2015 Major League Soccer season

The 2015 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). The regular season was held from March 6 through to October 25, whereas the MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 28 and ended with MLS Cup 2015 on December 6. The defending MLS Cup champions were the LA Galaxy, while Seattle Sounders FC were the defending Supporters' Shield winners.

Major League Soccer
Season2015
MLS CupPortland Timbers (1st title)
Supporters' ShieldNew York Red Bulls (2nd shield)
Champions League (United States)FC Dallas
New York Red Bulls
Portland Timbers
Sporting Kansas City
Champions League (Canada)Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played340
Goals scored937 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerSebastian Giovinco
Kei Kamara
(22 goals each)
Best goalkeeperAdam Kwarasey
David Ousted
(13 shutouts each)
Biggest home win5 goals:
LA 5–0 POR
(Jun 24)
TOR 5–0 ORL
(Aug 22)
CLB 5–0 DC
(Oct 25)
Biggest away win5 goals:
SKC 0–5 SJ
(Aug 19)
Highest scoring10 goals:
DC 6–4 RSL
(Aug 1)
Longest winning run6 games:
New England Revolution
(Aug 1 – Sep 16)
Longest unbeaten run9 games:
New England Revolution
(Mar 21 – May 16)
Portland Timbers
(Oct 14 – Dec 6)
Longest winless run11 games:
New York City FC
(Mar 21 – May 30)
Longest losing run5 games:
New England Revolution
(Jun 21 – Jul 11)
Seattle Sounders FC
(Jul 11 – Aug 9)
Chicago Fire
(Sep 5 – Sep 26)
Highest attendance64,358
SEA 2–1 POR
(Aug 30)
Lowest attendance10,035
MTL 2–1 VAN
(Jun 3)
Total attendance7,335,053
Average attendance21,574
2014
2016

It was the first season for expansion teams Orlando City SC and New York City FC, who both joined the Eastern Conference, while both the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. Chivas USA folded at the end of the 2014 season.

At the end of the regular season, the New York Red Bulls of the Eastern Conference won the Supporters' Shield, while the team on top of the Western Conference was FC Dallas. The Portland Timbers won their first MLS Cup, winning 2–1 at Columbus Crew SC.

Overview

The 2015 season began on Friday, March 6. The opening weekend saw an average attendance of 25,838 — buoyed by strong attendances in Orlando (62,510), and Seattle (39,782) — with seven of the weekend's ten matches selling out.[1] Additionally, MLS saw strong TV ratings on ESPN2 (539,000 viewers), Unimas (341,000 viewers), and Fox Sports 1 (289,000 and 278,500 viewers).[2]

Franchise changes

The 2015 MLS season featured the addition of two expansion teams, New York City FC and Orlando City SC. New York City FC became the second MLS team in the New York metropolitan area (joining the New Jersey-based New York Red Bulls), as well as the first based within New York City itself, as the team played its inaugural season at Yankee Stadium). Orlando was a new market for MLS, which returned to Florida for the first time since folding their Miami and Tampa Bay franchises before the 2002 season. The Lions' ownership previously owned Orlando's team that played in the league then known as USL Pro from 2010–2014; that team that relocated to Louisville for the 2015 season of the rebranded United Soccer League.

While MLS added two teams, one team closed down. Chivas USA, which had called the Los Angeles area home since 2005 and shared the StubHub Center with the LA Galaxy. Chivas had been owned by Mexican club, C.D. Guadalajara, who sold the club back to MLS in 2014. The league folded Chivas in October 2014, after the conclusion of the regular season, though it announced plans to add a second LA-area club, Los Angeles FC, in 2018.[3]

Realignment and playoffs

With the addition and subtraction of the above-mentioned teams, the 2015 season saw a realignment of MLS's Eastern and Western conferences: NYCFC and Orlando City joined the East, while Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved from the East to the West.[3]

Each team played 34 regular season matches: two or three against conference rivals and once against teams from the opposite conference. The regular season concluded with all teams playing at the same scheduled time, a league first.[4]

12 teams advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs, up from 10 the previous 3 seasons. The top six teams per conference qualified. The first round per conference had the third-seed hosting the sixth-seed, and the fourth hosting the fifth. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed played the lowest remaining seed and the second played the next-lowest.

Television

The 2015 season saw the launch of a new United States television and media rights deal with English-language ESPN and Fox Sports and Spanish-language Univision Deportes. The deal continues MLS's relationship with ESPN and Univision, while it reestablishes one with Fox Sports, whose Fox Soccer channel carried MLS games until 2011 (NBC Sports carried MLS broadcasts from 2012–2014). The deal, formally announced in May 2014, sees regular weekly game broadcasts on ESPN2 (Sunday afternoons) and Fox Sports 1 (Sunday evenings), as well as a regular Friday night match on UniMás and/or Univision Deportes Network. The networks will share coverage of the MLS Cup Playoffs, while ESPN and Fox will alternate English language carriage of the MLS All-Star Game and MLS Cup championship match each year. The 2015 MLS all star game will be on Fox Sports, and MLS Cup 2015 will air on ESPN. As part of the deal, the networks also share coverage of the U.S. Soccer men's and women's national teams.[5]

The league reached a four-year agreement with Sky Sports to televise league matches live in the United Kingdom and Ireland. At least two regular season matches each week, the MLS All-Star Game, and every MLS Cup Playoff match was aired on the Sky family of networks.[6] MLS also reached a four-year agreement with Eurosport to air live matches in many other European countries.[7]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew D.C. United FC Dallas Houston Dynamo
Toyota Park Dick's Sporting Goods Park Mapfre Stadium RFK Memorial Stadium Toyota Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 20,145 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,500 Capacity: 22,000
LA Galaxy Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York City FC
StubHub Center Saputo Stadium Gillette Stadium Yankee Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 20,801 Capacity: 22,385 Capacity: 33,444
New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Portland Timbers
Red Bull Arena Citrus Bowl PPL Park Providence Park
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 18,500 Capacity: 22,000
Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rio Tinto Stadium Avaya Stadium CenturyLink Field Sporting Park BMO Field BC Place
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 39,115 Capacity: 18,500 Capacity: 30,991 Capacity: 21,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire Veljko Paunović Jeff Larentowicz Quaker
Colorado Rapids Pablo Mastroeni Drew Moor Transamerica
Columbus Crew Gregg Berhalter Michael Parkhurst Barbasol
D.C. United Ben Olsen Bobby Boswell Leidos
FC Dallas Óscar Pareja Matt Hedges AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo Owen Coyle Brad Davis BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy Bruce Arena Robbie Keane Herbalife
Montreal Impact Mauro Biello Patrice Bernier Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution Jay Heaps Jermaine Jones UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC Jason Kreis David Villa Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls Jesse Marsch Dax McCarty Red Bull
Orlando City SC Adrian Heath Kaká Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union Jim Curtin Maurice Edu Bimbo
Portland Timbers Caleb Porter Will Johnson Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake Jeff Cassar Kyle Beckerman LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes Dominic Kinnear Chris Wondolowski None
Seattle Sounders FC Sigi Schmid Brad Evans Xbox
Sporting Kansas City Peter Vermes Matt Besler Ivy Funds
Toronto FC Greg Vanney Michael Bradley Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Carl Robinson Pedro Morales Bell Canada

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
San Jose Earthquakes Mark Watson Fired October 16, 2014[8] Preseason Dominic Kinnear October 16, 2014[9]
Houston Dynamo Dominic Kinnear Signed by San Jose Earthquakes October 16, 2014[9] Owen Coyle December 8, 2014[10]
New York Red Bulls Mike Petke Fired January 7, 2015[11] Jesse Marsch January 7, 2015[12]
Montreal Impact Frank Klopas Fired August 29, 2015[13] 7th in East,
17th overall
Mauro Biello (Interim) August 29, 2015[13]
Chicago Fire Frank Yallop Fired September 20, 2015[14] 10th in East,
20th overall
Brian Bliss (Interim) September 20, 2015[14]
New York City FC Jason Kreis Fired November 2, 2015[15] Postseason Patrick Vieira November 9, 2015
Chicago Fire Brian Bliss End of interim November 24, 2015 Veljko Paunovic November 24, 2015[16]

Regular season

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Red Bulls 34 18 10 6 62 43 +19 60 Conference Semifinals & 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Columbus Crew 34 15 11 8 58 53 +5 53 Conference Semifinals
3 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51 Knockout round
4 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 2 51
5 New England Revolution 34 14 12 8 48 47 +1 50
6 Toronto FC 34 15 15 4 58 58 0 49
7 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 10 44
8 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 9 37
9 Philadelphia Union 34 10 17 7 42 55 13 37
10 Chicago Fire 34 8 20 6 43 58 15 30
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) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Dallas 34 18 10 6 52 39 +13 60 Conference Semifinals & 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 13 5 45 36 +9 53 Conference Semifinals
3 Portland Timbers 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 Knockout round
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
6 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51
7 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
8 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 7 42
9 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 10 41
10 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 10 37
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) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Overall table

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 New York Red Bulls (X) 34 18 10 6 62 43 +19 60 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 FC Dallas 34 18 10 6 52 39 +13 60
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 13 5 45 36 +9 53
4 Columbus Crew 34 15 11 8 58 53 +5 53
5 Portland Timbers (C) 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
6 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
7 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51
8 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 2 51
9 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
10 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
11 New England Revolution 34 14 12 8 48 47 +1 50
12 Toronto FC 34 15 15 4 58 58 0 49
13 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
14 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 10 44
15 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 7 42
16 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 10 41
17 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 9 37
18 Philadelphia Union 34 10 17 7 42 55 13 37
19 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 10 37
20 Chicago Fire 34 8 20 6 43 58 15 30
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) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Supporters' Shield winner.
Notes:

MLS Cup Playoffs

                                           
Knockout Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup
October 29 – Stade Saputo              
E6  Toronto FC  0
E3  Montreal Impact  2  1  3
E3  Montreal Impact  3      
E2  Columbus Crew (a.e.t.)  1  3  4  
Eastern Conference
October 28 – RFK Stadium E2  Columbus Crew  2  0  2
 
  E1  New York Red Bulls  0  1  1  
E5  New England Revolution  1
E4  D.C. United  0  0  0
E4  D.C. United  2   December 6 – Mapfre Stadium
E1  New York Red Bulls  1  1  2  
 
October 29 – Providence Park E2  Columbus Crew  1
 
  W3  Portland Timbers  2
W6  Sporting Kansas City  2 (6)
W3  Portland Timbers  0  2  2
W3  Portland Timbers (p)  2 (7)      
W2  Vancouver Whitecaps FC  0  0  0  
Western Conference
October 28 – CenturyLink Field W3  Portland Timbers  3  2  5
 
  W1  FC Dallas  1  2  3  
W5  LA Galaxy  2
W4  Seattle Sounders FC  2  1  3 (2)
W4  Seattle Sounders FC  3  
W1  FC Dallas (p)  1  2  3 (4)  

Source: [17]

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[18]

Team GP Total High Low Average
Seattle Sounders FC17752,19264,35839,17544,247
Orlando City SC17558,40762,51023,37232,847
New York City FC17493,26748,04720,46129,016
Toronto FC17398,67130,26616,38223,451
LA Galaxy17397,66827,00013,39123,392
Portland Timbers17359,41821,14421,14421,144
San Jose Earthquakes17356,64650,42218,00020,979
Houston Dynamo17351,18722,65116,01820,658
Vancouver Whitecaps FC17348,62422,50018,08320,507
Real Salt Lake17342,71821,00418,89520,160
Sporting Kansas City17334,68421,50518,86419,687
New York Red Bulls17334,17225,21912,54019,657
New England Revolution17333,65242,94710,66819,627
Montreal Impact17301,74225,24510,03517,750
Philadelphia Union17296,67418,88315,37417,451
Columbus Crew17288,74722,71910,30216,985
D.C. United17276,15221,51711,21816,244
FC Dallas17272,22121,90712,64016,013
Chicago Fire17272,04320,12411,19616,003
Colorado Rapids17266,16818,59710,43915,657
Total3407,335,05364,35810,03521,574

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1Seattle Sounders FC2–1Portland Timbers64,358August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)CenturyLink Field
2Orlando City SC1–1New York City FC62,510March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)Citrus Bowl
3Seattle Sounders FC1–1LA Galaxy56,097October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)CenturyLink Field
4Seattle Sounders FC3–1Real Salt Lake55,435October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)CenturyLink Field
5Seattle Sounders FC0–3Vancouver Whitecaps FC53,125August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)CenturyLink Field
6San Jose Earthquakes3–1LA Galaxy50,422June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)Stanford Stadium
7New York City FC1–3New York Red Bulls48,047June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)Yankee Stadium
8New York City FC2–0New England Revolution43,507March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)Yankee Stadium
9Orlando City SC2–1New York City FC43,179October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16)Citrus Bowl
10New England Revolution0–1Montreal Impact42,947October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17)Gillette Stadium

Updated to games played on October 25, 2015. Source: MLS Soccer

Statistics

Awards

Monthly awards

MLS Player of the Month
Month Player Club Stats Ref
March Octavio Rivero Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3G, 0A [22]
April Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City 2G, 3A [23]
May Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City 3G, 2A [24]
June David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30SV, 4GA [25]
July Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 5G, 3A [26]
August Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 4G, 3A [27]
September Didier Drogba Montreal Impact 7G, 1A [28]
October Didier Drogba Montreal Impact 4G, 0A [29]

Weekly awards

Week MLS Player of the Week Goal of the Week MLS Save of the Week
Player Club Player Club Player Club
Week 1 Jozy Altidore Toronto FC Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders FC Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 2 David Villa New York City FC Innocent Emeghara San Jose Earthquakes Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 3 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Octavio Rivero Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 4 Kelyn Rowe New England Revolution Jack McInerney Montreal Impact Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 5 Shaun Maloney Chicago Fire Javier Morales Real Salt Lake Brek Shea Orlando City SC
Week 6 Jaime Penedo LA Galaxy Dillon Serna Colorado Rapids Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 7 Fabián Castillo FC Dallas Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers
Week 8 Ethan Finlay Columbus Crew SC Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 9 Fabián Castillo FC Dallas Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 10 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Diego Valeri Portland Timbers David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 11 Chad Barrett Seattle Sounders FC Devon Sandoval Real Salt Lake Steve Clark Columbus Crew SC
Week 12 Kei Kamara Columbus Crew SC Dom Dwyer Sporting Kansas City Evan Bush Montreal Impact
Week 13 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC Marco Pappa Seattle Sounders FC Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 14 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC Thomas McNamara New York City FC Andrew Dykstra D.C. United
Week 15 David Villa New York City FC Diego Fagúndez New England Revolution Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 16 Gyasi Zardes LA Galaxy Matías Pérez García San Jose Earthquakes David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 17 Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers Olmes Garcia Real Salt Lake David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 18 Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Tyrone Mears Seattle Sounders FC David Ousted Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 19 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC Marco Donadel Montreal Impact Evan Bush Montreal Impact
Week 20 Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Javier Morales Real Salt Lake Tyler Deric Houston Dynamo
Week 21 Cyle Larin Orlando City SC Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 22 Pa Modou Kah Vancouver Whitecaps FC Taylor Kemp D.C. United Jeff Attinella Real Salt Lake
Week 23 Kei Kamara Columbus Crew SC Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 24 Paulo Nagamura Sporting Kansas City Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC Adam Kwarasey Portland Timbers
Week 25 Robbie Keane LA Galaxy Cristian Techera Vancouver Whitecaps FC Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 26 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 27 Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
Week 28 Kei Kamara Columbus Crew SC Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 29 Benny Feilhaber Sporting Kansas City Gonzalo Pineda Seattle Sounders FC Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 30 Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Didier Drogba Montreal Impact Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
Week 31 Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City Krisztián Németh Sporting Kansas City Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 32 None awarded[30]
Week 33 Fanendo Adi Portland Timbers Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact Luis Robles New York Red Bulls
Week 34 Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers Evan Bush Montreal Impact

Scoring

Discipline

End-of-season awards

Award [31] Player/Club
Most Valuable Player Sebastian Giovinco[32]
Defender of the Year Laurent Ciman[33]
Goalkeeper of the Year Luis Robles[34]
Coach of the Year Jesse Marsch[35]
Rookie of the Year Cyle Larin[36]
Newcomer of the Year Sebastian Giovinco[37]
Comeback Player of the Year Tim Melia[38]
Golden Boot Sebastian Giovinco[39]
Fair Play Player Award Darlington Nagbe[40]
Fair Play Team Award Philadelphia Union[40]
Humanitarian of the Year Kei Kamara[41]
Referee of the Year Alan Kelly[42]
Assistant Referee of the Year Corey Parker[42]
Goal of the Year Krisztián Németh[43]
Save of the Year Adam Larsen Kwarasey[44]

MLS Best XI

Year Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2015 Luis Robles, Red Bulls Laurent Ciman, Montreal
Matt Hedges, Dallas
Kendall Waston, Vancouver
Ethan Finlay, Columbus
Dax McCarty, Red Bulls
Benny Feilhaber, Sporting KC
Fabian Castillo, Dallas
Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto
Kei Kamara, Columbus
Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy

Source:[45]

Player transfers

Allocation ranking

The allocation ranking was the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee.

MLS streamlined the allocation mechanism in the middle of 2015 season. Effective on May 1, 2015, the allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in MLS allocation list.[46] 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 will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2014 season, taking playoff performance into account.[47]

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
Final
Ranking
Club Date Allocation Used
(Rank on that date)
Player Signed Previous Club Ref
201 LA Galaxy[48]
62 Chicago Fire
73 Houston Dynamo
94 Philadelphia Union
105 Portland Timbers
116 Sporting Kansas City
127 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
138 Columbus Crew SC
149 FC Dallas
1510 Real Salt Lake
311 Montreal Impact[49]
1812 Seattle Sounders FC
1913 New England Revolution
514 Colorado Rapids[48]
115 New York City FCJanuary 13, 2015 (1) Mix Diskerud Rosenborg[50]
816 Toronto FCJanuary 16, 2015 (6) Jozy Altidore Sunderland[51]
1717 New York Red BullsJanuary 28, 2015 (1) Sacha Kljestan Anderlecht[49][52]
2 18 Orlando City SC December 19, 2014 (2) Brek Shea Stoke City[53]
February 2, 2015 (17) Eric Avila Santos Laguna[54][55]
1619 D.C. UnitedFebruary 10, 2015 (12) Michael Farfan Cruz Azul[56]
420 San Jose EarthquakesJuly 17, 2015 (1) Marc Pelosi Liverpool U-21[57]

On January 15, 2015, LA Galaxy acquired the then-number 3 allocation ranking (original ranking number 5) and allocation money from Colorado Rapids in exchange for the then-number 18 allocation ranking (original ranking number 20), Marcelo Sarvas, and an international roster slot.

On January 27, 2015, New York Red Bulls acquired the then-number 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3) and Felipe from Montreal Impact in exchange for the then-number 14 allocation ranking (original ranking number 17), Ambroise Oyongo, Eric Alexander, allocation money, and an international roster slot for the 2015 season.

♯ On December 19, 2014, Orlando used its original ranking to acquire Shea.[58] Orlando used their allocation a second time when 16 teams passed and they picked Avila with the then-number 17 allocation ranking.

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

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