2009 Major League Soccer season

14th season of Major League Soccer June 2017 June 2017 Major League Soccer Major League Soccer MLS wordmark 2007.svg 2009 15 Real Salt Lake (1st title) Columbus Crew (3rd shield) Champions League Columbus CrewReal Salt LakeLos Angeles GalaxySeattle Sounders FC SuperLiga Houston DynamoChicago FireChivas USANew England Revolution Jeff CunninghamFC DallasGoals: 17 RSL 6–0 NE(April 25) http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090425&content_id=244091&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp RSL's record-setting rout dooms Revs Coon John April 25, 2009 MLSworks Major League Soccer September 7, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100120005938/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090425&content_id=244091&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp January 20, 2010 deadDAL 6–0 KC(August 1) CHI 0–3 DAL(May 31) SJ 0–3 CLB(August 8) LA 3–6 DAL(September 12)http://fc.dallas.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090913&content_id=6931894&vkey=news_fcd&fext=.jsp&team=t104 Dallas earns crucial win over Galaxy King Jeffrey J. September 13, 2009 MLSworks Major League Soccer September 17, 2009July 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 226 571 5 wins:Houston Dynamo(May 23 – Jun 13)Columbus Crew(Jul 18 – Aug 15) 11 matches:Chicago Fire(Mar 21 – May 28)Houston Dynamo(Apr 11 – Jun 20) 13 matches:New York Red Bulls(May 16 – Aug 15) 6 losses:New York Red Bulls(Jun 24 – Aug 15) CLB @ SJ: 61,572 SJ @ DAL: 5,724 3,562,847 16,037 2008 2010 United States 525 right Locations of teams for the 2009 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 43.632778 -79.418611 Toronto top 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 United States 37.350556 -121.936667 San Jose top ButtonRed.svg United States 47.595278 -122.331667 Seattle right ButtonRed.svg 2009 Major League Soccer season The 2009 Major League Soccer season was the 14th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 97th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 31st with a national first-division league. The Seattle Sounders FC debuted as the league's 15th club and were the second team in history to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs in their inaugural season. The club set a league record for attendance and averaged 30,943 per regular season match at Qwest Field.Romero José Miguel January 27, 2010 Keeping Sounders FC together is key to long-range success https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/keeping-sounders-fc-together-is-key-to-long-range-success/ The Seattle Times June 14, 2023 After three seasons, the MLS Reserve League was discontinued. As a result, each team's Developmental Roster spots were reduced from 10 to four, and each team's Senior Roster spots were increased from 18 to 20. This reduced each team's total roster from 28 to 24 players. The regular season began on March 19, and concluded on October 25. The 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 29, and concluded with MLS Cup 2009 on November 22. Real Salt Lake won their first MLS Cup by defeating the Los Angeles Galaxy in a penalty shootout. Overview Season format The season began on March 19 and concluded with MLS Cup on November 22. The 15 teams were split into two conferences with 7 playing in the Eastern Conference and 8 playing in the Western Conference. Each team played 30 games that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team played every other team twice, home and away, for a total of 28 games. The remaining two games were played against four regional rivals, one at home and one away. The top two teams from each conference automatically qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs. In addition, the four highest remaining point totals, regardless of conference, also qualified. 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 League. Additionally, the winner of MLS Cup, and the runner-up, also qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. An additional berth in the Champions League was also awarded to the winner of the U.S. Open Cup. If a team qualified for multiple berths into the Champions League, then additional berths were awarded to the highest overall finishing MLS team(s) not already qualified. Also, Toronto FC, as a Canadian-based team, could not qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS, and had to instead qualify through the Canadian Championship. Automatic qualification for the U.S. Open Cup was awarded to the top six overall finishers. The rest of the U.S.-based MLS teams had to qualify for the remaining two berths via a series of play-in games. Qualification for the SuperLiga was awarded to the top four overall finishers not already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. 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 Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061 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 CommunityAmerica Ballpark 10,385 LA Galaxy Home Depot Center 27,000 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 68,756 New York Red Bulls Giants Stadium 80,200 Real Salt Lake Rio Tinto Stadium 20,213 San Jose Earthquakes Buck Shaw Stadium 10,525 Seattle Sounders FC Qwest Field 68,740 Toronto FC BMO Field 21,566 Personnel and sponsorships Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor Chicago Fire CRC Denis Hamlett USA C. J. Brown Best Buy Chivas USA USA Preki MEX Claudio Suárez Comex Colorado Rapids ENG Gary Smith USA Pablo Mastroeni— Columbus Crew POL Robert Warzycha USA Frankie Hejduk Glidden D.C. United USA Tom Soehn BOL Jaime Moreno Volkswagen FC Dallas USA Schellas Hyndman ARG Pablo Ricchetti— Houston Dynamo USA Dominic Kinnear USA Wade Barrett— Kansas City Wizards USA Curt Onalfo USA Jimmy Conrad— LA Galaxy USA Bruce Arena USA Landon Donovan Herbalife New England Revolution SCO Steve Nicol USA Steve Ralston— New York Red Bulls COL Juan Carlos Osorio COL Juan Pablo Ángel Red Bull Real Salt Lake USA Jason Kreis USA Kyle Beckerman XanGo San Jose Earthquakes CAN Frank Yallop USA Ramiro Corrales Amway Global Seattle Sounders FC USA Sigi Schmid USA Kasey Keller Xbox Toronto FC ENG John Carver CAN Jim Brennan— Results table Abbreviation and Color Key:Chicago Fire – CHI • Chivas USA – CHV • Colorado Rapids – COL • Columbus Crew – CLB • D.C. United – DCFC Dallas – DAL • Houston Dynamo – HOU • Kansas City Wizards – KC • Los Angeles Galaxy – LA • New England Revolution – NENew York Red Bulls – NY • Real Salt Lake – RSL • San Jose Earthquakes – SJ • Seattle Sounders FC – SEA • Toronto FC – TORWin Loss Tie HomeClubMatch123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Chicago Fire DALDCNYSJKCCLBSEANETORNYCHVDALHOUDCCOLCLBSJSEARSLHOUKCLACOLDCRSLCLBTORLANECHV3-11-10-13-32-22-21-11-12-01-03-23-01-01-22-10-00-20-00-12-32-02-02-31-01-12-22-20-10-00-1Chivas USA COLDALCLBLASEATORDALSJRSLDCKCCHISEAHOUCLBLANECOLNYTORRSLLANESEANYDCKCSJCHIHOU1-22-01-20-00-20-10-21-00-12-21-13-20-10-11-21-00-20-42-0 0-20-40-10-20-01-12-00-22-20-13-2Colorado Rapids CHVKCLACLBHOULARSLNESEANYRSLDCDALSEACHIDALDCNYCLBCHVCHIHOUTORTORSJSJKCNEDALRSL1-21-23-21-10-11-10-21-12-23-21-10-31-10-32-10-11-30-41-00-42-30-10-12-31-11-10-01-11-20-3Columbus Crew HOUTORRSLCHVCOLCHITORKCLASJSEAKCCHVDALNYDCCHIRSLTORCOLSJDALNYHOUCHILASEANEDCNE1-11-11-41-21-12-21-12-31-11-21-12-01-21-20-11-10-01-32-31-03-00-2 0-11-22-20-21-01-00-11-0D.C. United LACHIHOURSLNENYDALKCTORCHVRSLNENYCHISEACOLCLBCOLSJHOUTORLACHIDALKCSEASJCHVCLBKC2-21-10-11-21-13-21-21-13-32-20-01-20-21-23-30-31-11-32-23-40-20-0 1-02-20-12-12-12-00-12-2FC Dallas CHICHVNETORTORCHVDCHOUSEALACHISJHOUCLBCOLNYCOLRSLKCHOUCLBNYDCLAKCRSLNESJCOLSEA3-12-01-21-12-30-21-20-11-11-13-02-23-11-21-11-20-12-40-60-10-22-32-26-32-30-30-12-11-21-2Houston Dynamo CLBSJDCNYCOLNEDALNYSJTORCHICHVDALRSLLAKCSEATORNEDCDALCHIRSLSEACOLCLBRSLKCLACHV1-12-30-10-00-12-00-11-11-30-31-00-13-11-10-11-01-21-11-03-41-02-30-0 1-10-11-22-31-10-03-2Kansas City Wizards TORCOLSJSEACHINYTORDCCLBRSLCHVLACLBNEHOUNELADALCHISJRSLNEDCNYDALCOLHOUCHVSEADC3-21-20-21-02-20-10-11-12-32-01-11-12-01-31-00-01-10-62-00-11-04-20-11-02-30-01-10-23-22-2Los Angeles Galaxy DCCOLCHVSJCOLNYRSLSEACLBDALKCTORRSLSJHOUNECHVNYKCNESEACHIDCCHVDALTORCLBCHIHOUSJ2-23-20-01-11-10-12-21-11-11-11-12-12-01-20-10-11-03-11-12-12-0 2-00-00-16-30-20-20-10-00-2New England Revolution SJNYDALDCRSLHOUCHICOLTORDCNYKCLAKCCHVHOUTORLASEARSLSJKCCHVNYSEADALCOLCLBCHICLB1-01-11-21-10-62-01-11-11-31-20-41-30-10-00-21-01-12-11-01-31-24-20-21-11-20-11-11-00-01-0New York Red Bulls SEANECHIHOURSLKCDCLASJHOUCHICOLDCNETORSEATORCLBDALLACOLCHVDALCLBKCNECHVSJRSLTOR0-31-10-10-00-20-13-20-11-41-11-03-20-20-41-31-10-20-11-23-10-42-02-30-11-01-11-10-10-20-5Real Salt Lake SEACLBDCNYNECOLLACHVKCDCSJCOLLAHOUTORSJCLBDALCHISEAHOUNECHVKCCHIHOUDALNYTORCOL0-21-41-20-20-60-22-20-12-00-01-21-12-01-10-31-11-32-40-10-10-0 1-30-41-01-12-30-30-20-10-3San Jose Earthquakes NEHOUKCCHILASEACHVNYHOUCLBRSLDALSEALARSLTORCHIDCSEACLBKCNECOLCOLDCNYDALTORCHVLA1-02-30-23-31-10-21-01-41-31-21-22-21-21-21-13-10-22-20-43-00-11-21-11-12-10-12-11-12-20-2Seattle Sounders FC NYRSLTORKCCHVSJCHILADALCOLCLBCHVSJDCNYCOLHOUCHISJRSLLANEHOUTORDCCHVNECLBKCDAL0-30-22-01-00-20-21-11-11-12-21-10-11-23-31-10-31-20-00-40-12-01-01-10-02-10-01-21-03-21-2Toronto FC KCCLBSEADALDALCHVKCCLBDCCHINEHOULANYNYRSLSJHOUCLBNEDCCHVSEACOLCOLLACHISJRSLNY3-21-12-01-12-30-10-11-13-32-01-30-32-11-20-20-33-11-12-31-10-20-20-00-12-30-22-21-10-10-5 Standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Overall standings MLS Cup playoffs 2009 MLS Cup playoffs Bracket Bracket Player statistics Goals Rank Player Club Goals 1USA Jeff Cunningham FC Dallas 17 2USA Conor Casey Colorado Rapids 163ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto Columbus Crew12USA Landon Donovan LA Galaxy USA Robbie Findley Real Salt LakeCOL Fredy Montero Seattle Sounders FC COL Juan Pablo Ángel New York Red Bulls8CAN Dwayne De Rosario Toronto FC11JAM Ryan Johnson San Jose EarthquakesUSA Josh Wolff Kansas City Wizards Assists Rank Player Club Assists 1JAM Omar Cummings Colorado Rapids 11 2NED Dave van den Bergh FC Dallas 10 3USA Brad Davis Houston Dynamo 9 4MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco Chicago Fire 85USA Landon Donovan LA Galaxy6USA Nate Jaqua Seattle Sounders FC GRN Shalrie Joseph New England RevolutionARG Claudio López Kansas City WizardsARG Javier Morales Real Salt Lake1010 players5 Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1USA Zach ThorntonChivas USA122USA Jon BuschChicago Fire10USA Kasey KellerSeattle Sounders FCCAN Pat OnstadHouston Dynamo5JAM Donovan RickettsLA Galaxy9USA Nick RimandoReal Salt Lake7USA Matt ReisNew England Revolution88USA Kevin HartmanKansas City Wizards7USA Will HesmerColumbus CrewUSA Matt PickensColorado Rapids Awards Individual awards AwardPlayerClubMost Valuable PlayerUSA Landon DonovanLA GalaxyDefender of the YearUSA Chad MarshallColumbus CrewGoalkeeper of the YearUSA Zach ThorntonChivas USACoach of the YearUSA Bruce ArenaLA GalaxyRookie of the YearUSA Omar GonzalezLA GalaxyNewcomer of the YearCOL Fredy MonteroSeattle Sounders FCComeback Player of the YearUSA Zach ThorntonChivas USAGolden BootUSA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasGoal of the YearUSA Landon DonovanLA GalaxySave of the YearCAN Pat OnstadHouston DynamoFair Play AwardUSA Steve RalstonNew England RevolutionHumanitarian of the YearUSA Jimmy Conrad USA Logan Pause Kansas City Wizards Chicago Fire Best XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsUSA Zach Thornton, Chivas USA USA Geoff Cameron, HoustonCOL Wilman Conde, ChicagoUSA Chad Marshall, Columbus CAN Dwayne De Rosario, Toronto USA Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy USA Stuart Holden, HoustonGRN Shalrie Joseph, New England SWE Freddie Ljungberg, SeattleUSA Conor Casey, ColoradoUSA Jeff Cunningham, Dallas Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubMarchCOL Fredy MonteroSeattle Sounders FCAprilUSA Brian McBrideChicago FireMayUSA Conor CaseyColorado RapidsJuneARG Guillermo Barros SchelottoColumbus CrewJulyUSA Landon DonovanLA GalaxyAugustUSA Chad MarshallColumbus CrewSeptemberUSA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasOctoberSWE Freddie LjungbergSeattle Sounders FC Weekly awards Player of the WeekWeekPlayerClubWeek 1COL Fredy MonteroSeattle Sounders FCWeek 2USA Kasey KellerSeattle Sounders FCWeek 3USA Conor CaseyColorado RapidsWeek 4JAM Donovan RickettsLA GalaxyWeek 5USA Josh WolffKansas City WizardsWeek 6ARG Javier MoralesReal Salt LakeWeek 7BOL Jaime MorenoD.C. UnitedWeek 8SEN Macoumba KandjiNew York Red BullsWeek 9USA Josh WolffKansas City WizardsWeek 10HON 1949 Amado GuevaraToronto FCWeek 11USA Conor CaseyColorado RapidsWeek 12USA Taylor TwellmanNew England RevolutionWeek 13ARG Guillermo Barros SchelottoColumbus CrewWeek 14JAM Omar CummingsColorado RapidsWeek 15USA Nate JaquaSeattle Sounders FCWeek 16USA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasWeek 17USA Chad BarrettToronto FCWeek 18MEX Cuauhtémoc BlancoChicago FireWeek 19ARM Yura MovsisyanReal Salt LakeWeek 20USA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasWeek 21USA Conor CaseyColorado RapidsWeek 22USA Chad MarshallColumbus CrewWeek 23Zimbabwe Kheli DubeNew England RevolutionWeek 24BRA Pablo CamposReal Salt LakeWeek 25USA Josh WolffKansas City WizardsWeek 26USA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasWeek 27USA Brad DavisHouston DynamoWeek 28GRD Shalrie JosephNew England RevolutionWeek 29USA Landon DonovanLA GalaxyWeek 30USA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasWeek 31SWE Freddie LjungbergSeattle Sounders FCWeek 32USA Robbie FindleyReal Salt Lake Goal of the WeekWeekPlayerClubWeek 1COL Fredy MonteroSeattle Sounders FCWeek 2COL Fredy MonteroSeattle Sounders FCWeek 3GAM Sainey NyassiNew England RevolutionWeek 4USA Brian McBrideChicago FireWeek 5USA Brian ChingHouston DynamoWeek 6USA Clint MathisReal Salt LakeWeek 7BOL Jaime MorenoD.C. UnitedWeek 8USA Chris PontiusD.C. UnitedWeek 9USA Santino QuarantaD.C. UnitedWeek 10ARG Claudio LópezKansas City WizardsWeek 11USA Nate JaquaSeattle Sounders FCWeek 12JAM Omar CummingsColorado RapidsWeek 13USA Davy ArnaudKansas City WizardsWeek 14USA Eric AvilaFC DallasWeek 15USA Nate JaquaSeattle Sounders FCWeek 16GUA Marco PappaChicago FireWeek 17USA Patrick IanniSeattle Sounders FCWeek 18USA Bryan NamoffD.C. UnitedWeek 19ARG Claudio LópezKansas City WizardsWeek 20BRA FredD.C. UnitedWeek 21USA Landon DonovanLA GalaxyWeek 22COD Steve ZakuaniSeattle Sounders FCWeek 23USA Nate JaquaSeattle Sounders FCWeek 24USA Wells ThompsonNew England RevolutionWeek 25LIT Edgaras JankauskasNew England RevolutionWeek 26JAM O'Brian WhiteToronto FCWeek 27USA Brad DavisHouston DynamoWeek 28USA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasWeek 29USA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasWeek 30USA Jeff CunninghamFC DallasWeek 31USA George JohnFC DallasWeek 32USA Robbie FindleyReal Salt Lake Save of the week was first introduced during week 10 of the 2009 season.http://web.mlsnet.com/sights/save_of_the_week/ Save of the Week 2009-05-30 MLSNet.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090926171342/http://web.mlsnet.com/sights/save_of_the_week/ September 26, 2009 dead mdy-all Save of the WeekWeekGoalkeeperClubWeek 10USA Kasey KellerSeattle Sounders FCWeek 11USA Kevin HartmanKansas City WizardsWeek 12CAN Pat OnstadHouston DynamoWeek 13USA Danny CeperoNew York Red BullsWeek 14JAM Donovan RickettsLos Angeles GalaxyWeek 15SUI Stefan FreiToronto FCWeek 16Puerto Rico Josh SaundersLos Angeles GalaxyWeek 17CAN Pat OnstadHouston DynamoWeek 18JAM Donovan RickettsLos Angeles GalaxyWeek 19USA Nick RimandoReal Salt LakeWeek 20ARG Darío SalaFC DallasWeek 21USA Kasey KellerSeattle Sounders FCWeek 22HON 1949 Amado GuevaraToronto FCWeek 23CAN Onstad & USA BarretHouston DynamoWeek 24SUI Stefan FreiToronto FCWeek 25SUI Stefan FreiToronto FCWeek 26SUI Stefan FreiToronto FCWeek 27USA Zach ThorntonChivas USAWeek 28ARG Darío SalaFC DallasWeek 29JAM Tyrone MarshallSeattle Sounders FCWeek 30ARG Dario SalaFC DallasWeek 31USA Geoff CameronHouston DynamoWeek 32USA Kevin HartmanKansas City Wizards Attendance ClubGamesSeasonGame Avg.Seattle Sounders FC 15 499,262 30,897Los Angeles Galaxy 15333,23920,827Toronto FC 15305,167 20,344Real Salt Lake 15303,13817,831Houston Dynamo 15 264,368 17,624 Chivas USA 15 251,611 15,725 D.C. United 15 202,605 15,585 Chicago Fire 15 247,908 15,487 Columbus Crew 15 226,808 14,175 Colorado Rapids 15 195,282 13,018New York Red Bulls 15 165,672 12,744New England Revolution 15 173,985 12,427San Jose Earthquakes 15 134,283 10,329Kansas City Wizards 15 150,802 10,053FC Dallas 15 108,717 9,883Totals2253,562,84716,120 See also Association football List of transfers for the 2009 Major League Soccer season 2008 MLS Expansion Draft References External links Soccernet ESPN (Stats) Site https://web.archive.org/web/20101202135110/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/_/league/usa.1/major-league-soccer?cc=5901 December 2, 2010 MLS Site 2009 1 Category:2009 in Canadian soccer United States