It includes the team, the average attendance for the 2016 regular season and the Note: Vancouver's and Seattle's attendances are both over 100% capacity because, for select games, they open up additional sections above the regular limited capacity. English-language broadcasts once again included Soccer Sunday doubleheaders — 29 games on The following is a list of the average attendance for each of the twenty MLS teams at their regular-season games. Both matches were hosted in Toronto, with the 2016 cup won by Seattle in a penalty shootout and … Twelve teams (the top 6 per conference) competed. The defending MLS Cup champions were the Portland Timbers, while the New York Red Bulls were the defending Supporters' Shield winners. San Jose's attendance is over 100% capacity because they played one game at On January 14, 2016, Colorado Rapids acquired the number 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 1), a first-round selection (15th overall) in the On August 3, 2016, Philadelphia Union acquired the number 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 2) from Chicago Fire in exchange for the number 2 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3), a first-round selection in the

The 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 103rd edition of the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. The Seattle Sounders FC faced Toronto FC in the 2016 MLS Cup, which was played at BMO Field in Toronto on the evening of December 10, 2016. Standings are updated at the completion of each match.

This was the 21st version of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed played the lowest remaining seed while the second played the next-lowest. Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals were played as two-legged aggregate series. The 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2016 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) began on October 26, and ended on December 10 with MLS Cup 2016, the 21st league championship match for MLS. FC Dallas won the Supporter's Shield for the first time, and the Seattle Sounders FC won their first MLS Cup in their history after defeating Toront… The MLS allocation list contains select Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. At all times each club is assigned one ranking. The finalists, Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC, played each other in the MLS Cup final for the third time in four years, following their participation in the 2016 and 2017 finals. On September 8, 2015 the United States Soccer Federation decided to prevent professional teams that were "majority owned by a higher-level Outdoor Professional League Team" from taking part in the competition. Playoff Seeding 1st Conference seed gets playoff round 1 bye 2nd, 3rd and 4th Conference seeds are round 1 playoff home field hosts The playoffs began on October 26 and ended on December 10. Seattle Sounders stalwart Stefan Frei – who spent five years with the Reds – stoned Altidore with a spectacular save in extra time during MLS Cup 2016 … The temperature at the start of the match was 21 °F (−6 °C) (10 °F (−12 °C), when adjusted for wind chill), with strong winds coming off Lake Ontario. Orlando's and New England's attendances are over 100% because their capacities are artificial; both teams regularly sell more tickets than the limit. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS season.

The 2016 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). Green background denotes also qualified for The winners advanced to the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the participant with the better record. [ STREAM: Every P… September 10, 2016 MLS 27 Heritage Cup: San Jose Earthquakes: 1–1: Seattle Sounders FC: San Jose, California: 19:30 : Wondolowski 20 ' Stewart 44 ' Dawkins 58 ' Wynne 69 ' Quintero 84 ' Report Boxscore: Alonso 54 ' Lodeiro 80 ' Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo