2018 in American soccer

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The 2018 season was the 106th season of competitive soccer in the United States.

Soccer in the United States
Season 2018
Supporters' Shield New York Red Bulls
USL Louisville City FC
NPSL Miami FC 2
PDL Canada Calgary Foothills FC
US Open Cup Houston Dynamo
MLS Cup Atlanta United FC
← 2017 United States 2019 →

Contents

National teams

Men's

Senior

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Wins Losses Draws
3 5 3
Results and fixtures
Friendlies
Goalscorers

Goals are current as of November 20, 2018, after match against  Italy.

Player Goals
Bobby Wood 3
Josh Sargent 2
Walker Zimmerman 1
Timothy Weah 1
Julian Green 1
Tyler Adams 1
Kellyn Acosta 1
Managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers:

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Incoming manager Date of appointment
United States United States Dave Sarachan (caretaker) End of interim role December 2 United States Gregg Berhalter December 2[1]

U-20

2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

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Main article: 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Group A

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Qualification stage

The top two teams of each group in the qualification stage qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the winners of each group also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

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Women's

Senior

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Main article: United States women's national soccer team
Wins Losses Draws
18 0 2
Friendlies
2018 SheBelieves Cup

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Main article: 2018 SheBelieves Cup

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2018 Tournament of Nations

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2018 Tournament of Nations

2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship

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Group A

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Semi-Final
Final
Goalscorers

Goals are current as of November 13, 2018, after match against  Scotland.

Player Goals
Alex Morgan 18
Carli Lloyd 8
Megan Rapinoe 7
Mallory Pugh 6
Tobin Heath 6
Julie Ertz 4
Rose Lavelle 4
Lindsey Horan 3
Christen Press 2
Crystal Dunn 2
Tierna Davidson 1
Sam Mewis 1
Jessica McDonald 1
own goal 2

U-20

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

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Group B

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

Semi-finals
Final
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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Group C

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U-17

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

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On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.[2][3] On 11 May 2018, CONCACAF announced the tournament would resume play on 6 June and conclude on 12 June 2018, with the remainder of the tournament hosted at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Six teams will play in the remainder of the tournament, as Nicaragua and Puerto Rico were already eliminated and were set to face each other in their last match.[4]

Group B

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Semi-finals
Finals
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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Group C
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Uruguay
Dates 20 November – 13 December 2018
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) TBA (in TBA host cities)
← 2016
2020 →

The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be held in Uruguay from 20 November to 13 December 2018.[5]

Host selection

On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014.[6]

The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament:[7]

The decision on the hosts was originally to be made at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 19–20 March 2015,[8] but no announcement was made after the meeting.

During FIFA President Gianni Infantino's visit to Uruguay in March 2016, Uruguay showed interest in organizing the event.[9] The FIFA Council appointed Uruguay as host on 10 May 2016.[5]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the team who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation has yet to be published.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
CAF (Africa) 2017–18 CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America) Host nation  Uruguay
2018 South American Under-17 Women's Championship
OFC (Oceania) 2018 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
UEFA (Europe) 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Venues

To be announced.

References

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External links

Club Competitions

Men's

League Competitions

Major League Soccer

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Main article: 2018 Major League Soccer season
Conference tables
Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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Overall table
2018 table

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Aggregate 2017 and 2018 table

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MLS Playoffs

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MLS Cup

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Main article: MLS Cup 2018
Major League Soccer
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Season 2018
MLS Cup Atlanta United FC (1st title)
Supporters' Shield New York Red Bulls (3rd shield)
Champions League
(United States)		 Atlanta United FC
Houston Dynamo
New York Red Bulls
Champions League
(Canada)		 Toronto FC
Matches played 391
Goals scored 1249 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer Josef Martínez
(31 goals)
Best goalkeeper Luis Robles
(14 shutouts)
Biggest home win 6 goals:
SKC 6–0 VAN
(April 20)
Biggest away win 6 goals:
COL 0–6 RSL
(August 25)
Highest scoring 8 goals:
MTL 3–5 LAFC
(April 21)
TOR 4–4 DC
(June 13)
RSL 6–2 LAG
(September 1)
TOR 5–3 LAG
(September 15)
Longest winning run 9 games
Seattle Sounders FC
(July 21 – September 19)
Longest unbeaten run 15 games
Portland Timbers
(April 14 – August 11)
Longest winless run 13 games
Orlando City
(July 21 – October 21)
Longest losing run 9 games
Orlando City
(May 13 – July 7)
Highest attendance 72,243
ATL 1–1 SEA
(July 15)
Lowest attendance 5,158
DC 2–2 HOU
(March 17)
Total attendance 8,553,245
Average attendance 21,875
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 Major League Soccer season was the 23rd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2018 and concluded on October 28, 2018. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 31, 2018 and concluded with MLS Cup 2018 on December 8, 2018. The league took a nine-day hiatus in early June for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, reduced from previous breaks.[10]

Los Angeles FC joined the league as an expansion franchise, while D.C. United debuted their new soccer-specific stadium, Audi Field.

Toronto FC were the defending Supporters' Shield champions and defending MLS Cup champions.

New York Red Bulls won their third Supporters' Shield, with a league record 71 points, while Atlanta United FC won their first MLS Cup in their second year in the league.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Atlanta United FC Argentina Tata Martino United States Michael Parkhurst American Family Insurance
Chicago Fire Serbia Veljko Paunović United States Dax McCarty Valspar
Colorado Rapids England Anthony Hudson United States Tim Howard Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC United States Gregg Berhalter United States Wil Trapp Acura
D.C. United United States Ben Olsen England Wayne Rooney Leidos
FC Dallas Colombia Óscar Pareja United States Matt Hedges AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo Colombia Wílmer Cabrera United States DaMarcus Beasley —
LA Galaxy United States Dominic Kinnear[lower-alpha 1] England Ashley Cole Herbalife
Los Angeles FC United States Bob Bradley Mexico Carlos Vela YouTube TV
Minnesota United FC England Adrian Heath Costa Rica Francisco Calvo Target
Montreal Impact France Rémi Garde Argentina Ignacio Piatti Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution United States Brad Friedel France Claude Dielna UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC Spain Domènec Torrent[lower-alpha 2] Spain David Villa Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls United States Chris Armas[lower-alpha 3] United States Luis Robles Red Bull
Orlando City SC Republic of Ireland James O'Connor[lower-alpha 4] United States Jonathan Spector Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union United States Jim Curtin United States Alejandro Bedoya Bimbo Bakeries USA
Portland Timbers Venezuela Giovanni Savarese Argentina Diego Valeri Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake United States Mike Petke United States Kyle Beckerman LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes Argentina Matias Almeyda[lower-alpha 5] United States Chris Wondolowski Sutter Health
Seattle Sounders FC United States Brian Schmetzer Cuba Osvaldo Alonso Xbox
Sporting Kansas City United States Peter Vermes United States Matt Besler Ivy Funds
Toronto FC United States Greg Vanney United States Michael Bradley Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC England Craig Dalrymple[lower-alpha 6] Costa Rica Kendall Waston Bell Canada

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Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Montreal Impact Canada Mauro Biello Fired October 23, 2017 Pre-season France Rémi Garde November 8, 2017
New England Revolution United States Tom Soehn (interim) End of interim period November 9, 2017 United States Brad Friedel November 9, 2017
Portland Timbers United States Caleb Porter Resigned November 17, 2017 Venezuela Giovanni Savarese December 18, 2017
San Jose Earthquakes United States Chris Leitch Returned to technical director role November 24, 2017 Sweden Mikael Stahre November 24, 2017
Colorado Rapids England Steve Cooke (interim) End of interim period November 29, 2017 England Anthony Hudson November 29, 2017
New York City FC France Patrick Vieira Signed by France Nice June 11, 2018 2nd in East, 4th overall Spain Domènec Torrent June 11, 2018
Orlando City SC United States Jason Kreis Mutual decision June 15, 2018 6th in East, 14th overall United States Bobby Murphy (interim) June 15, 2018
Orlando City SC United States Bobby Murphy (interim) End of interim period June 29, 2018 8th in East, 17th overall Republic of Ireland James O'Connor June 29, 2018
New York Red Bulls United States Jesse Marsch Signed by Germany RB Leipzig July 6, 2018 2nd in East, 3rd overall United States Chris Armas July 6, 2018
LA Galaxy Germany Sigi Schmid Resigned September 10, 2018 8th in West, 13th overall United States Dominic Kinnear (interim) September 10, 2018
San Jose Earthquakes Sweden Mikael Stahre Fired September 17, 2018 12th in West, 23rd overall United States Steve Ralston (interim) September 17, 2018
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Wales Carl Robinson Fired September 25, 2018 8th in West, 14th overall England Craig Dalrymple (interim) September 25, 2018
San Jose Earthquakes United States Steve Ralston (interim) End of interim period October 8, 2018 12th in West, 23rd overall Argentina Matías Almeyda October 8, 2018

Regular season

Format

During the 2018 MLS regular season, each team played 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams faced each of their conference opponents (10 in the East, 11 in the West) twice during the season with one game at home and one game away. Western Conference teams played one additional intra-conference game and Eastern Conference teams played two. All teams faced each non-conference opponent once.

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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Overall table

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Aggregate 2017 and 2018 table

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Playoffs

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Bracket

       
       
 
               
     
   
       
   
     
   
       
   
     
   
       
   
     
   
       
           
     
   
       
   
     
   
       
   
     
   
       
   
     

Knockout round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Eastern Conference
New York City FC (E3) 3–1 Philadelphia Union (E6)
D.C. United (E4) 2–2
(2–3 p)		 Columbus Crew SC (E5)
Western Conference
Los Angeles FC (W3) 2–3 Real Salt Lake (W6)
FC Dallas (W4) 1–2 Portland Timbers (W5)

Conference semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Columbus Crew SC (E5) 1–3 New York Red Bulls (E1) 1–0 0–3
New York City FC (E3) 1–4 Atlanta United FC (E2) 0–1 1–3
Western Conference
Real Salt Lake (W6) 3–5 Sporting Kansas City (W1) 1–1 2–4
Portland Timbers (W5) 4–4
(4–2 p)		 Seattle Sounders FC (W2) 2–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)

Conference finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United FC (E2) 3–1 New York Red Bulls (E1) 3–0 0–1
Western Conference
Portland Timbers (W5) 3–2 Sporting Kansas City (W1) 0–0 3–2

MLS Cup

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Attendance

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See also: Major League Soccer attendance

Average home attendances

As of October 29, 2018

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Pos. Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean
1 Atlanta United FC 17 901,033 72,243 44,696 53,002
2 Seattle Sounders FC 17 690,893 47,521 39,465 40,641
3 Toronto FC 17 452,675 30,799 23,011 26,628
4 LA Galaxy 17 415,543 27,068 16,231 24,444
5 Minnesota United FC 17 406,342 52,242 18,057 23,902
6 Orlando City SC 17 405,730 25,527 22,337 23,866
7 New York City FC 17 394,583 30,139 18,584 23,211
8 Los Angeles FC 17 374,716 22,716 22,000 22,042
9 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 373,089 27,863 17,357 21,946
10 Portland Timbers 17 359,448 21,144 21,144 21,144
11 Sporting Kansas City 17 339,148 21,064 18,508 19,950
12 San Jose Earthquakes 17 323,547 50,743 15,648 19,032
13 New York Red Bulls 17 316,956 25,219 14,768 18,644
14 Real Salt Lake 17 316,286 21,363 16,015 18,605
15 Montreal Impact 17 315,665 26,005 15,485 18,569
16 New England Revolution 17 311,897 36,573 10,547 18,347
17 D.C. United 17 299,803 20,573 5,128 17,635
18 Houston Dynamo 17 287,408 22,320 13,094 16,906
19 Philadelphia Union 17 280,805 19,013 14,795 16,518
20 FC Dallas 17 263,707 19,096 13,147 15,512
21 Colorado Rapids 17 260,660 17,837 10,790 15,333
22 Chicago Fire 17 251,708 21,915 8,551 14,806
23 Columbus Crew 17 211,603 19,121 7,683 12,447
 – Total 391 8,553,245 72,243 5,128 21,875

Highest attendances

As of October 22, 2018

Regular season

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 72,243 July 15, 2018 20 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2 Atlanta United FC 3–1 D.C. United 72,035 March 11, 2018 2 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake 72,017 September 22, 2018 30 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
4 Atlanta United FC 4–0 Orlando City SC 71,932 June 30, 2018 18 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
5 Atlanta United FC 2–1 Chicago Fire 71,812 October 22, 2018 34 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
6 Minnesota United FC 1–3 LA Galaxy 52,242 October 21, 2018 33 TCF Bank Stadium
7 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 LA Galaxy 50,743 June 30, 2018 18 Stanford Stadium
8 Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Portland Timbers 47,521 June 30, 2018 18 CenturyLink Field
9 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Columbus Crew 45,303 August 19, 2018 25 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
10 Atlanta United FC 5–0 Los Angeles FC 45,207 April 7, 2018 6 Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Player statistics

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See also: Major League Soccer § Player records

Shutouts

Rank Player Club Shutouts[13]
1 United States Luis Robles New York Red Bulls 14
2 United States Tim Melia Sporting Kansas City 13
3 Jamaica Andre Blake Philadelphia Union 10
United States Evan Bush Montreal Impact
United States Sean Johnson New York City FC
United States Tyler Miller Los Angeles FC
United States Zack Steffen Columbus Crew
8 United States David Bingham LA Galaxy 8
United States Brad Guzan Atlanta United FC
10 United States Jeff Attinella Portland Timbers 7
Switzerland Stefan Frei Seattle Sounders FC
United States Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Venezuela Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 March 17
Senegal Dominique Badji Colorado Rapids Philadelphia Union 3–0 March 31
Scotland Johnny Russell Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6–0 April 20
Argentina Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact Los Angeles FC 3–5 April 21
Uruguay Cristian Techera Vancouver Whitecaps FC New England Revolution 3–3 May 26
Venezuela Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC Philadelphia Union 3–1 June 2
Norway Adama Diomande Los Angeles FC Philadelphia Union 4–1 June 30
Colombia Darwin Quintero Minnesota United FC Toronto FC 4–3 July 14
Venezuela Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC D.C. United 3–1 July 21
Colombia Michael Barrios FC Dallas Sporting Kansas City 3–2 July 28
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović LA Galaxy Orlando City SC 4–3 July 29
Argentina Luciano Acosta D.C. United Orlando City SC 3–2 August 12
Croatia Damir Kreilach Real Salt Lake LA Galaxy 6–2 September 1
England Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls D.C. United 3–3 September 16
United States Gyasi Zardes Columbus Crew SC Minnesota United FC 3–2 October 28

Awards

Player of the Month

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Month Player Club Stats Ref
March Chile Felipe Gutiérrez Sporting Kansas City 5 GP, 5 G [14]
April Paraguay Miguel Almirón Atlanta United FC 4 GP, 5 G, 2 A [15]
May United States Zack Steffen Columbus Crew 5 GP, 0 GA [16]
June Norway Adama Diomande Los Angeles FC 5 GP, 7 G [17]
July Venezuela Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC 5 GP, 9 G, 1 A [18]
August Venezuela Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC 4 GP, 4 G, 1 A [19]
September Argentina Luciano Acosta D.C. United 5 GP, 4 G, 6 A [20]
October England Wayne Rooney D.C. United 5 GP, 5 G [21]

Player and team of the week

  • Bold denotes league player of the week.
  • Italics denotes Audi player performance of the week.

Goal of the Week

End-of-season awards

Award Winner (club) Ref
Most Valuable Player Josef Martínez (Atlanta United FC) [125]
Defender of the Year Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls) [126]
Goalkeeper of the Year Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew SC) [127]
Coach of the Year Gerardo Martino (Atlanta United FC) [128]
Rookie of the Year Corey Baird (Real Salt Lake) [129]
Newcomer of the Year Zlatan Ibrahimović (LA Galaxy) [130]
Comeback Player of the Year Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew SC) [131]
Golden Boot Josef Martínez (Atlanta United FC) [132]
Fair Play Player Award Valeri Qazaishvili (San Jose Earthquakes) [133]
Fair Play Team Award Los Angeles FC [133]
Humanitarian of the Year Matt Lampson (Minnesota United FC) [134]
Referee of the Year Alan Kelly [135]
Assistant Referee of the Year Joe Fletcher [135]
Goal of the Year Zlatan Ibrahimović (LA Galaxy) [136]
Save of the Year Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC) [137]

MLS Best XI

Year Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2018
[138]		 United States Zack Steffen, Columbus Jamaica Kemar Lawrence, Red Bulls
United States Aaron Long, Red Bulls
United States Chad Marshall, Seattle		 Argentina Luciano Acosta, D.C. United
Paraguay Miguel Almirón, Atlanta
Argentina Ignacio Piatti, Montreal
Mexico Carlos Vela, LAFC		 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović, LA Galaxy
Venezuela Josef Martínez, Atlanta
England Wayne Rooney, D.C. United

Player transfers

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Main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2018

SuperDraft

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Further information: 2018 MLS SuperDraft

The MLS SuperDraft is an annual event, taking place in January of each year, in which the teams of Major League Soccer select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league. The first two rounds of 2018 MLS SuperDraft were held on January 19 in Philadelphia. Rounds three and four of the 2018 SuperDraft were held via conference call on January 21. Los Angeles FC selected João Moutinho with the first overall pick.

Allocation ranking

The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in the MLS allocation list. The MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering a transfer fee of at least $500,000. The allocations are ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2017 season, taking playoff performance into account.[139] As an expansion team, Los Angeles FC took the top spot.

Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. At all times each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS season.

Original
ranking		 Current
ranking		 Club Date allocation used
(Rank on that date)		 Player signed Previous club Ref
3 1 D.C. United
4 2 Colorado Rapids
5 3 Minnesota United FC
11 4 FC Dallas[A][B] [140][141]
7 5 Montreal Impact
8 6 Philadelphia Union
9 7 New England Revolution
10 8 Real Salt Lake
1 9 Los Angeles FC[A] [140]
12 10 San Jose Earthquakes
13 11 Sporting Kansas City
14 12 Atlanta United FC
15 13 Chicago Fire
16 14 New York Red Bulls
2 15 LA Galaxy[C] [142]
19 16 New York City FC
20 17 Houston Dynamo
21 18 Columbus Crew
22 19 Seattle Sounders FC
23 20 Toronto FC
17 21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC December 22, 2017 (17) Canada Doneil Henry England West Ham United [143]
6 22 Orlando City[B] January 30, 2018 (1) Spain Oriol Rosell Portugal Sporting CP [144][141]
18 23 Portland Timbers[C] August 8, 2018 (1) United States Jorge Villafaña Mexico Santos Laguna [142]
  1. ^ On December 10, 2017, FC Dallas acquired the number 1 allocation ranking, $250,000 in general allocation money (GAM), and $250,000 in targeted allocation money (TAM) from Los Angeles FC in exchange for the number 11 allocation ranking and Walker Zimmerman.
  2. ^ On January 30, 2018, Orlando City acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from FC Dallas in exchange for the number 6 allocation ranking and $400,000 in targeted allocation money (TAM).
  3. ^ On August 8, 2018, Portland acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from LA Galaxy in exchange for the number 16 allocation ranking, $75,000 in general allocation money (GAM), and $100,000 in 2019 targeted allocation money (TAM).

References

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USL

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Main article: 2018 USL season
Conference tables
Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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Playoffs

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Main article: 2018 USL Playoffs

2017 USL Playoffs

Cup Competitions

US Open Cup

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Main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup
Final

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International Competitions

CONCACAF Competitions
Club Competition Final round
FC Dallas 2018 CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16
Colorado Rapids Round of 16
New York Red Bulls Semi-finals
Seattle Sounders FC Quarter-finals

teams in bold are still active in the competition

2018 CONCACAF Champions League

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Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Champions League
Round of 16

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Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santa Tecla El Salvador 2–5 United States Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 0–4
Olimpia Honduras 1–3 United States New York Red Bulls 1–1 0–2
Colorado Rapids United States 0–2 Canada Toronto FC 0–2 0–0
Tauro Panama 3–3 (a) United States FC Dallas 1–0 2–3
Quarter-finals

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Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Champions League Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Seattle Sounders FC United States 1–3 Mexico Guadalajara 1–0 0–3
Tijuana Mexico 1–5 United States New York Red Bulls 0–2 1–3
Semi-finals

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Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Champions League Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guadalajara Mexico 1–0 United States New York Red Bulls 1–0 0–0

Women's

League Competitions

National Women's Soccer League

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Main article: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season
Overall table

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NWSL Playoffs

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Main article: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season § NWSL Playoffs
Semi-finals Championship
           
1 North Carolina Courage 2
4 Chicago Red Stars 0
1 North Carolina Courage 3
2 Portland Thorns FC 0
2 Portland Thorns FC 2
3 Seattle Reign FC 1

September 22, 2018
4:30pm (EDT)
North Carolina Courage 3–0 Portland Thorns FC
Report
Report
Providence Park
Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
United Women's Soccer

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Main article: 2018 United Women's Soccer season

Honors

Professional

Amateur

See also

References

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Warning: Default sort key "2018 In American Soccer" overrides earlier default sort key "Major League Soccer Season 2018".

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