2006 Major League Soccer season

11th season of Major League Soccer April 2023 June 2017 June 2017 2006 12 Houston Dynamo (1st title) D.C. United (3rd shield) 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Houston DynamoD.C. United Jeff CunninghamReal Salt LakeGoals: 16 NY 6–0 RSL NY 1–4 DCULA 0–3 RSLDCU 2–5 LA NY 5–4 CHV 192 503 D.C. UnitedWins: 6(06/21 – 07/15) D.C. UnitedWins: 14(05/13 – 07/22) K.C. WizardsLoss: 7(06/24 – 07/22)Los Angeles GalaxyLoss: 7(05/06 -06/08) Los Angeles GalaxySeason: 333,016Game avg.: 20,814 Kansas City WizardsSeason: 177,322Game avg.: 11,083 2,976,787 15,504 2005 2007 United States 525 right Locations of teams for the 2006 Major League Soccer season8px Western Conference   8px Eastern Conference United States 38.889722 -76.971667 D.C. United bottom ButtonBlue.svg United States 40.737411 -74.153763 New York left ButtonBlue.svg United States 40.009444 -82.991111 Columbus left ButtonBlue.svg United States 42.090833 -71.264444 New England top ButtonBlue.svg United States 41.742432 -87.806789 Chicago top ButtonBlue.svg United States 39.1218 -94.8237 Kansas City bottom ButtonBlue.svg United States 39.35 -104.8918 Colorado top ButtonRed.svg United States 33.154444 -96.835278 Dallas right ButtonRed.svg United States 33.864444 -118.261111 Chivas USA top ButtonRed.svg United States 33.864444 -118.261111 Galaxy bottom ButtonRed.svg United States 29.721944 -95.349167 Houston right ButtonRed.svg United States 40.582923 -111.893156 Salt Lake bottom ButtonRed.svg The 2006 Major League Soccer season was the 11th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 94th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 28th with a national first-division league. The MetroStars were bought by Austrian company Red Bull and rebranded as the New York Red Bulls. Due to owner AEG being unable to secure a soccer specific stadium in San Jose, the Earthquakes ceased operations and had their personnel transferred to the expansion Houston Dynamo. In June, the Chicago Fire moved into their new soccer-specific stadium, Toyota Park, in Bridgeview, Illinois. The regular season began on April 1, and concluded on October 15. The 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 21, and concluded with MLS Cup 2006 on November 12. Houston marked their inaugural season with a league championship by defeating the New England Revolution on penalties in MLS Cup. Overview Season format The season began on April 1 and concluded with MLS Cup on November 12. The 12 teams were split evenly into two conferences. Each team played 32 games that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team played every other team in their conference four times, and every team in the opposite conference twice. The top four teams from each conference qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs. In the first round, aggregate goals over two matches determined the winners. The conference finals were played as a single match, and the winners advanced to MLS Cup. In all rounds, draws were broken with two 15-minute periods of extra time, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. The away goals rule was not used in any round. The team with the most points in the regular season was awarded the MLS Supporters' Shield and qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, the winner of MLS Cup also qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. If a team qualified for multiple berths into the Champions' Cup, then additional berths were awarded to the highest overall finishing MLS team(s) not already qualified. Qualification for the inaugural SuperLiga was also awarded to the MLS Cup Champion and Supporters' Shield winner, as well two invited teams, FC Dallas and LA Galaxy. Automatic qualification for the U.S. Open Cup was awarded to the top three finishers in each conference. The rest of the U.S.-based MLS teams had to qualify for the remaining two berths via a series of play-in games. Stadiums and locations List of Major League Soccer stadiums Team Stadium Capacity Chicago Fire Toyota Park 20,000 Chivas USA Home Depot Center 27,000 Colorado Rapids Invesco Field at Mile High 76,125 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium 22,555 D.C. United RFK Stadium 46,000 FC Dallas Pizza Hut Park 21,193 Houston Dynamo Robertson Stadium 32,000 Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead Stadium 81,425 Los Angeles Galaxy Home Depot Center 27,000 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 68,756 New York Red Bulls Giants Stadium 80,200 Real Salt Lake Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,017 Personnel and sponsorships Team Head coach CaptainShirt sponsor Chicago Fire USA Dave Sarachan Honda Chivas USA USA Bob Bradley — Colorado Rapids USA Fernando Clavijo — Columbus Crew USA Sigi Schmid USA Robin Fraser— D.C. United POL Piotr Nowak Sierra Mist FC Dallas NIR Colin Clarke RadioShack Houston Dynamo USA Dominic Kinnear USA Wade Barrett— Kansas City Wizards USA Brian Bliss U.S. Soccer Foundation Los Angeles Galaxy CAN Frank Yallop Budweiser New England Revolution SCO Steve Nicol Sierra Mist New York Red Bulls USA Bruce Arena HON Amado GuevaraRed Bull Real Salt Lake USA John Ellinger USA Jason Kreis— Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment Los Angeles Galaxy USA Steve Sampson Fired June 6, 2006 CAN Frank Yallop June 7, 2006 New York Red Bulls SCO Mo Johnston Fired June 27, 2006 USA Richie Williams June 28, 2006 New York Red Bulls USA Richie Williams End of interim period July 18, 2006 USA Bruce Arena July 18, 2006 Kansas City Wizards USA Bob Gansler Resigned July 19, 2006 USA Brian Bliss July 19, 2006 Standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Overall standings MLS Cup playoffs Bracket 2/1/1 Conference semifinals Conference finals MLS Cup Eastern Conference Western Conference 170px 35px E1 D.C. United 1 1 E4 New York 0 1 E3 Chicago 1 1 (2) E2 New England (p) 0 2 (4) W1 Dallas 2 2 (4) W4 Colorado (p) 1 3 (5) W3 Chivas USA 2 0 W2 Houston 1 2 E1 D.C. United 0 E2 New England 1 W4 Colorado 1 W2 Houston 3 E2 New England 1 (3) W2 Houston (p) 1 (4) Conference semifinals October 21, 2006 D.C. United 1–0 New York Red Bulls Gómez 77 Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, New Jersey 8,630 Michael Kennedy Report October 29, 2006 New York Red Bulls 1–1 D.C. United Altidore 70 Gómez 86 RFK StadiumWashington, D.C. 21,455 Tim Weyland Report D.C. United advance 2–1 on aggregate. October 22, 2006 New England Revolution 0–1 Chicago Fire Mapp 35 Toyota ParkBridgeview, Illinois 10,217 Tim Weyland Report October 28, 2006 Chicago Fire 1–2 yes New England Revolution Jaqua 18 Twellman 41 Noonan 58 Gillette StadiumFoxborough, Massachusetts 9,372 Jair Marrufo https://archive.today/20070702090035/http://www.mlsnet.com/news/mls_events_news.jsp?ymd=20061028&content_id=77286&vkey=mlscup2006&fext=.jsp (Report) Thiago Gutiérrez Herron Guerrero 2–4 Cancela Reis Noonan Twellman New England Revolution advance 4–2 on penalties (2–2 aggregate after extra time). October 21, 2006 FC Dallas 2–1 Colorado Rapids Ruíz 15 Thompson 55 Cooke 23 Martins 0 88 INVESCO Field at Mile HighDenver, Colorado 4,176 Hilario Grajeda Report October 28, 2006 Colorado Rapids 3–2 yes FC Dallas Hernández 57 83 Mathis 114 Gbandi 0 29 Ruíz 48 Goodson 92 Pizza Hut ParkFrisco, Texas 15,486 Abiodun Okulaja ReportSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Mathis Hernández Kirovski Beckerman Karanka Mastroeni 5–4 Ruíz O'Brien Mulrooney Vanney Valakari Sala Colorado Rapids advance 5–4 on penalties (4–4 aggregate after extra time). October 22, 2006 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Chivas USA Ching 75 Razov 45 Palencia 68 Home Depot CenterCarson, California 15,110 Jorge Gonzalez Report October 29, 2006 Chivas USA 0–2 Houston Dynamo Palencia 2 57 58 Davis 64 pen.Ching 90+3 Robertson StadiumHouston, Texas 17,440 Michael Kennedy Report Houston Dynamo advance 3–2 on aggregate. Conference finals November 5, 2006 New England Revolution 1–0 D.C. United Twellman 4 RFK StadiumWashington, D.C. 19,552 Kevin Stott Report New England Revolution advances 1–0 in single elimination. November 5, 2006 Colorado Rapids 1–3 Houston Dynamo Kirovski 4 Dalglish 10 21 Mullan 71 Robertson StadiumHouston, Texas 23,107 Brian Hall Report Houston Dynamo advances 3–1 in single elimination. MLS Cup MLS Cup 2006 November 12, 2006 Houston Dynamo 1–1 yes (Report) New England Revolution Ching 114 Twellman 113 Pizza Hut ParkFrisco, Texas 22,427 Jair Marrufo Gray Holden De Rosario Davis Ching 4–3 Joseph Reis Noonan Twellman Heaps Player statistics Goals Rank Player Club Goals 1USA Jeff Cunningham Real Salt Lake 162ARG Christian Gómez D.C. United14USA Ante Razov Chivas USA 4GUA Carlos Ruiz FC Dallas 13 5USA Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy 126BOL Jaime Moreno D.C. United11CAN Dwayne De Rosario Houston DynamoUSA Taylor Twellman New England RevolutionUSA Kenny Cooper FC Dallas USA Brian Ching Houston Dynamo Hat-tricks List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks Player Club Against Result DateUSA Brian Ching Houston Dynamo Colorado Rapids 5–2 md 2006 4 2HAI Peguero Jean Philippe New York Red Bulls Chivas USA 5–4 md 2006 5 20USA Edson Buddle New York Red Bulls Real Salt Lake 6–0 md 2006 8 26HON 1949 Amado Guevara New York Red Bulls Kansas City Wizards 3–2 md 2006 10 14 Assists Rank Player Club Assists 1USA Brad Davis Houston Dynamo 92USA Jeff Cunningham Real Salt Lake8ARG Christian Gómez D.C. UnitedUSA José Burciaga Jr. Kansas City Wizards USA Justin Mapp Chicago FireUSA Carey Talley Real Salt LakeIRL Ronnie O'Brien FC DallasENG Terry Cooke Colorado Rapids9USA Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy 7WAL Andy Dorman New England RevolutionUSA Sasha Victorine Kansas City Wizards Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1USA Matt ReisNew England Revolution102USA Kevin HartmanLos Angeles Galaxy93USA Troy PerkinsD.C. United84USA Joe CannonColorado Rapids7USA Zach ThorntonChicago Fire6USA Preston BurpoChivas USA5USA Jon ConwayNew York Red BullsUSA Brad GuzanChivas USAUSA Tony MeolaNew York Red BullsCAN Pat OnstadHouston DynamoUSA Bo OshoniyiKansas City WizardsARG Darío SalaFC Dallas Awards Individual awards AwardPlayerClubMost Valuable PlayerARG Christian GómezD.C. UnitedDefender of the YearUSA Bobby BoswellD.C. UnitedGoalkeeper of the YearUSA Troy PerkinsD.C. UnitedCoach of the YearUSA Bob BradleyChivas USARookie of the YearUSA Jonathan BornsteinChivas USAComeback Player of the YearUSA Richard MulrooneyFC DallasGolden BootUSA Jeff Cunningham Real Salt LakeGoal of the YearUSA Brian ChingHouston DynamoFair Play AwardUSA Chris KleinReal Salt LakeHumanitarian of the YearUSA Michael ParkhurstNew England Revolution Best XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsUSA Troy Perkins, D.C. UnitedUSA Bobby Boswell, D.C. UnitedUSA José Burciaga Jr., Kansas CityUSA Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City USA Ricardo Clark, HoustonUSA Clint Dempsey, New England CAN Dwayne De Rosario, Houston ARG Christian Gómez, D.C. United USA Justin Mapp, ChicagoUSA Jeff Cunningham, Salt Lake BOL Jaime Moreno, D.C. United Attendance ClubGames TotalAverageLos Angeles Galaxy16333,01620,814Chivas USA 16317,43219,840 Houston Dynamo16 302,95718,935D.C. United 16291,44218,215Real Salt Lake16261,85516,366FC Dallas 16239,71414,982 New York Red Bulls 16233,11214,570Chicago Fire16225,77514,111Columbus Crew 16212,69913,294Colorado Rapids16192,89412,056New England Revolution 16188,56911,786 Kansas City Wizards 16177,32211,083 Totals1922,976,78715,504 External links MLS 2006 Season Stats 2006 1 United States