2005 Major League Soccer season

The 2005 Major League Soccer season was the 10th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 93rd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 27th with a national first-division league.

2005 Major League Soccer season
Season2005
MLS CupLos Angeles Galaxy (2nd title)
Supporters' ShieldS.J. Earthquakes (1st shield)
2006 CONCACAF Champions' CupLos Angeles Galaxy
New England Revolution
Matches played192
Goals scored551 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerTaylor Twellman
N.E. Revolution
Goals: 17
Biggest home winCHV 5–1 RSL
DCU 5–1 RSL
Biggest away winCLB 0–4 KCW
Highest scoringNY 5–4 NE
Longest winning runN.E. Revolution
Games: 6
(04/09 – 05/14)
S.J. Earthquakes
Games: 6
(08/20 – 09/21)
Longest unbeaten runS.J. Earthquakes
Games: 14
(07/20/2005)
Longest losing runReal Salt Lake
Games: 10
(08/10 – 10/05)
Highest attendanceLos Angeles Galaxy
Season: 387,256
Game Avg.: 24,204
Lowest attendanceK.C. Wizards
Season: 155,060
Game Avg.: 9,691
Total attendance2,900,716
Average attendance15,108
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Major League Soccer season is located in the United States
D.C.United
D.C.
United
MetroStars
MetroStars
Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew
New England Revolution
New England Revolution
ChicagoFire
Chicago
Fire
Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards
Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas
FC Dallas
Chivas USA
Chivas USA
Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes
RealSalt Lake
Real
Salt Lake
Locations of teams for the 2005 Major League Soccer season
Western Conference   Eastern Conference

At MLS Cup 2004, two new expansion teams were announced to start play in 2005, Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA. Since both teams were assigned to the Western Conference, the Kansas City Wizards moved to the Eastern Conference to maintain regional balance.

The Dallas Burn re-branded as FC Dallas and moved to the league's newest soccer-specific stadium when Pizza Hut Park opened on August 6, 2005.

The league returned to a 32-game schedule which marked the most games played since the 2000 season.

The regular season began on April 2, and concluded on October 16. The 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 22, and concluded with MLS Cup 2005 on November 13. For the second time in four years, the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the New England Revolution to win MLS Cup before a sell-out crowd at Pizza Hut Park.

Overview

Season Format

The season began on April 2 and concluded with MLS Cup on November 13. The 12 teams were split evenly into two conferences. Each team played 32 games that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team played every other team in their conference four times, and every team in the opposite conference twice.

The top four teams from each conference qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs. 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. Additionally, the winner of MLS Cup and the runner-up qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Stadiums and locations
Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums
Team Stadium Capacity
Chicago Fire Soldier Field 61,500
Chivas USA Home Depot Center 27,000
Colorado Rapids Invesco Field at Mile High 76,125
Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium 22,555
D.C. United RFK Stadium 46,000
FC Dallas Cotton Bowl
Pizza Hut Park		 92,100
21,193
Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead Stadium 81,425
Los Angeles Galaxy Home Depot Center 27,000
MetroStars Giants Stadium 80,200
New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 68,756
Real Salt Lake Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,017
San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 30,456

Personnel and sponsorships
Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire United States Dave Sarachan —
Chivas USA Netherlands Thomas Rongen
Colorado Rapids United States Fernando Clavijo
Columbus Crew United States Greg Andrulis United States Robin Fraser —
D.C. United Poland Piotr Nowak Sierra Mist
FC Dallas Northern Ireland Colin Clarke
Kansas City Wizards United States Bob Gansler —
Los Angeles Galaxy United States Steve Sampson Budweiser
MetroStars United States Bob Bradley France Youri Djorkaeff
New England Revolution Scotland Steve Nicol
Real Salt Lake United States John Ellinger United States Jason Kreis —
San Jose Earthquakes United States Dominic Kinnear United States Wade Barrett —

Coaching changes
TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming coachDate of appointment
Chivas USA Netherlands Thomas Rongen Reassigned May 30, 2005 Mexico Javier Ledesma May 30, 2005
Chivas USA Mexico Javier Ledesma Interim June 3, 2005 Netherlands Hans Westerhof June 3, 2005
Columbus Crew United States Greg Andrulis Fired July 16, 2005 Poland Robert Warzycha July 16, 2005
MetroStars United States Bob Bradley Fired October 4, 2005 Scotland Mo Johnston October 4, 2005

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New England Revolution 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 59 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 D.C. United 32 16 10 6 58 37 +21 54
3 Chicago Fire 32 15 13 4 49 50 −1 49
4 MetroStars 32 12 9 11 53 49 +4 47
5 Kansas City Wizards 32 11 9 12 52 44 +8 45
6 Columbus Crew 32 11 16 5 34 45 −11 38
Source: MLS

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Jose Earthquakes 32 18 4 10 53 31 +22 64 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 FC Dallas 32 13 10 9 52 44 +8 48
3 Colorado Rapids 32 13 13 6 40 37 +3 45
4 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 13 13 6 44 45 −1 45
5 Real Salt Lake 32 5 22 5 30 65 −35 20
6 Chivas USA 32 4 22 6 31 67 −36 18
Source: MLS

Overall Standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Jose Earthquakes (S) 32 18 4 10 53 31 +22 64
2 New England Revolution 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 59 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3 D.C. United 32 16 10 6 58 37 +21 54
4 Chicago Fire 32 15 13 4 49 50 −1 49
5 Dallas Burn 32 13 10 9 52 44 +8 48
6 MetroStars 32 12 9 11 53 49 +4 47
7 Colorado Rapids 32 13 13 6 40 37 +3 45
8 Los Angeles Galaxy (C) 32 13 13 6 44 45 −1 45 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
9 Kansas City Wizards 32 11 9 12 52 44 +8 45
10 Columbus Crew 32 11 16 5 34 45 −11 38
11 Real Salt Lake 32 5 22 5 30 65 −35 20
12 Chivas USA 32 4 22 6 31 67 −36 18
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket
Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup
          
E1 New England 0 3
E4 MetroStars 1 1
E1 New England 1
Eastern Conference
E3 Chicago 0
E3 Chicago 0 4
E2 D.C. United 0 0
E1 New England 0
W4 Los Angeles 1
W1 San Jose 1 1
W4 Los Angeles 3 1
W4 Los Angeles 2
Western Conference
W3 Colorado 0
W3 Colorado 0 2(5)
W2 Dallas 0 2(4)

Conference Semifinals
New England Revolution0–1MetroStars
Report Guevara 34'
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela
MetroStars1–3New England Revolution
Djorkaeff 59' Report Cancela 68'
Noonan 73'
Smith 83'
Attendance: 9,581
Referee: Brian Hall

New England Revolution advance 3-2 on aggregate.

D.C. United0–0Chicago Fire
Report
Attendance: 11,493
Referee: Brian Hall
Chicago Fire4–0D.C. United
Stewart 10'
Guerrero 37'
Guerrero 45+5'
Marsch 67'		 Report Gómez Red card 55'
Attendance: 20,089
Referee: Kevin Stott

Chicago Fire advance 4-0 on aggregate.

San Jose Earthquakes1–3Los Angeles Galaxy
Clark 68' Report Gomez 13'
Donovan 39', 87'
Attendance: 17,466
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
Los Angeles Galaxy1–1San Jose Earthquakes
Grabavoy 67' Report Ching 42'
Attendance: 17,824
Referee: Alex Prus

Los Angeles Galaxy advance 4-2 on aggregate.

FC Dallas0–0Colorado Rapids
Report
Attendance: 9,625
Referee: Michael Kennedy
Colorado Rapids2–2FC Dallas
Cunningham 19'
Nkong Red card 58'
Kotschau 106'		 Report Ruíz 67'
Ruiz 105'
Penalties
Mastroeni soccer ball with check mark
Kirovski soccer ball with check mark
Cunningham soccer ball with check mark
Cooke soccer ball with check mark
Philippe soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Ruíz
soccer ball with check mark Núñez
soccer ball with check mark Pareja
soccer ball with check mark Vanney
soccer ball with red X Miña
Attendance: 10,104
Referee: Terry Vaughn

Colorado Rapids advance 5-4 on penalties (2-2 on aggregate).

Conference finals
Los Angeles Galaxy2–0Colorado Rapids
Donovan 28', 88' Report
Attendance: 12,789
Referee: Brian Hall
Chicago Fire0–1New England Revolution
Herron Red card 90+2' Report Dempsey 4'
Attendance: 18,118
Referee: Terry Vaughn

MLS Cup
Main article: MLS Cup 2005
New England Revolution0–1
(AET)		Los Angeles Galaxy
Report Ramírez 105'
Attendance: 21,193
Referee: Kevin Stott

Player statistics

Goals
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 United States Taylor Twellman New England Revolution 17
2 Bolivia Jaime Moreno D.C. United 16
3 United States Jeff Cunningham Colorado Rapids 12
United States Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy
5 Argentina Christian Gómez D.C. United 11
United States Herculez Gomez Los Angeles Galaxy
Honduras Amado Guevara MetroStars
Guatemala Carlos Ruiz FC Dallas
9 United States Clint Dempsey New England Revolution 10
France Youri Djorkaeff MetroStars
United States Josh Wolff Kansas City Wizards

Assists
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 United States Josh Wolff Kansas City Wizards 10
2 United States Landon Donovan FC Dallas 9
3 Republic of Ireland Ronnie O'Brien Colorado Rapids 8
4 Argentina Christian Gómez D.C. United 7
Honduras Amado Guevara MetroStars
Canada Dwayne De Rosario San Jose Earthquakes
El Salvador Ronald Cerritos San Jose Earthquakes
United States Brad Davis San Jose Earthquakes
9 United States Chris Rolfe Chicago Fire 6
10 16 players 5

Clean Sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
Sheets
1 Canada Pat Onstad San Jose Earthquakes 12
2 United States Nick Rimando D.C. United 11
3 United States Matt Reis New England Revolution 10
4 United States Joe Cannon Colorado Rapids 8
5 United States Bo Oshoniyi Kansas City Wizards 7
6 United States Scott Garlick FC Dallas 6
United States Kevin Hartman Los Angeles Galaxy
United States Zach Thornton Chicago Fire
9 United States Jonny Walker Columbus Crew 5
10 United States D.J. Countess Real Salt Lake 4
United States Zach Wells MetroStars

Awards

Individual awards
AwardPlayerClub
Most Valuable PlayerUnited States Taylor TwellmanNew England Revolution
Defender of the YearUnited States Jimmy ConradKansas City Wizards
Goalkeeper of the YearCanada Pat OnstadSan Jose Earthquakes
Coach of the YearUnited States Dominic KinnearSan Jose Earthquakes
Rookie of the YearUnited States Michael ParkhurstNew England Revolution
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Chris KleinKansas City Wizards
Golden BootUnited States Taylor TwellmanNew England Revolution
Goal of the YearCanada Dwayne De RosarioSan Jose Earthquakes
Fair Play AwardEl Salvador Ronald CerritosSan Jose Earthquakes
Humanitarian of the YearUnited States Brian KamlerReal Salt Lake

Best XI
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Canada Pat Onstad, San Jose United States Chris Albright, LA Galaxy
United States Danny Califf, San Jose
United States Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City		 United States Clint Dempsey, New England
Canada Dwayne De Rosario, San Jose
Argentina Christian Gómez, D.C. United
Grenada Shalrie Joseph, New England
Republic of Ireland Ronnie O'Brien, Dallas		 Bolivia Jaime Moreno, D.C. United
United States Taylor Twellman, New England

Attendance
Club Games Total Average
Los Angeles Galaxy 16 387,256 24,204
Real Salt Lake 16 288,586 18,037
Chicago Fire 16 275,811 17,238
Chivas USA 16 273,284 17,080
D.C. United 16 266,617 16,664
MetroStars 16 241,230 15,077
Colorado Rapids 16 218,206 13,638
San Jose Earthquakes 16 208,594 13,037
Columbus Crew 16 206,654 12,916
New England Revolution 16 200,397 12,525
FC Dallas 16 179,021 11,189
Kansas City Wizards 16 155,060 9,691
Totals 192 2,900,716 15,108

References
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