Major League Soccer · United States · level 1

2008

Honors
champion Columbus Crew (MLS Cup)
supporters' shield Columbus Crew
mvp Guillermo Barros Schelotto
golden boot Landon Donovan

210 games 2.81 goals / game 16,460 avg. attendance closest-club map

Postseason

MLS Cup Playoffs

f · Nov. 23, 2008 Columbus Crew 3 - 1 New York Red Bulls

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Columbus Crew 30 17 6 7 57 50 36 1.90 1.39
Houston Dynamo 30 13 12 5 51 45 32 1.70 1.41
Chicago Fire 30 13 7 10 46 44 33 1.53 1.33
Chivas USA 30 12 7 11 43 40 41 1.43 0.98
New England Revolution 30 12 7 11 43 40 43 1.43 0.93
Kansas City Wizards 30 11 9 10 42 37 39 1.40 0.95
Real Salt Lake 30 10 10 10 40 40 39 1.33 1.03
New York Red Bulls 30 10 9 11 39 42 48 1.30 0.88
Colorado Rapids 30 11 5 14 38 44 45 1.27 0.98
D.C. United 30 11 4 15 37 43 51 1.23 0.84
FC Dallas 30 8 12 10 36 45 41 1.20 1.10
Toronto FC 30 9 8 13 35 34 43 1.17 0.79
Los Angeles Galaxy 30 8 9 13 33 55 62 1.10 0.89
San Jose Earthquakes 30 8 9 13 33 32 38 1.10 0.84

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Landon Donovan 20
  2. Kenny Cooper 18
  3. Edson Buddle 15
  4. Juan Pablo Ángel 14
  5. Brian Ching 13
  6. Conor Casey 11
  7. Luciano Emílio 11
  8. Jaime Moreno 10
  9. Alejandro Moreno 9
  10. Chad Barrett 9

Assists

  1. Guillermo Barros Schelotto 19
  2. Javier Morales 15
  3. Terry Cooke 12
  4. Cuauhtémoc Blanco 11
  5. David Beckham 10
  6. Jaime Moreno 10
  7. Landon Donovan 9
  8. André Rocha 8
  9. Brad Davis 8
  10. Chris Rolfe 8

Appearances

  1. Brian Carroll 30
  2. Brian Mullan 30
  3. Chris Klein 30
  4. Clyde Simms 30
  5. Jay Heaps 30
  6. Jimmy Conrad 30
  7. Joe Cannon 30
  8. Jon Busch 30
  9. Justin Mapp 30
  10. Kenny Cooper 30

Most recent games

all games

date season round team score team venue referee attendance sources
Oct. 26, 2008 2008 8 FC Dallas 2 - 2 Los Angeles Galaxy StubHub Center 27000 3
Oct. 26, 2008 2008 8 Columbus Crew 1 - 0 D.C. United Crew Stadium 19591 3
Oct. 25, 2008 2008 8 Colorado Rapids 1 - 1 Real Salt Lake DSG Park 16047 3
Oct. 25, 2008 2008 8 San Jose Earthquakes 2 - 0 Toronto FC Buck Shaw Stadium 10526 3
Oct. 25, 2008 2008 8 New England Revolution 1 - 3 Kansas City Wizards Gillette Stadium 16764 3
Oct. 25, 2008 2008 8 Chivas USA 1 - 1 Houston Dynamo StubHub Center 18165 3
Oct. 23, 2008 2008 8 Chicago Fire 5 - 2 New York Red Bulls Toyota Park 13274 3
Oct. 19, 2008 2008 8 Chivas USA 1 - 2 Colorado Rapids StubHub Center 13427 3
Oct. 18, 2008 2008 8 Chicago Fire 2 - 3 Toronto FC BMO Field 20294 3
Oct. 18, 2008 2008 8 FC Dallas 1 - 3 Real Salt Lake Rice-Eccles Stadium 17628 3
Oct. 18, 2008 2008 8 Houston Dynamo 3 - 0 Los Angeles Galaxy Robertson Stadium 30361 3
Oct. 18, 2008 2008 8 Columbus Crew 1 - 3 New York Red Bulls Giants Stadium 18546 3
Oct. 18, 2008 2008 8 San Jose Earthquakes 2 - 3 Kansas City Wizards CommunityAmerica Ballpark 9841 3
Oct. 16, 2008 2008 8 D.C. United 2 - 1 New England Revolution RFK Stadium 16672 3
Oct. 15, 2008 2008 7 Houston Dynamo 2 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes Robertson Stadium 12327 3
Oct. 12, 2008 2008 8 Colorado Rapids 2 - 3 Los Angeles Galaxy StubHub Center 27000 3
Oct. 12, 2008 2008 8 Chicago Fire 2 - 2 Columbus Crew Toyota Park 14994 3
Oct. 12, 2008 2008 8 D.C. United 0 - 0 Houston Dynamo Robertson Stadium 17531 3
Oct. 11, 2008 2008 8 FC Dallas 2 - 2 Toronto FC Toyota Stadium (Frisco) 14114 3
Oct. 11, 2008 2008 8 New England Revolution 0 - 1 Kansas City Wizards CommunityAmerica Ballpark 9488 3
Oct. 11, 2008 2008 8 Chivas USA 1 - 0 San Jose Earthquakes Buck Shaw Stadium 10502 3
Oct. 9, 2008 2008 8 New York Red Bulls 1 - 1 Real Salt Lake Rice-Eccles Stadium 20008 3
Oct. 5, 2008 2008 8 Chicago Fire 1 - 1 Kansas City Wizards CommunityAmerica Ballpark 10385 3
Oct. 4, 2008 2008 8 Chivas USA 3 - 0 D.C. United RFK Stadium 28145 3
Oct. 4, 2008 2008 8 Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Los Angeles Galaxy Crew Stadium 22685 3

Awards

award winner
Assistant Referee of the Year Kermit Quisenberry
Best XI Chad Marshall
Best XI Bakary Soumaré
Best XI Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Best XI Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Best XI Jimmy Conrad
Best XI Jon Busch
Best XI Kenny Cooper
Best XI Landon Donovan
Best XI Robbie Rogers
Best XI Sasha Kljestan
Best XI Shalrie Joseph
Coach of the Year Sigi Schmid
Comeback Player of the Year Kenny Cooper
Defender of the Year Chad Marshall
Fair Play Award Michael Parkhurst
Goalkeeper of the Year Jon Busch
Humanitarian of the Year Michael Parkhurst
MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Newcomer of the Year Darren Huckerby
Referee of the Year Jair Marrufo
Rookie of the Year Sean Franklin
Supporters' Shield Columbus Crew

Where the minutes came from

United States: 235,833 minutes, 56.9%United States: 235,833 minutes, 56.9%United States: 235,833 minutes, 56.9%Argentina: 21,040 minutes, 5.1%Jamaica: 8,501 minutes, 2.1%Canada: 11,226 minutes, 2.7%Brazil: 8,723 minutes, 2.1%Venezuela: 3,884 minutes, 0.9%Puerto Rico: 1,973 minutes, 0.5%Bermuda: 1,515 minutes, 0.4%Turks and Caicos Islands: 287 minutes, 0.1%Scotland: 5,446 minutes, 1.3%England: 7,565 minutes, 1.8%Ukraine: 1,668 minutes, 0.4%Uganda: 90 minutes, 0.0%Trinidad and Tobago: 3,010 minutes, 0.7%Trinidad and Tobago: 3,010 minutes, 0.7%Switzerland: 138 minutes, 0.0%South Africa: 515 minutes, 0.1%South Africa: 515 minutes, 0.1%Sierra Leone: 1,552 minutes, 0.4%Senegal: 1,530 minutes, 0.4%Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 688 minutes, 0.2%Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2,014 minutes, 0.5%Russia: 776 minutes, 0.2%Russia: 776 minutes, 0.2%Russia: 776 minutes, 0.2%Romania: 337 minutes, 0.1%Poland: 939 minutes, 0.2%Peru: 90 minutes, 0.0%Paraguay: 94 minutes, 0.0%Nigeria: 12 minutes, 0.0%New Zealand: 902 minutes, 0.2%New Zealand: 902 minutes, 0.2%New Zealand: 902 minutes, 0.2%Netherlands: 2,502 minutes, 0.6%Mozambique: 854 minutes, 0.2%Morocco: 1,200 minutes, 0.3%Mexico: 6,233 minutes, 1.5%Mali: 2,514 minutes, 0.6%Liberia: 1,619 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,438 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,438 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,438 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,438 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,438 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,438 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,438 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,438 minutes, 0.3%Ireland: 2,286 minutes, 0.6%Honduras: 5,566 minutes, 1.3%Haiti: 122 minutes, 0.0%Guatemala: 888 minutes, 0.2%Grenada: 2,384 minutes, 0.6%Ghana: 1,151 minutes, 0.3%Gambia: 979 minutes, 0.2%Ethiopia: 486 minutes, 0.1%Cuba: 549 minutes, 0.1%Costa Rica: 3,026 minutes, 0.7%Colombia: 5,389 minutes, 1.3%Cameroon: 86 minutes, 0.0%Bosnia and Herzegovina: 821 minutes, 0.2%Bosnia and Herzegovina: 821 minutes, 0.2%Bolivia: 1,861 minutes, 0.4%Russia: 776 minutes, 0.2%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Minutes by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
minutes by country of origin
countryminutesshare
United States 235,833 56.9%
not recorded 51,979 12.5%
Argentina 21,040 5.1%
Canada 11,226 2.7%
Brazil 8,723 2.1%
Jamaica 8,501 2.1%
England 7,565 1.8%
Mexico 6,233 1.5%
Honduras 5,566 1.3%
Scotland 5,446 1.3%
Colombia 5,389 1.3%
Venezuela 3,884 0.9%
Costa Rica 3,026 0.7%
Trinidad and Tobago 3,010 0.7%
Mali 2,514 0.6%
Netherlands 2,502 0.6%
Grenada 2,384 0.6%
Ireland 2,286 0.6%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,014 0.5%
Puerto Rico 1,973 0.5%
Bolivia 1,861 0.4%
Ukraine 1,668 0.4%
Liberia 1,619 0.4%
Sierra Leone 1,552 0.4%
Senegal 1,530 0.4%
Bermuda 1,515 0.4%
Japan 1,438 0.3%
Morocco 1,200 0.3%
Ghana 1,151 0.3%
Gambia 979 0.2%
Poland 939 0.2%
New Zealand 902 0.2%
Guatemala 888 0.2%
Mozambique 854 0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 821 0.2%
Russia 776 0.2%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 688 0.2%
Cuba 549 0.1%
South Africa 515 0.1%
Ethiopia 486 0.1%
Romania 337 0.1%
Turks and Caicos Islands 287 0.1%
Switzerland 138 0.0%
Haiti 122 0.0%
Paraguay 94 0.0%
Peru 90 0.0%
Uganda 90 0.0%
Cameroon 86 0.0%
Nigeria 12 0.0%

No birthplace is on record for 169,041 of these minutes, so they go by the player's recorded nationality instead.

Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.