2014 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer

Season	2014
MLS Cup	LA Galaxy
Supporters' Shield	Seattle Sounders FC
Champions League (U.S.)	LA Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United Real Salt Lake
Champions League (Canada)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played	323
Goals scored	924 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bradley Wright-Phillips (27 goals)
Biggest home win	LA 6–0 COL (Sept. 5)
Biggest away win	SJ 0–5 FCD (Aug. 16)
Highest scoring	9 goals: NYR 4–5 CHI (May 11)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Seattle Sounders FC (Apr. 12 – May 7) New England Revolution (Apr. 26 – May 24) LA (Aug. 20 – Sept. 5) New England Revolution (Aug. 23 – Sept. 13)
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches: Real Salt Lake (Mar. 8 – May 24)
Longest winless run	13 matches: San Jose Earthquakes (Aug 2–present)
Longest losing run	8 matches: New England Revolution (May 31 – Jul. 26)
Highest attendance	64,207 POR @ SEA (July 13)
Lowest attendance	3,702 POR @ CHV (May 28)
Average attendance	19,148[1]
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The 2014 Major League Soccer season was the 102nd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States and Canada, the 36th with a national first-division league, and the 19th season of Major League Soccer. This season featured 19 total clubs (16 from the United States and 3 from Canada), each playing 34 matches during the regular season.

The 2014 Regular Season started on March 8 with Sporting Kansas City, the defending MLS Cup champion, playing at the Seattle Sounders FC. The 2014 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was held on August 6 in Providence Park in Portland, Oregon (hosted by the Portland Timbers) and featured a team of MLS All-Stars against Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga champions for the past two seasons. The game resulted in a 2–1 victory for the MLS All-Stars.^[2] The regular season ended on October 26; Seattle Sounders FC won the Supporters' Shield and the LA Galaxy went on to win the MLS Cup.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Schedule

Teams play 34 games: 17 at home and 17 away. The nine Western Conference teams face each West club three times, with the home teams reversed from the previous year. The 10 Eastern Conference teams will play 7 East teams three times (home teams reversed from 2013) and two East teams twice. Eastern and Western Conference teams will play each other once, with the home team reversed from previous year.^[3]

Stadiums and locations

Chicago Fire	Chivas USA/ LA 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: 20,801	Capacity: 22,385	Capacity: 25,189	Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 20,438

Real Salt Lake	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle Sounders FC	Sporting Kansas City	Toronto FC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rio Tinto Stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium	CenturyLink Field	Sporting Park	BMO Field	BC Place
Capacity: 20,213	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 18,467	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 21,000

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 2014 Major League Soccer season. Orange: Western Conference members, Blue: Eastern Conference members.

Personnel and sponsorship

• On October 29, 2013, Real Salt Lake announced a 10-year contract with LifeVantage to become their jersey sponsor effective January 1, 2014. They replaced XanGo, which had been their sponsor since the 2006 season.^[4]
• On February 10, 2014, Portland Timbers announced a partnership with Providence Health & Services to rename their stadium to Providence Park, which had been called JELD-WEN Field since 2011.^[5]
• On February 24, 2014, D.C. United announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship with Leidos.^[6]
• On May 1, 2014, Colorado Rapids announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship with Ciao Telecom.^[7]
• On July 1, 2014, following two years without jersey sponsorship, Houston Dynamo announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship with BHP Billiton.^[8]

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Yallop, FrankFrank Yallop	Larentowicz, JeffJeff Larentowicz	Quaker
Chivas USA	Cabrera, WilmerWilmer Cabrera	Bocanegra, CarlosCarlos Bocanegra	n/a
Colorado Rapids	Mastroeni, PabloPablo Mastroeni	Moor, DrewDrew Moor	Ciao Telecom
Columbus Crew	Berhalter, GreggGregg Berhalter	Parkhurst, MichaelMichael Parkhurst	Barbasol
D.C. United	Olsen, BenBen Olsen	Boswell, BobbyBobby Boswell	Leidos
FC Dallas	Pareja, ÓscarÓscar Pareja	Hedges, MattMatt Hedges	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo	Kinnear, DominicDominic Kinnear	Davis, BradBrad Davis	BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy	Arena, BruceBruce Arena	Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane	Herbalife
Montreal Impact	Klopas, FrankFrank Klopas	Bernier, PatricePatrice Bernier	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	Curtin, JimJim Curtin	Carroll, BrianBrian Carroll	Bimbo
Portland Timbers	Porter, CalebCaleb Porter	Johnson, WillWill Johnson	Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Jeff Cassar	Beckerman, KyleKyle Beckerman	LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes	Kinnear, DominicDominic Kinnear	Wondolowski, ChrisChris Wondolowski	n/a
Seattle Sounders FC	Schmid, SigiSigi Schmid	Evans, BradBrad Evans	Xbox
Sporting Kansas City	Vermes, PeterPeter Vermes	Besler, MattMatt Besler	Ivy Funds
Toronto FC	Vanney, GregGreg Vanney	Caldwell, StevenSteven Caldwell	Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Robinson, CarlCarl Robinson	Morales, PedroPedro Morales	Bell Canada

Player transfers

Major League Soccer employs twelve methods to acquire players. These mechanisms are the following: (a) via allocation; (b) via the Designated Player Rule; (c) via the annual SuperDraft; (d) via trade; (e) placing a discovery claim; (f) via the Homegrown Player Rule; (g) via the annual Re-Entry Draft; (h) via the annual Waiver Draft; (i) through weighted lottery; (j) through an "extreme hardship" call-up; (k) by replacing a player who has been placed on the Season Ending Injury List; (l) by replacing a player who has been placed on the Disabled List.^[9]

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 2013 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	Previous Club	Ref
1	Philadelphia Union	January 27, 2014	Maurice Edu	Stoke City	[10][11]
2	Seattle Sounders FC	January 31, 2014	Marco Pappa	Heerenveen	[12][13]
3	Houston Dynamo∞	July 23, 2014	DaMarcus Beasley	Puebla	[14][15]
4	Columbus Crew SC	October 7, 2014	Kei Kamara	Middlesbrough	[16]
5	FC Dallas
6	Los Angeles Galaxy				[17][18]
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
8	Chicago Fire
9	San Jose Earthquakes
10	Montreal Impact
11	Colorado Rapids
12	New England Revolution
13	Chivas USA				[19]
14	D.C. United				[20]
15	New York Red Bulls
16	Toronto FC∞				[21]
17	Portland Timbers
18	Real Salt Lake
19	Sporting Kansas City

^{On January 14, 2014, Philadelphia Union acquired the No. 1 ranking and Ethan White from D.C. United in exchange for the No. 6 allocation ranking and Jeff Parke. [22]}

^{On December 11, 2013, Seattle Sounders acquired the No. 2 allocation ranking from Chivas USA in exchange for the No. 13 allocation ranking and Tristan Bowen.[23]}

^{∞ On July 23, 2014, Houston Dynamo acquired the then-no. 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3) and allocation money from Toronto FC in exchange for the then-no. 14 allocation ranking (original ranking number 16) and Warren Creavalle.[24]}

^{On July 29, 2014, Los Angeles Galaxy acquired the then-No. 3 allocation ranking (original ranking number 6) from D.C. United in exchange for the then-No. 11 allocation ranking (original ranking number 14), a second-round selection in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, and Kofi Opare.[25]}

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FC Dallas	Schellas Hyndman	Resigned	Oct 26, 2013	Preseason	Oscar Pareja	Jan 10, 2014
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Martin Rennie	Fired	Oct 29, 2013		Carl Robinson	Dec 16, 2013
Chicago Fire	Frank Klopas	Resigned	Oct 30, 2013[26]		Yallop, FrankFrank Yallop	Oct 31, 2013[27]
Columbus Crew	Bliss, BrianBrian Bliss	End of caretaker spell	Nov 6, 2013		Berhalter, GreggGregg Berhalter	Nov 6, 2013[28]
Chivas USA	Real, José LuisJosé Luis Real		Nov 25, 2013[29]		Cabrera, WilmerWilmer Cabrera	Jan 9, 2014[30]
Real Salt Lake	Jason Kreis	End of contract	Dec. 10, 2013[31]		Jeff Cassar	Dec 18, 2013[32]
Montreal Impact	Marco Schällibaum	Fired	Dec 18, 2013[33]		Frank Klopas	Dec 18, 2013[33]
Colorado Rapids	Oscar Pareja	Resigned	Jan. 10, 2014		Pablo Mastroeni	Mar 8, 2014[34]
Philadelphia Union	John Hackworth	Fired	Jun. 10, 2014	16th	Jim Curtin	Jun. 10, 2014[35]
Toronto FC	Ryan Nelsen		Aug. 31, 2014	7th	Greg Vanney	Aug. 31, 2014[36]
San Jose Earthquakes	Mark Watson		Oct. 15, 2014	18th	Ian Russell (interim)	Oct. 15, 2014[37]

Ownership changes

Club	New owner	Previous owner	Date
Chivas USA	Major League Soccer	Jorge Vergara	February 20, 2014

Rule changes

The rules for the 2014 season are largely identical as those in 2013, with one major exception. For the first time in league history, the away goals rule will be used in two-legged MLS Cup playoff matches. MLS will use the version of the rule employed in CONCACAF competitions, which is applied only at the end of regular time of the second leg and not after extra time.^[38] MLS has also tweaked the tiebreaker rules for the league standings. The first tiebreaker remains total wins, but the second and third tiebreakers have been swapped—goal difference is now second and goals scored is third. All other tiebreakers remain the same as in 2013.^[39]

More minor changes include the following:^[38][39]

• The so-called "Special Discovery Signing" has been standardized. Under this provision, each team is allowed to amortize the total acquisition costs for one player, including the transfer fee, over the length of his contract without making him a Designated Player.
• Regulations for loans between MLS teams have been formalized. Each team may loan out one player per season to another league team, with the loan deal being finalized no later than the close of the primary transfer window (May 12 in 2014). The player must be no older than 24 at the time of the loan, must stay on the receiving team's roster for the entire season, and cannot play against the team that loaned him out. Deals may include an option to buy.
• Players who have trained for at least one year in a team's youth system, and have trained for at least 80 days with the team's academy in that year, may be signed to a first professional contract without being subject to the MLS SuperDraft.

The salary cap for 2014 has also been adjusted upward. The team salary cap, which as in previous years covers the first 20 of the 30 available roster spots, has increased to $3.1 million. The cap charge for a Designated Player is now $387,500, up from $368,750 last season. Midseason Designated Player signings carry a cap charge of $193,750. The minimum salaries for "off-budget" players (roster spots 21–30, including Generation adidas players) have also increased from last season.^[39]

Standings

Conference tables

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	D.C. United (E1)	59	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	2014 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	New England Revolution	55	34	17	13	4	51	46	+5
3	Columbus Crew	52	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10
4	New York Red Bulls	50	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5	2014 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Sporting Kansas City	49	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7
6	Philadelphia Union	42	34	10	12	12	51	51	0
7	Toronto FC	41	34	11	15	8	44	54	−10
8	Houston Dynamo	39	34	11	17	6	39	58	−19
9	Chicago Fire	36	34	6	10	18	41	51	−10
10	Montreal Impact	28	34	6	18	10	38	58	−20

Updated to matches played on October 25, 2014 09:57 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1)	64	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	2014 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	LA Galaxy	61	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32
3	Real Salt Lake	56	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15
4	FC Dallas	54	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10	2014 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	50	34	12	8	14	42	40	+2
6	Portland Timbers	49	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9
7	Chivas USA	33	34	9	19	6	29	61	−32
8	Colorado Rapids	32	34	8	18	8	43	62	−19
9	San Jose Earthquakes	30	34	6	16	12	35	50	−15

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 7:42 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(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 2015 Canadian Championship, and position in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. 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	Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1)	64	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League ^1 4
2	LA Galaxy	61	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League ^2
3	D.C. United (E1)	59	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League ^3
4	Real Salt Lake	56	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League ^5
5	New England Revolution	55	34	17	13	4	51	46	+5
6	FC Dallas	54	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10
7	Columbus Crew	52	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10
8	New York Red Bulls	50	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	50	34	12	8	14	42	40	+2	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League ^6
10	Sporting Kansas City	49	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7
11	Portland Timbers	49	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9
12	Philadelphia Union	42	34	10	12	12	51	51	0
13	Toronto FC	41	34	11	15	8	44	54	−10
14	Houston Dynamo	39	34	11	17	6	39	58	−19
15	Chicago Fire	36	34	6	10	18	41	51	−10
16	Chivas USA	33	34	9	19	6	29	61	−32
17	Colorado Rapids	32	34	8	18	8	43	62	−19
18	San Jose Earthquakes	30	34	6	16	12	35	50	−15
19	Montreal Impact	28	34	6	18	10	38	58	−20	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League ^7

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 11:36 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

(W1) = Western Conference champion

¹ The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A (Canadian teams normally do not qualify for the Champions League through MLS, qualifying instead via the Canadian Championship, however see note 4.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League are:

• Winner of the 2014 MLS Cup (Pot A) ²
• Regular Season Conference Winner that is not the Supporters' Shield Champion (Pot B) ³
• Winner of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B) ⁴

⁵ If the same team qualifies multiple times and/or if a Canadian team occupies one or more of the MLS qualifying places, then the American MLS team(s) with the best regular-season record not otherwise qualified are entered.

⁶ For this season only, the highest placed Canadian team will be awarded Canada's place in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, as a result of the rescheduling of the Canadian Championship in 2015.^[40]

⁷ Montreal Impact qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2014 Canadian Championship.

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:^[3] The second and third tiebreakers, goal differential and goals scored, have swapped places from the 2013 season.^[39]

1. Most wins
2. Goal differential (GD)
3. Goals for (GF)
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)

MLS Cup Playoffs

	East Knockout
	E4	New York Red Bulls	2
	E5	Sporting Kansas City	1

	West Knockout
	W4	FC Dallas	2
	W5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1

	Conference Semifinals							Conference Finals							MLS Cup 2014
	E1	D.C. United	0	2	2
	E4	New York Red Bulls	2	1	3
								E4	New York Red Bulls	1	2	3
	Eastern Conference
								E2	New England Revolution	2	2	4
	E2	New England Revolution	4	3	7
	E3	Columbus Crew	2	1	3
															E2	New England Revolution	1
														W2	LA Galaxy (a.e.t.)	2
	W1	Seattle Sounders FC (a)	1	0	1
	W4	FC Dallas	1	0	1
								W1	Seattle Sounders FC	0	2	2
	Western Conference
								W2	LA Galaxy (a)	1	1	2
	W2	LA Galaxy	0	5	5
	W3	Real Salt Lake	0	0	0

Statistics

Full article: MLS Golden Boot

Top scorers Rank Player Nation Club Goals 1 Bradley Wright-Phillips  ENG New York Red Bulls 27 2 Dom Dwyer  ENG Sporting Kansas City 22 3 Robbie Keane  IRE LA Galaxy 19 4 Lee Nguyen  USA New England Revolution 18 5 Obafemi Martins  NGA Seattle Sounders FC 17 6 Gyasi Zardes  USA LA Galaxy 16 7 Clint Dempsey  USA Seattle Sounders FC 15 Erick Torres  MEX Chivas USA 9 Chris Wondolowski  USA San Jose Earthquakes 14 10 Joao Plata  ECU Real Salt Lake 13 Source:[41]

Top assists Rank Player Nation Club Assists 1 Landon Donovan  USA LA Galaxy 19 2 Thierry Henry  FRA New York Red Bulls 14 Robbie Keane  IRL LA Galaxy Diego Valeri  ARG Portland Timbers 5 Obafemi Martins  NGA Seattle Sounders 13 6 Javier Morales  ARG Real Salt Lake 12 Pedro Morales  CHI Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8 Brad Davis  USA Houston Dynamo 11 Cristian Maidana  ARG Philadelphia Union Mauro Rosales  ARG Vancouver Whitecaps FC Marcelo Sarvas  BRA LA Galaxy Source:[42]

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum 1,500 minutes played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Nation	Club	GAA	SV	GA	Mins	GP	SO
1	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake	1.04	71	25	2160	24	7
2	Eric Kronberg	USA	Sporting Kansas City	1.10	45	22	1800	20	7
3	Bill Hamid	USA	D.C. United	1.13	110	34	2700	30	10
4	Jaime Penedo	PAN	LA Galaxy	1.14	81	33	2610	29	8
5	David Ousted	DEN	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1.18	96	40	3060	34	13
6	Steve Clark	USA	Columbus Crew	1.24	111	42	3060	34	8
	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas	1.24	66	25	1818	20	4
8	Bobby Shuttleworth	USA	New England Revolution	1.25	94	40	2880	32	8
9	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers	1.38	105	44	2861	32	7
10	Jon Busch	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	1.47	138	50	3060	34	6
	Luis Robles	USA	New York Red Bulls	1.47	111	50	3060	34	6
	Stefan Frei	SWI	Seattle Sounders FC	1.47	99	50	3060	34	9

Source:^[43]

Individual awards

Monthly awards

Month	MLS Player of the Month
	Player	Nat	Club	Link
March	Mauro Díaz	ARG	FC Dallas	2G 1A
April	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	7G 2A
May	Dom Dwyer	ENG	Sporting Kansas City	6G 0A
June	Eric Kronberg	USA	Sporting Kansas City	6SV 0GA
July	Benny Feilhaber	USA	Sporting Kansas City	2G 1A
August	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	3G 6A
September	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	5G 1A
October	Lee Nguyen	USA	New England Revolution	5G

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	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake	Sebastián Fernández	URU	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 2	Jermain Defoe	ENG	Toronto FC	Kyle Beckerman	USA	Real Salt Lake	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 3	Bernardo Añor	VEN	Columbus Crew	Fabián Castillo	COL	FC Dallas	David Ousted	DEN	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 4	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Dom Dwyer	ENG	Sporting Kansas City	Dan Kennedy	USA	Chivas USA
Week 5	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	José Mari	ESP	Colorado Rapids	Chris Seitz	USA	FC Dallas
Week 6	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Chris Seitz	USA	FC Dallas
Week 7	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Júlio César	BRA	Toronto FC
Week 8	Bradley Wright-Phillips	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Tally Hall	USA	Houston Dynamo
Week 9	Joao Plata	ECU	Real Salt Lake	Gastón Fernández	ARG	Portland Timbers	Eric Kronberg	USA	Sporting Kansas City
Week 10	Harrison Shipp	USA	Chicago Fire	Javier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas
Week 11	Federico Higuaín	ARG	Columbus Crew	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Jeff Attinella	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 12	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Erik Hurtado	USA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 13	Deshorn Brown	JAM	Colorado Rapids	Will Johnson	CAN	Portland Timbers	Jeff Attinella	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 14	Fanendo Adi	NGA	Portland Timbers	Fabian Castillo	COL	FC Dallas	Dan Kennedy	USA	Chivas USA
Week 15	Luis Silva	USA	D.C. United	(not awarded)			(not awarded)
Week 16	Jack McInerney	USA	Montreal Impact	Jack McInerney	USA	Montreal Impact	David Ousted	DEN	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 17	Erick Torres	MEX	Chivas USA	Erick Torres	MEX	Chivas USA	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 18	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Deshorn Brown	JAM	Colorado Rapids	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 19	Benny Feilhaber	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Steve Clark	USA	Columbus Crew
Week 20	Yannick Djaló	POR	San Jose Earthquakes	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Jaime Penedo	PAN	LA Galaxy
Week 21	Robbie Keane	IRE	LA Galaxy	Dax McCarty	USA	New York Red Bulls	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 22	Chris Schuler	USA	Real Salt Lake	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Jon Kempin	USA	Sporting Kansas City
Week 23	Tesho Akindele	CAN	FC Dallas	Dillon Serna	USA	Colorado Rapids	Jon Kempin	USA	Sporting Kansas City
Week 24	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Irwin	USA	Colorado Rapids
Week 25	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 26	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Jon Busch	USA	San Jose Earthquakes
Week 27	Blas Pérez	PAN	FC Dallas	Lamar Neagle	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Joe Bendik	USA	Toronto FC
Week 28	Bradley Wright-Phillips	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Luis Robles	USA	New York Red Bulls
Week 29	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Steve Clark	USA	Columbus Crew
Week 30	Sebastián Fernández	URU	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Marco Pappa	GUA	Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Irwin	USA	Colorado Rapids
Week 31	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Andy Gruenebaun	USA	Sporting Kansas City
Week 32	Lee Nguyen	USA	New England Revolution	Lee Nguyen	USA	New England Revolution	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 33	Marco Pappa	GUA	Seattle Sounders FC	Kyle Beckerman	USA	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers

The player of the week is voted on by North American sports journalists. All other weekly and monthly awards are decided by an online fan vote.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Chad Barrett for Seattle Sounders FC against Sporting Kansas City, 94 minutes (March 8, 2014)
• Fastest goal of the season: Javier Morales for Real Salt Lake against Houston Dynamo, 15 seconds (May 11, 2014)^[44]
• Hat-tricks of the season:

Player	Nation	For	Against	Result	Date
Dempsey, ClintClint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland Timbers	4–4[45]	April 5, 2014
Wright-Phillips, BradleyBradley Wright-Phillips	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Houston Dynamo	4–0[46]	April 23, 2014
Wright-Phillips, BradleyBradley Wright-Phillips	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Chicago Fire	4–5[47]	May 10, 2014
Shipp, HarryHarry Shipp	USA	Chicago Fire	New York Red Bulls	5–4[48]	May 10, 2014
Morales, JavierJavier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Houston Dynamo	5–2[49]	May 11, 2014
Silva, LuisLuis Silva	USA	DC United	Montreal Impact	4–2[50]	June 11, 2014
Akindele, TeshoTesho Akindele	CAN	FC Dallas	San Jose Earthquakes	5–0[51]	August 16, 2014
Wright-Phillips, BradleyBradley Wright-Phillips	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Seattle Sounders FC	4–1[52]	September 20, 2014

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Aurélien Collin for Sporting Kansas City against Seattle Sounders FC, 16 minutes (March 8, 2014)
• First red card of the season: Patrick Nyarko for Chicago Fire against Portland Timbers, 86 minutes (March 16, 2014)

End of season awards

Robbie Keane of the LA Galaxy was the season's Most Valuable Player

Award	Player/Club
Most Valuable Player	Robbie Keane[53]
Defender of the Year	Chad Marshall[54]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Bill Hamid[55]
Coach of the Year	Ben Olsen[56]
Rookie of the Year	Tesho Akindele[57]
Newcomer of the Year	Pedro Morales[58]
Comeback Player of the Year	Rodney Wallace[59]
Golden Boot	Bradley Wright-Phillips[60]
Fair Play Player Award	Michael Parkhurst[61]
Fair Play Team Award	Philadelphia Union[61]
Humanitarian of the Year	A. J. DeLaGarza
Referee of the Year	Mark Geiger[62]
Assistant Referee of the Year	Paul Scott[62]
Goal of the Year	Obafemi Martins[63]
Save of the Year	Luis Robles[64]

MLS Best XI

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2014	Bill Hamid, D.C. United	Chad Marshall, Seattle Bobby Boswell, D.C. United Omar Gonzalez, Los Angeles	Lee Nguyen, New England Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Diego Valeri, Portland Thierry Henry, New York	Robbie Keane, Los Angeles Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York Obafemi Martins, Seattle

Source:^[65]

Notes

1. The Impact's first three home games were played at the Olympic Stadium. The Impact played its first home game at Saputo Stadium on April 26, 2014 against the Philadelphia Union.

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