Major League Soccer

Season	2021
Dates	April 16 – November 7 (regular season) November 20 – December 11 (playoffs)
MLS Cup	New York City FC (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	New England Revolution (1st shield)
Champions League (United States)	New England Revolution Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders FC New York City FC
Champions League (Canada)	CF Montréal
Matches played	459
Goals scored	1,282 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Valentín Castellanos Ola Kamara (19 goals each)
Biggest home win	6 goals: DC 7–1 TOR (July 3) NYC 6–0 DC (October 23)
Biggest away win	5 goals: MIA 0–5 NE (July 21)
Highest scoring	9 goals: MTL 5–4 CIN (July 17) CIN 3–6 NSH (October 27)
Longest winning run	5 matches NE (May 16 – June 23)
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches SEA (April 16 – July 7)
Longest winless run	16 matches HOU (May 29 – September 3)
Longest losing run	12 matches CIN (September 15 – November 7)
Highest attendance	67,507 ATL 0–1 CLB (July 24)
Total attendance	2,762,942
Average attendance	15,350
← 2020 2022 →

Atlanta
United

D.C.
United

New York
Red Bulls

Columbus Crew

New England Revolution

Chicago
Fire

Toronto FC

Philadelphia Union

CF
Montréal

Orlando City

FC Cincinnati

NYCFC

Nashville SC

Inter
Miami

Austin FC

Colorado Rapids

FC Dallas

Houston Dynamo

LAFC

Los Angeles Galaxy

Minnesota United

Portland Timbers

Real
Salt Lake

San Jose Earthquakes

Seattle
Sounders FC

Sporting Kansas City

Vancouver
Whitecaps FC

Locations of teams for the 2021 Major League Soccer season

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

The 2021 Major League Soccer season was the 26th season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The 2021 season included the addition of Austin FC as an expansion club, which took the league to 27 teams.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season was originally scheduled to begin on April 3, as opposed to the normal late February or early March start. This was later pushed back to April 16, the latest ever start to an MLS season, due to negotiations with the MLS Players Association for a new collective bargaining agreement.^[1] The regular season concluded on November 7. The 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs began on November 20, and concluded with MLS Cup 2021 on December 11.^[2]

At the beginning of the season, COVID-19 cross-border restrictions imposed by the Canadian government has also made the Canadian teams to play their home matches in the United States from the start of the season, while also sharing stadiums with other American MLS teams. On July 14, MLS announced that a select Toronto FC and CF Montréal matches would be played in Canada while working with the Canadian government on how the matches were to be held. Nearly a week later, the MLS announced that the Canadian teams would play home matches in Canada in August 2021.^[3]

The Columbus Crew were the defending champions, having defeated Seattle Sounders FC in MLS Cup 2020 but was eliminated from playoffs during the regular season, while the Philadelphia Union were the defending Supporters' Shield winners. The New England Revolution won their first Supporters' Shield, in the process breaking the record for most regular season points collected.^[4] New York City FC won their first ever MLS Cup, beating Portland Timbers in the decider.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Atlanta United FC	Mercedes-Benz Stadium^[A]	71,000
Austin FC	Q2 Stadium	20,500
Chicago Fire FC	Soldier Field^[A]	24,955
FC Cincinnati	TQL Stadium	26,000
Colorado Rapids	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	18,061
Columbus Crew	Lower.com Field^[G]	20,011
FC Dallas	Toyota Stadium	20,500
D.C. United	Audi Field	20,000
Houston Dynamo FC	BBVA 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^[C]	18,000
CF Montréal	Saputo Stadium^[D]	19,619
Nashville SC	Nissan Stadium^[A]^[C]	27,600
New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium^[A]	20,000
New York City FC	Yankee Stadium^[A]^[B]	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	Rio Tinto Stadium	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^[E]	28,351
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BC Place^[A]^[F]	22,120

^
Non-soccer specific stadium and artificially reduced capacity.
^
Some of the home matches were played at Red Bull Arena at Harrison due to scheduling conflicts at Yankee Stadium.
^
Temporary stadium.
^
CF Montréal played at DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale since the start of the season due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Canada before returning to playing home matches in Montreal on July 17. A small number of matches were also played in different stadiums due to scheduling conflicts with the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
^
Toronto FC played at Exploria Stadium, Orlando from the start of the season due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Canada before returning playing home matches in Toronto on July 17.
^
Vancouver Whitecaps FC played at Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy for the start of the season due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Canada before returning playing home matches in Vancouver on August 21.
^
Columbus Crew played at Historic Crew Stadium from the start of the season before moving into Lower.com Field on July 3.

Personnel and sponsorship

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	AT&T, Piedmont Orthopedics
Austin FC	Josh Wolff	Alexander Ring	Yeti	Netspend
Chicago Fire FC	Frank Klopas (interim)	Francisco Calvo	Motorola	CIBC
FC Cincinnati	Tyrone Marshall (interim)	Luciano Acosta	Mercy Health	Kroger
Colorado Rapids	Robin Fraser	Jack Price	—
Columbus Crew	Caleb Porter	Jonathan Mensah	Nationwide	Scotts
D.C. United	Hernán Losada	Steve Birnbaum	Leidos	EagleBank
FC Dallas	Marco Ferruzzi (interim)	Matt Hedges	MTX Group	AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo FC	Tabare Ramos	Timothy Parker	MD Anderson	Kroger, Coushatta Casino Resort
Inter Miami CF	Phil Neville	Gregore	XBTO	Baptist Health
LA Galaxy	Greg Vanney	Jonathan dos Santos	Herbalife	Honey
Los Angeles FC	Bob Bradley	Carlos Vela	Flex	Target, Postmates
Minnesota United FC	Adrian Heath	Osvaldo Alonso	Target	Bell Bank
CF Montréal	Wilfried Nancy	Samuel Piette	Bank of Montreal	Saputo, Jason
Nashville SC	Gary Smith	Dax McCarty	Renasant Bank	Hyundai
New England Revolution	Bruce Arena	Carles Gil	UnitedHealth	Santander
New York City FC	Ronny Deila	Sean Johnson	Etihad Airways	Sol Cacao
New York Red Bulls	Gerhard Struber	Sean Davis	Red Bull	Provident Bank
Orlando City SC	Óscar Pareja	Nani	Orlando Health	Exploria
Philadelphia Union	Jim Curtin	Alejandro Bedoya	Bimbo Bakeries USA	Subaru
Portland Timbers	Giovanni Savarese	Diego Valeri	Alaska Airlines	TikTok
Real Salt Lake	Pablo Mastroeni (interim)	Albert Rusnák	LifeVantage	KeyBank, Ford
San Jose Earthquakes	Matías Almeyda	Chris Wondolowski	Intermedia	PayPal
Seattle Sounders FC	Brian Schmetzer	Nicolás Lodeiro	Zulily	Emerald Queen Casino
Sporting Kansas City	Peter Vermes	Johnny Russell	Victory Project	Compass Minerals, Children's Mercy
Toronto FC	Javier Pérez	Michael Bradley	Bank of Montreal	GE Appliances, Canadian Tire
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vanni Sartini (interim)	Russell Teibert	Bell Canada	—

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Toronto FC	Greg Vanney^[5]	Resigned	December 1, 2020	Pre-season	Chris Armas^[6]	January 13, 2021
D.C. United	Chad Ashton	End of interim period	December 12, 2020		Hernán Losada^[7]	January 18, 2021
LA Galaxy	Dominic Kinnear		December 12, 2020		Greg Vanney^[8]	January 5, 2021
Atlanta United FC	Stephen Glass		December 16, 2020		Gabriel Heinze^[9]	December 18, 2020
Inter Miami CF	Diego Alonso^[10]	Mutual consent	January 7, 2021		Phil Neville^[11]	January 18, 2021
CF Montréal	Thierry Henry^[12]	Resigned	February 25, 2021		Wilfried Nancy^[13]	March 8, 2021
Toronto FC	Chris Armas^[14]	Fired	July 4, 2021	14th in East, 27th overall	Javier Pérez^[a]	July 4, 2021
Atlanta United FC	Gabriel Heinze^[16]	Fired	July 18, 2021	10th in East, 20th Overall	Rob Valentino (interim)^[17]	July 18, 2021
Atlanta United FC	Rob Valentino^[18]	End of interim period	August 12, 2021	10th in East, 20th Overall	Gonzalo Pineda^[18]	August 12, 2021
Real Salt Lake	Freddy Juarez^[19]	Mutual consent	August 27, 2021	6th in West, 13th overall	Pablo Mastroeni (interim)^[19]	August 27, 2021
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Marc Dos Santos^[20]	Mutual consent	August 27, 2021	10th in West, 19th overall	Vanni Sartini (interim)^[20]	August 27, 2021
FC Dallas	Luchi Gonzalez^[21]	Fired	September 19, 2021	11th in West, 21st overall	Marco Ferruzzi (interim)^[21]	September 19, 2021
FC Cincinnati	Jaap Stam^[22]	Fired	September 27, 2021	13th in East, 26th overall	Tyrone Marshall (interim)^[22]	September 27, 2021
Chicago Fire FC	Raphaël Wicky^[23]	Mutual consent	September 30, 2021	12th in East, 22nd overall	Frank Klopas (interim)^[23]	September 30, 2021
Houston Dynamo FC	Tab Ramos^[24]	Fired	November 4, 2021	13th in West, 25th overall	Vacant until next season
Los Angeles FC	Bob Bradley^[25]	Mutual consent	November 18, 2021	Post-season	Vacant until next season

^ Pérez was initially appointed as interim manager,^[14] but the move was made permanent on August 9, 2021.^[15]

Regular season

Format

Each team played 34 matches, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Due to the difference in the number of teams in each conference, each conference had its own schedule construction format:^[26]

All 14 Eastern Conference teams played six regional Eastern Conference opponents three times and the remaining seven Eastern Conference opponents twice. Each of them also played two cross conference games against different opponents.
11 out of the 13 Western Conference teams played eight regional Western Conference opponents three times and the remaining four Western Conference opponents twice. Each of them also played two cross conference games against different opponents.
The remaining two teams from the Western Conference played seven Western Conference opponents three times and the remaining five Western Conference opponents twice. Each of them also played three cross conference games against different opponents.

Tiebreakers

The tie-breaker was used in this order:^[27]

Points
Total wins
Total goal differential
Total goals scored
Fewer disciplinary points
Away goal differential
Away goals scored
Home goals differential
Home goals scored
Coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Disciplinary points were decided as follows:^[27]

Foul (1 point)
Technical area warning (2 points)
Yellow card (3 points)
Second yellow card (7 points)
Straight red card (7 points)
Coach dismissal (7 points)
Any supplemental discipline (8 points)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

Main article: Eastern Conference (MLS)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New England Revolution	34	22	5	7	65	41	+24	73	Qualification for the Playoffs Conference semifinals and CONCACAF Champions League
2	Philadelphia Union	34	14	8	12	48	35	+13	54	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
3	Nashville SC	34	12	4	18	55	33	+22	54	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
4	New York City FC (C)	34	14	11	9	56	36	+20	51	Qualification for the Playoffs first round and CONCACAF Champions League^[a]
5	Atlanta United FC	34	13	9	12	45	37	+8	51	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
6	Orlando City SC	34	13	9	12	50	48	+2	51
7	New York Red Bulls	34	13	12	9	39	33	+6	48
8	D.C. United	34	14	15	5	56	54	+2	47
9	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	46	45	+1	47
10	CF Montréal^[b]	34	12	12	10	46	44	+2	46	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League^[c]
11	Inter Miami CF	34	12	17	5	36	53	−17	41
12	Chicago Fire FC	34	9	18	7	36	54	−18	34
13	Toronto FC^[b]	34	6	18	10	39	66	−27	28
14	FC Cincinnati	34	4	22	8	37	74	−37	20

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
Notes:

^ As MLS Cup 2021 champions
^ ^a ^b Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
^ As 2021 Canadian Championship winners

Western Conference

Main article: Western Conference (MLS)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado Rapids	34	17	7	10	51	35	+16	61	Qualification for the Playoffs Conference semifinals and CONCACAF Champions League
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	17	8	9	53	33	+20	60	Qualification for the Playoffs first round and CONCACAF Champions League
3	Sporting Kansas City	34	17	10	7	58	40	+18	58	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
4	Portland Timbers	34	17	13	4	56	52	+4	55
5	Minnesota United FC	34	13	11	10	42	44	−2	49
6	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^[a]	34	12	9	13	45	45	0	49
7	Real Salt Lake	34	14	14	6	55	54	+1	48
8	LA Galaxy	34	13	12	9	50	54	−4	48
9	Los Angeles FC	34	12	13	9	53	51	+2	45
10	San Jose Earthquakes	34	10	13	11	46	54	−8	41
11	FC Dallas	34	7	15	12	47	56	−9	33
12	Austin FC	34	9	21	4	35	56	−21	31
13	Houston Dynamo FC	34	6	16	12	36	54	−18	30

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 2022 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

Overall table

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	New England Revolution (S)	34	22	5	7	65	41	+24	73	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[a]
2	Colorado Rapids	34	17	7	10	51	35	+16	61	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[b]
3	Seattle Sounders FC	34	17	8	9	53	33	+20	60	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[c]
4	Sporting Kansas City	34	17	10	7	58	40	+18	58
5	Portland Timbers	34	17	13	4	56	52	+4	55
6	Philadelphia Union	34	14	8	12	48	35	+13	54
7	Nashville SC	34	12	4	18	55	33	+22	54
8	New York City FC (C)	34	14	11	9	56	36	+20	51	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[d]
9	Atlanta United FC	34	13	9	12	45	37	+8	51
10	Orlando City SC	34	13	9	12	50	48	+2	51
11	Minnesota United FC	34	13	11	10	42	44	−2	49
12	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	12	9	13	45	45	0	49
13	Real Salt Lake	34	14	14	6	55	54	+1	48
14	New York Red Bulls	34	13	12	9	39	33	+6	48
15	LA Galaxy	34	13	12	9	50	54	−4	48
16	D.C. United	34	14	15	5	56	54	+2	47
17	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	46	45	+1	47
18	CF Montréal (V)	34	12	12	10	46	44	+2	46	Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League^[e]
19	Los Angeles FC	34	12	13	9	53	51	+2	45
20	Inter Miami CF	34	12	17	5	36	53	−17	41
21	San Jose Earthquakes	34	10	13	11	46	54	−8	41
22	Chicago Fire FC	34	9	18	7	36	54	−18	34
23	FC Dallas	34	7	15	12	47	56	−9	33
24	Austin FC	34	9	21	4	35	56	−21	31
25	Houston Dynamo FC	34	6	16	12	36	54	−18	30
26	Toronto FC	34	6	18	10	39	66	−27	28
27	FC Cincinnati	34	4	22	8	37	74	−37	20

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; (V) Canadian Championship winner
Notes:

^ As Supporters' Shield winners (USA2)
^ As 2021 MLS Western Conference regular season champions (USA3)
^ As highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2021 MLS regular season record) not already qualified (USA4)^[28]
^ As MLS Cup 2021 champions (USA1)
^ As 2021 Canadian Championship winners (CAN1)

Fixtures and results

All cross-conference matches are shown on the Eastern Conference table. In some cases, a team hosted another more than once; in this case, the first matchup is listed on top and the second is listed below.

Eastern Conference

Home \ Away	ATL	CHI	CIN	CLB	DCU	MIA	MTL	NSH	NE	NYC	RBNY	ORL	PHI	TOR	CCH	CCA
Atlanta United FC	—	3–1	4–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	LAFC	SEA
—	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	1–1
Chicago Fire FC	3–0	—	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	RSL	SKC
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3	2–0	—	—	3–3	—	1–0	0–2
FC Cincinnati	1–1	3–4	—	2–2	0–0	2–3	0–0	3–6	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	COL	HOU
1–2	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	0–2	1–1
Columbus Crew	2–3	2–0	3–2	—	3–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	SEA	ATX
—	2–0	—	—	2–4	—	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	1–2	0–0
D.C. United	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–3	—	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	7–1	MIN	SJ
—	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	3–1	—	3–1	1–4
Inter Miami CF	1–1	3–2	5–1	1–0	0–3	—	0–2	2–1	0–5	1–3	0–4	1–2	1–1	3–1	LA	POR
—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–5	—	—	—	—	—	3–0	2–3	0–1
CF Montréal	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–4	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	4–2	HOU	VAN
2–1	—	5–4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1	2–0	0–2
Nashville SC	2–2	5–1	2–2	1–1	5–2	0–0	2–2	—	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	ATX	RSL
—	—	3–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	1–0	0–0
New England Revolution	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	—	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	COL	DAL
—	—	—	1–1	3–2	—	—	—	—	—	3–2	—	—	—	1–0	1–2
New York City FC	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	—	0–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	DAL	LAFC
—	—	—	4–1	6–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	3–3	1–2
New York Red Bulls	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–0	SKC	LA
—	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	1–1	—	1–2	2–3
Orlando City SC	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	SJ	SKC
3–2	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–0	1–1
Philadelphia Union	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	—	3–0	POR	MIN
—	—	—	3–0	—	—	—	—	0–1	1–0	—	—	—	—	3–0	2–3
Toronto FC	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–2	—	VAN	COL
—	—	3–2	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	2–2	0–0

Source: MLS
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Western Conference

Home \ Away	ATX	COL	DAL	HOU	LA	LAFC	MIN	POR	RSL	SJ	SEA	SKC	VAN
Austin FC	—	0–1	3–5	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–2
—	—	—	2–1	—	1–2	—	3–1	—	3–4	—	—	—
Colorado Rapids	1–3	—	3–0	3–1	1–1	5–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1
3–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	—
FC Dallas	2–0	0–0	—	1–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–2
2–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–2	—	—	1–3	—
Houston Dynamo FC	3–0	1–3	2–2	—	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
—	0–1	3–2	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	0–0
LA Galaxy	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	—	2–1	3–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1
—	—	2–2	—	—	1–1	—	2–1	—	1–2	—	—	—
Los Angeles FC	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	—	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–4	2–2
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2	—	3–0	4–0	1–1
Minnesota United FC	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
2–0	—	—	2–0	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	—
Portland Timbers	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	—	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–3
—	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	6–1	2–0	2–6	—	—
Real Salt Lake	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–1
—	3–1	—	2–1	2–1	—	—	—	—	3–4	—	—	—
San Jose Earthquakes	4–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–4	—	0–1	1–3	0–0
—	—	1–1	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	1–3	—	1–1
Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	—	1–3	2–2
—	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–2	4–1
Sporting Kansas City	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	—	3–0
1–1	1–1	—	4–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–4	3–0	1–1	2–1	—
—	—	—	—	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	4–1	—	—	—	—

Source: MLS
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

MLS All-Star Game

Main article: 2021 MLS All-Star Game

2021 MLS All-Star Game

August 25, 2021

9:30 ET

MLS All-Stars	1–1	Liga MX All-Stars
Murillo 53'	Report	Rodríguez 20'
Penalties
Kreilach Sallói Atuesta Nani Pepi	3–2	Sambueza Funes Mori Lira Reyes Romo

Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Armando Villarreal

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

First round
November 20–21, 23

Conference semifinals
November 25, 28, 30

Conference finals
December 4–5

MLS Cup
December 11

E1

New England Revolution

2 (3)

E4

New York City FC (p)

2 (5)

E4

New York City FC

2

E5

Atlanta United FC

0

E4

New York City FC

2

Eastern Conference

E2

Philadelphia Union

1

E3

Nashville SC

3

E6

Orlando City SC

1

E3

Nashville SC

1 (0)

E2

Philadelphia Union (p)

1 (2)

E2

Philadelphia Union (a.e.t.)

1

E7

New York Red Bulls

0

E4

New York City FC (p)

1 (4)

W4

Portland Timbers

1 (2)

W1

Colorado Rapids

0

W4

Portland Timbers

1

W4

Portland Timbers

3

W5

Minnesota United FC

1

W4

Portland Timbers

2

Western Conference

W7

Real Salt Lake

0

W3

Sporting Kansas City

3

W6

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

1

W3

Sporting Kansas City

1

W7

Real Salt Lake

2

W2

Seattle Sounders FC

0 (5)

W7

Real Salt Lake (p)

0 (6)

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

COVID-19 restrictions

From the start of the season, all Canadian teams played home matches behind closed doors at venues in a U.S. market (notwithstanding any local regulations otherwise allowing spectators) due to Canadian border restrictions.^[29]^[30]

On July 14, MLS announced that both CF Montreal and Toronto FC planned to return to playing matches at their home stadiums beginning July 17, citing new policies allowing vaccinated individuals to enter the country without 14 days self-isolation, provided that they test negative on a COVID-19 test. Unvaccinated individuals must still self-isolate, but a member of the MLS Players Association stated that nearly 95% of the league's player pool had been vaccinated, and Toronto FC manager Ali Curtis stated that all but two of their players were fully vaccinated. Toronto FC planned to admit 7,000 essential workers for the first match before expanding to 15,000 for subsequent matches, and CF Montreal planned to admit 5,000.^[30]^[31] However, Sportsnet reported that the plans had not yet been formally approved by the Public Health Agency of Canada, and that the Canadian government was expected to issue a statement on the matter.^[31]

Team	Spectators	Limitations	Source(s)
Austin FC	All	All Home matches starting with the first home match at Q2 Stadium scheduled for June 19, 2021 to be operated at full capacity	^[32]
Atlanta United FC	All	Capped at 50% (about 22,000 fans) capacity at start of season. Operating at full capacity since May 15, 2021.	^[33]^[34]
Chicago Fire FC	All	Capped at 25% (about 15,500 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[35]
FC Cincinnati	All	First home match at TQL Stadium was held on May 16, 2021. Capped up to 6,000 fans since the home opening match.^[36] Operating at full capacity since May 24, 2021.
Colorado Rapids	All	Capped at 44% (about 7,900 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[37]
Columbus Crew	All	Capped at 30% (about 6,000 fans) capacity from start of season at Historic Crew Stadium. Operating at full capacity since June 20, 2021, including at Lower.com Field.	^[38]
D.C. United	All	Capped at 25% (about 5,000 fans) capacity from start of season. Operating at full capacity since June 20, 2021.	^[39]
FC Dallas	All	Capped at 50% (about 9,000 fans) capacity from start of season. Plans to have full capacity starting June 1, 2021.	^[40]^[41]
Houston Dynamo FC	All	Capped at 30% (about 6,200 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[42]
Inter Miami CF	All	Capped at 45% (about 8,000 fans) capacity for the first 3 matches of the season. Current plan is to host 16,000 fans starting May 29.	^[43]
LA Galaxy	All	Allowed at least 100 spectators per match. Operating at full capacity since June 19.	^[44]
Los Angeles FC	All	Currently allow at least 100 spectators per match. Operating at full capacity since June 19, 2021.
Minnesota United FC	All	Capped at 25% (about 5,000 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[45]
CF Montréal	Some	Home matches played at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale and in other stadiums were played without any audience. All home matches played at Saputo Stadium since July 17 are currently capped at 5,000 fans.	^[46]^[47]
Nashville SC	All	Capped at 40% (about 27,600 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[48]
New England Revolution	All	Capped at 12% (about 7,900 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[49]
New York City FC	All	Capped at 20% (about 10,800 fans) capacity from start of season. Negative COVID-19 PCR test within past 72 hours, negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test within past 6 hours, or vaccination completed no fewer than 14 days prior to the game required to enter for home matches at Yankee Stadium; although this is no longer a requirement since June 15, 2021. Capacity for home matches at Red Bull Arena will also be capped at 15%.	^[50]^[51]
New York Red Bulls	All	Capped at 15% (about 3,750 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[52]^[53]
Orlando City SC	All	Capped at 50% (about 12,750 fans) capacity from start of season. Opened to 100% capacity beginning June 22.	^[54]
Philadelphia Union	All	Capped at 30% (about 5,000 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[55]
Portland Timbers	All	Capped at 25% (about 6,300 fans) capacity from start of season. Starting June 19, the Timbers will allow 80% capacity with spectators 16 and over required to be fully vaccinated.^[56]	^[57]
Real Salt Lake	All	Capped at 50% (about 10,000 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[58]
San Jose Earthquakes	All	Capped at 20% (about 3,600 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[59]
Seattle Sounders FC	All	Capped at 25% (about 15,000 fans) capacity from start of season.	^[60]
Sporting Kansas City	All	Capped at 35% (about 6,500 fans) capacity from start of season. Opened to 100% capacity beginning May 29.	^[61]
Toronto FC	Some	Home matches played at Exploria Stadium in Orlando before July were played with no audience. Home matches played at BMO Field were capped at 7,000 fans on July 17 followed by 15,000 fans since July 21.	^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65]
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Some	Have returned to BC Place	^[66]

Attendance

Average home attendances

As of November 7, 2021

Games without fans are not counted in averages or games played. Additionally, multiple games (above all the NYCFC games at Yankee Stadium) did not have their attendance listed and are also not counted in averages or games played.

Rank	Team	GP	Cumulative	High	Low	Mean
1	Atlanta United FC	17	747,386	67,507	20,335	43,964
2	Seattle Sounders FC	17	427,121	45,737	7,042	25,125
3	Portland Timbers	12	255,412	25,218	16,086	21,284
4	FC Cincinnati	17	359,969	25,701	6,000	21,175
5	Austin FC	15	310,832	20,738	20,500	20,722
6	Nashville SC	16	309,405	26,913	12,164	19,338
7	Sporting Kansas City	15	282,608	20,213	16,888	18,841
8	Los Angeles FC	17	318,800	22,510	4,900	18,753
9	New England Revolution	12	215,381	31,635	7,905	17,948
10	Columbus Crew	17	281,918	20,407	5,180	16,583
11	LA Galaxy	17	266,493	25,174	6,853	15,676
12	Orlando City SC	16	250,299	19,009	11,503	15,644
13	Real Salt Lake	17	261,677	20,738	9,842	15,393
14	Minnesota United FC	13	192,193	19,691	4,100	14,784
15	Inter Miami CF	17	235,403	17,926	7,939	13,847
16	FC Dallas	17	228,110	19,096	8,621	13,418
17	New York Red Bulls	13	170,563	18,613	9,193	13,120
18	Philadelphia Union	15	193,552	18,575	5,000	12,903
19	D.C. United	17	217,441	18,034	3,935	12,791
20	San Jose Earthquakes	13	160,239	18,000	5,000	12,326
21	Houston Dynamo FC	17	207,732	20,021	6,376	12,220
22	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	7	84,560	25,117	7,503	12,080
23	CF Montréal	1	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000
24	Colorado Rapids	12	144,169	17,104	8,321	10,792
25	Chicago Fire FC	17	181,949	31,308	5,593	10,703
26	Toronto FC	9	71,080	11,166	5,026	7,898
27	New York City FC	7	41,556	13,503	2,873	5,937
Total		180	2,762,942	67,507	0	15,350

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Atlanta United FC	0–1	Columbus Crew	67,507	July 24, 2021	13	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2	Atlanta United FC	1–0	New York Red Bulls	67,503	August 15, 2021	19	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3	Seattle Sounders FC	1–3	Portland Timbers	45,737	August 29, 2021	22	Lumen Field
4	Atlanta United FC	0–0	New York Red Bulls	42,575	June 27, 2021	9	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
5	Atlanta United FC	2–2	Philadelphia Union	42,523	June 20, 2021	8	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
6	Atlanta United FC	0–1	New England Revolution	42,517	July 17, 2021	12	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
7	Atlanta United FC	2–2	Nashville SC	40,748	May 29, 2021	7	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
8	Atlanta United FC	1–0	CF Montréal	40,116	May 15, 2021	5	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
9	Seattle Sounders FC	1–3	Sporting Kansas City	32,790	July 25, 2021	13	Lumen Field
10	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	32,704	July 31, 2021	14	Lumen Field

Player movement

Main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2021

The 2020 MLS Expansion Draft was held on December 15, 2020, at 10:00 am (EST).^[67]

Player statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[68]
1	Valentín Castellanos	New York City FC	19
1	Ola Kamara	D.C. United	19
3	Javier Hernández	LA Galaxy	17
3	Raúl Ruidíaz	Seattle Sounders FC	17
5	Adam Buksa	New England Revolution	16
	Damir Kreilach	Real Salt Lake
	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC
	Dániel Sallói	Sporting Kansas City
9	Gustavo Bou	New England Revolution	15
9	Johnny Russell	Sporting Kansas City	15

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks


Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Javier Hernández	LA Galaxy	New York Red Bulls	3−2 (H)^[69]	April 25, 2021
Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	Chicago Fire FC	5–1 (H)^[70]	July 17, 2021
Ricardo Pepi	FC Dallas	LA Galaxy	4–0 (H)^[71]	July 24, 2021
Ola Kamara	D.C. United	Chicago Fire FC	3–0 (H)^[72]	September 15, 2021
Javier Eduardo López	San Jose Earthquakes	Real Salt Lake	3–4 (H)^[73]	September 15, 2021
Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	San Jose Earthquakes	3–0 (H)^[74]	October 2, 2021
Cristian Arango	Los Angeles FC	FC Dallas	3−2 (A)^[75]	October 20, 2021

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[76]
1	Carles Gil	New England Revolution	18
2	Djordje Mihailovic	CF Montréal	16
3	Julian Gressel	D.C. United	13
4	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	12
4	Jack Price	Colorado Rapids	12
6	Aaron Herrera	Real Salt Lake	11
	João Paulo	Seattle Sounders FC
	Maximiliano Moralez	New York City FC
	Albert Rusnák	Real Salt Lake
10	Luciano Acosta	FC Cincinnati	10
	Mauricio Pereyra	Orlando City SC
	Emanuel Reynoso	Minnesota United FC
	Yeferson Soteldo	Toronto FC

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[77]
1	Carlos Miguel Coronel	New York Red Bulls	13
	Joe Willis	Nashville SC
	William Yarbrough	Colorado Rapids
4	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union	12
5	Brad Guzan	Atlanta United FC	11
5	Tyler Miller	Minnesota United FC	11
7	Sean Johnson	New York City FC	9
8	Bill Hamid	D.C. United	8
9	Steve Clark	Portland Timbers	7
	Pedro Gallese	Orlando City SC
	Eloy Room	Columbus Crew

Awards

Player / Team of the Week

Bold denotes League Player of the Week.

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Bench	Coach
1 ^[78]^[79]	Tytoń (CIN)	Brault-Guillard (MTL) Robinson (ATL) García (HOU) Gutiérrez (VAN)	Leal (NSH) Canouse (DCU) Rodríguez (HOU)	Berić (CHI) Hernández (LA) Ruidíaz (SEA)	Maurer (DAL) Hines-Ike (DCU) Mihailovic (MTL) Atencio (SEA) Acosta (CIN) Baird (LAFC) Sallói (SKC)	Wilfried Nancy (MTL)
2 ^[80]^[81]	Johnson (NYC)	Braut-Guillard (MTL) Figal (MIA) Smith (SEA)	Medina (NYC) Barco (ATL) F. Higuaín (MIA) Julio (RSL)	Cowell (SJ) Hernández (LA) Domínguez (ATX)	Ochoa (RSL) Þórarinsson (NYC) Atuesta (LAFC) Polster (NE) Asprilla (POR) Busio (SKC) Nani (ORL)	Josh Wolff (ATX)
3 ^[82]^[83]	Willis (NSH)	Smith (SEA) Shawcross (MIA) Sands (NYC) Tinnerholm (NYC)	Yueill (SJ) Ring (ATX) Gil (NE)	Rubin (RSL) Ruidíaz (SEA) Cowell (SJ)	Yarbrough (COL) Hollingshead (DAL) Farrell (NE) Ricuarte (DAL) Clark (RBNY) Nani (ORL) Rubio (COL)	Freddy Juarez (RSL)
4 ^[84]^[85]	Crépeau (VAN)	Glesnes (PHI) Zimmerman (NSH) Wilson (COL)	Muyl (NSH) Zelarayán (CLB) Bassett (COL) Dájome (VAN)	Russell (SKC) Hernández (LA) Wondolowski (SJ)	Stuver (ATX) Chanot (NYC) Clark (RBNY) dos Santos (LA) Morgan (MIA) Nani (ORL) Ruidíaz (SEA)	Greg Vanney (LA)
5 ^[86]^[87]	Ketterer (POR)	A. Roldan (SEA) Carlos (ORL) Arreaga (SEA) Araujo (LA)	Lod (MIN) C. Roldan (SEA) Williamson (POR) Barrios (COL)	Pulido (SKC) G. Higuaín (MIA)	Miller (MIN) Shaffelburg (TOR) Medina (NYC) Monteiro (PHI) Gil (NE) Moreno (ATL) Johnsen (MTL)	Brian Schmetzer (SEA)
6 ^[88]^[89]	Blake (PHI)	Van Rankin (POR) Carlos (ORL) Cameron (CIN) Hollingshead (DAL)	Rossi (LAFC) Rodríguez (HOU) Zelarayán (CLB)	Mora (POR) Bou (NE) Pulido (SKC)	Gallese (ORL) Nouhou (SEA) Glesnes (PHI) Pineda (CHI) Leal (NSH) Traustason (NE) Martínez (ATL)	Jaap Stam (CIN)
7 ^[90]^[91]	Bond (LA)	Rosenberry (COL) Elliott (PHI) Santos (CLB)	Gil (NE) Busio (SKC) Cásseres Jr. (RBNY) Mukhtar (NSH)	Medina (NYC) Przybyłko (PHI) Arriola (DC)	Diop (MTL) Besler (ATX) Herrera (RSL) Bassett (COL) Tajouri Shradi (NYC) Toye (MTL) Kamara (DC)	Ronny Deila (NYC)
8	Turner (NE)	Najar (DC) Gómez Andrade (SEA) Glesnes (PHI) Duncan (RBNY)	Fragapane (MIN) D. Chará (POR) Kreilach (RSL) Gil (NE)	Akindele (ORL) Zardes (CLB)	Stuver (ATX) Hollingshead (DAL) Santos (CLB) Lennon (ATL) Pozuelo (TOR) Moralez (NYC) Urruti (HOU)	Bruce Arena (NE)
9	Diop (MTL)	Métanire (MIN) Elliott (PHI) Jones (NE)	Sallói (SKC) C. Roldan (SEA) Gil (NE) Haakenson (NSH) Fragapane (MIN)	Vela (LAFC) Nani (ORL)	Shuttleworth (CHI) Maher (NSH) Acosta (CIN) Álvarez (LA) Tajouri Shradi (NYC) Ebobisse (POR) Dike (ORL)	Peter Vermes (SKC)
10	Marić (HOU)	Araujo (LA) Struna (MTL) Þórarinsson (NYC)	Nani (ORL) Acosta (CIN) Busio (SKC) Medrán (CHI) Sallói (SKC)	Hernández (LA) Pepi (DAL)	Stuver (ATX) Fontàs (SKC) Paulo (SEA) Rusnák (RSL) Dájome (VAN) Andrade (NYC) Hunou (MIN)	Luchi Gonzalez (DAL)
11	Melia (SKC)	Najar (DC) Segura (LAFC) Paredes (DC)	Buchanan (NE) Medrán (CHI) Ring (ATX) Leal (NSH) Aliseda (CHI)	Domínguez (ATX) Klimala (RBNY)	Coronel (RBNY) Cameron (CIN) A. Roldan (SEA) Davis (RBNY) Choinière (MTL) Zardes (CLB) Pepi (DAL)	Gerhard Struber (RBNY)
12	Romero (LAFC)	Mbaizo (PHI) Raveloson (LA) Tolkin (RBNY)	Kreilach (RSL) K. Acosta (COL) Paulo (SEA) Medrán (CHI) Mihailovic (MTL)	Soteldo (TOR) Zelarayán (CLB)	Shuttleworth (CHI) Segura (LAFC) Mukhtar (NSH) Rowe (SEA) Lletget (LA) L. Acosta (CIN) Conway (ATL)	Javier Pérez (TOR)
13	Ochoa (RSL)	Moon-hwan (LAFC) Elliott (PHI) Morrow (TOR)	Bassett (COL) Nagbe (CLB) Mukhtar (NSH) Hamdi (MTL)	Brenner (CIN) Toye (MTL) Vela (LAFC)	Room (CLB) Lovitz (NSH) Gil (NE) Lod (MIN) Ebobisse (POR) Dájome (VAN) Santos (PHI)	Adrian Heath (MIN)
14	Vermeer (CIN)	Atencio (SEA) Abubakar (COL) Hernández (ATL)	Tajouri-Shradi (NYC) D. Chará (POR) Perea (ORL) Traustason (NE)	Mora (POR) Buksa (NE) Ruidíaz (SEA)	Willis (NSH) Nathan (SJ) Paredes (DC) Priso (TOR) Raveloson (LA) Gil (NE) Sallói (SKC)	Brian Schmetzer (SEA)
15	Bono (TOR)	Amundsen (NYC) Mensah (CLB) Che (DAL)	Moralez (NYC) Walter (SKC) Reynoso (MIN) Gressel (DC)	Bou (NE) Sapong (NSH) Pepi (DAL)	Room (CLB) Glad (RSL) Gasper (MIN) Cifuentes (LAFC) Soteldo (TOR) Przybyłko (PHI) Castellanos (NYC)	Kerry Zavagnin (SKC)^[a]
16	Marcinkowski (SJ)	Wagner (PHI) R. Castellanos (NSH) Araujo (LA)	Nani (ORL) Gil (NE) Reynoso (MIN) Pomykal (DAL)	Dájome (VAN) G. Higuaín (MIA) Andrade (NYC)	Hamid (DC) Tafari (DAL) Raveloson (LA) Parks (NYC) van der Water (ORL) Barrios (COL) Buksa (NE)	Luchi Gonzalez (DAL)
17	Slonina (CHI)	Gibbs (MIA) Farrell (NE) Zusi (SKC)	Álvarez (LA) Pochettino (ATX) Gazdag (PHI) Moreno (ATL)	Sallói (SKC) Santos (PHI) Reyna (DC)	Maurer (DAL) Glesnes (PHI) Paulo (SEA) Nani (ORL) Jara (DAL) Mora (POR) Kamara (DC)	Hernán Losada (DC)
18	Ivačič (POR)	Jones (NE) Nathan (SJ) Najar (DC)	Barco (ATL) Pozuelo (TOR) Matuidi (MIA) Stojanović (CHI)	Schön (DAL) Asprilla (POR) Espinoza (SJ)	Turner (NE) Kallman (MIN) Hollingshead (DAL) Reynoso (MIN) Kaye (COL) Castellanos (NYC) Nani (ORL)	Rob Valentino (ATL)
19	Klinsmann (LA)	Calvo (CHI) Fontàs (SKC) Sands (NYC)	Bassett (COL) Barco (ATL) Wanyama (MTL) Buchanan (NE)	Castellanos (NYC) Sapong (NSH) Ruidíaz (SEA)	Yarbrough (COL) Fall (LAFC) Stojanović (CHI) Rusnák (RSL) Muyl (NSH) Montero (SEA) Pulido (SKC)	Brian Schmetzer (SEA)
20	Coronel (RBNY)	Wagner (PHI) Zimmerman (NSH) Galván (COL)	Sallói (SKC) Gauld (VAN) McNamara (NE) Barco (ATL) Julio (RSL)	G. Higuaín (MIA) Ruidíaz (SEA)	Breza (MTL) Robinson (ATL) Tolkin (RBNY) Trapp (MIN) Stojanović (CHI) Boateng (NE) Mora (POR)	Robin Fraser (COL)
21	Melia (SKC)	González Pírez (MIA) Arreaga (SEA) Carlos (ORL)	Moreno (ATL) Pizarro (MIA) Gauld (VAN) Kaye (COL) Fagúndez (ATX)	Buksa (NE) Ebobisse (SJ)	Crépeau (VAN) Tafari (DAL) Abecasis (SJ) Paulo (SEA) Sullivan (PHI) Buchanan (NE) Driussi (ATX)	Matías Almeyda (SJ)
22	Clark (POR)	Lovitz (NSH) Sánchez (SKC) Terán (CHI)	Rodríguez (LAFC) Ferreira (DAL) Zelarayán (CLB) Gauld (VAN)	Hunou (MIN) Castellanos (NYC) Pepi (DAL)	Marsman (MIA) Mihailovic (MTL) Moralez (NYC) Reyna (DC) Joveljić (LA) Berry (CLB) Mora (POR)	Giovanni Savarese (POR)
23	Knighton (NE)	Fall (LAFC) Godoy (VAN) Figal (MIA)	Menéndez (RSL) Atuesta (LAFC) Mukhtar (NSH) Polster (NE) Barrios (COL)	Dike (ORL) Mora (POR)	Clark (POR) Lovitz (NSH) Urso (ORL) Gauld (VAN) Rusnák (RSL) Ferreira (DAL) Badji (COL)	Bob Bradley (LAFC)
24	Marsman (MIA)	Zimmerman (NSH) Steres (LA) Che (DAL)	Acosta (CIN) Paulo (SEA) Gil (NE) Blanco (POR)	Picault (HOU) Arango (LAFC) Barco (ATL)	Frei (SEA) Campbell (ATL) Gregore (MIA) Mauri (SKC) Buchanan (NE) Barrios (COL) Pepi (DAL)	Gonzalo Pineda (ATL)
25	Nelson (HOU)	Makoun (MIA) Franco (ATL) Mensah (CLB)	Russell (SKC) López (SJ) Rusnák (RSL) Obrian (DAL)	Kamara (DC) Martínez (ATL) Quioto (MTL)	Hamid (DC) Cifuentes (LAFC) Blanco (POR) Mihailovic (MTL) Medina (NYC) Barco (ATL) Rubin (RSL)	Peter Vermes (SKC)
26	Room (CLB)	Bello (ATL) Mabiala (POR) Auro (TOR)	Fernandez (RBNY) Reynoso (MIN) López (SJ) Barco (ATL)	Przybyłko (PHI) Fábio (RBNY) Kreilach (RSL)	Pantemis (MTL) Herrera (RSL) Parks (NYC) Price (COL) Mihailovic (MTL) Obrian (DAL) Dorsey (HOU)	Jim Curtin (PHI)
27	Crépeau (VAN)	Bravo (POR) Glesnes (PHI) Duncan (RBNY)	Y. Chará (POR) Mukhtar (NSH) Paulo (SEA) López (SJ) Gressel (DC)	Zardes (CLB) Buksa (NE)	Coronel (RBNY) Birnbaum (DC) Martínez (PHI) D. Chará (POR) Fragapane (MIN) Arriola (DC) Djitté (ATX)	Bruce Arena (NE)
28	Ochoa (RSL)	Trusty (COL) Robinson (ATL) Najar (DC)	Shaffelburg (TOR) Roldan (SEA) F. Navarro (CHI) Asprilla (POR)	Bou (NE) Ruidíaz (SEA) Sallói (SKC)	Crépeau (VAN) Gómez Andrade (SEA) Hadebe (HOU) José Martínez (PHI) Price (COL) Kreilach (RSL) Josef Martínez (ATL)	Hernán Losada (DC)
29	Blake (PHI)	Gutman (RBNY) Fall (LAFC) Zimmerman (NSH)	Domínguez (ATX) C. Roldan (SEA) Paulo (SEA) Russell (SKC)	Quioto (MTL) White (VAN) Soteldo (TOR)	Phelipe (DAL) Callens (NYC) Kinda (SKC) Bedoya (PHI) Sallói (SKC) Dike (ORL) Niezgoda (POR)	Wilfried Nancy (MTL)
30	Miller (MIN)	Gutman (RBNY) Pines (DC) Herrera (RSL)	Santos (CLB) Urso (ORL) Moreno (ATL) Quintero (HOU)	Arango (LAFC) Kreilach (RSL) Zardes (CLB)	Willis (NSH) Paredes (DC) Araujo (LA) Medrán (CHI) Cásseres Jr. (RBNY) Kljestan (LA) White (VAN)	Pablo Mastroeni (RSL)
31	Bond (LA)	Makoun (MIA) Camacho (MTL) Nathan (SJ)	Chú (SEA) Reynoso (MIN) Mukhtar (NSH) Caicedo (VAN)	Arango (LAFC) Buksa (NE) Berić (CHI)	Turner (NE) Wilson (COL) Moreno (ATL) Fragapane (MIN) Kikanovic (SJ) Gazdag (PHI) Cabral (LA)	Vanni Sartini (VAN)
32	Slonina (CHI)	Galván (COL) Nealis (RBNY) Elliot (PHI) Gaspar (VAN)	Alonso (MIN) Walter (SKC) Ring (ATX)	G. Higuaín (MIA) Buksa (NE) Castellanos (NYC)	Pantemis (MTL) Amundsen (NYC) Trusty (COL) Osorio (TOR) Lletget (LA) F. Higuaín (MIA) Jara (DAL)	Ronny Deila (NYC)
33	Hamid (DC)	Wagner (PHI) Kessler (NE) Moon-hwan (LAFC)	Leal (NSH) Zelarayán (CLB) Blessing (LAFC) Meram (RSL)	Araújo (ATL) Asprilla (POR) Russell (SKC)	Blackman (LAFC) Birnbaum (DC) Parks (NYC) Gil (NE) Barco (ATL) White (VAN) Sapong (NSH)	Bruce Arena (NE)
34	Johnson (NYC)	DePuy (LA) Carlos (ORL) Nealis (RBNY)	Fragapane (MIN) Ferreira (DAL) Zelarayán (CLB) Gazdag (PHI) Cowell (SJ)	Castellanos (NYC) Hernández (LA)	Frei (SEA) Dibassy (MIN) Reynoso (MIN) Parks (NYC) Rusnák (RSL) Mukhtar (NSH) Badji (COL)	Adrian Heath (MIN)
35	Crépeau (VAN)	Brody (RSL) Robinson (ATL) Moreira (CLB)	Acosta (COL) Blanco (POR) Gauld (VAN) Gressel (DC)	Kreilach (RSL) Hernández (LA) Lewis (COL)	Gallese (ORL) González Pírez (MIA) Lod (MIN) Stroud (ATX) Dike (ORL) Castellanos (NYC) Kamara (DC)	Robin Fraser (COL)

Goal of the Week

Goal of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Ref.
1	João Paulo	Seattle Sounders FC	^[92]
2	Esequiel Barco	Atlanta United FC	^[93]
3	Nani	Orlando City SC	^[94]
4	Rubio Rubin	Real Salt Lake	^[95]
5	Cristian Roldan	Seattle Sounders FC	^[96]
6	Lucas Zelarayán	Columbus Crew	^[97]
7	Gianluca Busio	Sporting Kansas City	^[98]
8	Jakob Glesnes	Philadelphia Union	^[99]
9	Efraín Álvarez	LA Galaxy	^[100]
10	Quinn Sullivan	Philadelphia Union	^[101]
11	Cristian Cásseres Jr.	New York Red Bulls	^[102]
12	Lucas Zelarayán	Columbus Crew	^[103]
13	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	^[104]
14	Raúl Ruidíaz	Seattle Sounders FC	^[105]
15	Gustavo Bou	New England Revolution	^[106]
16	Rayan Raveloson	LA Galaxy	^[107]
17	Yordy Reyna	D.C. United	^[108]
18	Paxten Aaronson	Philadelphia Union	^[109]
19	Jimmy Medranda	Seattle Sounders FC	^[110]
20	Raúl Ruidíaz	Seattle Sounders FC	^[111]
21	Quinn Sullivan	Philadelphia Union	^[112]
22	Brian Rodríguez	Los Angeles FC	^[113]
23	Daryl Dike	Orlando City SC	^[114]
24	Esequiel Barco	Atlanta United FC	^[115]
25	Luiz Araújo		^[116]
26	Esequiel Barco		^[117]
27	McKinze Gaines	Austin FC	^[118]
28	Anderson Julio	Real Salt Lake	^[119]
29	João Paulo	Seattle Sounders FC	^[120]
30	Darwin Quintero	Houston Dynamo FC	^[121]
31	Luka Stojanović	Chicago Fire FC	^[122]
32	Sebastian Lletget	LA Galaxy	^[123]
33	Dairon Asprilla	Portland Timbers	^[124]
34	Lucas Zelarayán	Columbus Crew	^[125]
35	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	^[126]

Player of the Month

Main article: MLS Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref.
April/May	Javier Hernández	LA Galaxy	7 games played, 7 goals, 1 assist	^[127]
June	Carles Gil	New England Revolution	3 games played, 5 assists	^[128]
July	Gustavo Bou	New England Revolution	6 games played, 5 goals, 1 assist	^[129]
August	Valentín Castellanos	New York City FC	6 games played, 5 goals, 2 assists	^[130]
September	Javier Eduardo López	San Jose Earthquakes	5 games played, 6 goals, 1 assist	^[131]
October/November	Valentín Castellanos	New York City FC	7 games played, 6 goals, 1 assist	^[132]

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner (club)	Ref
Most Valuable Player	Carles Gil (New England Revolution)	^[133]
Defender of the Year	Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC)	^[134]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Matt Turner (New England Revolution)	^[135]
Coach of the Year	Bruce Arena (New England Revolution)	^[136]
Young Player of the Year	Ricardo Pepi (FC Dallas)	^[137]
Newcomer of the Year	Cristian Arango (Los Angeles FC)	^[138]
Comeback Player of the Year	Carles Gil (New England Revolution)	^[139]
Golden Boot	Valentín Castellanos (New York City FC)	^[140]
Humanitarian of the Year	Justin Morrow (Toronto FC)	^[141]
Referee of the Year	Robert Sibiga	^[142]
Assistant Referee of the Year	Cory Richardson	^[143]
Goal of the Year	Rubio Rubin (Real Salt Lake)	^[144]
Save of the Year	Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC)	^[145]

MLS Best XI

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref
Matt Turner (NE)	Walker Zimmerman (NSH) Yeimar Gómez (SEA) Miles Robinson (ATL)	Tajon Buchanan (NE) Carles Gil (NE) Hany Mukhtar (NSH) João Paulo (SEA)	Gustavo Bou (NE) Valentín Castellanos (NYC) Raúl Ruidíaz (SEA)	^[146]

Notes

References

External links

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League competitions

Level 1	Major League Soccer (All-Star Game, Playoffs, MLS Cup)
Level 2	USL Championship (playoffs, final)
Level 3	USL League One (playoffs, final) NISA 2020–21 Fall 2021
Amateur	NPSL USL League Two NISA Nation UPSL Spring Fall
Collegiate	NCAA Division I Division II Division III NAIA NJCAA

Cup competitions

Domestic	U.S. Open Cup (Qualification, Final) National Amateur Cup NISA Independent Cup Hank Steinbrecher Cup
International	CONCACAF Champions League Leagues Cup Campeones Cup
Friendly	Capital Cup Visit Tucson Sun Cup Dallas Cup

Youth competitions

Under-23	NCAA College Cup (Final)
Under-18	MLS Next 2020–21 2021–22

Club seasons
MLS	Atlanta United Austin FC Chicago Fire FC Cincinnati Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew D.C. United FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Inter Miami LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United CF Montréal Nashville SC New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City Philadelphia Union Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps
USLC	Atlanta United 2 Austin Bold Birmingham Legion Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Colorado Springs Switchbacks El Paso Locomotive Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven LA Galaxy II Las Vegas Lights Loudoun United Louisville City Memphis 901 Miami FC New Mexico United New York Red Bulls II Oakland Roots OKC Energy Orange County SC Phoenix Rising Pittsburgh Riverhounds Real Monarchs RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic San Antonio FC San Diego Loyal Sporting Kansas City II Tacoma Defiance Tampa Bay Rowdies FC Tulsa
USL1	Chattanooga Red Wolves Fort Lauderdale CF Forward Madison Greenville Triumph North Carolina FC North Texas SC Union Omaha Revolution II Richmond Kickers Tormenta FC Toronto FC II FC Tucson
NISA (20–21) (Fall 21)	California United Strikers FC 2020–21 Fall 2021 Chattanooga FC 2020–21 Fall 2021 Chicago House AC Detroit City FC 2020–21 Fall 2021 Los Angeles Force 2020–21 Fall 2021 Maryland Bobcats FC 2020–21 Fall 2021 Michigan Stars FC 2020–21 Fall 2021 New Amsterdam FC 2020–21 Fall 2021 New York Cosmos Oakland Roots SC San Diego 1904 FC 2020–21 Fall 2021 Stumptown AC 2020–21 Fall 2021

2021 in Canadian soccer

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Men's leagues	CPL Final MLS Playoffs L1O PLSQ USL1 USL2 CSL
Women's leagues	UWS L1O PLSQ
Cups	Canadian Championship (Final)
Other	CPL transfers CPL–U Sports Draft MLS transfers MLS All-Star Game 2021 Summer Series

International

Club competitions

National teams

Men	2022 World Cup qualification Canada 2–1 Mexico 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup U23: Olympic qualification
Women	2020 Summer Olympics (Final) 2021 SheBelieves Cup

Team seasons

Club seasons

CPL	Atlético Ottawa Cavalry FC FC Edmonton Forge FC HFX Wanderers Pacific FC Valour FC York United FC
MLS	CF Montréal Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
USL1	Toronto FC II

2020–21 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

2020–21 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)
« 2019–20 2021–22 »
Domestic leagues	Anguilla '20 '21 ~~Antigua and Barbuda~~ Aruba Bahamas Barbados '20 ~~'21~~ ~~Belize~~ Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Canada '20 '21 Cayman Islands Costa Rica ~~Cuba~~ Curaçao Dominica '20 '21 Dominican Republic '20 '21 El Salvador French Guiana Greenland '20 '21 Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico ~~Montserrat~~ Nicaragua Panama ~~Puerto Rico~~ Saint-Barthelemy ~~'20~~ '21 Saint Kitts and ~~Nevis~~ Saint Lucia '20 '21 Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon '20 '21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten ~~Suriname~~ ~~Trinidad and Tobago~~ Turks and Caicos Islands United States '20 '21 ~~U.S. Virgin Islands~~
Domestic cups	Aruba Barbados '20 '21 Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands El Salvador French Guiana Guadeloupe '20 '21 Guatemala Honduras '20 Martinique '20 '21 Nicaragua Panama ~~Puerto Rico~~ Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '20 '21 ~~Suriname~~ ~~Trinidad and Tobago~~ ~~United States~~ ~~'20~~ (~~Final~~) (~~Qualification~~) ~~'21~~ (~~Final~~) (~~Qualification~~)
Super cups	Campeones Cup ~~'20~~ '21
CONCACAF competitions	CONCACAF League (Final) ~~Leagues Cup~~ Champions League Caribbean Club Championship ~~Caribbean Club Shield~~ ~~CONCACAF U-13 Champions League~~
International competitions	Nations League Finals Nations League Final Gold Cup qualifying Women's U-20 Championship qualifying Beach Soccer Championship

2021–22 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

2021–22 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)
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Domestic leagues	Anguilla '21 '22 ~~Antigua and Barbuda~~ Aruba ~~Bahamas~~ ~~Barbados~~ Belize Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Canada '21 '22 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba ~~'21~~ '22 Curaçao '21 '22 Dominica '21 '22 Dominican Republic '21 '22 El Salvador French Guiana Greenland '21 '22 Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala ~~Guyana~~ Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico ~~Montserrat~~ Nicaragua Panama '21 '22 Puerto Rico Saint-Barthelemy '21 '22 Saint Kitts and Nevis '21 '22 Saint Lucia '21 '22 Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon '21 '22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Suriname ~~Trinidad and Tobago~~ Turks and Caicos Islands United States '21 '22 ~~U.S. Virgin Islands~~
Domestic cups	Aruba ~~Bahamas~~ ~~Barbados~~ Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '21 '20 '22 Cayman Islands El Salvador French Guiana Guadeloupe '21 '22 Guatemala Honduras '21 Martinique '21 '22 Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '21 '22 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '21 '22 Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States ~~'21~~ (Qualification) '22 (Final) (Qualification)
Super cups	Campeones Cup '21 '22 Honduras Mexico Suriname
CONCACAF competitions	CONCACAF League (Final) Leagues Cup Champions League (Final) Caribbean Club Championship Caribbean Club Shield CONCACAF U-13 Champions League '21 '22
International competitions	FIFA World Cup Qualifying

United States Soccer – Division 1 seasons

United States Soccer – Division 1 seasons
American League of Professional Football	1894–95
American Soccer League	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929 1930 1931 1932 1932–33
United Soccer Association	1967
National Professional Soccer League	1967
North American Soccer League	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Major League Soccer	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Canadian Soccer – Division 1 seasons (CSA & USSF)

Canadian Professional Soccer League

1983

Canadian Soccer League

Canadian Premier League

USSF (U.S. based leagues)

United Soccer Association	1967
North American Soccer League	1968 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Major League Soccer	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Note: there is no clear information from CSA about tier of U.S. based leagues which have Canadian clubs. In terms of historical information, they have been deployed as tier 1 league as USSF have done.