The 2005 Major League Soccer season was the 10th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 93rd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 27th with a national first-division league.
At MLS Cup 2004, two new expansion teams were announced to start play in 2005, Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA. Since both teams were assigned to the Western Conference, the Kansas City Wizards moved to the Eastern Conference to maintain regional balance.
The league returned to a 32-game schedule which marked the most games played since the 2000 season.
The regular season began on April 2, and concluded on October 16. The 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 22, and concluded with MLS Cup 2005 on November 13. For the second time in four years, the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the New England Revolution to win MLS Cup before a sell-out crowd at Pizza Hut Park.
The season began on April 2 and concluded with MLS Cup on November 13. The 12 teams were split evenly into two conferences. Each team played 32 games that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team played every other team in their conference four times, and every team in the opposite conference twice.
The top four teams from each conference qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs. In the first round, aggregate goals over two matches determined the winners. The conference finals were played as a single match, and the winners advanced to MLS Cup. In all rounds, draws were broken with two 15-minute periods of extra time, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. The away goals rule was not used in any round.
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The 2005 Major League Soccer season was the 10th season of Major League Soccer It was also the 93rd season of FIFA sanctioned soccer in the United States and the 27th with a national first division league 2005 Major League Soccer seasonSeason2005MLS CupLos Angeles Galaxy 2nd title Supporters ShieldS J Earthquakes 1st shield 2006 CONCACAF Champions CupLos Angeles GalaxyNew England RevolutionMatches played192Goals scored551 2 87 per match Top goalscorerTaylor TwellmanN E RevolutionGoals 17Biggest home winCHV 5 1 RSLDCU 5 1 RSLBiggest away winCLB 0 4 KCWHighest scoringNY 5 4 NELongest winning runN E RevolutionGames 6 04 09 05 14 S J EarthquakesGames 6 08 20 09 21 Longest unbeaten runS J EarthquakesGames 14 07 20 2005 Longest losing runReal Salt LakeGames 10 08 10 10 05 Highest attendanceLos Angeles GalaxySeason 387 256Game Avg 24 204Lowest attendanceK C WizardsSeason 155 060Game Avg 9 691Total attendance2 900 716Average attendance15 108 20042006 D C UnitedMetroStarsColumbus CrewNew England RevolutionChicagoFireKansas City WizardsColorado RapidsFC DallasChivas USALos Angeles GalaxySan Jose EarthquakesRealSalt Lakeclass notpageimage Locations of teams for the 2005 Major League Soccer season Western Conference Eastern Conference At MLS Cup 2004 two new expansion teams were announced to start play in 2005 Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA Since both teams were assigned to the Western Conference the Kansas City Wizards moved to the Eastern Conference to maintain regional balance The Dallas Burn re branded as FC Dallas and moved to the league s newest soccer specific stadium when Pizza Hut Park opened on August 6 2005 The league returned to a 32 game schedule which marked the most games played since the 2000 season The regular season began on April 2 and concluded on October 16 The 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 22 and concluded with MLS Cup 2005 on November 13 For the second time in four years the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the New England Revolution to win MLS Cup before a sell out crowd at Pizza Hut Park Contents 1 Overview 1 1 Season Format 1 2 Stadiums and locations 1 3 Personnel and sponsorships 1 4 Coaching changes 2 Standings 2 1 Eastern Conference 2 2 Western Conference 2 3 Overall Standings 3 MLS Cup Playoffs 3 1 Bracket 3 2 Conference Semifinals 3 3 Conference finals 3 4 MLS Cup 4 Player statistics 4 1 Goals 4 2 Assists 4 3 Clean Sheets 5 Awards 5 1 Individual awards 5 2 Best XI 6 Attendance 7 ReferencesOverview editSeason Format edit The season began on April 2 and concluded with MLS Cup on November 13 The 12 teams were split evenly into two conferences Each team played 32 games that were evenly divided between home and away Each team played every other team in their conference four times and every team in the opposite conference twice The top four teams from each conference qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs In the first round aggregate goals over two matches determined the winners The conference finals were played as a single match and the winners advanced to MLS Cup In all rounds draws were broken with two 15 minute periods of extra time followed by penalty kicks if necessary The away goals rule was not used in any round The team with the most points in the regular season was awarded the MLS Supporters Shield Additionally the winner of MLS Cup and the runner up qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Stadiums and locations edit Main article List of Major League Soccer stadiums Team Stadium CapacityChicago Fire Soldier Field 61 500Chivas USA Home Depot Center 27 000Colorado Rapids Invesco Field at Mile High 76 125Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium 22 555D C United RFK Stadium 46 000FC Dallas Cotton Bowl Pizza Hut Park 92 100 21 193Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead Stadium 81 425Los Angeles Galaxy Home Depot Center 27 000MetroStars Giants Stadium 80 200New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 68 756Real Salt Lake Rice Eccles Stadium 45 017San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 30 456Personnel and sponsorships edit Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsorChicago Fire nbsp Dave Sarachan Chivas USA nbsp Thomas RongenColorado Rapids nbsp Fernando ClavijoColumbus Crew nbsp Greg Andrulis nbsp Robin Fraser D C United nbsp Piotr Nowak Sierra MistFC Dallas nbsp Colin ClarkeKansas City Wizards nbsp Bob Gansler Los Angeles Galaxy nbsp Steve Sampson BudweiserMetroStars nbsp Bob Bradley nbsp Youri DjorkaeffNew England Revolution nbsp Steve NicolReal Salt Lake nbsp John Ellinger nbsp Jason Kreis San Jose Earthquakes nbsp Dominic Kinnear nbsp Wade Barrett Coaching changes edit Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointmentChivas USA nbsp Thomas Rongen Reassigned May 30 2005 nbsp Javier Ledesma May 30 2005Chivas USA nbsp Javier Ledesma Interim June 3 2005 nbsp Hans Westerhof June 3 2005Columbus Crew nbsp Greg Andrulis Fired July 16 2005 nbsp Robert Warzycha July 16 2005MetroStars nbsp Bob Bradley Fired October 4 2005 nbsp Mo Johnston October 4 2005Standings editEastern Conference edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 New England Revolution 32 17 7 8 55 37 18 59 MLS Cup Playoffs2 D C United 32 16 10 6 58 37 21 543 Chicago Fire 32 15 13 4 49 50 1 494 MetroStars 32 12 9 11 53 49 4 475 Kansas City Wizards 32 11 9 12 52 44 8 456 Columbus Crew 32 11 16 5 34 45 11 38Source MLS Western Conference edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 San Jose Earthquakes 32 18 4 10 53 31 22 64 MLS Cup Playoffs2 FC Dallas 32 13 10 9 52 44 8 483 Colorado Rapids 32 13 13 6 40 37 3 454 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 13 13 6 44 45 1 455 Real Salt Lake 32 5 22 5 30 65 35 206 Chivas USA 32 4 22 6 31 67 36 18Source MLS Overall Standings edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 San Jose Earthquakes S 32 18 4 10 53 31 22 642 New England Revolution 32 17 7 8 55 37 18 59 CONCACAF Champions Cup3 D C United 32 16 10 6 58 37 21 544 Chicago Fire 32 15 13 4 49 50 1 495 Dallas Burn 32 13 10 9 52 44 8 486 MetroStars 32 12 9 11 53 49 4 477 Colorado Rapids 32 13 13 6 40 37 3 458 Los Angeles Galaxy C 32 13 13 6 44 45 1 45 CONCACAF Champions Cup9 Kansas City Wizards 32 11 9 12 52 44 8 4510 Columbus Crew 32 11 16 5 34 45 11 3811 Real Salt Lake 32 5 22 5 30 65 35 2012 Chivas USA 32 4 22 6 31 67 36 18Source MLSRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head record 3 goal difference 4 number of goals scored C Champions S Supporters ShieldMLS Cup Playoffs editBracket edit Conference SemifinalsConference FinalsMLS Cup E1New England03E4MetroStars11E1New England1Eastern ConferenceE3Chicago0E3Chicago04E2D C United00E1New England0W4Los Angeles1W1San Jose11W4Los Angeles31W4Los Angeles2Western ConferenceW3Colorado0W3Colorado02 5 W2Dallas02 4 Conference Semifinals edit October 22 2005New England Revolution0 1MetroStarsReport Guevara nbsp 34 Giants StadiumEast Rutherford New JerseyAttendance 10 003Referee Ricardo Valenzuela October 29 2005MetroStars1 3New England RevolutionDjorkaeff nbsp 59 Report Cancela nbsp 68 Noonan nbsp 73 Smith nbsp 83 Gillette StadiumFoxborough MassachusettsAttendance 9 581Referee Brian Hall New England Revolution advance 3 2 on aggregate October 21 2005D C United0 0Chicago FireReportSoldier FieldChicago IllinoisAttendance 11 493Referee Brian Hall October 30 2005Chicago Fire4 0D C UnitedStewart nbsp 10 Guerrero nbsp 37 Guerrero nbsp 45 5 Marsch nbsp 67 Report Gomez nbsp 55 RFK StadiumWashington D C Attendance 20 089Referee Kevin Stott Chicago Fire advance 4 0 on aggregate October 23 2005San Jose Earthquakes1 3Los Angeles GalaxyClark nbsp 68 Report Gomez nbsp 13 Donovan nbsp 39 87 Home Depot CenterCarson CaliforniaAttendance 17 466Referee Abiodun Okulaja October 29 2005Los Angeles Galaxy1 1San Jose EarthquakesGrabavoy nbsp 67 Report Ching nbsp 42 Spartan StadiumSan Jose CaliforniaAttendance 17 824Referee Alex Prus Los Angeles Galaxy advance 4 2 on aggregate October 22 2005FC Dallas0 0Colorado RapidsReportINVESCO Field at Mile HighDenver ColoradoAttendance 9 625Referee Michael Kennedy October 29 2005Colorado Rapids2 2FC DallasCunningham nbsp 19 Nkong nbsp 58 Kotschau nbsp 106 Report Ruiz nbsp 67 Ruiz nbsp 105 PenaltiesMastroeni nbsp Kirovski nbsp Cunningham nbsp Cooke nbsp Philippe nbsp 5 4 nbsp Ruiz nbsp Nunez nbsp Pareja nbsp Vanney nbsp MinaPizza Hut ParkFrisco TexasAttendance 10 104Referee Terry Vaughn Colorado Rapids advance 5 4 on penalties 2 2 on aggregate Conference finals edit November 5 2005Los Angeles Galaxy2 0Colorado RapidsDonovan nbsp 28 88 ReportINVESCO Field at Mile HighDenver ColoradoAttendance 12 789Referee Brian Hall November 6 2005Chicago Fire0 1New England RevolutionHerron nbsp 90 2 Report Dempsey nbsp 4 Gillette StadiumFoxborough MassachusettsAttendance 18 118Referee Terry Vaughn MLS Cup edit Main article MLS Cup 2005 November 13 2005New England Revolution0 1 AET Los Angeles GalaxyReport Ramirez nbsp 105 Pizza Hut ParkFrisco TexasAttendance 21 193Referee Kevin StottPlayer statistics editGoals edit Rank Player Club Goals1 nbsp Taylor Twellman New England Revolution 172 nbsp Jaime Moreno D C United 163 nbsp Jeff Cunningham Colorado Rapids 12 nbsp Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy5 nbsp Christian Gomez D C United 11 nbsp Herculez Gomez Los Angeles Galaxy nbsp Amado Guevara MetroStars nbsp Carlos Ruiz FC Dallas9 nbsp Clint Dempsey New England Revolution 10 nbsp Youri Djorkaeff MetroStars nbsp Josh Wolff Kansas City WizardsAssists edit Rank Player Club Assists1 nbsp Josh Wolff Kansas City Wizards 102 nbsp Landon Donovan FC Dallas 93 nbsp Ronnie O Brien Colorado Rapids 84 nbsp Christian Gomez D C United 7 nbsp Amado Guevara MetroStars nbsp Dwayne De Rosario San Jose Earthquakes nbsp Ronald Cerritos San Jose Earthquakes nbsp Brad Davis San Jose Earthquakes9 nbsp Chris Rolfe Chicago Fire 610 16 players 5Clean Sheets edit Rank Player Club CleanSheets1 nbsp Pat Onstad San Jose Earthquakes 122 nbsp Nick Rimando D C United 113 nbsp Matt Reis New England Revolution 104 nbsp Joe Cannon Colorado Rapids 85 nbsp Bo Oshoniyi Kansas City Wizards 76 nbsp Scott Garlick FC Dallas 6 nbsp Kevin Hartman Los Angeles Galaxy nbsp Zach Thornton Chicago Fire9 nbsp Jonny Walker Columbus Crew 510 nbsp D J Countess Real Salt Lake 4 nbsp Zach Wells MetroStarsAwards editIndividual awards edit Award Player ClubMost Valuable Player nbsp Taylor Twellman New England RevolutionDefender of the Year nbsp Jimmy Conrad Kansas City WizardsGoalkeeper of the Year nbsp Pat Onstad San Jose EarthquakesCoach of the Year nbsp Dominic Kinnear San Jose EarthquakesRookie of the Year nbsp Michael Parkhurst New England RevolutionComeback Player of the Year nbsp Chris Klein Kansas City WizardsGolden Boot nbsp Taylor Twellman New England RevolutionGoal of the Year nbsp Dwayne De Rosario San Jose EarthquakesFair Play Award nbsp Ronald Cerritos San Jose EarthquakesHumanitarian of the Year nbsp Brian Kamler Real Salt LakeBest XI edit Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards nbsp Pat Onstad San Jose nbsp Chris Albright LA Galaxy nbsp Danny Califf San Jose nbsp Jimmy Conrad Kansas City nbsp Clint Dempsey New England nbsp Dwayne De Rosario San Jose nbsp Christian Gomez D C United nbsp Shalrie Joseph New England nbsp Ronnie O Brien Dallas nbsp Jaime Moreno D C United nbsp Taylor Twellman New EnglandAttendance editClub Games Total AverageLos Angeles Galaxy 16 387 256 24 204Real Salt Lake 16 288 586 18 037Chicago Fire 16 275 811 17 238Chivas USA 16 273 284 17 080D C United 16 266 617 16 664MetroStars 16 241 230 15 077Colorado Rapids 16 218 206 13 638San Jose Earthquakes 16 208 594 13 037Columbus Crew 16 206 654 12 916New England Revolution 16 200 397 12 525FC Dallas 16 179 021 11 189Kansas City Wizards 16 155 060 9 691Totals 192 2 900 716 15 108References edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2005 Major League Soccer season amp oldid 1169577093 MLS Cup Playoffs, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
