2009 Major League Soccer season

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The 2009 Major League Soccer season was the 14th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 97th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 31st with a national first-division league.

The Seattle Sounders FC debuted as the league's 15th club and were the second team in history to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs in their inaugural season. The club set a league record for attendance and averaged 30,943 per regular season match at Qwest Field.[1]

After three seasons, the MLS Reserve League was discontinued. As a result, each team's Developmental Roster spots were reduced from 10 to four, and each team's Senior Roster spots were increased from 18 to 20. This had the effect of reducing each team's total roster from 28 to 24 players.

The regular season began on March 19, and concluded on October 25. The 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 29, and concluded with MLS Cup 2009 on November 22. Real Salt Lake won their first MLS Cup by defeating the Los Angeles Galaxy in a penalty shootout.

Overview

Season format

The season began on March 19 and concluded with MLS Cup on November 22. The 15 teams were split into two conferences with 7 playing in the Eastern Conference and 8 playing in the Western Conference. Each team played 30 games that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team played every other team twice, home and away, for a total of 28 games. The remaining two games were played against four regional rivals, one at home and one away.

The top two teams from each conference automatically qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs. In addition, the four highest remaining point totals, regardless of conference, also qualified. In the first round, aggregate goals over two matches determined the winners. The conference finals were played as a single match, and the winners advanced to MLS Cup. In all rounds, draws were broken with two 15-minute periods of extra time, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. The away goals rule was not used in any round.

The team with the most points in the regular season was awarded the MLS Supporters' Shield and qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. Additionally, the winner of MLS Cup, and the runner-up, also qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. An additional berth in the Champions League was also awarded to the winner of the U.S. Open Cup. If a team qualified for multiple berths into the Champions League, then additional berths were awarded to the highest overall finishing MLS team(s) not already qualified. Also, Toronto FC, as a Canadian-based team, could not qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS, and had to instead qualify through the Canadian Championship.

Automatic qualification for the U.S. Open Cup was awarded to the top six overall finishers. The rest of the U.S.-based MLS teams had to qualify for the remaining two berths via a series of play-in games.

Qualification for the SuperLiga was awarded to the top four overall finishers not already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Stadium Capacity
Chicago Fire Toyota Park 20,000
Chivas USA Home Depot Center 27,000
Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061
Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium 22,555
D.C. United RFK Stadium 46,000
FC Dallas Pizza Hut Park 21,193
Houston Dynamo Robertson Stadium 32,000
Kansas City Wizards CommunityAmerica Ballpark 10,385
LA Galaxy Home Depot Center 27,000
New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 68,756
New York Red Bulls Giants Stadium 80,200
Real Salt Lake Rio Tinto Stadium 20,213
San Jose Earthquakes Buck Shaw Stadium 10,525
Seattle Sounders FC Qwest Field 68,740
Toronto FC BMO Field 21,566

Personnel and sponsorships

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire Template:Flagicon Denis Hamlett Template:Flagicon C. J. Brown Best Buy
Chivas USA Template:Flagicon Preki Template:Flagicon Claudio Suárez Comex
Colorado Rapids Template:Flagicon Gary Smith Template:Flagicon Pablo Mastroeni —
Columbus Crew Template:Flagicon Robert Warzycha Template:Flagicon Frankie Hejduk Glidden
D.C. United Template:Flagicon Tom Soehn Template:Flagicon Jaime Moreno Volkswagen
FC Dallas Template:Flagicon Schellas Hyndman Template:Flagicon Pablo Ricchetti —
Houston Dynamo Template:Flagicon Dominic Kinnear Template:Flagicon Wade Barrett —
Kansas City Wizards Template:Flagicon Peter Vermes Template:Flagicon Jimmy Conrad —
LA Galaxy Template:Flagicon Bruce Arena Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan Herbalife
New England Revolution Template:Flagicon Steve Nicol Template:Flagicon Steve Ralston —
New York Red Bulls Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Osorio Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Ángel Red Bull
Real Salt Lake Template:Flagicon Jason Kreis Template:Flagicon Kyle Beckerman XanGo
San Jose Earthquakes Template:Flagicon Frank Yallop Template:Flagicon Ramiro Corrales Amway Global
Seattle Sounders FC Template:Flagicon Sigi Schmid Template:Flagicon Kasey Keller Xbox
Toronto FC Template:Flagicon John Carver Template:Flagicon Jim Brennan —

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment
Kansas City Wizards Template:Flagicon Curt Onalfo Fired August 3, 2009 Template:Flagicon Peter Vermes August 4, 2009

Results table

Abbreviation and Color Key:
Chicago Fire – CHI • Chivas USA – CHV • Colorado Rapids – COL • Columbus Crew – CLB • D.C. United – DC
FC Dallas – DAL • Houston Dynamo – HOU • Kansas City Wizards – KC • Los Angeles Galaxy – LA • New England Revolution – NE
New York Red Bulls – NY • Real Salt Lake – RSL • San Jose Earthquakes – SJ • Seattle Sounders FC – SEA • Toronto FC – TOR
Win  • Loss  • Tie  • Home
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Chicago Fire DAL DC NY SJ KC CLB SEA NE TOR NY CHV DAL HOU DC COL CLB SJ SEA RSL HOU KC LA COL DC RSL CLB TOR LA NE CHV
3-1 1-1 0-1 3-3 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 3-2 3-0 1-0 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 2-3 2-0 2-0 2-3 1-0 1-1 2-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-1
Chivas USA COL DAL CLB LA SEA TOR DAL SJ RSL DC KC CHI SEA HOU CLB LA NE COL NY TOR RSL LA NE SEA NY DC KC SJ CHI HOU
1-2 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 2-2 1-1 3-2 0-1 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-2 0-4 2-0 0-2 0-4 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 2-2 0-1 3-2
Colorado Rapids CHV KC LA CLB HOU LA RSL NE SEA NY RSL DC DAL SEA CHI DAL DC NY CLB CHV CHI HOU TOR TOR SJ SJ KC NE DAL RSL
1-2 1-2 3-2 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-2 3-2 1-1 0-3 1-1 0-3 2-1 0-1 1-3 0-4 1-0 0-4 2-3 0-1 0-1 2-3 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-2 0-3
Columbus Crew HOU TOR RSL CHV COL CHI TOR KC LA SJ SEA KC CHV DAL NY DC CHI RSL TOR COL SJ DAL NY HOU CHI LA SEA NE DC NE
1-1 1-1 1-4 1-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-3 1-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 1-2 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-3 2-3 1-0 3-0 0-2 0-1 1-2 2-2 0-2 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0
D.C. United LA CHI HOU RSL NE NY DAL KC TOR CHV RSL NE NY CHI SEA COL CLB COL SJ HOU TOR LA CHI DAL KC SEA SJ CHV CLB KC
2-2 1-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 3-2 1-2 1-1 3-3 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-2 1-2 3-3 0-3 1-1 1-3 2-2 3-4 0-2 0-0 1-0 2-2 0-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 0-1 2-2
FC Dallas CHI CHV NE TOR TOR CHV DC HOU SEA LA CHI SJ HOU CLB COL NY COL RSL KC HOU CLB NY DC LA KC RSL NE SJ COL SEA
3-1 2-0 1-2 1-1 2-3 0-2 1-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 3-0 2-2 3-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 0-1 2-4 0-6 0-1 0-2 2-3 2-2 6-3 2-3 0-3 0-1 2-1 1-2 1-2
Houston Dynamo CLB SJ DC NY COL NE DAL NY SJ TOR CHI CHV DAL RSL LA KC SEA TOR NE DC DAL CHI RSL SEA COL CLB RSL KC LA CHV
1-1 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-0 0-1 1-1 1-3 0-3 1-0 0-1 3-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 1-0 3-4 1-0 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-3 1-1 0-0 3-2
Kansas City Wizards TOR COL SJ SEA CHI NY TOR DC CLB RSL CHV LA CLB NE HOU NE LA DAL CHI SJ RSL NE DC NY DAL COL HOU CHV SEA DC
3-2 1-2 0-2 1-0 2-2 0-1 0-1 1-1 2-3 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-3 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-6 2-0 0-1 1-0 4-2 0-1 1-0 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-2 3-2 2-2
Los Angeles Galaxy DC COL CHV SJ COL NY RSL SEA CLB DAL KC TOR RSL SJ HOU NE CHV NY KC NE SEA CHI DC CHV DAL TOR CLB CHI HOU SJ
2-2 3-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-1 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-1 6-3 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2
New England Revolution SJ NY DAL DC RSL HOU CHI COL TOR DC NY KC LA KC CHV HOU TOR LA SEA RSL SJ KC CHV NY SEA DAL COL CLB CHI CLB
1-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-6 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-2 0-4 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-3 1-2 4-2 0-2 1-1 1-2 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 1-0
New York Red Bulls SEA NE CHI HOU RSL KC DC LA SJ HOU CHI COL DC NE TOR SEA TOR CLB DAL LA COL CHV DAL CLB KC NE CHV SJ RSL TOR
0-3 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 3-2 0-1 1-4 1-1 1-0 3-2 0-2 0-4 1-3 1-1 0-2 0-1 1-2 3-1 0-4 2-0 2-3 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-5
Real Salt Lake SEA CLB DC NY NE COL LA CHV KC DC SJ COL LA HOU TOR SJ CLB DAL CHI SEA HOU NE CHV KC CHI HOU DAL NY TOR COL
0-2 1-4 1-2 0-2 0-6 0-2 2-2 0-1 2-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-3 1-1 1-3 2-4 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-3 0-4 1-0 1-1 2-3 0-3 0-2 0-1 0-3
San Jose Earthquakes NE HOU KC CHI LA SEA CHV NY HOU CLB RSL DAL SEA LA RSL TOR CHI DC SEA CLB KC NE COL COL DC NY DAL TOR CHV LA
1-0 2-3 0-2 3-3 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-4 1-3 1-2 1-2 2-2 1-2 1-2 1-1 3-1 0-2 2-2 0-4 3-0 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 2-2 0-2
Seattle Sounders FC NY RSL TOR KC CHV SJ CHI LA DAL COL CLB CHV SJ DC NY COL HOU CHI SJ RSL LA NE HOU TOR DC CHV NE CLB KC DAL
0-3 0-2 2-0 1-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 0-1 1-2 3-3 1-1 0-3 1-2 0-0 0-4 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-2 1-0 3-2 1-2
Toronto FC KC CLB SEA DAL DAL CHV KC CLB DC CHI NE HOU LA NY NY RSL SJ HOU CLB NE DC CHV SEA COL COL LA CHI SJ RSL NY
3-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-3 0-1 0-1 1-1 3-3 2-0 1-3 0-3 2-1 1-2 0-2 0-3 3-1 1-1 2-3 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 2-3 0-2 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-5

Standings

Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

Template:2009 Major League Soccer Western Conference table

Overall standings

Template:2009 Major League Soccer season table

MLS Cup Playoffs

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{{#section:2009 MLS Cup Playoffs|Bracket}}

Player statistics

Goals

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Jeff Cunningham FC Dallas 17
2 Template:Flagicon Conor Casey Colorado Rapids 16
3 Template:Flagicon Guillermo Barros Schelotto Columbus Crew 12
Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan LA Galaxy
Template:Flagicon Robbie Findley Real Salt Lake
Template:Flagicon Fredy Montero Seattle Sounders FC
Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Ángel New York Red Bulls
8 Template:Flagicon Dwayne De Rosario Toronto FC 11
Template:Flagicon Ryan Johnson San Jose Earthquakes
Template:Flagicon Josh Wolff Kansas City Wizards

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
Template:Flagicon Robbie Findley Real Salt Lake Columbus Crew 4–1 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Conor Casey Colorado Rapids LA Galaxy 3–2 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Jeff Cunningham4 FC Dallas Kansas City Wizards 6–0 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Conor Casey Colorado Rapids Chivas USA 4–0 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Kheli Dube New England Revolution Real Salt Lake 3–1 Template:Dts

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Template:Flagicon Omar Cummings Colorado Rapids 11
2 Template:Flagicon Dave van den Bergh FC Dallas 10
3 Template:Flagicon Brad Davis Houston Dynamo 9
4 Template:Flagicon Cuauhtémoc Blanco Chicago Fire 8
5 Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan LA Galaxy 6
Template:Flagicon Nate Jaqua Seattle Sounders FC
Template:Flagicon Shalrie Joseph New England Revolution
Template:Flagicon Claudio López Kansas City Wizards
Template:Flagicon Javier Morales Real Salt Lake
10 10 players 5

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Template:Flagicon Zach Thornton Chivas USA 12
2 Template:Flagicon Jon Busch Chicago Fire 10
Template:Flagicon Kasey Keller Seattle Sounders FC
Template:Flagicon Pat Onstad Houston Dynamo
5 Template:Flagicon Donovan Ricketts LA Galaxy 9
Template:Flagicon Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake
7 Template:Flagicon Matt Reis New England Revolution 8
8 Template:Flagicon Kevin Hartman Kansas City Wizards 7
Template:Flagicon Will Hesmer Columbus Crew
Template:Flagicon Matt Pickens Colorado Rapids

Awards

Individual awards

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan LA Galaxy
Defender of the Year Template:Flagicon Chad Marshall Columbus Crew
Goalkeeper of the Year Template:Flagicon Zach Thornton Chivas USA
Coach of the Year Template:Flagicon Bruce Arena LA Galaxy
Rookie of the Year Template:Flagicon Omar Gonzalez LA Galaxy
Newcomer of the Year Template:Flagicon Fredy Montero Seattle Sounders FC
Comeback Player of the Year Template:Flagicon Zach Thornton Chivas USA
Golden Boot Template:Flagicon Jeff Cunningham FC Dallas
Goal of the Year Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan LA Galaxy
Save of the Year Template:Flagicon Pat Onstad Houston Dynamo
Fair Play Award Template:Flagicon Steve Ralston New England Revolution
Humanitarian of the Year Template:Flagicon Jimmy Conrad
Template:Flagicon Logan Pause		 Kansas City Wizards
Chicago Fire

Best XI

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Template:Flagicon Zach Thornton, Chivas USA Template:Flagicon Geoff Cameron, Houston
Template:Flagicon Wilman Conde, Chicago
Template:Flagicon Chad Marshall, Columbus 		Template:Flagicon Dwayne De Rosario, Toronto
Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy
Template:Flagicon Stuart Holden, Houston
Template:Flagicon Shalrie Joseph, New England
Template:Flagicon Freddie Ljungberg, Seattle 		Template:Flagicon Conor Casey, Colorado
Template:Flagicon Jeff Cunningham, Dallas

Weekly awards

Save of the week was first introduced during week 10 of the 2009 season.[2]

Monthly awards

Player of the Month
Week Player Club
March Template:Flagicon Fredy Montero Seattle Sounders FC
April Template:Flagicon Brian McBride Chicago Fire
May Template:Flagicon Conor Casey Colorado Rapids
June Template:Flagicon Guillermo Barros Schelotto Columbus Crew
July Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan LA Galaxy
August Template:Flagicon Chad Marshall Columbus Crew
September Template:Flagicon Jeff Cunningham FC Dallas
October Template:Flagicon Freddie Ljungberg Seattle Sounders FC

Attendance

Club Games Season Game Avg.
Seattle Sounders FC 15 499,262 30,897
Los Angeles Galaxy 15 333,239 20,827
Toronto FC 15 305,167 20,344
Real Salt Lake 15 303,138 17,831
Houston Dynamo 15 264,368 17,624
Chivas USA 15 251,611 15,725
D.C. United 15 202,605 15,585
Chicago Fire 15 247,908 15,487
Columbus Crew 15 226,808 14,175
Colorado Rapids 15 195,282 13,018
New York Red Bulls 15 165,672 12,744
New England Revolution 15 173,985 12,427
San Jose Earthquakes 15 134,283 10,329
Kansas City Wizards 15 150,802 10,053
FC Dallas 15 108,717 9,883
Totals 225 3,562,847 16,120

See also

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References

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External links

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