The 2017 Major League Soccer season was the 22nd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2017 and concluded on October 22, 2017. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 25, 2017 and concluded with MLS Cup 2017 on December 9, 2017.
Two new clubs joined the league as expansion franchises: Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC. The two franchises were the 21st and 22nd teams in the league.[1]
Locations of teams for the 2017 Major League Soccer season Western Conference Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Team
Stadium
Capacity
Colorado Rapids
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
18,061
FC Dallas
Toyota Stadium
20,500
Houston Dynamo
BBVA Compass Stadium
22,039
LA Galaxy
StubHub Center
27,000
Minnesota United FC
TCF Bank Stadium[A]
21,895
Portland Timbers
Providence Park
21,144
Real Salt Lake
Rio Tinto Stadium
20,213
San Jose Earthquakes
Avaya Stadium
18,000
Seattle Sounders FC
CenturyLink Field[A]
39,419
Sporting Kansas City
Children's Mercy Park
18,467
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
BC Place[A]
22,120
Eastern Conference
Team
Stadium
Capacity
Atlanta United FC
Mercedes-Benz Stadium[A][B]
42,500
Chicago Fire
Toyota Park
20,000
Columbus Crew SC
Mapfre Stadium
19,968
D.C. United
RFK Stadium[A]
20,000
Montreal Impact
Saputo Stadium
20,801
New England Revolution
Gillette Stadium[A]
20,000
New York City FC
Yankee Stadium[A]
30,321
New York Red Bulls
Red Bull Arena
25,000
Orlando City SC
Orlando City Stadium
25,500
Philadelphia Union
Talen Energy Stadium
18,500
Toronto FC
BMO Field
30,000
^
Non- soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.
^
Due to construction delays to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta United FC played its home matches at Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium during the first half of the season. [2]
Personnel and sponsorship
Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.
Team
Head coach
Captain
Shirt sponsor
Atlanta United FC
Gerardo Martino
Michael Parkhurst
American Family Insurance
Chicago Fire
Veljko Paunović
Juninho
Valspar
Colorado Rapids
Steve Cooke (interim)
Tim Howard
Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC
Gregg Berhalter
Wil Trapp
Acura
D.C. United
Ben Olsen
Steve Birnbaum
Leidos
FC Dallas
Oscar Pareja
Matt Hedges
AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo
Wilmer Cabrera
Ricardo Clark
BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy
Sigi Schmid
Jermaine Jones
Herbalife
Minnesota United FC
Adrian Heath
Francisco Calvo
Target[3]
Montreal Impact
Mauro Biello
Patrice Bernier
Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution
Tom Soehn (interim)
Chris Tierney
UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC
Patrick Vieira
David Villa
Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls
Jesse Marsch
Sacha Kljestan
Red Bull
Orlando City SC
Jason Kreis
Kaká
Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union
Jim Curtin
Alejandro Bedoya
Bimbo Bakeries USA
Portland Timbers
Caleb Porter
Liam Ridgewell
Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake
Mike Petke
Kyle Beckerman
LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes
Chris Leitch
Chris Wondolowski
Sutter Health
Seattle Sounders FC
Brian Schmetzer
Osvaldo Alonso
Xbox
Sporting Kansas City
Peter Vermes
Matt Besler
Ivy Funds
Toronto FC
Greg Vanney
Michael Bradley
Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Carl Robinson
Kendall Waston
Bell Canada
Coaching changes
Team
Outgoing coach
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Position in table
Incoming coach
Date of appointment
Houston Dynamo
Wade Barrett (interim)
End of interim period
October 28, 2016
Pre-season
Wilmer Cabrera
October 28, 2016
LA Galaxy
Bruce Arena
Signed by United States
November 22, 2016
Curt Onalfo
December 13, 2016
Real Salt Lake
Jeff Cassar
Mutual consent
March 20, 2017
10th in West, 19th overall
Daryl Shore (interim)
March 20, 2017
Daryl Shore (interim)
End of interim period
March 29, 2017
9th in West, 19th overall
Mike Petke
March 29, 2017
San Jose Earthquakes
Dominic Kinnear
Fired
June 25, 2017
5th in West, 12th overall
Chris Leitch
June 25, 2017
LA Galaxy
Curt Onalfo
Fired
July 27, 2017
9th in West, 19th overall
Sigi Schmid
July 27, 2017
Colorado Rapids
Pablo Mastroeni
Fired
August 15, 2017
10th in West, 20th overall
Steve Cooke (interim)
August 15, 2017
New England Revolution
Jay Heaps
Fired
September 18, 2017
8th in East, 16th overall
Tom Soehn (interim)
September 18, 2017
Regular season
Format
Current teams: Each team in the league (except for expansion teams Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC) played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) using the following format:[4]
2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference (20 games).
1 extra game against 3 of its conference rivals (3 games).
1 game against 11 teams in the other conference (11 games).
Expansion teams: As expansion teams to the league in 2017, Atlanta United and Minnesota United played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) in a secondary format:
2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference (20 games).
1 extra game against 2 of its conference rivals (2 games).
1 game against 10 teams in the other conference (10 games).
2 games (1 home and 1 away) against each other (2 games).
Conference standings
Eastern Conference
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Toronto FC
34
20
5
9
74
37
+37
69
Conference Semifinals[a]
2
New York City FC
34
16
9
9
56
43
+13
57
3
Chicago Fire
34
16
11
7
62
48
+14
55
Knockout Round
4
Atlanta United FC
34
15
9
10
70
40
+30
55
5
Columbus Crew
34
16
12
6
53
49
+4
54
6
New York Red Bulls
34
14
12
8
53
47
+6
50
7
New England Revolution
34
13
15
6
53
61
−8
45
8
Philadelphia Union
34
11
14
9
50
47
+3
42
9
Montreal Impact
34
11
17
6
52
58
−6
39
10
Orlando City SC
34
10
15
9
39
58
−19
39
11
D.C. United
34
9
20
5
31
60
−29
32
Source: MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored ; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots. Notes:
^Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions did not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[5]
Western Conference
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Portland Timbers
34
15
11
8
60
50
+10
53
Conference Semifinals[a]
2
Seattle Sounders FC
34
14
9
11
52
39
+13
53
3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
34
15
12
7
50
49
+1
52
Knockout Round
4
Houston Dynamo
34
13
10
11
57
45
+12
50
5
Sporting Kansas City
34
12
9
13
40
29
+11
49
6
San Jose Earthquakes
34
13
14
7
39
60
−21
46
7
FC Dallas
34
11
10
13
48
48
0
46
8
Real Salt Lake
34
13
15
6
48
56
−8
45
9
Minnesota United FC
34
10
18
6
47
70
−23
36
10
Colorado Rapids
34
9
19
6
31
51
−20
33
11
LA Galaxy
34
8
18
8
45
67
−22
32
Source: MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots Notes:
^Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions did not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[6]
Overall table
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification[a]
1
Toronto FC (C, X)
34
20
5
9
74
37
+37
69
2018 CONCACAF Champions League
2
New York City FC
34
16
9
9
56
43
+13
57
3
Chicago Fire
34
16
11
7
61
47
+14
55
4
Atlanta United FC
34
15
9
10
70
40
+30
55
5
Columbus Crew
34
16
12
6
53
49
+4
54
6
Portland Timbers
34
15
11
8
60
50
+10
53
7
Seattle Sounders FC
34
14
9
11
52
39
+13
53
8
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
34
15
12
7
50
49
+1
52
9
New York Red Bulls
34
14
12
8
53
47
+6
50
10
Houston Dynamo
34
13
10
11
57
45
+12
50
11
Sporting Kansas City
34
12
9
13
40
29
+11
49
2019 CONCACAF Champions League
12
San Jose Earthquakes
34
13
14
7
39
60
−21
46
13
FC Dallas
34
11
10
13
48
48
0
46
14
Real Salt Lake
34
13
15
6
49
55
−6
45
15
New England Revolution
34
13
15
6
53
61
−8
45
16
Philadelphia Union
34
11
14
9
50
47
+3
42
17
Montreal Impact
34
11
17
6
52
58
−6
39
18
Orlando City SC
34
10
15
9
39
58
−19
39
19
Minnesota United FC
34
10
18
6
47
70
−23
36
20
Colorado Rapids
34
9
19
6
31
51
−20
33
21
D.C. United
34
9
20
5
31
60
−29
32
22
LA Galaxy
34
8
18
8
45
67
−22
32
Source: MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots (C) Champion; (X)Supporters' Shield winner Notes:
^
CONCACAF Champions League Selection Procedure
Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[7] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2017 season, the following teams qualified:
The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.
The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).
Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield were not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament. One Canada-based team qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)
MLS Cup Playoffs
Bracket
Knockout Round
v
t
e
Conference Semifinals
Conference Finals
MLS Cup
October 26 – Atlanta, Georgia
E4
Atlanta United FC
0 (1)
E5
Columbus Crew
4
0
4
E5
Columbus Crew (p)
0 (3)
E2
New York City FC
1
2
3
Eastern Conference
October 25 – Bridgeview, Illinois
E5
Columbus Crew
0
0
0
E1
Toronto FC
0
1
1
E3
Chicago Fire
0
E6
New York Red Bulls
1
1
2
E6
New York Red Bulls
4
December 9 – Toronto, Ontario
E1
Toronto FC (a)
2
0
2
October 26 – Houston, Texas
E1
Toronto FC
2
W2
Seattle Sounders
0
W4
Houston Dynamo (a.e.t.)
1
W4
Houston Dynamo
0
2
2
W5
Sporting Kansas City
0
W1
Portland Timbers
0
1
1
Western Conference
October 25 – Vancouver, British Columbia
W4
Houston Dynamo
0
0
0
W2
Seattle Sounders FC
2
3
5
W3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
5
W3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
0
0
0
W6
San Jose Earthquakes
0
W2
Seattle Sounders FC
0
2
2
Knockout round
Team 1
Score
Team 2
Eastern Conference
Chicago Fire (E3)
0–4
New York Red Bulls (E6)
Atlanta United FC (E4)
0–0 (1–3 p)
Columbus Crew SC (E5)
Western Conference
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3)
5–0
San Jose Earthquakes (W6)
Houston Dynamo (W4)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Sporting Kansas City (W5)
Conference semifinals
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Eastern Conference
New York Red Bulls (E6)
2–2 (a)
Toronto FC (E1)
1–2
1–0
Columbus Crew SC (E5)
4–3
New York City FC (E2)
4–1
0–2
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4)
2–1
Portland Timbers (W1)
0–0
2–1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3)
0–2
Seattle Sounders FC (W2)
0–0
0–2
Conference finals
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Columbus Crew SC (E5)
0–1
Toronto FC (E1)
0–0
0–1
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4)
0–5
Seattle Sounders FC (W2)
0–2
0–3
MLS Cup
Toronto FC
2–0
Seattle Sounders FC
Altidore 67'
Vázquez 90+4'
Report
BMO Field, Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 30,584
Referee: Allen Chapman ( United States)
Attendance
Average home attendances
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.
Pos.
Team
GP
Cumulative
High
Low
Mean
1
Atlanta United FC
17
819,404
71,874
42,511
48,200
2
Seattle Sounders FC
17
742,314
51,796
40,182
43,666
3
Toronto FC
17
470,005
29,203
25,200
27,647
4
Orlando City SC
17
425,477
25,527
23,018
25,028
5
New York City FC
17
379,455
33,679
10,165*
22,321
6
LA Galaxy
17
378,128
25,667
17,404
22,243
7
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
17
364,073
25,083
17,368
21,416
8
New York Red Bulls
17
359,977
25,219
16,213
21,175
9
Portland Timbers
17
359,448
21,144
21,144
21,144
10
Minnesota United FC
17
349,138
35,043
17,491
20,538
11
Montreal Impact
17
340,783
34,373
16,005
20,046
12
San Jose Earthquakes
17
337,873
50,617
17,256
19,875
13
Sporting Kansas City
17
332,121
20,933
18,648
19,537
14
New England Revolution
17
329,233
33,767
10,487
19,367
15
Real Salt Lake
17
319,284
20,348
16,434
18,781
16
D.C. United
17
304,369
41,418
11,972
17,904
17
Houston Dynamo
17
297,507
22,115
14,148
17,500
18
Chicago Fire
17
295,511
21,891
11,244
17,383
19
Philadelphia Union
17
285,797
18,619
15,107
16,812
20
Columbus Crew SC
17
262,469
20,391
10,318
15,439
21
Colorado Rapids
17
260,476
17,648
13,102
15,322
22
FC Dallas
17
257,077
16,291
14,016
15,122
–
Total
374
8,269,919
71,874
10,165
22,112
game played at East Hartford
Highest attendances
Regular season
Rank
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
Date
Week
Stadium
1
Atlanta United FC
2–2
Toronto FC
71,874
October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)
33
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2
Atlanta United FC
3–3
Orlando City SC
70,425
September 16, 2017 (2017-09-16)
28
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3
Atlanta United FC
1–2
New York Red Bulls
55,297
March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)
1
Bobby Dodd Stadium
4
Seattle Sounders FC
1–1
Portland Timbers
51,796
August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)
25
CenturyLink Field
5
San Jose Earthquakes
2–1
LA Galaxy
50,617
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)
18
Stanford Stadium
6
Seattle Sounders FC
4–0
FC Dallas
48,478
October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)
32
CenturyLink Field
7
Seattle Sounders FC
1–0
Portland Timbers
47,362
May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27)
13
CenturyLink Field
8
Atlanta United FC
1–3
D.C. United
46,011
April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)
9
Bobby Dodd Stadium
9
Atlanta United FC
4–0
Chicago Fire
45,922
March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18)
3
Bobby Dodd Stadium
10
Seattle Sounders FC
3–1
New York Red Bulls
45,600
March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)
3
CenturyLink Field
Player statistics
Goals
Rank
Player
Club
Goals[8]
1
Nemanja Nikolić
Chicago Fire
24
2
David Villa
New York City FC
22
3
Diego Valeri
Portland Timbers
21
4
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
19
5
Ola Kamara
Columbus Crew SC
18
6
Ignacio Piatti
Montreal Impact
17
Bradley Wright-Phillips
New York Red Bulls
8
Sebastian Giovinco
Toronto FC
16
C. J. Sapong
Philadelphia Union
10
Jozy Altidore
Toronto FC
15
Assists
Rank
Player
Club
Assists[9]
1
Sacha Kljestan
New York Red Bulls
17
2
Víctor Vázquez
Toronto FC
16
3
Lee Nguyen
New England Revolution
15
4
Miguel Almirón
Atlanta United FC
14
Michael Barrios
FC Dallas
Federico Higuaín
Columbus Crew SC
7
Yamil Asad
Atlanta United FC
13
Albert Rusnák
Real Salt Lake
9
Romain Alessandrini
LA Galaxy
12
Nicolás Lodeiro
Seattle Sounders FC
Haris Medunjanin
Philadelphia Union
Shutouts
Rank
Player
Club
Shutouts[10]
1
Stefan Frei
Seattle Sounders FC
13
2
Alex Bono
Toronto FC
10
Tim Melia
Sporting Kansas City
Luis Robles
New York Red Bulls
5
Andre Blake
Philadelphia Union
9
Jesse González
FC Dallas
Zack Steffen
Columbus Crew SC
8
Cody Cropper
New England Revolution
8
Brad Guzan
Atlanta United FC
Matt Lampson
Chicago Fire
Nick Rimando
Real Salt Lake
Hat-tricks
Player
For
Against
Result
Date
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
Minnesota United FC
6–1
March 12
Erick Torres
Houston Dynamo
New York Red Bulls
4–1
April 1
C. J. Sapong
Philadelphia Union
New York Red Bulls
3–0
May 6
Justin Meram
Columbus Crew SC
Montreal Impact
3–2
May 13
Gerso
Sporting Kansas City
Seattle Sounders FC
3–0
May 17
Miguel Almirón
Atlanta United FC
Houston Dynamo
4–1
May 20
Roland Lamah
FC Dallas
Real Salt Lake
6–2
June 3
David Accam
Chicago Fire
Orlando City SC
4–0
June 24
David Villa
New York City FC
New York Red Bulls
3–2
August 6
Kei Kamara
New England Revolution
Orlando City SC
4–0
September 2
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
New England Revolution
7–0
September 13
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
Orlando City SC
3–3
September 16
Patrick Mullins4
D.C. United
San Jose Earthquakes
4–0
September 23
Justin Morrow
Toronto FC
New York Red Bulls
4–2
September 30
Nemanja Nikolić
Chicago Fire
Philadelphia Union
3–2
October 15
4 Scored 4 goals
Awards
Player of the Month
Month
Player
Club
Stats
Ref
March
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
5G
[11]
April
Joe Bendik
Orlando City SC
2SO
[12]
May
Nemanja Nikolić
Chicago Fire
6G, 1A
[13]
June
David Villa
New York City FC
3G
[14]
July
Daniel Royer
New York Red Bulls
6G, 1A
[15]
August
Ignacio Piatti
Montreal Impact
7G, 1A
[16]
September
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
9G
[17]
Player and Team of the week
Bold denotes player of the week.
Team of the week
Week
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Bench
Coach
1 [18][19]
Bendik (ORL)
Sjöberg (COL) Spector (ORL) Jungwirth (SJ) Lima (SJ)
Acosta (DAL) Valeri (POR) Godoy (SJ)
Accam (CHI) Adi (POR) Quioto (HOU)
Melia (SKC) Hedges (DAL) Felipe (NY) Jones (PHI) Davies (VAN) Torres (HOU) Larin (ORL)
Justin Morrow, Toronto Ike Opara, Sporting KC Kendall Waston, Vancouver
Diego Valeri, Portland Miguel Almirón, Atlanta Victor Vázquez, Toronto
Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto Josef Martínez, Atlanta Nemanja Nikolić, Chicago David Villa, New York City
Player contracts
Highest-paid players
Rank
Player
Team
Salary (US)[127]
1
Kaká
Orlando City
$7.2m
2
Sebastian Giovinco
Toronto FC
$7.1m
3
Michael Bradley
Toronto FC
$6.5m
4
Andrea Pirlo
New York City FC
$5.9m
5
David Villa
New York City FC
$5.6m
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 will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2016 season, taking playoff performance into account.[128] Two expansion teams will take the top spots.[129]
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
5
1
New England Revolution[D]
[130]
2
2
Minnesota United FC[A][B]
[131][132]
8
3
Orlando City SC
6
4
San Jose Earthquakes[D]
[130]
11
5
Philadelphia Union
4
6
Houston Dynamo[C]
[133]
13
7
Real Salt Lake
14
8
Sporting Kansas City
15
9
LA Galaxy
16
10
New York City FC
17
11
New York Red Bulls
18
12
FC Dallas
19
13
Montreal Impact
20
14
Colorado Rapids
21
15
Toronto FC
22
16
Seattle Sounders FC
10
17
Portland Timbers[E]
[134]
1
18
Atlanta United FC
January 26, 2017 (1)
Brad Guzan
Middlesbrough
[135]
7
19
Vancouver Whitecaps FC[B]
February 15, 2017 (1)
Fredy Montero (loan)
Tianjin TEDA
[132]
12
20
D.C. United[C]
June 20, 2017 (1)
Deshorn Brown
Tampa Bay Rowdies
[133]
3
21
Chicago Fire[A][E]
December 23, 2016 (2)
Juninho (loan)
Tijuana
[131]
August 10, 2017 (6)
Richard Sánchez
UANL
[134]
9
22
Columbus Crew SC
August 10, 2017 (1)
Krisztián Németh
Al-Gharafa
[136]
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On December 23, 2016, Chicago Fire acquired the number 2 allocation ranking from Minnesota United in exchange for the number 3 allocation ranking, a second-round selection (25th overall) in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, and general allocation money.
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On February 15, 2017, Vancouver Whitecaps acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Minnesota United in exchange for the number 5 allocation ranking, $100,000 in 2018 general allocation money, $125,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money, and a 2017 international roster spot.
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On June 20, 2017, D.C. United acquired the number 1 allocation ranking from Houston Dynamo in exchange for the number 9 allocation ranking, $100,000 in general allocation money, $75,000 in targeted allocation money, and a 2018 international roster spot.
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On July 3, 2017, New England Revolution acquired the number 2 allocation ranking and either $175,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money or $100,000 in 2018 general allocation money and $75,000 in 2018 targeted allocation money from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for the number 5 allocation ranking and $175,000 in general allocation money.
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On August 10, 2017, Chicago Fire acquired the number 6 allocation ranking from Portland Timbers in exchange for the number 19 allocation ranking and Chicago's natural third-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, which will be upgraded to Chicago's natural second-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft should Richard Sánchez appear in five or more games for the remainder of 2017 season.
Coaches
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United FC: Gerardo Martino
Chicago Fire: Veljko Paunović
Columbus Crew SC: Gregg Berhalter
D.C. United: Ben Olsen
Montreal Impact: Mauro Biello
New England Revolution: Jay Heaps and Tom Soehn
New York City FC: Patrick Vieira
New York Red Bulls: Jesse Marsch
Orlando City SC: Jason Kreis
Philadelphia Union: Jim Curtin
Toronto FC: Greg Vanney
Western Conference
Colorado Rapids: Pablo Mastroeni
FC Dallas: Óscar Pareja
Houston Dynamo: Wilmer Cabrera
LA Galaxy: Curt Onalfo and Sigi Schmid
Minnesota United FC: Adrian Heath
Portland Timbers: Caleb Porter
Real Salt Lake: Jeff Cassar and Mike Petke
San Jose Earthquakes: Dominic Kinnear and Chris Leitch
Seattle Sounders FC: Brian Schmetzer
Sporting Kansas City: Peter Vermes
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Carl Robinson
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^ a b"Chicago Fire Soccer Club Acquire Club Tijuana Midfielder Juninho Through Allocation Process". Chicago Fire. December 23, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
^ a b"Whitecaps FC acquire three-time MLS All-Star striker Fredy Montero". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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