Which MLS teams are best on opening day?

Updated for 2009 (EDIT: Now with RSL's game included). KC's record streak of 7 straight opening days without a loss is history. Meanwhile, Chivas USA is starting to develop a good opening tradition themselves. Technically, I should mention that this post counts the opening matches for each team, not just those on "opening day." The numbers don't add up perfectly below because an opening game for one team might not be for another team. Opening Game Records W L D Pts PPG GF GA GD 1 SEA 1 0 0 3 3.00 3 0 3 2 CHV 3 1 1 10 2.00 8 4 4 3 KC 7 4 3 24 1.71 31 26 5 4 CHI 5 3 4 19 1.58 19 14 5 5 DAL 4 4 6 18 1.29 22 21 1 6 DC 5 6 3 18 1.29 22 23 -1 7 LA 4 4 6 18 1.29 18 23 -5 8 HOU 1 1 2 5 1.25 6 6 0 9 SJ 4 5 3 15 1.25 16 18 -2 10 NE 4 5 5 17 1.21 18 18 0 11 NY 4 5 5 17 1.21 18 19 -1 11 CLB 4 5 5 17 1.21 18 19 -1 13 TOR 1 2 0 3 1.00 3 6 -3 14 COL 2 7 5 11 0.79 19 25 -6 15 RSL 0 2 3 3 0.60 3 9 -6 TB 4 2 0 12 2.00 17 13 4 MIA 1 1 2 5 1.25 5 6 -1 Yearly Breakdown Blue = home game, red = away game. 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 CHI xxx xxx W W L D W D D L L W D W CHV xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx L W W D W CLB W D W L L D L D L W L D W D COL L D D D L L D L D L L W W L DAL D L D W W L L D D W W D D L DC L D W W L W L L W W D L L D HOU xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx W D L D KC W D L L W L D W D W W W W L LA W D D D W L W D W L L D L D NE L W D D D L L D L D W L W W NY L D L D L W W L W D D D W L RSL xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx D L D D L SJ W D D L L W W W L D xxx xxx L L SEA xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx W TOR xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx L L W TB W W L L W W xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx MIA xxx xxx L D D W xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Home Game Percentage Of course, just looking at those records doesn't tell us the full story. Due to weather issues, some teams have had an unbalanced number of opening day home or away games, as you can see above. Here's a list: Home Away Home PCT SEA 1 0 100.0% DAL 13 1 92.9% CHV 4 1 80.0% HOU 3 1 75.0% KC 10 4 71.4% LA 10 4 71.4% CLB 9 5 64.3% SJ 5 7 41.7% RSL 2 3 40.0% NY 5 9 35.7% DC 4 10 28.6% COL 3 11 21.4% CHI 2 10 16.7% NE 1 13 7.1% TOR 0 3 0.0% MIA 4 0 100.0% TB 5 1 83.3% Longest Streaks Most Consecutive Wins 4 KC 2005-08 3 SJ 2001-03 Most Consecutive Losses The record is 2, which has been done 13 times, including a current streak by San Jose. Most Years Unbeaten 7 KC 2002-08 6 DAL 2003-08 5 NY 2004-08 5 LA 1996-00 4 CHI 2001-04 4 CHV 2006-09 4 NE 1997-00 Most Years Winless 11 COL 1996-06 8 NE 1998-05 6 CLB 1999-04 5 LA 2005-09 5 NY 1996-00 5 RSL 2005-09 4 CHI 2003-06 4 DAL 2001-04 4 DC 2006-09 4 SJ 1997-00 4 SJ 2004-09 SJ's current streak is from 2004-05 and 2008-09.