MLS Best XI

The MLS Best XI is an annual acknowledgement of the best eleven players in Major League Soccer.

Winners

• Players in bold were awarded the Major League Soccer MVP Award for that season.

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1996	Mark Dodd, Dallas	Leonel Alvarez, Dallas John Doyle, San Jose Robin Fraser, Los Angeles	Mauricio Cienfuegos, Los Angeles Roberto Donadoni, MetroStars Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Preki, Kansas City Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay	Eduardo Hurtado, Los Angeles Roy Lassiter, Tampa Bay
1997	Brad Friedel, Columbus	Jeff Agoos, D.C. United Thomas Dooley, Columbus Richard Gough, Kansas City Eddie Pope, D.C. United	Mark Chung, Kansas City Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Preki, Kansas City Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay	Ronald Cerritos, San Jose Jaime Moreno, D.C. United
1998	Zach Thornton, Chicago	Thomas Dooley, Columbus Robin Fraser, Los Angeles Lubos Kubik, Chicago Eddie Pope, D.C. United	Chris Armas, Chicago Mauricio Cienfuegos, Los Angeles Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Peter Nowak, Chicago	Stern John, Columbus Cobi Jones, Los Angeles
1999	Kevin Hartman, Los Angeles	Jeff Agoos, D.C. United Lubos Kubik, Chicago Robin Fraser, Los Angeles	Chris Armas, Chicago Mauricio Cienfuegos, Los Angeles Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Eddie Lewis, San Jose Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay	Jason Kreis, Dallas Jaime Moreno, D.C. United
2000	Tony Meola, Kansas City	Robin Fraser, Los Angeles Greg Vanney, Los Angeles Peter Vermes, Kansas City	Chris Armas, Chicago Peter Nowak, Chicago Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay Hristo Stoichkov, Chicago Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay	Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay Clint Mathis, MetroStars
2001	Tim Howard, MetroStars	Jeff Agoos, San Jose Carlos Llamosa, Miami Pablo Mastroeni, Miami Greg Vanney, Los Angeles	Chris Armas, Chicago Peter Nowak, Chicago Preki, Miami	Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Diego Serna, Miami John Spencer, Colorado
2002	Tim Howard, MetroStars	Wade Barrett, San Jose Carlos Bocanegra, Chicago Alexi Lalas, Los Angeles	Mark Chung, Colorado Ronnie Ekelund, San Jose Óscar Pareja, Dallas Steve Ralston, New England	Jeff Cunningham, Columbus Carlos Ruiz, Los Angeles Taylor Twellman, New England
2003	Pat Onstad, San Jose	Carlos Bocanegra, Chicago Ryan Nelsen, D.C. United Eddie Pope, MetroStars	Chris Armas, Chicago DaMarcus Beasley, Chicago Mark Chung, Colorado Landon Donovan, San Jose Preki, Kansas City	Ante Razov, Chicago John Spencer, Colorado
2004	Joe Cannon, Colorado	Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Robin Fraser, Columbus Ryan Nelsen, D.C. United Eddie Pope, MetroStars	Eddie Gaven, MetroStars Amado Guevara, MetroStars Ronnie O'Brien, Dallas Kerry Zavagnin, Kansas City	Brian Ching, San Jose Jaime Moreno, D.C. United
2005	Pat Onstad, San Jose	Chris Albright, Los Angeles Danny Califf, San Jose Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City	Clint Dempsey, New England Dwayne De Rosario, San Jose Christian Gomez, D.C. United Shalrie Joseph, New England Ronnie O'Brien, Dallas	Jaime Moreno, D.C. United Taylor Twellman, New England
2006	Troy Perkins, D.C. United	Bobby Boswell, D.C. United Jose Burciaga Jr., Kansas City Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City	Ricardo Clark, Houston Clint Dempsey, New England Dwayne De Rosario, Houston Christian Gomez, D.C. United Justin Mapp, Chicago	Jeff Cunningham, Salt Lake Jaime Moreno, D.C. United
2007	Brad Guzan, Chivas USA	Jonathan Bornstein, Chivas USA Michael Parkhurst, New England Eddie Robinson, Houston	Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus Dwayne De Rosario, Houston Christian Gomez, D.C. United Shalrie Joseph, New England Ben Olsen, D.C. United	Juan Pablo Angel, New York Luciano Emilio, D.C. United
2008	Jon Busch, Chicago	Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Chad Marshall, Columbus Bakary Soumaré, Chicago	Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Chicago Shalrie Joseph, New England Sacha Kljestan, Chivas USA Robbie Rogers, Columbus Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus	Kenny Cooper, Dallas Landon Donovan, Los Angeles
2009	Zach Thornton, Chivas USA	Geoff Cameron, Houston Wilman Conde, Chicago Chad Marshall, Columbus	Dwayne DeRosario, Toronto Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Stuart Holden, Houston Shalrie Joseph, New England Freddie Ljungberg, Seattle	Conor Casey, Colorado Jeff Cunningham, Dallas
2010	Donovan Ricketts, Los Angeles	Nat Borchers, Salt Lake Omar Gonzalez, Los Angeles Jámison Olave, Salt Lake	Dwayne De Rosario, Toronto Landon Donovan, Los Angeles David Ferreira, Dallas Sébastien Le Toux, Philadelphia Javier Morales, Salt Lake	Edson Buddle, Los Angeles Chris Wondolowski, San Jose
2011	Kasey Keller, Seattle	Todd Dunivant, Los Angeles Omar Gonzalez, Los Angeles Jámison Olave, Salt Lake	David Beckham, Los Angeles Brad Davis, Houston Dwayne De Rosario, D.C. United Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Brek Shea, Dallas	Thierry Henry, New York Chris Wondolowski, San Jose
2012	Jimmy Nielsen, Sporting KC	Víctor Bernárdez, San Jose Matt Besler, Sporting KC Aurélien Collin, Sporting KC	Osvaldo Alonso, Seattle Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Chris Pontius, D.C. United Graham Zusi, Sporting KC	Thierry Henry, New York Robbie Keane, Los Angeles Chris Wondolowski, San Jose
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
2014	Bill Hamid, D.C. United	Bobby Boswell, D.C. United Omar Gonzalez, Los Angeles Chad Marshall, Seattle	Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Thierry Henry, New York Lee Nguyen, New England Diego Valeri, Portland	Robbie Keane, Los Angeles Obafemi Martins, Seattle Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York
2015	Luis Robles, New York	Laurent Ciman, Montreal Matt Hedges, Dallas Kendall Waston, Vancouver	Fabian Castillo, Dallas Benny Feilhaber, Kansas City Ethan Finlay, Columbus Dax McCarty, New York	Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto Kei Kamara, Columbus Robbie Keane, Los Angeles

Most Appearances by a Player

• Landon Donovan: 7
• Dwayne De Rosario: 6
• Robin Fraser, Jaime Moreno, Chris Armas: 5
• Eddie Pope, Preki, Marco Etcheverry, Jimmy Conrad, Omar Gonzalez, Shalrie Joseph, Robbie Keane: 4

Appearances by Team

Club	Appearances
Los Angeles Galaxy	33
D.C. United	26
Chicago Fire	22
KC Wizards/Sporting KC	20
San Jose Clash/Earthquakes	16
MetroStars/New York Red Bulls	16
Columbus Crew	13
New England Revolution	12
Dallas Burn/FC Dallas	12
Houston Dynamo	7
Tampa Bay Mutiny	7
Colorado Rapids	6
Miami Fusion	6
Real Salt Lake	5
Seattle Sounders FC	5
Chivas USA	4
Portland Timbers	4
Toronto FC	3
Montreal Impact	2
Philadelphia Union	1
Vancouver Whitecaps	1

See also

• MLS All-Time Best XI

References