAFC) Ruan (ORL)	Saief (CIN) Kljestan (ORL) Bedoya (PHI) Pomykal (DAL) Saucedo (RSL)	Accam (PHI) Manneh (CIN)	Rimando (RSL) Garza (CIN) Elliott (PHI) Ascues (ORL) Atuesta (LAFC) Barrios (DAL) Rossi (LAFC)	Alan Koch (CIN)
5 [23][24]	Frei (SEA)	Anibaba (NE) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Henry (VAN)	Pozuelo (TOR) Pomykal (DAL) Fabián (PHI) Vela (LAFC)	Gerso (SKC) Németh (SKC) Elis (HOU)	Steffen (CLB) Birnbaum (DC) McCarty (CHI) Gil (NE) Rooney (DC) Russell (SKC) Ibrahimović (LA)	Jim Curtin (PHI)
6 [25][26]	Maurer (DAL)	Steres (LA) Opara (MIN) Ruan (ORL)	Vela (LAFC) Katai (CHI) Bedoya (PHI) Nani (ORL)	Rossi (LAFC) Ibrahimović (LA) Espinoza (SJ)	Steffen (CLB) Mannone (MIN) Wagner (PHI) Bassett (COL) Godoy (SJ) Mattocks (CIN) Altidore (TOR)	Matias Almeyda (SJ)
7 [27][28]	Bush (MTL)	Skjelvik (LA) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Onuoha (RSL)	Barco (ATL) T. Martínez (HOU) L. Rodríguez (DC) Vela (LAFC)	Tajouri-Shradi (NYC) Ibrahimović (LA) Bruin (SEA)	Miller (LAFC) Piette (MTL) Feilhaber (COL) Busio (SKC) Royer (NY) Ferreira (DAL) Altidore (TOR)	Rémi Garde (MTL)
8 [29][30]	J. González (DAL)	Hedges (DAL) Elliott (PHI) Moreira (POR)	Pozuelo (TOR) Kaye (LAFC) Atuesta (LAFC) Rusnák (RSL)	Hoesen (SJ) Héber (NYC) Vela (LAFC)	Cropper (NE) Araujo (LA) Adnan (VAN) Dos Santos (LA) Barrios (DAL) Gaitán (CHI) Hamilton (TOR)	Luchi Gonzalez (DAL)
9 [31][32]	Bush (MTL)	B. Smith (SEA) Lade (NY) Henry (VAN) Métanire (MIN)	Blanco (POR) Dos Santos (LA) Nagbe (ATL) Salinas (SJ)	Héber (NYC) Manotas (HOU)	J. González (DAL) Diallo (MTL) Traore (LA) Yueill (SJ) Németh (SKC) Caicedo (NE) Ebobisse (POR)	Rémi Garde (MTL)
10 [33][34]	Clark (POR)	Lima (SJ) Opara (MIN) Jara (DC)	Sweat (NYC) Barco (ATL) Medunjanin (PHI) Osorio (TOR)	Manotas (HOU) J. Martínez (ATL) Przybyłko (PHI)	Coronel (PHI) Henry (VAN) McCarty (CHI) Delgado (TOR) C. Roldan (SEA) Rzatkowski (NY) Ibrahimović (LA)	Jim Curtin (PHI)
11 [35][36]	Guzan (ATL)	Calvo (CHI) Birnbaum (DC) Tinnerholm (NYC)	Ulloa (CIN) Gaitán (CHI) C. Roldan (SEA) Monteiro (PHI)	Villalba (ATL) Montero (VAN) Vela (LAFC)	Crépeau (VAN) Henry (VAN) Kaye (LAFC) Higuaín (CLB) Arriola (DC) Katai (CHI) Sam Johnson (RSL)	Frank de Boer (ATL)
12 [37][38]	Crépeau (VAN)	Lundqvist (HOU) Onuoha (RSL) Tarek (NY) Métanire (MIN)	Saucedo (RSL) Vera (HOU) Yueill (SJ) Finlay (MIN)	Wondolowski (SJ) Vela (LAFC)	Frei (SEA) Jones (NE) B. Smith (SEA) Kaye (LAFC) Lewis (COL) Blanco (POR) Akindele (ORL)	Mike Petke (RSL)
13 [39][40]	Robles (NY)	Adnan (VAN) Métanire (MIN) Blackmon (LAFC)	Vela (LAFC) Dos Santos (LA) Saucedo (RSL) Nicholson (COL)	Fernández (POR) Wondolowski (SJ) Russell (SKC)	Bingham (LA) Kallman (MIN) Leerdam (SEA) Atuesta (LAFC) Chará (POR) White (NY) Mitriță (NYC)	Marc Dos Santos (VAN)
14 [41][42]	Blake (PHI)	Lima (SJ) Robinson (ATL) Murillo (NY)	Akindele (ORL) Gil (NE) Kaku (NY) Santos (CLB)	Shinyashiki (COL) J. Martínez (ATL) Vela (LAFC)	Guzan (ATL) Segura (DC) Fraser (TOR) Atuesta (LAFC) Browne (MTL) Barrios (DAL) Ibrahimović (LA)	Frank de Boer (ATL)
15 [43][44]	Howard (COL)	Trusty (PHI) Abubakar (COL) Tinnerholm (NYC)	Moralez (NYC) Taïder (MTL) Pozuelo (TOR) Ilsinho (PHI)	Eriksson (SJ) K. Kamara (COL) Héber (NYC)	Bush (MTL) Cannon (DAL) Thompson (SJ) Price (COL) Ring (NYC) Gutiérrez (SKC) Atuahene (DAL)	Jim Curtin (PHI)
16 [45][46]	Melia (SKC)	Adnan (VAN) Bressan (DAL) Abubakar (COL)	Valeri (POR) Pomykal (DAL) Kitchen (LA) F. Álvarez (LA)	Ferreira (DAL) K. Kamara (COL) Loría (POR)	Westberg (TOR) Araujo (LA) Baráth (SKC) Reyna (VAN) Gerso (SKC) Badji (DAL) Fernández (POR)	Luchi Gonzalez (DAL)
17 [47][48]	Robles (NY)	Vines (COL) Opara (MIN) Leerdam (SEA)	Vako (SJ) Greguš (MIN) Chará (POR) Moralez (NYC)	Meram (ATL) Rooney (DC) Castellanos (NYC)	MacMath (VAN) Glad (RSL) Nani (ORL) Thompson (SJ) Quintero (MIN) Okwonkwo (MTL) Bunbury (NE)	Matías Almeyda (SJ)
18 [49][50]	Clark (POR)	Herrera (RSL) Opara (MIN) Segura (LAFC)	Lodeiro (SEA) Pomykal (DAL) Kaye (LAFC) Ledesma (CIN)	Toye (MIN) Przybyłko (PHI) Vela (LAFC)	Rimando (RSL) Mabiala (POR) Moralez (NYC) Gaitán (CHI) Elis (HOU) Sapong (CHI) Ibrahimović (LA)	Bob Bradley (LAFC)
19 [51][52]	Mannone (MIN)	El-Munir (LAFC) Waston (CIN) Opara (MIN)	Vako (SJ) C. Roldan (SEA) Yueill (SJ) Ascues (ORL)	Gerso (SKC) Diomande (LAFC) Savarino (RSL)	Clark (POR) Bingham (LA) Sané (ORL) O. Gonzalez (TOR) Pozuelo (TOR) Arriola (DC) Royer (NY)	Matías Almeyda (SJ)
20 [53][54]	Turner (NE)	Wagner (PHI) Farrell (NE) Tarek (NY)	Gil (NE) Ferreira (DAL) Vako (SJ) Gressel (ATL)	Fernández (POR) Ibrahimović (LA) J. Martínez (ATL)	Guzan (ATL) Mabiala (POR) Sands (NYC) Dotson (MIN) Accam (CLB) Mitriță (NYC) Manotas (HOU)	Frank de Boer (ATL)
21 [55][56]	J. González (DAL)	Nouhou (SEA) Delamea (NE) Brault-Guillard (MTL)	Lappalainen (MTL) Atuesta (LAFC) Paredes (POR) Ring (NYC)	Santos (CLB) Vako (SJ) Vela (LAFC)	Mannone (MIN) Lima (SJ) Everton Luiz (RSL) Gil (NE) Valeri (POR) DeLeon (TOR) Okwonkwo (MTL)	Giovanni Savarese (POR)
22 [57][58]	Robles (NY)	Harvey (LAFC) Robinson (ATL) Opara (MIN)	Atuesta (LAFC) Fabián (PHI) Gutiérrez (SKC) Price (COL)	Akindele (ORL) K. Kamara (COL) Savarino (RSL)	Room (CLB) Besler (RSL) Hwang (VAN) Gaitán (CHI) Bedoya (PHI) Kaku (NY) Hurtado (SKC)	Jim Curtin (PHI)
23 [59][60]	Tytoń (CIN)	Elliott (PHI) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Rosenberry (COL)	Santos (CLB) Zambrano (POR) Gil (NE) Barrios (DAL)	Baird (RSL) J. Martínez (ATL) Vela (LAFC)	Hamid (DC) Brillant (DC) Gressel (ATL) Ascues (ORL) Pomykal (DAL) Castellanos (NYC) Rubio (COL)	Luchi Gonzalez (DAL)
24 [61][62]	Turner (NE)	Robinson (ATL) Opara (MIN) Onuoha (RSL)	Lappalainen (MTL) Nagbe (ATL) Castellanos (NYC) Russell (SKC)	Nikolić (CHI) Ibrahimović (LA) Diomande (LAFC)	Rowe (ORL) G. Martínez (ATL) Reyna (VAN) Manotas (HOU) Rubio (COL) Altidore (TOR) Fernández (POR)	Frank de Boer (ATL)
25 [63][64]	Crépeau (VAN)	Morrow (TOR) Callens (NYC) Robinson (ATL)	Blessing (LAFC) Moralez (NYC) Ferreira (DAL) Barco (ATL)	Przybyłko (PHI) Ibrahimović (LA) Vela (LAFC)	Rimando (RSL) Tinnerholm (NYC) Zahibo (NE) Eriksson (SJ) Ondrášek (DAL) Zardes (CLB) Morris (SEA)	Domè Torrent (NYC)
26 [65][66]	Mannone (MIN)	Villafaña (POR) T. Smith (COL) G. Smith (SKC)	Lewis (COL) C. Roldan (SEA) Medunjanin (PHI) Espinoza (SJ)	Przybyłko (PHI) Ibrahimović (LA) Toye (MIN)	Turner (NE) Hollingshead (DAL) Aaronson (PHI) Frankowski (CHI) Mitriță (NYC) O. Kamara (DC) Ondrášek (DAL)	Jim Curtin (PHI)
27 [67][68]	Turner (NE)	Vines (COL) Ruan (ORL) DeLeon (TOR)	Delgado (TOR) Ring (NYC) Chará (POR) Valeri (POR)	Medina (NYC) Shinyashiki (COL) Rossi (LAFC)	Frei (SEA) Sané (ORL) Farrell (NE) Rosenberry (COL) Williamson (POR) Blessing (LAFC) Pozuelo (TOR)	Domè Torrent (NYC)
28 [69][70]	Sean Johnson (NYC)	Adnan (VAN) Brillant (DC) Rosenberry (COL)	Nani (ORL) Gil (NE) Díaz (CLB) Frankowski (CHI)	Morris (SEA) Ibrahimović (LA) Quintero (MIN)	Bingham (LA) Harrison (CLB) Cruz (CIN) Lodeiro (SEA) Bradley (TOR) Mitriță (NYC) Sapong (CHI)	Greg Vanney (TOR)
29 [71][72]	Mannone (MIN)	O. Gonzalez (TOR) Silva (RSL) Duncan (NY)	Pavón (LA) Price (COL) Hyndman (ATL) García (HOU)	Rooney (DC) J. Martínez (ATL) Ramirez (HOU)	J. González (DAL) T. Smith (COL) Brillant (DC) Greguš (MIN) Pomykal (DAL) Royer (NY) K. Kamara (COL)	Chris Armas (NY)
30 [73][74]	Turner (NE)	Farrell (NE) Boxall (MIN) Brillant (DC)	Mitriță (NYC) Hwang (VAN) Atuesta (LAFC) Pavón (LA)	Ebobisse (POR) K. Kamara (COL) Vela (LAFC)	Hamid (DC) Vines (COL) Duncan (NY) Dotson (MIN) Santos (CLB) Morris (SEA) Bou (NE)	Adrian Heath (MIN)
31 [75][76]	Tytoń (CIN)	Mabiala (POR) Torres (SEA) Blackmon (LAFC)	Frankowski (CHI) Acosta (DAL) Blanco (POR) Gressel (ATL)	Vela (LAFC) Ondrášek (DAL) Elis (HOU)	Westberg (TOR) Toia (RSL) O. Gonzalez (TOR) Barrios (DAL) Okwonkwo (MTL) Castellanos (NYC) Ramirez (HOU)	Luchi Gonzalez (DAL)

Goal of the Week

Goal of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Ref
1	Andre Shinyashiki	Colorado Rapids	[77]
2	Memo Rodríguez	Houston Dynamo	[78]
3	Allan Cruz	FC Cincinnati	[79]
4	Kekuta Manneh	FC Cincinnati	[80]
5	Alejandro Pozuelo	Toronto FC	[81]
6	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC	[82]
7	Ezequiel Barco	Atlanta United FC	[83]
8	Alejandro Pozuelo	Toronto FC	[84]
9	Bill Tuiloma	Portland Timbers	[85]
10	Ezequiel Barco	Atlanta United FC	[86]
11	Gonzalo Martínez	Atlanta United FC	[87]
12	Sebastián Saucedo	Real Salt Lake	[88]
13	Jefferson Savarino	Real Salt Lake	[89]
14	Haris Medunjanin	Philadelphia Union	[90]
15	Jordan Hamilton	Toronto FC	[91]
16	Yordy Reyna	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[92]
17	Orji Okwonkwo	Montreal Impact	[93]
18	Ebenezer Ofori	New York City FC	[94]
19	Raúl Ruidíaz	Seattle Sounders FC	[95]
20	Zlatan Ibrahimović	LA Galaxy	[96]
21	Jordan Morris	Seattle Sounders FC	[97]
22	Albert Rusnák	Real Salt Lake	[98]
23	Theo Bair	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[99]
24	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	[100]
25	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	[101]
26	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	[102]
27	Benny Feilhaber	Sporting Kansas City	[103]
28	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC	[104]
29	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	[105]
30	Julian Gressel	Atlanta United FC	[106]
31	Julian Gressel	Atlanta United FC	[107]

Player of the Month

Main article: MLS Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	6 goals, 3 assists	[108]
April	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	5 goals, 2 assists	[109]
May	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	6 goals	[110]
June	Maximiliano Moralez	New York City FC	3 goals, 6 assists	[111]
July	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	7 goals	[112]
August	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	6 goals	[113]
September	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	7 goals	[114]

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner (club)	Ref
Most Valuable Player	Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC)	[115]
Defender of the Year	Ike Opara (Minnesota United FC)	[116]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Vito Mannone (Minnesota United FC)	[117]
Coach of the Year	Bob Bradley (Los Angeles FC)	[118]
Rookie of the Year	Andre Shinyashiki (Colorado Rapids)	[119]
Newcomer of the Year	Carles Gil (New England Revolution)	[120]
Comeback Player of the Year	Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC)	[121]
Golden Boot	Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC)	[122]
Humanitarian of the Year	Matt Lampson (LA Galaxy)	[123]
Referee of the Year	Allen Chapman	[124]
Assistant Referee of the Year	Brian Dunn	[124]
Goal of the Year	Josef Martínez (Atlanta United FC)	[125]
Save of the Year	Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)	[126]

MLS Best XI

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref
Vito Mannone, Minnesota	Ike Opara, Minnesota Miles Robinson, Atlanta Walker Zimmerman, LAFC	Eduard Atuesta, LAFC Carles Gil, New England Maxi Moralez, New York City Alejandro Pozuelo, Toronto	Zlatan Ibrahimović, LA Galaxy Josef Martínez, Atlanta Carlos Vela, LAFC	[127]

Player transfers

Main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2019

SuperDraft

Further information: 2019 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 2019 MLS SuperDraft were held on January 11 in Chicago. Rounds three and four of the 2019 SuperDraft were held via a conference call on January 14. FC Cincinnati selected Frankie Amaya 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 2018 season, taking playoff performance into account.^[128] As an expansion team, FC Cincinnati 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
2	1	San Jose Earthquakes[A]				[129]
7	2	Minnesota United FC
8	3	Houston Dynamo
9	4	New England Revolution
5	5	Chicago Fire[G]				[130]
11	6	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
3	7	Orlando City SC[D]				[131]
13	8	Philadelphia Union
4	9	Colorado Rapids[F]				[132]
15	10	FC Dallas
16	11	Los Angeles FC
17	12	Real Salt Lake
18	13	Columbus Crew
19	14	New York City FC
20	15	Seattle Sounders FC
21	16	Sporting Kansas City
22	17	New York Red Bulls
23	18	Portland Timbers
24	19	Atlanta United FC
1	20	FC Cincinnati[B][C]				[133][134]
12	21	LA Galaxy[D][E]	April 11, 2019 (1)	Giancarlo González	Bologna	[131]
6	22	Toronto FC[A][B][C][E]	December 27, 2018 (1)	Laurent Ciman	Dijon	[129][133]
6	22	Toronto FC[A][B][C][E]	July 9, 2019 (1)	Omar Gonzalez	Pachuca	[134]
14	23	D.C. United[F]	August 7, 2019 (1)	Ola Kamara	Shenzhen F.C.	[132]
10	24	Montreal Impact[G]	August 7, 2019 (1)	Ballou Tabla	Barcelona B	[130]

1. ^
   On December 10, 2018, Toronto FC acquired the number 2 allocation ranking from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for the number 6 allocation ranking, $75,000 in general allocation money, and $75,000 in targeted allocation money.
2. ^
   On December 27, 2018, Toronto FC acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from FC Cincinnati in exchange for the number 2 allocation ranking and the number 30 overall selection in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
3. ^
   On January 23, 2019, Toronto FC acquired the number 1 allocation ranking, $150,000 in 2019 general allocation money, $50,000 in 2020 general allocation money, and $100,000 in targeted allocation money from FC Cincinnati in exchange for the number 24 allocation ranking and defender Nick Hagglund.
4. ^
   On April 11, 2019, LA Galaxy acquired the number 2 allocation ranking from Orlando City in exchange for the number 11 allocation ranking, $300,000 in 2019 targeted allocation money, and $100,000 in 2020 targeted allocation money.
5. ^
   On April 11, 2019, LA Galaxy acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Toronto FC in exchange for the number 2 allocation ranking and a natural first-round selection in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
6. ^
   On August 7, 2019, D.C. United acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Colorado Rapids in exchange for the number 11 allocation ranking, $100,000 in 2019 general allocation money, and $100,000 in 2020 general allocation money.
7. ^
   On August 7, 2019, Montreal Impact acquired the number 1 allocation ranking and defender Jorge Corrales from Chicago Fire in exchange for the number 6 allocation ranking, midfielder Michael Azira, and a second-round selection in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.