2013 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer

Season	2013
MLS Cup	Sporting Kansas City
Supporters' Shield	New York Red Bulls
Matches played	323
Goals scored	845 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Camilo (22 goals)
Biggest home win	NE 5–0 LA (Jun 2) MTL 5-0 HOU (Aug 24) LA 5-0 CHV (Oct 6)
Biggest away win	CHV 0–5 POR (Oct 26)
Highest scoring	8 goals: MTL 5-3 PHI (May 25)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Seattle Sounders FC (Aug 25 – Sep 13)
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches:[1] Portland Timbers (Mar 16 – Jun 23)
Longest winless run	13 matches: D.C. United (Mar 16 – Jun 22)
Longest losing run	7 matches:[1] D.C. United (Mar 23 – May 11) Chivas USA (May 5 – Jun 24)
Highest attendance	67,385 POR @ SEA (Aug 25)
Lowest attendance	5,123 POR @ CHV (Sep 14)
Average attendance	18,594[1]
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The 2013 Major League Soccer season is the 101st season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States and Canada, the 35th with a national first-division league, and the 18th season of Major League Soccer. The season features 19 total clubs (16 from the United States, 3 from Canada).

The regular season began on March 2, when Sporting Kansas City defeated the Philadelphia Union 3–1 at PPL Park. The 2013 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was held on July 31, 2013 in Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas (hosted by Sporting Kansas City).^[2] The regular season ended on October 27. The New York Red Bulls won the Supporters' Shield and Sporting Kansas City went on to win the MLS Cup.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Stadiums and locations

Chicago Fire	Chivas USA/ Los Angeles Galaxy	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	D.C. United	FC Dallas
Toyota Park	StubHub Center	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Crew Stadium	RFK Memorial Stadium	Toyota Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 18,086	Capacity: 20,145	Capacity: 19,467†	Capacity: 21,193

Houston Dynamo	Montreal Impact	New England Revolution	New York Red Bulls	Philadelphia Union	Portland Timbers
BBVA Compass Stadium	Saputo Stadium[lower-alpha 1]	Gillette Stadium	Red Bull Arena	PPL Park	Providence Park
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 20,341	Capacity: 22,385†	Capacity: 25,189	Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 20,323

Real Salt Lake	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle Sounders FC	Sporting Kansas City	Toronto FC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rio Tinto Stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium[lower-alpha 2]	CenturyLink Field	Sporting Park	BMO Field	BC Place
Capacity: 20,213	Capacity: 10,525	Capacity: 38,500†	Capacity: 18,467	Capacity: 21,859	Capacity: 21,000†

†Actual capacity is higher; seats rationed for soccer games

Fire

Chivas USA

Rapids

Crew

D.C. United

FC Dallas

Dynamo

Galaxy

Impact

Revolution

Red Bulls

Union

Timbers

Real Salt Lake

Earthquakes

Sounders FC

Sporting KC

Toronto FC

Whitecaps FC

Locations of teams for the 2013 Major League Soccer season. Orange: Western Conference members, Blue: Eastern Conference members.

Personnel and sponsorship

• On January 15, 2013, Sporting Kansas City and Livestrong officially cut ties following the announcement of Lance Armstrong using PEDs, and Livestrong Sporting Park was renamed to just simply Sporting Park.^[3]
• On January 17, 2013, Sporting Kansas City officially announced their first-ever jersey sponsor, Ivy Funds.^[4]
• On March 4, 2013, it was announced that The Home Depot Center, home of Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy, was to be renamed StubHub Center, after the online ticket marketplace StubHub effective June 1.^[5]
• On September 10, 2013, FC Dallas has reached a long-term agreement with Toyota to rename FC Dallas Stadium to Toyota Stadium.^[6][7]

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Klopas, FrankFrank Klopas	Pause, LoganLogan Pause	Quaker
Chivas USA	Real, José LuisJosé Luis Real	Kennedy, DanDan Kennedy	Corona
Colorado Rapids	Pareja, ÓscarÓscar Pareja	Drew Moor	n/a
Columbus Crew	Bliss, BrianBrian Bliss	Higuaín, FedericoFederico Higuaín	Barbasol
D.C. United	Olsen, BenBen Olsen	De Rosario, DwayneDwayne De Rosario	Volkswagen
FC Dallas	Hyndman, SchellasSchellas Hyndman	Ferreira, DavidDavid Ferreira	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo	Kinnear, DominicDominic Kinnear	Davis, BradBrad Davis	n/a
Los Angeles Galaxy	Arena, BruceBruce Arena	Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane	Herbalife
Montreal Impact	Schällibaum, MarcoMarco Schällibaum	Arnaud, DavyDavy Arnaud	Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	Heaps, JayJay Heaps	Gonçalves, JoséJosé Gonçalves	UnitedHealthcare
New York Red Bulls	Petke, MikeMike Petke	Henry, ThierryThierry Henry	Red Bull
Philadelphia Union	Hackworth, JohnJohn Hackworth	Carroll, BrianBrian Carroll	Bimbo
Portland Timbers	Porter, CalebCaleb Porter	Johnson, WillWill Johnson	Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Kreis, JasonJason Kreis	Beckerman, KyleKyle Beckerman	XanGo
San Jose Earthquakes	Watson, MarkMark Watson	Corrales, RamiroRamiro Corrales	n/a
Seattle Sounders FC	Schmid, SigiSigi Schmid	Rosales, MauroMauro Rosales	Xbox
Sporting Kansas City	Vermes, PeterPeter Vermes	Nielsen, JimmyJimmy Nielsen	Ivy Funds
Toronto FC	Nelsen, RyanRyan Nelsen	Caldwell, StevenSteven Caldwell	Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Rennie, MartinMartin Rennie	DeMerit, JayJay DeMerit	Bell Canada

Player transfers

Major League Soccer employs 12 methods to acquire players. These include: signing players on transfers/free transfers as is done in most of the world; via trades; drafting players through mechanisms such as the MLS SuperDraft, MLS Supplemental Draft, or MLS Re-Entry Draft; rarely used methods which cover extreme hardship and injury replacement; signing players as Designated Players or Homegrown Players; placing a discovery claim on players; waivers; and methods peculiar to MLS such as through allocation or a weighted lottery.^[8]

Allocation ranking

The allocation ranking is 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. The allocation rankings may also be used in the event two or more clubs file a request for the same player on the same day. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2012 season, taking playoff performance into account.

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 League season.

Original Ranking	Club	Date Allocation Used	Player Signed	Player Nation	Previous Club	Club Nation	Ref
1	Chivas USA	July 1, 2013	Carlos Bocanegra	United States	Rangers	Scotland	[9]
2	Portland Timbers
3	Seattle Sounders FC
4	New England Revolution
5	Philadelphia Union
6	Colorado Rapids
7	FC Dallas
8	Montreal Impact
9	Columbus Crew
10	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
11	Chicago Fire
12	Real Salt Lake
13	New York Red Bulls
14	Sporting Kansas City
15	San Jose Earthquakes
16	Toronto FC
17	D.C. United	February 20, 2013	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	Municipal	Guatemala	[10]
18	Houston Dynamo
19	Los Angeles Galaxy

On December 12, 2012, Portland Timbers acquired the number 2 ranking from Chivas USA in exchange for the number 3 ranking and an international roster spot.^[11]

On February 19, 2013, Chivas USA traded the No. 3 ranking to Seattle Sounders FC in the Shalrie Joseph trade. It was also reported that Seattle sent the No. 15 allocation ranking to Chivas USA as part of the deal, although Seattle appeared to have owned the No. 16 selection and not the No. 15 selection.^[12]

On July 1, 2013, Chivas USA acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Toronto FC in exchange for the #16 ranking, a first-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, and an international roster spot.^[13]

Weighted lottery

Some players are assigned to MLS teams via a weighted lottery process. A team can only acquire one player per year through a weighted lottery. The players made available through lotteries include: (i) Generation adidas players signed after the MLS SuperDraft; and (ii) Draft eligible players to whom an MLS contract was offered but who failed to sign with the League prior to the SuperDraft.

The team with the worst record over its last 30 regular season games (dating back to previous season if necessary and taking playoff performance into account) will have the greatest probability of winning the lottery. Teams are not required to participate in a lottery. Players are assigned via the lottery system in order to prevent a player from potentially influencing his destination club with a strategic holdout.

Below are the results of 2013 weighted lotteries:

Lottery Date	Player	Player Nation	Position	Winning Club	Other Clubs Participating	Ref
December 18, 2012	Mobi Fehr	USA	DF	Portland Timbers	Seattle Sounders FC, San Jose Earthquakes	[14]
December 20, 2012	Gale Agbossoumonde	USA	DF	Toronto FC	FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Seattle Sounders FC, Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes	[15]
January 25, 2013	Charles Eloundou	CMR	FW	Colorado Rapids	Real Salt Lake, D.C. United	[16]
July 18, 2013	Conor Doyle	USA	FW	D.C. United	Colorado Rapids	[17]

Ownership changes

Club	New owner	Previous owner	Date
Real Salt Lake	Dell Loy Hansen	Dave Checketts	January 24, 2013
Columbus Crew	Anthony Precourt	Clark Hunt	July 30, 2013

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Montreal Impact	Marsch, JesseJesse Marsch	Mutual consent	Nov 3, 2012[18]	Preseason	Schällibaum, MarcoMarco Schällibaum	Jan 6, 2013[19]
Chivas USA	Fraser, RobinRobin Fraser	Sacked	Nov 9, 2012 [20]		Sanchez, Jose LuisJosé Luis Sánchez Solá	Dec 12, 2012[21]
New York Red Bulls	Backe, HansHans Backe	End of contract	Nov 9, 2012[22]		Petke, MikeMike Petke	Jan 24, 2013[23]
Portland Timbers	Wilkinson, GavinGavin Wilkinson	End of caretaker spell	Nov 26, 2012[24]		Porter, CalebCaleb Porter	Nov 26, 2012[24]
Toronto FC	Mariner, PaulPaul Mariner	Sacked	Jan 7, 2013[25]		Nelsen, RyanRyan Nelsen	Jan 7, 2013[25]
Chivas USA	Sanchez, Jose LuisJosé Luis Sánchez Solá	Mutual consent	May 30, 2013[26]	16th	Real, José LuisJosé Luis Real[26]	May 30, 2013
San Jose Earthquakes	Yallop, FrankFrank Yallop	Mutual consent	Jun 7, 2013[27]	15th	Watson, MarkMark Watson[27]	Jun 7, 2013
Columbus Crew	Warzycha, RobertRobert Warzycha	Sacked	Sep 2, 2013[28]	16th	Bliss, BrianBrian Bliss[28]	Sep 2, 2013
FC Dallas	Schellas Hyndman	Resigned	Oct 26, 2013	16th / Postseason	Vacancy	Vacancy
Vancouver Whitecaps	Martin Rennie	Sacked	Oct 29, 2013	13th / Postseason	Vacancy	Vacancy
Chicago Fire	Frank Klopas	Resigned	Oct 30, 2013[29]	12th / Postseason	Yallop, FrankFrank Yallop[30]	Oct 31, 2013
Columbus Crew	Bliss, BrianBrian Bliss	End of caretaker spell	Nov 6, 2013	16th / Postseason	Berhalter, GreggGregg Berhalter[31]	Nov 6, 2013
Chivas USA	Real, José LuisJosé Luis Real	End of caretaker spell	Nov 25, 2013[32]	18th / Postseason	Vacancy	Vacancy

Standings

Conference tables

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	New York Red Bulls (SS) (E1)	59	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	2013 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Sporting Kansas City	58	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17
3	New England Revolution	51	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11
4	Houston Dynamo	51	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	2013 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Montreal Impact	49	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1
6	Chicago Fire	49	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5
7	Philadelphia Union	46	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2
8	Columbus Crew	41	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4
9	Toronto FC	29	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17
10	D.C. United	16	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37

Updated to matches played on October 27, 2013 6:55 p.m. EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Portland Timbers (W1)	57	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	2013 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Real Salt Lake	56	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16
3	LA Galaxy	53	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15
4	Seattle Sounders FC	52	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	2013 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Colorado Rapids	51	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7
6	San Jose Earthquakes	51	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	48	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8
8	FC Dallas	44	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4
9	Chivas USA	26	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37

Updated to matches played on October 27, 2013 8:00 p.m. PDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(W1) = Western Conference champion

Overall table

Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, the Supporters' Shield trophy, seeding in the 2014 Canadian Championship, and 2014 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying for the playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	New York Red Bulls (SS) (E1)	59	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League ^1
2	Sporting Kansas City	58	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17
3	Portland Timbers (W1)	57	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21
4	Real Salt Lake	56	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16
5	LA Galaxy	53	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15
6	Seattle Sounders FC	52	34	15	12	7	42	42	0
7	New England Revolution	51	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11
8	Colorado Rapids	51	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7
9	Houston Dynamo	51	34	14	11	9	41	41	0
10	San Jose Earthquakes	51	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7
11	Montreal Impact	49	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League ^2
12	Chicago Fire	49	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	48	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8
14	Philadelphia Union	46	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2
15	FC Dallas	44	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4
16	Columbus Crew	41	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4
17	Toronto FC	29	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17
18	Chivas USA	26	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37
19	D.C. United	16	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League ^1

Updated to matches played on October 2013. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

(W1) = Western Conference champion

¹The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A. (Canadian teams cannot qualify for the Champions League through MLS; the Canadian qualifier is the winner of the 2014 Canadian Championship.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League are:

• Winner of the 2013 MLS Cup (Pot A)
• Regular Season Conference Winner that is not the Supporters' Shield Champion (Pot B)
• Winner of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B)

Tie-breaking

The teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a tie (draw) and zero points for a loss. If teams have an equal number of points the following tie-breaking procedures apply:^[33]

1. Most wins
2. Goals for (GF)
3. Goal differential (GD)
4. Fewest disciplinary points (foul - one point, first yellow card - three points, second yellow card (resulting in red card) - five points, straight red card - six points, disciplinary committee suspension - six points)
5. Road goals
6. Road goal differential
7. Home goals
8. Home goal differential
9. Coin toss (two teams) or drawing of lots (three or more)

Playoff bracket

	East Knockout
	E4	Houston Dynamo	3
	E5	Montreal Impact	0

	West Knockout
	W4	Seattle Sounders FC	2
	W5	Colorado Rapids	0

	Conference Semifinals							Conference Finals							MLS Cup 2013
	E1	New York Red Bulls	2	1	3
	E4	Houston Dynamo (a.e.t.)	2	2	4
								E4	Houston Dynamo	0	1	1
	Eastern Conference
								E2	Sporting Kansas City	0	2	2
	E2	Sporting Kansas City (a.e.t.)	1	3	4
	E3	New England Revolution	2	1	3
															E2	Sporting Kansas City (p)	1 (7)
														W2	Real Salt Lake	1 (6)
	W1	Portland Timbers	2	3	5
	W4	Seattle Sounders FC	1	2	3
								W1	Portland Timbers	2	0	2
	Western Conference
								W2	Real Salt Lake	4	1	5
	W2	Real Salt Lake (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
	W3	LA Galaxy	1	0	1

Statistical leaders

Full article: MLS Golden Boot

Top scorers Rank Player Nation Club Goals 1 Camilo  BRA Vancouver Whitecaps FC 22 2 Mike Magee  USA Chicago Fire[lower-alpha 3] 21 3 Marco Di Vaio  ITA Montreal Impact 20 4 Robbie Keane  IRE Los Angeles Galaxy 16 5 Diego Fagúndez  URU New England Revolution 13 Dominic Oduro  GHA Columbus Crew 13 7 Jack McInerney  USA Philadelphia Union 12 Álvaro Saborío  CRC Real Salt Lake 12 9 Tim Cahill  AUS New York Red Bulls 11 Federico Higuaín  ARG Columbus Crew 11 Blas Pérez  PAN FC Dallas 11 Chris Wondolowski  USA San Jose Earthquakes 11 Source:[34]

Top assists Rank Player Nation Club Assists 1 Diego Valeri  ARG Portland Timbers 13 2 Sébastien Le Toux  FRA Philadelphia Union 12 3 Robbie Keane  IRL Los Angeles Galaxy 11 4 Javier Morales  ARG Real Salt Lake 10 5 Brad Davis  USA Houston Dynamo 9 Landon Donovan  USA Los Angeles Galaxy 9 David Ferreira  COL FC Dallas 9 Thierry Henry  FRA New York Red Bulls 9 Federico Higuaín  ARG Columbus Crew 9 Russell Teibert  CAN Vancouver Whitecaps FC 9 Source:[35]

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum 1,500 minutes played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Nation	Club	GAA	SV	GA	Mins	GP	CS
1	Jimmy Nielsen	DEN	Sporting Kansas City	0.88	68	30	3060	34	13
2	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers	0.97	92	31	2880	32	14
3	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake	1.04	82	28	2430	26	9
4	Clint Irwin	USA	Colorado Rapids	1.10	91	35	2873	32	10
5	Tally Hall	USA	Houston Dynamo	1.21	95	41	3060	34	9
	Luis Robles	USA	New York Red Bulls	1.21	103	41	3060	34	11
7	Jon Busch	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	1.24	101	41	2970	33	9
8	Michael Gspurning	AUT	Seattle Sounders FC	1.27	76	35	2475	28	10
9	Carlo Cudicini	ITA	Los Angeles Galaxy	1.29	72	34	1890	21	7
	Zac MacMath	USA	Philadelphia Union	1.29	101	44	3060	34	12

Source:^[36]

Individual awards

Monthly awards

Week	MLS Player of the Month				MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Month
	Player	Nat	Club	Link	Player/Club	Nat	Club	Link
March	Mike Magee	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	5G 0A	Jeb Brovsky	USA	Montreal Impact
April	Jack McInerney	USA	Philadelphia Union	4G 0A	Calen Carr	USA	Houston Dynamo
May	Jack McInerney	USA	Philadelphia Union	3G 0A	Portland Timbers	USA	Portland Timbers
June	Mike Magee	USA	Chicago Fire	4G 1A	Jon Busch	USA	San Jose Earthquakes
July	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4G 0A	Gonzalo Segares	CRC	Chicago Fire
August	Robbie Keane	IRE	Los Angeles Galaxy	5G 1A	Lamar Neagle	USA	Seattle Sounders FC
September	Dominic Oduro	GHA	Columbus Crew	3G 2A	Matt Lampson	USA	Columbus Crew
October	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6G 1A	Dwayne De Rosario	CAN	D.C. United

Weekly awards

Week	MLS Player of the Week			AT&T Goal of the Week			MLS Save of the Week
	Player	Nat	Club	Player	Nat	Club	Player	Nat	Club
Week 1	Mike Magee	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Bill Hamid	USA	D.C. United
Week 2	Robert Earnshaw	WAL	Toronto FC	Daigo Kobayashi	JPN	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 3	Bill Hamid	USA	D.C. United	Rodney Wallace	CRC	Portland Timbers	Troy Perkins	USA	Montreal Impact
Week 4	Juan Agudelo	USA	Chivas USA	Chris Wondolowski	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	Nat Borchers	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 5	Will Johnson	CAN	Portland Timbers	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 6	Ryan Johnson	JAM	Portland Timbers	Ryan Johnson	JAM	Portland Timbers	Clint Irwin	USA	Colorado Rapids
Week 7	Brad Davis	USA	Houston Dynamo	Will Johnson	CAN	Portland Timbers	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 8	Jack McInerney	USA	Philadelphia Union	Javier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 9	Tim Cahill	AUS	New York Red Bulls	Jonathan Osorio	CAN	Toronto FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 10	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Luis Gil	USA	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 11	Will Bruin	USA	Houston Dynamo	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Kofi Sarkodie	USA	Houston Dynamo
Week 12	Eddie Johnson	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Michel	BRA	FC Dallas	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 13	Marco Di Vaio	ITA	Montreal Impact	Rodney Wallace	CRC	Portland Timbers	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas
Week 14	Diego Fagúndez	URU	New England Revolution	Robbie Findley	USA	Real Salt Lake	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 15	Olmes García	COL	Real Salt Lake	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 16	Kenny Miller	SCO	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Darlington Nagbe	LBR	Portland Timbers	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 17	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Will Johnson	CAN	Portland Timbers	Luis Robles	USA	New York Red Bulls
Week 18	Alan Gordon	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	Yordany Álvarez	CUB	Real Salt Lake	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 19	Brad Knighton	USA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas
Week 20	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Javier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Jeff Attinella	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 21	Chris Rolfe	USA	Chicago Fire	DeAndre Yedlin	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 22	Álvaro Saborío	CRC	Real Salt Lake	Álvaro Saborío	CRC	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 23	Lloyd Sam	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Cam Weaver	USA	Houston Dynamo	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 24	Landon Donovan	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	Federico Higuaín	ARG	Columbus Crew	Marcus Hahnemann	USA	Seattle Sounders FC
Week 25	Robbie Keane	IRE	Los Angeles Galaxy	Giles Barnes	ENG	Houston Dynamo	Chris Wingert	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 26	Kelyn Rowe	USA	New England Revolution	Kelyn Rowe	USA	New England Revolution	Jaime Penedo	PAN	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 27	Robbie Keane	IRE	Los Angeles Galaxy	Javier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Michael Gspurning	AUT	Seattle Sounders FC
Week 28	Marco Di Vaio	ITA	Montreal Impact	Kalif Alhassan	GHA	Portland Timbers	Kalif Alhassan	GHA	Portland Timbers
Week 29	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas
Week 30	Steven Lenhart	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 31	Dominic Oduro	GHA	Columbus Crew	Jared Jeffrey	USA	D.C. United	Jaime Penedo	PAN	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 32	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 33	Kekuta Manneh	GAM	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Kalif Alhassan	GHA	Portland Timbers	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 34	Gabriel Torres	PAN	Colorado Rapids	Tim Cahill	AUS	New York Red Bulls	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 35	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Sébastien Le Toux for Philadelphia Union against Sporting Kansas City, 17 minutes (March 2, 2013)
• Hat-tricks of the season:
  • Mike Magee for Los Angeles Galaxy against Chicago Fire (March 3, 2013)
  • Marco Di Vaio for Montreal Impact against Philadelphia Union (May 25, 2013)
  • Robbie Keane for Los Angeles Galaxy against Seattle Sounders FC (May 26, 2013)
  • Álvaro Saborío for Real Salt Lake against New York Red Bulls (July 27, 2013)
  • Landon Donovan for Los Angeles Galaxy against FC Dallas (August 11, 2013)
  • Robbie Keane for Los Angeles Galaxy against Real Salt Lake (August 17, 2013)
  • Kekuta Manneh for Vancouver Whitecaps FC against Seattle Sounders FC (October 9, 2013)
  • Camilo for Vancouver Whitecaps FC against Colorado Rapids (October 27, 2013)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Aurélien Collin for Sporting Kansas City against Philadelphia Union, 25 minutes (March 2, 2013)
• First red card of the season: Joaquín Velázquez for Chivas USA against Los Angeles Galaxy, 40 minutes (March 17, 2013)

End of Season Awards

Award	Player/Club
Most Valuable Player	Mike Magee
Defender of the Year	José Gonçalves
Goalkeeper of the Year	Donovan Ricketts
Coach of the Year	Caleb Porter
Rookie of the Year	Dillon Powers
Newcomer of the Year	Diego Valeri
Comeback Player of the Year	Kevin Alston
Golden Boot	Camilo Sanvezzo
Fair Play Player Award	Darlington Nagbe
Fair Play Team Award	LA Galaxy
Humanitarian of the Year	Matt Reis
Referee of the Year	Hilario Grajeda
Assistant Referee of the Year	Kermit Quisenberry
Goal of the Year	Camilo Sanvezzo
Save of the Year	Nick Rimando

MLS Best XI

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2013	Donovan Ricketts, Portland	Matt Besler, Sporting KC José Gonçalves, New England Omar Gonzalez, Los Angeles	Tim Cahill, New York Will Johnson, Portland Diego Valeri, Portland Graham Zusi, Sporting KC	Marco Di Vaio, Montreal Robbie Keane, Los Angeles Mike Magee, Chicago

Average attendance

Source: ^[37]

Club	Mean home attendance
Seattle Sounders FC	44,038
LA Galaxy	22,152
Portland Timbers	20,674
Montreal Impact	20,603
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	20,038
Houston Dynamo	19,923
Sporting Kansas City	19,709
New York Red Bulls	19,461
Real Salt Lake	19,218
Toronto FC	18,131
Philadelphia Union	17,867
Columbus Crew	16,080
Colorado Rapids	15,440
FC Dallas	15,373
Chicago Fire	15,228
New England Revolution	14,844
D.C. United	13,646
San Jose Earthquakes	12,765
Chivas USA	8,366

Notes

1. The Impact's first two home games were played at the Olympic Stadium. The Impact played its first home game at Saputo Stadium on April 14, 2013 against the Columbus Crew.
2. Some marquee games held at Stanford Stadium. Most recent game held there was on June 29, 2013 in a derby match against Los Angeles Galaxy.
3. Magee's first six goals were scored for the Los Angeles Galaxy.

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