2022 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season	2022
Dates	February 26 – October 9; (regular season); October 15 – November 5; (playoffs);
MLS Cup	Los Angeles FC; (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	Los Angeles FC; (2nd shield)
Champions League; (United States)	Austin FC; Los Angeles FC; Orlando City SC; Philadelphia Union
Champions League; (Canada)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played	476
Goals scored	1,409 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hany Mukhtar; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	7 goals:; Philadelphia 7–0 D.C. (July 8)
Biggest away win	6 goals:; D.C. 0–6 Philadelphia (August 20)
Highest scoring	9 goals:; New York City 5–4 Toronto (April 24) ; Portland 7–2 Kansas City (May 14) ; Red Bulls 4–5 Colorado (August 2)
Longest winning run	7 matches ; LAFC (July 9–August 17)
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches ; Cincinnati (July 23–September 27)
Longest winless run	10 matches ; Chicago (April 2–May 28)
Longest losing run	5 matches ; Toronto (April 24–May 14 and September 4–October 9)
Total attendance	10,011,578
Average attendance	21,033
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Major League Soccer season was the 27th season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The league had 28 clubs following the addition of Charlotte FC as an expansion team.

The regular season began on February 26 and concluded on October 9. The playoffs began on October 15 and concluded with MLS Cup 2022 on November 5, fifteen days prior to the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[1] New York City FC entered the season as defending champions, having defeated the Portland Timbers in MLS Cup 2021, while the New England Revolution entered the season as the reigning Supporters' Shield winners. Western Conference regular season and playoff champions, Los Angeles FC won their second Supporters' Shield and their first MLS Cup, defeating the Eastern Conference regular season and playoff champions, the Philadelphia Union, in a penalty shoot-out.

A total of 476 matches were played over the course of the regular season and drew an average attendance of 21,033. Total attendance reached a record 10 million, but most teams in the league saw a decline in attendance since the 2019 season.^[2]^[3] In addition, this was the first season where all stadiums were open to full capacity since the 2019 season.

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Atlanta

Charlotte

Chicago

Columbus

Cincinnati

D.C.

Miami

Montréal

New England

NYCFC

Red Bulls

Orlando

Philadelphia

Toronto

Austin

Colorado

Dallas

Houston

LAFC

Galaxy

Minnesota

Nashville

Portland

Salt Lake

San Jose

Seattle

Kansas City

Vancouver

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Locations of teams for the 2022 Major League Soccer season

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Atlanta United FC	Mercedes-Benz Stadium^[A]	42,500
Austin FC	Q2 Stadium	20,738
Charlotte FC	Bank of America Stadium^[A]	40,000
Chicago Fire FC	Soldier Field^[A]^[E]	24,955
FC Cincinnati	TQL Stadium	26,000
Colorado Rapids	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	18,061
Columbus Crew	Lower.com Field	20,011
FC Dallas	Toyota Stadium	20,500
D.C. United	Audi Field	20,000
Houston Dynamo FC	PNC Stadium	22,039
LA Galaxy	Dignity Health Sports Park	27,000
Los Angeles FC	Banc of California Stadium	22,000
Minnesota United FC	Allianz Field	19,400
Inter Miami CF	DRV PNK Stadium^[B]	18,000
CF Montréal	Saputo Stadium	19,619
Nashville SC	Geodis Park^[C]	30,000
New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium^[A]	20,000
New York City FC	Yankee Stadium^[A]^[D]	30,321
New York Red Bulls	Red Bull Arena	25,000
Orlando City SC	Exploria Stadium	25,500
Philadelphia Union	Subaru Park	18,500
Portland Timbers	Providence Park	25,218
Real Salt Lake	America First Field	20,213
San Jose Earthquakes	PayPal Park	18,000
Seattle Sounders FC	Lumen Field^[A]	37,722
Sporting Kansas City	Children's Mercy Park	18,467
Toronto FC	BMO Field	28,351
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BC Place^[A]	22,120

^
Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.
^
Temporary stadium.
^
Nashville SC played the first two months of its schedule on the road, with Geodis Park opening on May 1.^[4]
^
Additional home matches were played at Citi Field in Queens, New York, and Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, due to Yankee Stadium being unavailable for certain matches.
^
Three home matches were moved to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, due to scheduling conflicts with the Chicago Bears.^[5]

Personnel and sponsorships[edit]

Note: All teams use Adidas as universal kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor	Sleeve sponsor
Atlanta United FC	Gonzalo Pineda	Brad Guzan	American Family Insurance	Piedmont Hospital
Austin FC	Josh Wolff	Alexander Ring	Yeti	Netspend
Charlotte FC	Christian Lattanzio (interim)	Christian Fuchs	Ally	Centene
Chicago Fire FC	Ezra Hendrickson	Rafael Czichos	Motorola	CIBC
FC Cincinnati	Pat Noonan	Luciano Acosta	Mercy Health	Kroger
Colorado Rapids	Robin Fraser	Jack Price	—
Columbus Crew	Caleb Porter (until October 10)	Jonathan Mensah	Nationwide	Tipico
D.C. United	Wayne Rooney	Steve Birnbaum	XDC Network	EagleBank
FC Dallas	Nico Estévez	Matt Hedges	MTX Group	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo FC	Kenny Bundy (interim)	Tim Parker	MD Anderson	—
Inter Miami CF	Phil Neville	Gregore	XBTO	Xmanna
LA Galaxy	Greg Vanney	Javier Hernández	Herbalife	Honey
Los Angeles FC	Steve Cherundolo	Carlos Vela	Flex	Target
Minnesota United FC	Adrian Heath	Wil Trapp	Target	Bell Bank
CF Montréal	Wilfried Nancy	Samuel Piette	Bank of Montreal	—
Nashville SC	Gary Smith	Dax McCarty	Renasant Bank	Hyundai
New England Revolution	Bruce Arena	Carles Gil	UnitedHealth	Santander
New York City FC	Nick Cushing (interim)	Sean Johnson	Etihad Airways	Dude Wipes
New York Red Bulls	Gerhard Struber	Aaron Long	Red Bull	OANDA
Orlando City SC	Óscar Pareja	Mauricio Pereyra	Orlando Health	Exploria
Philadelphia Union	Jim Curtin	Alejandro Bedoya	Bimbo Bakeries USA	Subaru
Portland Timbers	Giovanni Savarese	Diego Chara	Alaska Airlines	TikTok
Real Salt Lake	Pablo Mastroeni	Damir Kreilach	LifeVantage	KeyBank, Ford
San Jose Earthquakes	Alex Covelo (interim)	Jackson Yueill	Intermedia	PayPal, Adobe
Seattle Sounders FC	Brian Schmetzer	Nicolás Lodeiro	Zulily	Emerald Queen Casino
Sporting Kansas City	Peter Vermes	Johnny Russell	Compass Minerals	—
Toronto FC	Bob Bradley	Michael Bradley	Bank of Montreal	GE Appliances
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vanni Sartini	Russell Teibert	Bell Canada	—

Coaching changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Houston Dynamo FC	Tab Ramos^[6]	Fired	November 4, 2021	Pre-season	Paulo Nagamura	January 3, 2022^[7]
Los Angeles FC	Bob Bradley^[8]	Mutual consent	November 18, 2021		Steve Cherundolo	January 3, 2022^[9]
Toronto FC	Javier Pérez^[10]	Mutual consent	November 23, 2021		Bob Bradley	November 24, 2021^[11]
Chicago Fire FC	Frank Klopas (interim)	End of interim period	November 24, 2021		Ezra Hendrickson	November 24, 2021^[12]
FC Dallas	Marco Ferruzzi (interim)		December 2, 2021		Nico Estévez	December 2, 2021^[13]
FC Cincinnati	Tyrone Marshall (interim)		December 14, 2021		Pat Noonan	December 14, 2021^[14]
San Jose Earthquakes	Matías Almeyda^[15]	Mutual consent	April 18, 2022	14th in West, 28th overall	Alex Covelo (interim)	April 18, 2022
D.C. United	Hernán Losada^[16]	Fired	April 20, 2022	14th in East, 25th overall	Chad Ashton (interim)	April 20, 2022
Charlotte FC	Miguel Ángel Ramírez	Fired	May 31, 2022	8th in East, 18th overall	Christian Lattanzio (interim)	May 31, 2022^[17]
New York City FC	Ronny Deila^[18]	Signed by Standard Liège	June 13, 2022	1st in East, 2nd overall	Nick Cushing (interim)	June 13, 2022
D.C. United	Chad Ashton (interim)	End of interim period	July 12, 2022	13th in East, 25th overall	Wayne Rooney	July 12, 2022^[19]
Houston Dynamo FC	Paulo Nagamura	Fired	September 5, 2022	14th in West, 27th overall	Kenny Bundy (interim)	September 5, 2022^[20]
Columbus Crew	Caleb Porter^[21]	Fired	October 10, 2022	Post-season	TBD	TBD

Regular season[edit]

Format[edit]

Each team played 34 matches, including 17 home games and 17 away games.^[1]

All teams played every Conference opponent twice – home and away, plus eight cross-conference games against different opponents within the regular season.

Conference standings[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philadelphia Union	34	19	5	10	72	26	+46	67	Qualification for the Conference semifinals & 2023 CONCACAF Champions League
2	CF Montréal^[a]	34	20	9	5	63	50	+13	65	Qualification for the First round
3	New York City FC	34	16	11	7	57	41	+16	55
4	New York Red Bulls	34	15	11	8	50	41	+9	53
5	FC Cincinnati	34	12	9	13	64	56	+8	49
6	Inter Miami CF	34	14	14	6	47	56	−9	48
7	Orlando City SC	34	14	14	6	44	53	−9	48	Qualification for the First round & 2023 CONCACAF Champions League^[b]
8	Columbus Crew	34	10	8	16	46	41	+5	46
9	Charlotte FC	34	13	18	3	44	52	−8	42
10	New England Revolution	34	10	12	12	47	50	−3	42
11	Atlanta United FC	34	10	14	10	48	54	−6	40
12	Chicago Fire FC	34	10	15	9	39	48	−9	39
13	Toronto FC^[a]	34	9	18	7	49	66	−17	34
14	D.C. United	34	7	21	6	36	71	−35	27

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
^ as 2022 U.S. Open Cup champions

Western Conference[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles FC	34	21	9	4	66	38	+28	67	Qualification for the 2023 Campeones Cup, CONCACAF Champions League & conference semifinals
2	Austin FC	34	16	10	8	65	49	+16	56	Qualification for the first round & CONCACAF Champions League
3	FC Dallas	34	14	9	11	48	37	+11	53	Qualification for the first round
4	LA Galaxy	34	14	12	8	58	51	+7	50
5	Nashville SC	34	13	10	11	52	41	+11	50
6	Minnesota United FC	34	14	14	6	48	51	−3	48
7	Real Salt Lake	34	12	11	11	43	45	−2	47
8	Portland Timbers	34	11	10	13	53	53	0	46
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^[a]	34	12	15	7	40	57	−17	43	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League^[b]
10	Colorado Rapids	34	11	13	10	46	57	−11	43
11	Seattle Sounders FC	34	12	17	5	47	46	+1	41
12	Sporting Kansas City	34	11	16	7	42	54	−12	40
13	Houston Dynamo FC	34	10	18	6	43	56	−13	36
14	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	15	11	52	69	−17	35

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Notes:

^ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
^ as 2022 Canadian Championship winners.

Overall table[edit]

The leading team in this table wins the Supporters' Shield.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles FC (C, S)	34	21	9	4	66	38	+28	67	Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League^[a]
2	Philadelphia Union	34	19	5	10	72	26	+46	67	Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League^[b]
3	CF Montréal^[c]	34	20	9	5	63	50	+13	65
4	Austin FC	34	16	10	8	65	49	+16	56	Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League^[d]
5	New York City FC	34	16	11	7	57	41	+16	55
6	New York Red Bulls	34	15	11	8	50	41	+9	53
7	FC Dallas	34	14	9	11	48	37	+11	53
8	LA Galaxy	34	14	12	8	58	51	+7	50
9	Nashville SC	34	13	10	11	52	41	+11	50
10	FC Cincinnati	34	12	9	13	64	56	+8	49
11	Minnesota United FC	34	14	14	6	48	51	−3	48
12	Inter Miami CF	34	14	14	6	47	56	−9	48
13	Orlando City SC (U)	34	14	14	6	44	53	−9	48	Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League^[e]
14	Real Salt Lake	34	12	11	11	43	45	−2	47
15	Portland Timbers	34	11	10	13	53	53	0	46
16	Columbus Crew	34	10	8	16	46	41	+5	46
17	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^[c] (V)	34	12	15	7	40	57	−17	43	Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League^[f]
18	Colorado Rapids	34	11	13	10	46	57	−11	43
19	Charlotte FC	34	13	18	3	44	52	−8	42
20	New England Revolution	34	10	12	12	47	50	−3	42
21	Seattle Sounders FC	34	12	17	5	47	46	+1	41
22	Sporting Kansas City	34	11	16	7	42	54	−12	40
23	Atlanta United FC	34	10	14	10	48	54	−6	40
24	Chicago Fire FC	34	10	15	9	39	48	−9	39
25	Houston Dynamo FC	34	10	18	6	43	56	−13	36
26	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	15	11	52	69	−17	35
27	Toronto FC^[c]	34	9	18	7	49	66	−17	34
28	D.C. United	34	7	21	6	36	71	−35	27

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield winners; (U) U.S. Open Cup winners; (V) Canadian Championship winners
Notes:

^ As 2022 MLS Cup champions and 2022 MLS Supporters' Shield champions (USA1)
^ As 2022 Eastern Conference regular season champions (USA2)
^ ^a ^b ^c Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
^ As highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2022 MLS regular season record) not already qualified (USA3)
^ As 2022 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA4)
^ As 2022 Canadian Championship winners (CAN1)

Results[edit]

v t e Home \ Away	ATL	AUS	CHI	CIN	CLB	CLT	COL	DAL	DCU	HOU	LAX	LFC	MIA	MIN	MTL	NEW	NSH	NYC	NYR	ORL	PHI	POR	RSL	SEA	SJO	SKC	TOR	VAN
Atlanta United		0–3	4–1	0–0	1–2	2–1			3–2				2–0		3–3	2–2		1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0		2–1	2–1		3–1	4–2
Austin FC				5–0			1–1	2–2		3–1	0–1	4–1	5–1	1–0			1–1		3–4	2–2		1–2	3–0	1–1	3–3	4–3		3–0
Chicago Fire	0–0			1–2	2–3	2–3		0–0	1–0		0–0		3–1		0–2	1–1		0–2	1–2	0–0	1–0			1–0		3–1	2–0
FC Cincinnati	2–2		2–3		2–2	2–0			0–1			1–2	3–1		3–4	2–3	1–1	4–4	1–1	1–0	3–1				6–0		2–0	2–2
Columbus Crew	2–2		0–0	2–0		1–1			3–0			0–2	1–0		1–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1					2–1	4–0
Charlotte FC	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–2				3–0		0–1		1–0		0–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	4–0						0–2	2–1
Colorado Rapids	3–0	2–3			1–1	0–0		1–0		1–1	2–0	2–0		4–3			1–3			1–1		2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0		3–1
FC Dallas		1–1					3–1			2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2			2–0	0–1			1–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–2
D.C. United	0–1	2–3	0–2	2–5	2–2	3–0	0–0			2–0			2–3		1–2	3–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–6						2–2
Houston Dynamo		1–2	2–0			1–2	1–1	2–2			1–3	2–1		1–2	2–3	3–1	2–0					0–0	0–0	0–1	4–3	0–0		2–1
LA Galaxy	2–0	4–1					4–1	1–3		0–3		2–1		2–3	4–0		1–0	1–0		0–1		1–1	1–1	3–3	2–3	2–2		5–2
Los Angeles FC		1–2				5–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–2			2–0			0–1		2–0		2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–1		3–1
Inter Miami	2–1		0–0	4–4	2–1	3–2			2–2	1–3		0–2		2–1	1–3	3–2		3–2	2–0	4–1	1–2	2–1					2–1
Minnesota United		2–1	3–0	0–1			3–1	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1					1–1	0–1				4–4	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1		2–0
CF Montréal	2–1	0–1	3–2	4–3	2–2	2–1			1–0				2–2			4–0		0–0	0–1	4–1	1–2		1–2			1–2	1–0	2–1
New England Revolution	2–1		0–0	2–2	2–2	2–1		1–0	1–0		1–2		2–0	2–1	0–1			3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1		2–3				0–0
Nashville SC	2–2	3–0					4–1	4–0		1–2	1–1	1–2		1–2	2–1						1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–4	1–1
New York City FC	2–2		1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1		1–2				2–0		4–1	4–2			2–0	2–1	0–2		6–0		3–0	0–0	5–4
New York Red Bulls	2–1		3–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–5	0–0	4–1				3–1	0–1	1–2	2–1		0–1		0–1	0–2	1–1					2–0
Orlando City SC	0–1		1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1		1–3	3–5	2–1		2–4	1–0		2–0	0–3		2–1	0–3		0–1			3–2			4–0
Philadelphia Union	4–1		4–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–0		7–0	6–0			0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	5–1					2–0		4–0
Portland Timbers	2–1	1–0					3–0	1–1		2–1	1–3	1–2		1–0		2–2	1–1			1–1	0–2		0–0	2–1	2–1	7–2		1–1
Real Salt Lake		2–1		1–2	0–0		2–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–4		3–0			2–1					3–1		1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1
Seattle Sounders FC		3–0		1–1		2–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–2		0–1					0–3	1–2		2–2	3–0		4–0
San Jose Earthquakes		2–2	2–1		3–3		1–0	1–1		1–2	2–3	2–1	0–1	2–0			2–2		1–3			3–2	2–2	4–3		1–1		2–0
Sporting Kansas City		0–2			0–0		2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	4–2	0–2		4–1		1–2	1–2		0–1			4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0			0–1
Toronto FC	2–1		3–2	1–2	1–2	4–0			2–1		2–2		0–1		3–4	2–2		2–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	3–1		0–2	2–2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC		2–0	1–3				2–1	2–1		2–1	3–0	1–0		1–3		0–0	0–3	0–0				2–3	2–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–0

Source: Flashscore^[22]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

MLS All-Star Game[edit]

2022 MLS All-Star Game

August 10, 2022

19:30 CDT (20:30 EDT)

MLS All-Stars	2–1	Liga MX All-Stars
Vela 3' Ruidíaz 73' (pen.)	Report	Álvarez 83'

Allianz Field, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Attendance: 19,727

Referee: Joe Dickerson

MLS Cup Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

First round
October 15–17

Conference semifinals
October 20, 23

Conference finals
October 30

MLS Cup
November 5

E1

Philadelphia Union

1

E5

FC Cincinnati

0

E4

New York Red Bulls

1

E5

FC Cincinnati

2

E1

Philadelphia Union

3

Eastern Conference

E3

New York City FC

1

E3

New York City FC

3

E6

Inter Miami CF

0

E3

New York City FC

3

E2

CF Montréal

1

E2

CF Montréal

2

E7

Orlando City SC

0

E1

Philadelphia Union

3 (0)

W1

Los Angeles FC (p)

3 (3)

W1

Los Angeles FC

3

W4

LA Galaxy

2

W4

LA Galaxy

1

W5

Nashville SC

0

W1

Los Angeles FC

3

Western Conference

W2

Austin FC

0

W3

FC Dallas (p)

1 (5)

W6

Minnesota United FC

1 (4)

W3

FC Dallas

1

W2

Austin FC

2

W2

Austin FC (p)

2 (3)

W7

Real Salt Lake

2 (1)

Note: The higher seeded teams hosted matches, with the MLS Cup host determined by overall points.

Player statistics[edit]

Goals[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[23]
1	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	23
2	Sebastián Driussi	Austin FC	22
2	Dániel Gazdag	Philadelphia Union	22
4	Brenner	FC Cincinnati	18
	Jesús Ferreira	FC Dallas
	Javier Hernández	LA Galaxy
	Brandon Vázquez	FC Cincinnati
8	Jeremy Ebobisse	San Jose Earthquakes	17
9	Cristian Arango	Los Angeles FC	16
	Gonzalo Higuaín	Inter Miami CF
	Diego Rubio	Colorado Rapids

Hat-tricks[edit]


Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	Colorado Rapids	3–0 (H)	February 26, 2022
Lewis Morgan	New York Red Bulls	Toronto FC	4–1 (A)	March 5, 2022
Jesús Ferreira	FC Dallas	Portland Timbers	4–1 (H)	March 19, 2022
Leonardo Campana	Inter Miami CF	New England Revolution	3–2 (H)	April 9, 2022
Valentín Castellanos⁴	New York City FC	Real Salt Lake	6–0 (H)	April 17, 2022
Cristian Espinoza	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle Sounders FC	4–3 (H)	April 23, 2022
Ronaldo Cisneros	Atlanta United FC	Chicago Fire FC	4–1 (H)	May 7, 2022
Brenner	FC Cincinnati	New York City FC	4–4 (H)	June 29, 2022
Taxiarchis Fountas	D.C. United	Orlando City SC	5–3 (A)	July 4, 2022
Julián Carranza	Philadelphia Union	D.C. United	7–0 (H)	July 8, 2022
Gonzalo Higuaín	Inter Miami CF	FC Cincinnati	4–4 (H)	July 31, 2022
Gyasi Zardes	Colorado Rapids	Minnesota United FC	4–3 (H)	August 6, 2022
Julián Carranza	Philadelphia Union	D.C. United	6–0 (A)	August 20, 2022
Dániel Gazdag	Philadelphia Union	Colorado Rapids	6–0 (H)	August 27, 2022
Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	Colorado Rapids	4–1 (H)	August 31, 2022
Juanjo Purata	Atlanta United FC	Toronto FC	4–2 (H)	September 10, 2022
Brenner	FC Cincinnati	San Jose Earthquakes	6–0 (H)	September 10, 2022
Moussa Djitté	Austin FC	Real Salt Lake	3–0 (H)	September 14, 2022
Daniel Ríos⁴	Charlotte FC	Philadelphia Union	4–0 (H)	October 1, 2022
Brenner	FC Cincinnati	D.C. United	5–2 (A)	October 9, 2022
Dániel Gazdag	Philadelphia Union	Toronto FC	4–0 (H)	October 9, 2022

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
⁴ Scored 4 goals

Assists[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[24]
1	Luciano Acosta	FC Cincinnati	19
2	Diego Fagúndez	Austin FC	15
2	Kai Wagner	Philadelphia Union	15
4	Cristian Espinoza	San Jose Earthquakes	14
4	Carles Gil	New England Revolution	14
6	Santiago Rodríguez	New York City FC	13
7	Thiago Almada	Atlanta United FC	12
7	Lucas Zelarayán	Columbus Crew	12
9	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC	11
	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC
	Mauricio Pereyra	Orlando City SC
	Emanuel Reynoso	Minnesota United FC
	Xherdan Shaqiri	Chicago Fire FC
	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[25]
1	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union	15
2	Sean Johnson	New York City FC	14
3	Gabriel Slonina	Chicago Fire FC	12
4	Zac MacMath	Real Salt Lake	10
5	Maxime Crépeau	Los Angeles FC	9
	Pedro Gallese	Orlando City SC
	Eloy Room	Columbus Crew
	Joe Willis	Nashville SC
	William Yarbrough	Colorado Rapids
10	Carlos Coronel	New York Red Bulls	8
	Maarten Paes	FC Dallas
	Brad Stuver	Austin FC

Awards[edit]

Team/Player of the Week[edit]

Bold denotes League Player of the Week.

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Bench	Coach
1 ^[26]^[27]	Hamid (DC)	Edwards (LA) Carlos (ORL) Marshall-Rutty (TOR)	Domínguez (ATX) Sánchez (LAFC) Godoy (NSH) Zelarayán (CLB) Y. Chará (POR)	Martínez (ATL) Vela (LAFC)	Slonina (CHI) Lowe (MIA) Amaya (RBNY) Gil (NE) Lod (MIN) Estrada (DC) Hernández (LA)	Gary Smith (NSH)
2 ^[28]^[29]	Hasal (VAN)	Dibassy (MIN) Calvo (SJ) Fall (LAFC)	Morgan (RBNY) Driussi (ATX) Gil (NE) Zelarayán (CLB) Álvarez (LA)	Rubio (COL) Y. Chará (POR)	MacMath (RSL) Zimmerman (NSH) Delgado (LA) Walter (SKC) Gazdag (PHI) Finlay (ATX) Klimala (RBNY)	Josh Wolff (ATX)
3 ^[30]^[31]	St. Clair (MIN)	Glad (RSL) Tuiloma (POR) Omsberg (CHI)	Quintero (HOU) Kaye (COL) Sánchez (LAFC) Zelarayán (CLB)	Magno (NYC) Vázquez (CIN) Velasco (DAL)	Slonina (CHI) Arreaga (SEA) Harriel (PHI) D. Chará (POR) Bender (CLT) Etienne (CLB) Rubio (COL)	Pat Noonan (CIN)
4 ^[32]^[33]	MacMath (RSL)	Hollingshead (LAFC) Zimmerman (NSH) Harriel (PHI)	Petrasso (TOR) Koné (MTL) Nagbe (CLB) C. Roldan (SEA)	Vázquez (CIN) Ferreira (DAL) Świderski (CLT)	Gallese (ORL) Dibassy (MIN) Matarrita (CIN) Lennon (ATL) Schmitt (RSL) Vela (LAFC) Przybyłko (CHI)	Miguel Ángel Ramírez (CLT)
5 ^[34]^[35]	Coronel (RBNY)	Abubakar (COL) Murillo (LAFC) Blackmon (VAN)	Osorio (TOR) Paulo (SEA) Mihailovic (MTL) Moreno (ATL)	Carranza (PHI) Hernández (LA) Picault (HOU)	Bono (TOR) Williams (LA) Washington (NSH) Sánchez (LAFC) Gazdag (PHI) Cowell (SJ) Kamara (MTL)	Steve Cherundolo (LAFC)
6 ^[36]^[37]	Kahlina (CLT)	Romney (NSH) Camacho (MTL) Elliott (PHI)	Grandsir (LA) Leal (NSH) Alcívar (CLT) Y. Chará (POR)	Campana (MIA) J. Ferreira (DAL) S. Ferreira (HOU)	Blake (PHI) Boxall (MIN) Servania (DAL) Gauld (VAN) Hernández (LA) Ebobisse (SJ) Pato (ORL)	Miguel Ángel Ramírez (CLT)
7 ^[38]^[39]	Ivačič (POR)	Mabika (MIA) Gabrielsen (ATX) Fall (LAFC)	Torres (ORL) Pozuelo (TOR) Mihailovic (MTL) Mukhtar (NSH) Lod (MIN)	Castellanos (NYC) Ebobisse (SJ)	Kann (CIN) Mavinga (TOR) Polster (NE) Reynoso (MIN) Fagúndez (ATX) Tajouri-Shradi (LAFC) Andrade (NYC)	Bob Bradley (TOR)
8 ^[40]^[41]	Yarbrough (COL)	Williams (LA) Long (RBNY) Ford (SKC)	Fountas (DC) Reynoso (MIN) Acosta (LAFC) Espinoza (SJ)	Urruti (ATX) Campana (MIA) Jiménez (TOR)	Celentano (CIN) Tuiloma (POR) Driussi (ATX) Gil (NE) Lodeiro (SEA) Velasco (DAL) Castellanos (NYC)	Alex Covelo (SJ)
9 ^[42]^[43]	Blake (PHI)	Santos (CLB) Miller (MTL) Silva (RSL) Ruan (ORL)	Acosta (CIN) Gil (NE) Kaye (COL) Parks (NYC) Driussi (ATX)	Klimala (RBNY)	Tarbell (ATX) Herrera (RSL) Palacios (LAFC) Nagbe (CLB) Mihailovic (MTL) Magno (NYC) Sallói (SKC)	Steve Cherundolo (LAFC)
10 ^[44]^[45]	Celentano (CIN)	Romney (NSH) Long (RBNY) Nathan (SJ)	Gazdag (PHI) Delgado (LA) Acosta (CIN) Fountas (DC)	Arriola (DAL) Cisneros (ATL) Torres (MTL)	Marcinkowski (SJ) Hines-Ike (DC) Etienne (CLB) McCarty (NSH) Moreno (POR) Ricketts (VAN) Shinyashiki (CLT)	Pat Noonan (CIN)
11 ^[46]^[47]	Gallese (ORL)	Brody (RSL) Trusty (COL) Johnston (MTL)	Luquinhas (RBNY) C. Roldan (SEA) Blanco (POR) Almada (ATL) Fountas (DC)	Ferreira (DAL) Buksa (NE)	Breza (MTL) Smith (ORL) Carrasquilla (HOU) Moralez (NYC) Acosta (CIN) Fogaça (POR) Ebobisse (SJ)	Robin Fraser (COL)
12 ^[48]^[49]	Stuver (ATX)	Callens (NYC) Lowe (MIA) Gabrielsen (ATX)	Shaqiri (CHI) Monteiro (SJ) Mukhtar (NSH) Driussi (ATX)	Cavallini (VAN) Ruidíaz (SEA) Sallói (SKC)	Callender (MIA) Gómez (SEA) Muyl (NSH) Morales (NYC) Yueill (SJ) Reynoso (MIN) Fernandez (RBNY)	Josh Wolff (ATX)
13 ^[50]^[51]	Callender (MIA)	Wagner (PHI) Callens (NYC) Bye (NE)	Almada (ATL) Price (COL) Ruiz (RSL) Driussi (ATX)	Vela (LAFC) Sapong (NSH) Ferreira (HOU)	Clark (HOU) Taylor (MIN) McNamara (NE) Bedoya (PHI) Arriola (DAL) Estrada (DC) Ríos (CLT)	Phil Neville (MIA)
14 ^[52]^[53]	Room (CLB)	Glad (RSL) Callens (NYC) A. Roldan (SEA)	Arriola (DAL) Luquinhas (RBNY) Pozuelo (TOR) Rodríguez (LAFC)	Quioto (MTL) Joveljić (LA) Mukhtar (NSH)	Johnson (NYC) Mensah (CLB) Gil (NE) Morgan (RBNY) Taylor (MIA) Ebobisse (SJ) Cavallini (VAN)	2022 © WikiZero. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy \| Terms of Service

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.

[cnote_B_grp_1] 
Temporary stadium.

[cnote_C_grp_1] 
Nashville SC played the first two months of its schedule on the road, with Geodis Park opening on May 1.^[4]

[cnote_D_grp_1] 
Additional home matches were played at Citi Field in Queens, New York, and Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, due to Yankee Stadium being unavailable for certain matches.

[cnote_E_grp_1] 
Three home matches were moved to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, due to scheduling conflicts with the Chicago Bears.^[5]

[table_note_MTL0.32509966861694-22] Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

[table_note_res_US0.32509966861694-23] s 2022 U.S. Open Cup champions

[table_note_VAN0.6008061867211-24] Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

[table_note_res_CLC0.6008061867211-25] s 2022 Canadian Championship winners.

[table_note_res_CCL10.65679669550471-26] As 2022 MLS Cup champions and 2022 MLS Supporters' Shield champions (USA1)

[table_note_res_CCL20.65679669550471-27] As 2022 Eastern Conference regular season champions (USA2)

[table_note_MTL0.65679669550471-28] Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

[table_note_res_CCL30.65679669550471-29] As highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2022 MLS regular season record) not already qualified (USA3)

[table_note_res_CCL40.65679669550471-30] As 2022 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA4)

[table_note_res_CCL50.65679669550471-31] As 2022 Canadian Championship winners (CAN1)

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