2013 Major League Soccer season

The 2013 Major League Soccer season was the 18th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 101st season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 35th with a national first-division league.

Major League Soccer

Season	2013
MLS Cup	Sporting Kansas City (2nd title)
Supporters' Shield	New York Red Bulls (1st shield)
Champions League (U.S.)	Sporting Kansas City New York Red Bulls Portland Timbers
Matches played	323
Goals scored	845 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Camilo (22 goals)
Biggest home win	NE 5–0 LA (Jun 2) MTL 5-0 HOU (Aug 24) LA 5-0 CHV (Oct 6)
Biggest away win	CHV 0–5 POR (Oct 26)
Highest scoring	8 goals: MTL 5-3 PHI (May 25)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Seattle Sounders FC (Aug 25 – Sep 13)
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches:[1] Portland Timbers (Mar 16 – Jun 23)
Longest winless run	13 matches: D.C. United (Mar 16 – Jun 22)
Longest losing run	7 matches:[1] D.C. United (Mar 23 – May 11) Chivas USA (May 5 – Jun 24)
Highest attendance	67,385 POR @ SEA (Aug 25)
Lowest attendance	5,123 POR @ CHV (Sep 14)
Average attendance	18,594[1]
← 2012 2014 →

D.C. United

New York

Columbus

New England

Chicago

Kansas City

Toronto

Philadelphia

Montreal

Colorado

Dallas

Chivas USA

Galaxy

Houston

Salt Lake

Portland

San Jose

Seattle

Vancouver

Locations of teams for the 2013 Major League Soccer season
Western Conference   Eastern Conference

The regular season began on March 2 and concluded on October 27. The New York Red Bulls won their first ever Supporters' Shield. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 31 and ended on December 7, when Sporting Kansas City won MLS Cup in a penalty shootout over Real Salt Lake. It was the third MLS Cup to be decided on penalties.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Stadiums and locations

Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums

Chicago Fire	Chivas USA/ Los Angeles Galaxy	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	D.C. United	FC Dallas
Toyota Park	StubHub Center	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Crew Stadium	RFK Memorial Stadium	Toyota Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 18,086	Capacity: 20,145	Capacity: 19,467†	Capacity: 21,193

Houston Dynamo	Montreal Impact	New England Revolution	New York Red Bulls	Philadelphia Union	Portland Timbers
BBVA Compass Stadium	Saputo Stadium[a]	Gillette Stadium	Red Bull Arena	PPL Park	Providence Park
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 20,341	Capacity: 22,385†	Capacity: 25,189	Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 20,323

Real Salt Lake	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle Sounders FC	Sporting Kansas City	Toronto FC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rio Tinto Stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium[b]	CenturyLink Field	Sporting Park	BMO Field	BC Place
Capacity: 20,213	Capacity: 10,525	Capacity: 38,500†	Capacity: 18,467	Capacity: 21,859	Capacity: 21,000†

†Actual capacity is higher; seats rationed for soccer games

Personnel and sponsorships

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Frank Klopas	Logan Pause	Quaker
Chivas USA	José Luis Real	Dan Kennedy	Corona
Colorado Rapids	Óscar Pareja	Drew Moor	—
Columbus Crew	Brian Bliss	Federico Higuaín	Barbasol
D.C. United	Ben Olsen	Dwayne De Rosario	Volkswagen
FC Dallas	Schellas Hyndman	David Ferreira	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo	Dominic Kinnear	Brad Davis	—
LA Galaxy	Bruce Arena	Robbie Keane	Herbalife
Montreal Impact	Marco Schällibaum	Davy Arnaud	Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	Jay Heaps	José Gonçalves	UnitedHealthcare
New York Red Bulls	Mike Petke	Thierry Henry	Red Bull
Philadelphia Union	John Hackworth	Brian Carroll	Bimbo
Portland Timbers	Caleb Porter	Will Johnson	Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Jason Kreis	Kyle Beckerman	XanGo
San Jose Earthquakes	Mark Watson	Ramiro Corrales	—
Seattle Sounders FC	Sigi Schmid	Mauro Rosales	Xbox
Sporting Kansas City	Peter Vermes	Jimmy Nielsen	Ivy Funds
Toronto FC	Ryan Nelsen	Steven Caldwell	Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Martin Rennie	Jay DeMerit	Bell Canada

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Montreal Impact	Jesse Marsch	Mutual consent	Nov 3, 2012[2]	Preseason	Marco Schällibaum	Jan 6, 2013[3]
Chivas USA	Robin Fraser	Fired	Nov 9, 2012 [4]		José Luis Sánchez Solá	Dec 12, 2012[5]
New York Red Bulls	Hans Backe	End of contract	Nov 9, 2012[6]		Mike Petke	Jan 24, 2013[7]
Portland Timbers	Gavin Wilkinson	End of interim period	Nov 26, 2012[8]		Caleb Porter	Nov 26, 2012[8]
Toronto FC	Paul Mariner	Fired	Jan 7, 2013[9]		Ryan Nelsen	Jan 7, 2013[9]
Chivas USA	José Luis Sánchez Solá	Mutual consent	May 30, 2013[10]	16th	José Luis Real[10]	May 30, 2013
San Jose Earthquakes	Frank Yallop	Mutual consent	Jun 7, 2013[11]	15th	Mark Watson[11]	Jun 7, 2013
Columbus Crew	Robert Warzycha	Fired	Sep 2, 2013[12]	16th	Brian Bliss[12]	Sep 2, 2013
FC Dallas	Schellas Hyndman	Resigned	Oct 26, 2013	16th / Postseason	Vacancy	Vacancy
Vancouver Whitecaps	Martin Rennie	Fired	Oct 29, 2013	13th / Postseason	Vacancy	Vacancy
Chicago Fire	Frank Klopas	Resigned	Oct 30, 2013[13]	12th / Postseason	Frank Yallop[14]	Oct 31, 2013
Columbus Crew	Brian Bliss	End of interim period	Nov 6, 2013	16th / Postseason	Gregg Berhalter[15]	Nov 6, 2013
Chivas USA	José Luis Real	End of interim period	Nov 25, 2013[16]	18th / Postseason	Vacancy	Vacancy

Player transfers

Main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2013

Major League Soccer employs 12 methods to acquire players. These include: signing players on transfers/free transfers as is done in most of the world; via trades; drafting players through mechanisms such as the MLS SuperDraft, MLS Supplemental Draft, or MLS Re-Entry Draft; rarely used methods which cover extreme hardship and injury replacement; signing players as Designated Players or Homegrown Players; placing a discovery claim on players; waivers; and methods peculiar to MLS such as through allocation or a weighted lottery.^[17]

Allocation ranking

The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the League after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. The allocation rankings may also be used in the event two or more clubs file a request for the same player on the same day. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2012 season, taking playoff performance into account.

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 League season.

Original Ranking	Club	Date Allocation Used	Player Signed	Player Nation	Previous Club	Club Nation	Ref
1	Chivas USA† ‡#	July 1, 2013	Carlos Bocanegra	United States	Rangers	Scotland	[18]
2	Portland Timbers†
3	Seattle Sounders FC‡
4	New England Revolution
5	Philadelphia Union
6	Colorado Rapids
7	FC Dallas
8	Montreal Impact
9	Columbus Crew
10	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
11	Chicago Fire
12	Real Salt Lake
13	New York Red Bulls
14	Sporting Kansas City
15	San Jose Earthquakes
16	Toronto FC#
17	D.C. United	February 20, 2013	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	Municipal	Guatemala	[19]
18	Houston Dynamo
19	Los Angeles Galaxy

†On December 12, 2012, Portland Timbers acquired the number 2 ranking from Chivas USA in exchange for the number 3 ranking and an international roster spot.^[20]

‡On February 19, 2013, Chivas USA traded the No. 3 ranking to Seattle Sounders FC in the Shalrie Joseph trade. It was also reported that Seattle sent the No. 15 allocation ranking to Chivas USA as part of the deal, although Seattle appeared to have owned the No. 16 selection and not the No. 15 selection.^[21]

#On July 1, 2013, Chivas USA acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Toronto FC in exchange for the #16 ranking, a first-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, and an international roster spot.^[22]

Weighted lottery

Some players are assigned to MLS teams via a weighted lottery process. A team can only acquire one player per year through a weighted lottery. The players made available through lotteries include: (i) Generation adidas players signed after the MLS SuperDraft; and (ii) Draft eligible players to whom an MLS contract was offered but who failed to sign with the League prior to the SuperDraft.

The team with the worst record over its last 30 regular season games (dating back to previous season if necessary and taking playoff performance into account) will have the greatest probability of winning the lottery. Teams are not required to participate in a lottery. Players are assigned via the lottery system in order to prevent a player from potentially influencing his destination club with a strategic holdout.

Below are the results of 2013 weighted lotteries:

Lottery Date	Player	Player Nation	Position	Winning Club	Other Clubs Participating	Ref
December 18, 2012	Mobi Fehr	USA	DF	Portland Timbers	Seattle Sounders FC, San Jose Earthquakes	[23]
December 20, 2012	Gale Agbossoumonde	USA	DF	Toronto FC	FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Seattle Sounders FC, Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes	[24]
January 25, 2013	Charles Eloundou	CMR	FW	Colorado Rapids	Real Salt Lake, D.C. United	[25]
July 18, 2013	Conor Doyle	USA	FW	D.C. United	Colorado Rapids	[26]

Ownership changes

Club	New owner	Previous owner	Date
Real Salt Lake	Dell Loy Hansen	Dave Checketts	January 24, 2013
Columbus Crew	Anthony Precourt	Clark Hunt	July 30, 2013

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	59	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Sporting Kansas City	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17	58
3	New England Revolution	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51
4	Houston Dynamo	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	51	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Montreal Impact	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49
6	Chicago Fire	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5	49
7	Philadelphia Union	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2	46
8	Columbus Crew	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4	41
9	Toronto FC	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17	29
10	D.C. United	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16

Source: MLS

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Real Salt Lake	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16	56
3	LA Galaxy	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15	53
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	52	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Colorado Rapids	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51
6	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7	51
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8	48
8	FC Dallas	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4	44
9	Chivas USA	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37	26

Source: MLS

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls (S)	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Sporting Kansas City (C)	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17	58
3	Portland Timbers	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57
4	Real Salt Lake	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16	56
5	LA Galaxy	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15	53
6	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	52
7	New England Revolution	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51
8	Colorado Rapids	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	51
10	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7	51
11	Montreal Impact	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Chicago Fire	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5	49
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8	48
14	Philadelphia Union	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2	46
15	FC Dallas	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4	44
16	Columbus Crew	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4	41
17	Toronto FC	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17	29
18	Chivas USA	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37	26
19	D.C. United	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16	CONCACAF Champions League

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2013 MLS Cup playoffs

	Knockout					Conference semifinals							Conference finals							MLS Cup
						E1	New York	2	1	3
	E4	Houston	3			E4	Houston (a.e.t.)	2	2	4
	E5	Montreal	0			Eastern Conference							E4	Houston	0	1	1
													E2	Kansas City	0	2	2
						E2	Kansas City (a.e.t.)	1	3	4
						E3	New England	2	1	3
																				E2	Kansas City (p)	1 (7)
																				W2	Salt Lake	1 (6)
						W1	Portland	2	3	5
	W4	Seattle	2			W4	Seattle	1	2	3
	W5	Colorado	0			Western Conference							W1	Portland	2	0	2
													W2	Salt Lake	4	1	5
						W2	Salt Lake (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
						W3	Los Angeles	1	0	1

Player statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Camilo Sanvezzo	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	22
2	Mike Magee	LA Galaxy, Chicago Fire	21
3	Marco Di Vaio	Montreal Impact	20
4	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy	16
5	Diego Fagúndez	New England Revolution	13
	Dominic Oduro	Columbus Crew
7	Jack McInerney	Philadelphia Union	12
	Álvaro Saborío	Real Salt Lake
9	Tim Cahill	New York Red Bulls	11
	Federico Higuaín	Columbus Crew
	Blas Pérez	FC Dallas
	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	13
2	Sébastien Le Toux	Philadelphia Union	12
3	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy	11
4	Javier Morales	Real Salt Lake	10
5	Brad Davis	Houston Dynamo	9
	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy
	David Ferreira	FC Dallas
	Thierry Henry	New York Red Bulls
	Federico Higuaín	Columbus Crew
	Russell Teibert	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Donovan Ricketts	Portland Timbers	14
2	Jimmy Nielsen	Sporting Kansas City	13
3	Zac MacMath	Philadelphia Union	12
4	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls	11
5	Michael Gspurning	Seattle Sounders FC	10
6	Jon Busch	San Jose Earthquakes	9
	Tally Hall	Houston Dynamo
	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake
	Bobby Shuttleworth	New England Revolution
10	Troy Perkins	Montreal Impact	8

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Mike Magee	LA Galaxy, Chicago Fire
Defender of the Year	José Gonçalves	New England Revolution
Goalkeeper of the Year	Donovan Ricketts	Portland Timbers
Coach of the Year	Caleb Porter	Portland Timbers
Rookie of the Year	Dillon Powers	Colorado Rapids
Newcomer of the Year	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers
Comeback Player of the Year	Kevin Alston	New England Revolution
Golden Boot	Camilo Sanvezzo	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Fair Play Award	Darlington Nagbe	Portland Timbers
Humanitarian of the Year	Matt Reis	New England Revolution
Goal of the Year	Camilo Sanvezzo	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Save of the Year	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake

Best XI

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Donovan Ricketts, Portland	Matt Besler, Sporting KC José Gonçalves, New England Omar Gonzalez, LA Galaxy	Tim Cahill, New York Will Johnson, Portland Diego Valeri, Portland Graham Zusi, Sporting KC	Marco Di Vaio, Montreal Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy Mike Magee, LA Galaxy/Chicago

Monthly awards

Week	MLS Player of the Month				MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Month
	Player	Nat	Club	Link	Player/Club	Nat	Club	Link
March	Mike Magee		Los Angeles Galaxy	5G 0A Archived June 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine	Jeb Brovsky	USA	Montreal Impact	Archived October 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
April	Jack McInerney	USA	Philadelphia Union	4G 0A Archived June 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine	Calen Carr	USA	Houston Dynamo	Archived October 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
May	Jack McInerney	USA	Philadelphia Union	3G 0A Archived June 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine	Portland Timbers	USA	Portland Timbers
June	Mike Magee	USA	Chicago Fire	4G 1A Archived June 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine	Jon Busch	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	Archived October 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
July	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4G 0A Archived June 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine	Gonzalo Segares	CRC	Chicago Fire	Archived October 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
August	Robbie Keane	IRE	Los Angeles Galaxy	5G 1A Archived June 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine	Lamar Neagle	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Archived October 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
September	Dominic Oduro	GHA	Columbus Crew	3G 2A Archived June 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine	Matt Lampson	USA	Columbus Crew	Archived October 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
October	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6G 1A Archived November 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine	Dwayne De Rosario	CAN	D.C. United	Archived October 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

Weekly awards

Week	MLS Player of the Week			AT&T Goal of the Week			MLS Save of the Week
	Player	Nat	Club	Player	Nat	Club	Player	Nat	Club
Week 1	Mike Magee	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Bill Hamid	USA	D.C. United
Week 2	Robert Earnshaw	WAL	Toronto FC	Daigo Kobayashi	JPN	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 3	Bill Hamid	USA	D.C. United	Rodney Wallace	CRC	Portland Timbers	Troy Perkins	USA	Montreal Impact
Week 4	Juan Agudelo	USA	Chivas USA	Chris Wondolowski	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	Nat Borchers	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 5	Will Johnson	CAN	Portland Timbers	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 6	Ryan Johnson	JAM	Portland Timbers	Ryan Johnson	JAM	Portland Timbers	Clint Irwin	USA	Colorado Rapids
Week 7	Brad Davis	USA	Houston Dynamo	Will Johnson	CAN	Portland Timbers	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 8	Jack McInerney	USA	Philadelphia Union	Javier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 9	Tim Cahill	AUS	New York Red Bulls	Jonathan Osorio	CAN	Toronto FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 10	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Luis Gil	USA	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 11	Will Bruin	USA	Houston Dynamo	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Kofi Sarkodie	USA	Houston Dynamo
Week 12	Eddie Johnson	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Michel	BRA	FC Dallas	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 13	Marco Di Vaio	ITA	Montreal Impact	Rodney Wallace	CRC	Portland Timbers	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas
Week 14	Diego Fagúndez	URU	New England Revolution	Robbie Findley	USA	Real Salt Lake	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 15	Olmes García	COL	Real Salt Lake	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 16	Kenny Miller	SCO	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Darlington Nagbe	LBR	Portland Timbers	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 17	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Will Johnson	CAN	Portland Timbers	Luis Robles	USA	New York Red Bulls
Week 18	Alan Gordon	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	Yordany Álvarez	CUB	Real Salt Lake	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 19	Brad Knighton	USA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas
Week 20	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Javier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Jeff Attinella	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 21	Chris Rolfe	USA	Chicago Fire	DeAndre Yedlin	USA	Seattle Sounders FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 22	Álvaro Saborío	CRC	Real Salt Lake	Álvaro Saborío	CRC	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 23	Lloyd Sam	ENG	New York Red Bulls	Cam Weaver	USA	Houston Dynamo	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 24	Landon Donovan	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	Federico Higuaín	ARG	Columbus Crew	Marcus Hahnemann	USA	Seattle Sounders FC
Week 25	Robbie Keane	IRE	Los Angeles Galaxy	Giles Barnes	ENG	Houston Dynamo	Chris Wingert	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 26	Kelyn Rowe	USA	New England Revolution	Kelyn Rowe	USA	New England Revolution	Jaime Penedo	PAN	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 27	Robbie Keane	IRE	Los Angeles Galaxy	Javier Morales	ARG	Real Salt Lake	Michael Gspurning	AUT	Seattle Sounders FC
Week 28	Marco Di Vaio	ITA	Montreal Impact	Kalif Alhassan	GHA	Portland Timbers	Kalif Alhassan	GHA	Portland Timbers
Week 29	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Obafemi Martins	NGA	Seattle Sounders FC	Raúl Fernández	PER	FC Dallas
Week 30	Steven Lenhart	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 31	Dominic Oduro	GHA	Columbus Crew	Jared Jeffrey	USA	D.C. United	Jaime Penedo	PAN	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 32	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 33	Kekuta Manneh	GAM	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Kalif Alhassan	GHA	Portland Timbers	Donovan Ricketts	JAM	Portland Timbers
Week 34	Gabriel Torres	PAN	Colorado Rapids	Tim Cahill	AUS	New York Red Bulls	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake
Week 35	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Diego Valeri	ARG	Portland Timbers	Nick Rimando	USA	Real Salt Lake

Average attendance

Source:^[27]

Club	Mean home attendance
Seattle Sounders FC	44,038
Los Angeles Galaxy	22,152
Portland Timbers	20,674
Montreal Impact	20,603
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	20,038
Houston Dynamo	19,923
Sporting Kansas City	19,709
New York Red Bulls	19,461
Real Salt Lake	19,218
Toronto FC	18,131
Philadelphia Union	17,867
Columbus Crew	16,080
Colorado Rapids	15,440
FC Dallas	15,373
Chicago Fire	15,228
New England Revolution	14,844
D.C. United	13,646
San Jose Earthquakes	12,765
Chivas USA	8,366

Coaches

Eastern Conference

• Chicago Fire: Frank Klopas
• Columbus Crew: Robert Warzycha
• D.C. United: Ben Olsen
• Houston Dynamo: Dominic Kinnear
• Montreal Impact: Marco Schällibaum
• New England Revolution: Jay Heaps
• New York Red Bulls: Mike Petke
• Philadelphia Union: John Hackworth
• Sporting Kansas City: Peter Vermes
• Toronto FC: Ryan Nelsen

Western Conference

• Chivas USA: José Luis Real
• Colorado Rapids: Óscar Pareja
• FC Dallas: Schellas Hyndman
• Los Angeles Galaxy: Bruce Arena
• Portland Timbers: Caleb Porter
• Real Salt Lake: Jason Kreis
• San Jose Earthquakes: Mark Watson
• Seattle Sounders FC: Sigi Schmid
• Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Martin Rennie

Notes

1. The Impact's first two home games were played at the Olympic Stadium. The Impact played its first home game at Saputo Stadium on April 14, 2013 against the Columbus Crew.
2. Some marquee games held at Stanford Stadium. Most recent game held there was on June 29, 2013 in a derby match against Los Angeles Galaxy.