2006 Major League Soccer season

2006 Major League Soccer season
Season	2006
MLS Cup	Houston Dynamo (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	D.C. United (3rd shield)
Matches played	192
Goals scored	503 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeff Cunningham; Real Salt Lake; Goals: 16
Biggest home win	NY 6–0 RSL
Biggest away win	NY 1–4 DCU; LA 0–3 RSL; DCU 2–5 LA
Highest scoring	NY 5–4 CHV
Longest winning run	D.C. United; Wins: 6; (06/21 – 07/15)
Longest unbeaten run	D.C. United; Wins: 14; (05/13 – 07/22)
Longest losing run	K.C. Wizards; Loss: 7; (06/24 – 07/22); Los Angeles Galaxy; Loss: 7; (05/06 -06/08)
Highest attendance	Los Angeles Galaxy; Season: 333,016; Game avg.: 20,814
Lowest attendance	K.C. Wizards; Season: 177,322; Game avg.: 11,083
Average attendance	MLS; Season: 2,976,787; Game avg.: 15,504
	← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Major League Soccer season was the 11th season in the history of Major League Soccer. It began on April 1, 2006, and ended with MLS Cup 2006 on November 12, 2006, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, for the second consecutive year.

Changes from 2005 season

The MetroStars were bought by Austrian company Red Bull and rebranded as Red Bull New York, with the playing squad known as the New York Red Bulls.
The San Jose Earthquakes players and head coach Dominic Kinnear moved to Houston, Texas, due to owner AEG being unable to secure a soccer specific stadium in San Jose, California. The team was to be renamed Houston 1836, but later changed its name to the Houston Dynamo.
In June, the Chicago Fire moved into their new soccer-specific stadium, Toyota Park, in Bridgeview, Illinois.

Final standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Eastern Conference
1	D.C. United	55	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14
2	New England Revolution	48	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4
3	Chicago Fire	47	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2
4	New York Red Bulls	39	32	9	11	12	41	41	0
5	Kansas City Wizards	38	32	10	14	8	43	45	–2
6	Columbus Crew	33	32	8	15	9	30	42	–12


	MLS Supporters' Shield, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Western Conference
1	FC Dallas	52	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4
2	Houston Dynamo	46	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4
3	Chivas USA	43	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3
4	Colorado Rapids	41	32	11	13	8	36	49	–13
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	39	32	11	15	6	37	37	0
6	Real Salt Lake	39	32	10	13	9	45	49	–4


	MLS Supporters' Shield runner up, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	D.C. United (SS, E1)	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55	2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	FC Dallas (W1)	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	52	2007 North American SuperLiga
3	New England Revolution	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48	2007 North American SuperLiga
4	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
5	Houston Dynamo	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	46	2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
6	Chivas USA	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	43	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
7	Colorado Rapids	32	11	13	8	36	49	−13	41
8	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
9	LA Galaxy	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39	2007 North American SuperLiga
10	Real Salt Lake	32	10	13	9	45	49	−4	39
11	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	−2	38
12	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	−12	33

Source:

MLS Cup playoffs

Conference Semifinals				Conference Finals			MLS Cup 2006

E1	D.C. United	1	1
E4	New York	0	1
				E1	D.C. United	0
Eastern Conference
				E2	New England	1
E3	Chicago	1	1 (2)

E2	New England (p)	0	2 (4)
							E2	New England	1 (3)

							W2	Houston (p)	1 (4)
W1	Dallas	2	2 (4)

W4	Colorado (p)	1	3 (5)
				W4	Colorado	1
Western Conference
				W2	Houston	3
W3	Chivas USA	2	0

W2	Houston	1	2

Conference semifinals

October 21, 2006

D.C. United	1–0	New York Red Bulls
Gómez 73' Namoff 75' Gómez 77'	Report	Mendes 76' Guevara 90+2'

Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey

Attendance: 8,630

Referee: Michael Kennedy

October 29, 2006

New York Red Bulls	1–1	D.C. United
Stammler 11' Altidore 70'	Report	Adu 73' Gómez 86'

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 21,455

Referee: Tim Weyland

D.C. United advance 2–1 on aggregate.

October 22, 2006

New England Revolution	0–1	Chicago Fire
Heaps 34' John 37' Joseph 57'	Report	Herron 16' Mapp 35' Robinson 61'

Toyota Park
Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 10,217

Referee: Tim Weyland

October 28, 2006

Chicago Fire	1–2 (AET)	New England Revolution
Jaqua 18' Segares 31' Robinson 65' Jaqua 116'	(Report)	Larentowicz 10' Hernández 14' Twellman 41' Noonan 58'
Penalties
Thiago Gutiérrez Herron Guerrero	2–4	Cancela Reis Noonan Twellman

Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 9,372

Referee: Jair Marrufo

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' Ruíz 90'	Report	Cooke 23' Gargan 57' Beckerman 86' Martins 88'

INVESCO Field
Denver, Colorado

Attendance: 4,176

Referee: Hilario Grajeda

October 28, 2006

Colorado Rapids	3–2 (AET)	FC Dallas
Mastroeni 26' Winger 53' Hernández 57' Hernández 83' Noel 101' Mathis 114'	Report	Gbandi 29' Ruíz 48' Goodson 92' Saragosa 112'
Penalties
Mathis Hernández Kirovski Beckerman Karanka Mastroeni	5–4	Ruíz O'Brien Mulrooney Vanney Valakari Sala

Pizza Hut Park
Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 15,486

Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Colorado Rapids advance 5–4 on penalties (4–4 aggregate after extra time).

October 22, 2006

Houston Dynamo	1–2	C.D. Chivas USA
Onstad 45+1' Ching 75'	Report	Mendoza 38' Razov 45' Palencia 68'

Home Depot Center
Carson, California

Attendance: 15,110

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

October 29, 2006

C.D. Chivas USA	0–2	Houston Dynamo
Vaughn 55' Palencia 57' 58' Regan 63' García 64'	Report	Clark 59' Davis 64' (pen.) Serioux 67' Ching 90+3'

Robertson Stadium
Houston, Texas

Attendance: 17,440

Referee: Michael Kennedy

Houston Dynamo advance 3–2 on aggregate.

Conference finals

November 5, 2006

New England Revolution	1–0	D.C. United
Dorman 2' Twellman 4'	Report

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 19,552

Referee: Kevin Stott

New England Revolution advances 1–0 in single elimination.

November 5, 2006

Colorado Rapids	1–3	Houston Dynamo
Kirovski 4' Mathis 17'	Report	Dalglish 10' Clark 17' Dalglish 21' Mullan 71'

Robertson Stadium
Houston, Texas

Attendance: 23,107

Referee: Brian Hall

Houston Dynamo advances 3–1 in single elimination.

MLS Cup 2006

November 12, 2006

Houston Dynamo	1–1 (AET)	New England Revolution
Davis 23' Cochrane 99' Waibel 103' Ching 114'	(Report)	Franchino 16' Twellman 113'
Penalties
Gray Holden De Rosario Davis Ching	4–3	Joseph Reis Noonan Twellman Heaps

Pizza Hut Park
Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 22,427

Referee: Jair Marrufo

The Houston Dynamo win MLS Cup 4–3 on penalties.

Team awards

MLS Cup: Houston Dynamo
U.S. Open Cup: Chicago Fire
MLS Supporters' Shield: D.C. United
MLS Reserve Division: Colorado Rapids

International competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Los Angeles Galaxy
Lost Deportivo Saprissa in quarterfinals.

New England Revolution
Lost LD Alajuelense in quarterfinals.

Individual awards

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Christian Gómez	D.C. United
Golden Boot	Jeff Cunningham (16) points	Real Salt Lake
Defender of the Year	Bobby Boswell	D.C. United
Goalkeeper of the Year	Troy Perkins	D.C. United
Rookie of the Year	Jonathan Bornstein	C.D. Chivas USA
Coach of the Year	Bob Bradley	C.D. Chivas USA
Comeback Player of the Year	Richard Mulrooney	FC Dallas
Goal of the Year	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo
Fair Play Award	Chris Klein	Real Salt Lake
Humanitarian of the Year	Michael Parkhurst	New England Revolution

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jeff Cunningham	Real Salt Lake	16
2	Christian Gómez	D.C. United	14
	Ante Razov	C.D. Chivas USA	14
3	Carlos Ruíz	FC Dallas	13
4	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	12
5	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	11
	Dwayne De Rosario	Houston Dynamo	11
	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	11
	Kenny Cooper	FC Dallas	11
	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo	11

Goal-scoring totals

Club	Overall Record	Goals For	Goals For Avg.	Goals Against	Goals Against Avg.
D.C. United	15–7–10	52	1.63 (1st)	38	1.19 (3rd)
FC Dallas	16–12–4	48	1.50 (2nd)	44	1.38 (9th)
C.D. Chivas USA	10–9–13	45	1.41 (3rd)	42	1.31 (7th)
Real Salt Lake	10–13–9	45	1.41 (4th)	49	1.53 (11th)
Houston Dynamo	11–8–13	44	1.38 (5th)	40	1.25 (4th)
Chicago Fire	13–11–8	43	1.34 (6th)	41	1.28 (5th)
Kansas City Wizards	10–14–8	43	1.34 (7th)	45	1.41 (10th)
New York Red Bulls	9–11–12	41	1.28 (8th)	41	1.28 (5th)
New England Revolution	12–8–12	39	1.22 (9th)	35	1.09 (1st)
Los Angeles Galaxy	11–15–6	37	1.16 (10th)	37	1.16 (2nd)
Colorado Rapids	11–13–8	36	1.13 (11th)	49	1.53 (11th)
Columbus Crew	8–15–9	30	0.94 (12th)	42	1.31 (7th)
Overall Totals		503	2.62

Team attendance totals

Club	Stadium	Games	Season	Game avg.
Chicago Fire	Toyota Park	16	225,775	14,111
CD Chivas USA	Home Depot Center	16	317,432	19,840
Colorado Rapids	INVESCO Field	16	192,894	12,056
Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew Stadium	16	212,699	13,294
New York Red Bulls	Giants Stadium	16	233,112	14,570
Kansas City Wizards	Arrowhead Stadium	16	177,322	11,083
D.C. United	Robert F. Kennedy Stadium	16	291,442	18,215
New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium	16	188,569	11,786
Los Angeles Galaxy	Home Depot Center	16	333,016	20,814
Houston Dynamo	Robertson Stadium	16	302,957	18,935
FC Dallas	Pizza Hut Park	16	239,714	14,982
Real Salt Lake	Rice-Eccles Stadium	16	261,855	16,366
MLS Totals		192	2,976,787	15,504

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

External links

MLS 2006 Season Stats

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Major League Soccer
Seasons 2020 season Records and statistics 100 or more goals Hat-tricks Players Association Rivalry cups History U.S. Soccer Canada Soccer
Eastern Conference	Atlanta United FC Chicago Fire FC FC Cincinnati Columbus Crew SC D.C. United Inter Miami CF CF Montréal Nashville SC New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC
Western Conference	Austin FC Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo FC LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Future teams	Charlotte FC (2022) Sacramento Republic FC (2023) St. Louis City SC (2023)
Former teams	Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001) Miami Fusion (1998–2001) Chivas USA (2005–2014)
Personnel	Foreign Capped International Designated Player Homegrown Player Generation Adidas Cup Transfers Coaches Owners
Competition	MLS Cup Playoffs Champions SuperDraft Stadiums Attendance Television Broadcasters MLS Cup
Associated competitions	All-Star Game Homegrown Game CONCACAF Champions League Campeones Cup Leagues Cup U.S. Open Cup Canadian Championship Reserve League eMLS Cup MLS is Back Tournament MLS Next
Other	Generation Adidas MLS performance in the CONCACAF Champions League Supporters' Shield
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2006 MLS season by team
SuperDraft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Playoffs MLS Cup Transfers
Eastern	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D.C. United New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Kansas City Wizards
Western	Chivas USA Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake

2006–07 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)
« 2005–06 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2006 and June 2007 2007–08 »
Domestic leagues	Belize '06 '07 Canada '06 '07 Costa Rica El Salvador '06 A '07 C Guatemala Honduras Mexico '06 A '07 C Nicaragua Panama '06 '07 A Trinidad and Tobago '06 '07 United States '06 '07
Domestic cups	Canada '06 '07 United States '06 '07
CONCACAF competitions	Champions' Cup Copa Interclubes UNCAF CFU Club Championship