Major League Soccer · United States · level 1

2009

Honors
champion Real Salt Lake (MLS Cup)
supporters' shield Columbus Crew
mvp Landon Donovan
golden boot Jeff Cunningham

225 games 2.54 goals / game 16,037 avg. attendance

Postseason

MLS Cup Playoffs

Championship · Nov. 22, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 - 1 Real Salt Lake

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Columbus Crew 30 13 10 7 49 41 31 1.63 1.32
Houston Dynamo 30 13 9 8 48 39 29 1.60 1.34
Los Angeles Galaxy 30 12 12 6 48 36 31 1.60 1.16
Seattle Sounders 30 12 11 7 47 38 29 1.57 1.31
Chivas USA 30 13 6 11 45 34 31 1.50 1.10
Chicago Fire 30 11 12 7 45 39 34 1.50 1.15
New England Revolution 30 11 9 10 42 33 37 1.40 0.89
Real Salt Lake 30 11 7 12 40 43 35 1.33 1.23
Colorado Rapids 30 10 10 10 40 42 38 1.33 1.11
D.C. United 30 9 13 8 40 43 44 1.33 0.98
FC Dallas 30 11 6 13 39 50 47 1.30 1.06
Toronto FC 30 10 9 11 39 37 46 1.30 0.80
Kansas City Wizards 30 8 9 13 33 33 42 1.10 0.79
San Jose Earthquakes 30 7 9 14 30 36 50 1.00 0.72
New York Red Bulls 30 5 6 19 21 27 47 0.70 0.57

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Jeff Cunningham 17
  2. Conor Casey 16
  3. Fredy Montero 12
  4. Guillermo Barros Schelotto 12
  5. Juan Pablo Ángel 12
  6. Landon Donovan 12
  7. Robbie Findley 12
  8. Dwayne De Rosario 11
  9. Josh Wolff 11
  10. Ryan Johnson 11

Assists

  1. Brad Davis 12
  2. Omar Cummings 12
  3. Dave van den Bergh 11
  4. Freddie Ljungberg 9
  5. Claudio López 8
  6. Cuauhtémoc Blanco 8
  7. Jeff Cunningham 8
  8. Shalrie Joseph 8
  9. Atiba Harris 7
  10. Chris Leitch 7

Appearances

  1. Chris Wingert 30
  2. Darrius Barnes 30
  3. Dave van den Bergh 30
  4. David Ferreira 30
  5. Eddie Gaven 30
  6. Jon Busch 30
  7. Jordan Harvey 30
  8. Kevin Hartman 30
  9. Marco Pappa 30
  10. Nat Borchers 30

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Oct. 25, 2009 2009 Chivas USA 2 - 3 Houston Dynamo StubHub Center 14523 2
Oct. 25, 2009 2009 Columbus Crew 0 - 1 New England Revolution Crew Stadium 16797 2
Oct. 24, 2009 2009 New York Red Bulls 5 - 0 Toronto FC Giants Stadium 21305 2
Oct. 24, 2009 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 - 0 San Jose Earthquakes StubHub Center 27000 2
Oct. 24, 2009 2009 Colorado Rapids 0 - 3 Real Salt Lake Rio Tinto Stadium 18675 2
Oct. 24, 2009 2009 D.C. United 2 - 2 Kansas City Wizards CommunityAmerica Ballpark 10385 2
Oct. 24, 2009 2009 FC Dallas 1 - 2 Seattle Sounders CenturyLink Field 33108 2
Oct. 22, 2009 2009 Chicago Fire 1 - 0 Chivas USA Toyota Park 17537 2
Oct. 18, 2009 2009 Houston Dynamo 0 - 0 Los Angeles Galaxy Robertson Stadium 29470 2
Oct. 17, 2009 2009 Chicago Fire 0 - 0 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 18064 2
Oct. 17, 2009 2009 Chivas USA 2 - 2 San Jose Earthquakes StubHub Center 12316 2
Oct. 17, 2009 2009 Colorado Rapids 1 - 2 FC Dallas Toyota Stadium (Frisco) 15243 2
Oct. 17, 2009 2009 Seattle Sounders 3 - 2 Kansas City Wizards CommunityAmerica Ballpark 10135 2
Oct. 17, 2009 2009 Real Salt Lake 0 - 1 Toronto FC BMO Field 20384 2
Oct. 17, 2009 2009 Columbus Crew 0 - 1 D.C. United RFK Stadium 16274 2
Oct. 14, 2009 2009 New York Red Bulls 0 - 2 Real Salt Lake Rio Tinto Stadium 16247 2
Oct. 10, 2009 2009 Chivas USA 2 - 0 Kansas City Wizards StubHub Center 12923 2
Oct. 10, 2009 2009 San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Toronto FC BMO Field 20571 2
Oct. 10, 2009 2009 Columbus Crew 1 - 0 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 13297 2
Oct. 7, 2009 2009 FC Dallas 2 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes Buck Shaw Stadium 9023 2
Oct. 4, 2009 2009 Houston Dynamo 1 - 1 Kansas City Wizards Robertson Stadium 16854 2
Oct. 3, 2009 2009 New York Red Bulls 0 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes Buck Shaw Stadium 10525 2
Oct. 3, 2009 2009 Columbus Crew 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders Crew Stadium 14372 2
Oct. 3, 2009 2009 Chivas USA 2 - 0 D.C. United RFK Stadium 24175 2
Oct. 3, 2009 2009 Colorado Rapids 1 - 1 New England Revolution DSG Park 16535 2

Awards

award winner
Assistant Referee of the Year Gregory Barkey
Best XI Shalrie Joseph
Best XI Jeff Cunningham
Best XI Zach Thornton
Best XI Wilman Conde
Best XI Landon Donovan
Best XI Stuart Holden
Best XI Chad Marshall
Best XI Conor Casey
Best XI Dwayne De Rosario
Best XI Freddie Ljungberg
Best XI Geoff Cameron
Coach of the Year Bruce Arena
Comeback Player of the Year Zach Thornton
Defender of the Year Chad Marshall
Fair Play Award Steve Ralston
Goalkeeper of the Year Zach Thornton
Humanitarian of the Year Jimmy Conrad
Humanitarian of the Year Logan Pause
MVP Landon Donovan
Newcomer of the Year Fredy Montero
Referee of the Year Alex Prus
Rookie of the Year Omar Gonzalez
Supporters' Shield Columbus Crew

Where the minutes came from

United States: 126,485 minutes, 28.5%United States: 126,485 minutes, 28.5%United States: 126,485 minutes, 28.5%Canada: 11,114 minutes, 2.5%Argentina: 15,738 minutes, 3.5%Venezuela: 1,515 minutes, 0.3%Scotland: 2,932 minutes, 0.7%England: 2,522 minutes, 0.6%Trinidad and Tobago: 1,214 minutes, 0.3%Trinidad and Tobago: 1,214 minutes, 0.3%Switzerland: 2,295 minutes, 0.5%Sweden: 1,836 minutes, 0.4%Spain: 1,203 minutes, 0.3%Spain: 1,203 minutes, 0.3%Spain: 1,203 minutes, 0.3%South Africa: 4 minutes, 0.0%South Africa: 4 minutes, 0.0%Sierra Leone: 872 minutes, 0.2%Serbia: 756 minutes, 0.2%Serbia: 756 minutes, 0.2%Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2,139 minutes, 0.5%Nigeria: 3 minutes, 0.0%Netherlands: 2,624 minutes, 0.6%Morocco: 2,148 minutes, 0.5%Mexico: 471 minutes, 0.1%Mali: 1,364 minutes, 0.3%Lithuania: 667 minutes, 0.2%Liberia: 540 minutes, 0.1%Japan: 1,932 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,932 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,932 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,932 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,932 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,932 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,932 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,932 minutes, 0.4%Jamaica: 4,748 minutes, 1.1%Hungary: 298 minutes, 0.1%Honduras: 456 minutes, 0.1%Haiti: 236 minutes, 0.1%Guyana: 11 minutes, 0.0%Guatemala: 2,314 minutes, 0.5%Grenada: 2,228 minutes, 0.5%Ghana: 4,670 minutes, 1.1%Gambia: 2,806 minutes, 0.6%France: 2,243 minutes, 0.5%France: 2,243 minutes, 0.5%Ethiopia: 204 minutes, 0.0%El Salvador: 2,075 minutes, 0.5%Cuba: 2,207 minutes, 0.5%Costa Rica: 5,305 minutes, 1.2%Zaire: 1,993 minutes, 0.4%Colombia: 5,528 minutes, 1.2%Cameroon: 851 minutes, 0.2%Bulgaria: 124 minutes, 0.0%Brazil: 4,544 minutes, 1.0%Austria: 157 minutes, 0.0%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Minutes by country of birth. 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 birth
countryminutesshare
not recorded 219,614 49.5%
United States 126,485 28.5%
Argentina 15,738 3.5%
Canada 11,114 2.5%
Colombia 5,528 1.2%
Costa Rica 5,305 1.2%
Jamaica 4,748 1.1%
Ghana 4,670 1.1%
Brazil 4,544 1.0%
Scotland 2,932 0.7%
Gambia 2,806 0.6%
Netherlands 2,624 0.6%
England 2,522 0.6%
Guatemala 2,314 0.5%
Switzerland 2,295 0.5%
France 2,243 0.5%
Grenada 2,228 0.5%
Cuba 2,207 0.5%
Morocco 2,148 0.5%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,139 0.5%
El Salvador 2,075 0.5%
Zaire 1,993 0.4%
Japan 1,932 0.4%
Sweden 1,836 0.4%
Venezuela 1,515 0.3%
Mali 1,364 0.3%
Trinidad and Tobago 1,214 0.3%
Spain 1,203 0.3%
Sierra Leone 872 0.2%
Cameroon 851 0.2%
Serbia 756 0.2%
Lithuania 667 0.2%
Liberia 540 0.1%
Mexico 471 0.1%
Honduras 456 0.1%
Yugoslavia 449 0.1%
Hungary 298 0.1%
Haiti 236 0.1%
Ethiopia 204 0.0%
Austria 157 0.0%
Bulgaria 124 0.0%
Guyana 11 0.0%
South Africa 4 0.0%
Nigeria 3 0.0%