Records to Watch Out For

As we get deeper and deeper into the 2008 season, there are a few players and teams on the verge of making history. Let's take a look and see what interesting records and accomplishments could happen if things fell into place. 1) Currently, several teams are pace for their best ever years. New England is at 1.94 PPG, Real Salt Lake at 1.42, and Toronto at 1.29. Columbus is also just barely off the pace of theirs, by 0.009. On the flip side, San Jose is a 0.83, worse than their all time poorest team in 2000. They're also on pace for the fewest goals scored per game. Best & Worst teams listed here. 2) Lots of DC stats: As mentioned by asitis on Bigsoccer, DC United is about to play their 500th game in official competitions. They'll be the first team to reach that mark, which should happen in early September. DC also only has one draw through 16 games (7-8-1). Four teams have had only two draws, which is the all time low: 2001 DC/TB and 2002 NE/NY. Over half the season is done, and DC United has yet to shut out an opponent in an MLS regular season game. They would be the first team in league history to fail to do that if they don't in the final 14 games. The most goals scored by one player over two MLS seasons is 44 by Stern John of the Columbus Crew, in 1998-99. Currently, Luciano Emilio of DC has 30 with half the season to go. Breaking the record would be a huge feat, but entering the top ten should be a sure thing. He only needs 32 goals to achieve that. 3) FC Dallas only has 6 different goalscorers so far this season in regular season play. If that number stayed at 6, they would tie the all time record set by Colorado in 2002. Meanwhile, Chivas has already used 27 players, but that's a far cry from the 1996 Metrostars record of 36. 4) Only one MLS team has gone undefeated at home for an entire season. That would be the 2005 San Jose Earthquakes (9-0-7), though on a PPG basis it was only the 20th best home record of all time. RSL (6-0-5) and Toronto (5-0-4) are on the verge of joining San Jose. RSL would seem to be the more likely candidate for several reasons: they only have four more games, they will open their new stadium for the final two games, and the schedule seems easier. The hardest test should be vs Chivas USA on September 20th. 5) Soon to be MLS player Sebastien Le Toux of the Seattle Sounders (he's already under contract) could make history by winning the US Open Cup golden boot for the second straight season. No player in the modern era of the tournament (1995-present) has won it more than once. Last year, he scored 5 goals in leading his USL-1 team to the semfinals. This year, he's in the same position: 5 goals and in the semifinals, thought this time the majority were scored in one game (4 vs Hollywood United). The good news is that not only does he have a much easier semifinal game (@ Charleston), but he's also already in pole position and the only player within two goals of him is the Battery's Darren Spicer with 4. A shutout win should virtually guarantee him the accomplishment. 6) With the announcement of the 2008 Olympic roster, it's official. No American players will join a very exclusive club this summer. That would be the group of players who have been on a USA roster for the U17 World Cup, the U20 World Cup, the Olympics, and the full World Cup. By my count, only four players have done that: Mike Burns (respectively: 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994), Landon Donovan (99, 01, 00, 02), Tim Howard (95, 99, 00, 06), and John O'Brien (93, 97, 00, 02). However, it does set some guys up to complete the set in 2010. On the roster, Brian McBride is the only player to have played in the World Cup. No one else has. But once several other players do, they'll join this exclusive club. Those players are Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore, and Danny Szetela.

Hypothetical: Worldwide World Cup Qualifying

I was reading a few threads on Bigsoccer about possibly expanding the World Cup, which is something that was considered by FIFA a few years ago. It actually seems kind of inevitable given the almost certain expansion of Euro 2016 to 24 teams. It's sad because 32 teams is the perfect number to set up a 16 team second round. You have no craziness with third place teams advancing, for example. Anyway, people were discussing how the extra berths would be distributed between the confederations, and whether or not there would still be inter-confederation playoffs as we have today. It seems to be a popular notion in those type of threads to suggest having either more teams in the playoffs or having a small tournament of sorts between the final 4 or 8 teams. I don't mind the notion of that because why should Asia get New Zealand when we'll likely get Uruguay or Colombia? But it also reminds me of another oft-mentioned scenario, which eliminates the problems of divvying up the World Cup berths altogether: worldwide qualifying between all confederations. I would not have a problem with worldwide qualification.I don't think the travel costs would be that bad, since you could narrow it down to eliminate the minnows first. FIFA could always pitch in to help if necessary (they do that now to help build fields, stuff like that). Obviously it would not be popular with the European countries, but you'd likely only have 5 away trips which wouldn't be so bad. I think it would make for a higher quality final tournament, though perhaps at the expense of a tournament with true worldwide interest. I don't expect it to happen, but hypotheticals are fun, so here's what I would suggest: Each confederation has a few early qualifying rounds to eliminate the minnows 90 team final round = 15 groups of 6 teams Top 2 in each group qualify, along with the top 3rd place finisher (and host) Top pot includes the top 15 teams worldwide Other pots are broken down by confederation Final 90 teams: 34-UEFA 16-AFC 16-CAF 12-CONCACAF 10-CONMEBOL 2-OFC Top Seeds: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, England, France, Ghana, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine I assume they would just take the round of 16 from the previous WC. Australia as the worst ranked of the 16 get left out. The rest: AFC: Australia | Bahrain | China PR | Iran | Iraq | Japan | Jordan | Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Kuwait | Oman | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Syria | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan CAF: Angola | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Congo DR | Côte d'Ivoire | Egypt | Guinea | Libya | Mali | Morocco | Nigeria | Rwanda | Senegal | Togo | Tunisia CONCACAF: Canada | Costa Rica | Cuba | El Salvador | Guatemala | Haiti | Honduras | Jamaica | Panama | Trinidad and Tobago | U.S.A. CONMEBOL: Bolivia | Chile | Colombia | Paraguay | Peru | Uruguay | Venezuela OFC New Caledonia | New Zealand UEFA Austria | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Czech Republic | Denmark | Finland | FYR Macedonia | Greece | Hungary | Republic of Ireland | Israel | Lithuania | Northern Ireland | Norway | Poland | Romania | Russia | Scotland | Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Turkey Mock Draw: Group 01: Sweden, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon, New Zealand, Canada Group 02: Brazil, Bulgaria, Slovenia, North Korea, Libya, Honduras Group 03: Ecuador, Austria, Denmark, Australia, Morocco, Jamaica Group 04: Switzerland, Greece, Iraq, South Korea, Nigeria, Cuba Group 05: France, Romania, Uzbekistan, Rwanda, New Caledonia, USA Group 06: Spain, Russia, Serbia, Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Colombia Group 07: Italy, Poland, Norway, China, Senegal, Venezuela Group 08: Ukraine, Israel, Czech, Syria, Mali, Panama Group 09: Mexico, Belgium, Scotland, Oman, Guinea, Peru Group 10: England, Ireland, Kuwait, Egypt, Costa Rica, Paraguay Group 11: Ghana, Finland, Bosnia, Japan, Togo, Uruguay Group 12: Netherlands, Lithuania, Iran, Congo DR, Guatemala, Chile Group 13: Portugal, Macedonia, N.Ireland, Qatar, Tunisia, Haiti Group 14: Germany, Turkey, UAE, Angola, El Salvador, Bolivia Group 15: Argentina, Croatia, Slovakia, Jordan, Cote d'Ivoire, Trinidad So in order to qualify, you'd have to finish top two in your group (except for one lucky/good third place team). You'd definitely have the potential for some groups of varying qualify, but overall I think things would be pretty balanced, like in group 4 for example. I don't think you would see 20 European teams qualifying either.

Best/Worst Home & Away Records

Updated through 2009. All shootouts (1996-99) are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by PPG, followed by goal differential per game and goals scored per game to break any ties. Only regular season results are counted. Home Records GP W L D Pts PPG GF GA GD GFA GAA GDA 1 2002 San Jose 14 12 1 1 37 2.643 33 12 21 2.357 0.857 1.500 2 2000 Chicago 16 13 2 1 40 2.500 40 18 22 2.500 1.125 1.375 3 2002 Los Angeles 14 11 1 2 35 2.500 27 10 17 1.929 0.714 1.214 4 1998 Chicago 16 13 3 0 39 2.438 40 17 23 2.500 1.063 1.438 5 1999 Dallas 16 12 2 2 38 2.375 35 14 21 2.188 0.875 1.313 6 2008 Columbus 15 11 2 2 35 2.333 30 15 15 2.000 1.000 1.000 7 1996 Tampa Bay 16 12 3 1 37 2.313 42 25 17 2.625 1.563 1.063 8 2006 Dallas 16 12 3 1 37 2.313 28 14 14 1.750 0.875 0.875 9 2001 Miami 14 10 2 2 32 2.286 34 22 12 2.429 1.571 0.857 10 2007 Chivas USA 15 10 1 4 34 2.267 28 8 20 1.867 0.533 1.333 11 2003 Chicago 15 10 1 4 34 2.267 31 12 19 2.067 0.800 1.267 12 2008 Houston 15 10 1 4 34 2.267 30 14 16 2.000 0.933 1.067 13 2005 New England 16 11 2 3 36 2.250 28 13 15 1.750 0.813 0.938 14 1997 Tampa Bay 16 12 4 0 36 2.250 34 22 12 2.125 1.375 0.750 15 2007 DC United 15 10 2 3 33 2.200 37 22 15 2.467 1.467 1.000 16 2000 Dallas 16 11 3 2 35 2.188 37 22 15 2.313 1.375 0.938 17 2001 Los Angeles 13 9 3 1 28 2.154 26 12 14 2.000 0.923 1.077 18 2001 New York 13 9 3 1 28 2.154 23 14 9 1.769 1.077 0.692 19 2001 Chicago 14 9 2 3 30 2.143 26 14 12 1.857 1.000 0.857 20 2009 Real Salt Lake 15 9 1 5 32 2.133 34 11 23 2.267 0.733 1.533 21 1996 DC United 16 11 4 1 34 2.125 41 22 19 2.563 1.375 1.188 22 1998 Columbus 16 11 4 1 34 2.125 49 31 18 3.063 1.938 1.125 23 2005 San Jose 16 9 0 7 34 2.125 30 14 16 1.875 0.875 1.000 24 1996 Los Angeles 16 10 2 4 34 2.125 31 17 14 1.938 1.063 0.875 25 1999 Los Angeles 16 10 2 4 34 2.125 24 10 14 1.500 0.625 0.875 26 2000 Kansas City 16 11 4 1 34 2.125 27 14 13 1.688 0.875 0.813 27 2001 San Jose 13 8 2 3 27 2.077 28 12 16 2.154 0.923 1.231 28 2002 Colorado 14 9 3 2 29 2.071 30 19 11 2.143 1.357 0.786 29 2004 DC United 15 9 2 4 31 2.067 31 17 14 2.067 1.133 0.933 30 2009 Columbus 15 9 2 4 31 2.067 25 15 10 1.667 1.000 0.667 31 2008 Kansas City 15 9 2 4 31 2.067 22 15 7 1.467 1.000 0.467 32 1998 Los Angeles 16 10 3 3 33 2.063 41 21 20 2.563 1.313 1.250 33 1998 DC United 16 9 1 6 33 2.063 40 26 14 2.500 1.625 0.875 34 2005 Los Angeles 16 10 3 3 33 2.063 29 17 12 1.813 1.063 0.750 35 2001 Columbus 13 7 1 5 26 2.000 29 15 14 2.231 1.154 1.077 36 1997 DC United 16 9 2 5 32 2.000 39 24 15 2.438 1.500 0.938 37 2000 Tampa Bay 16 10 4 2 32 2.000 38 23 15 2.375 1.438 0.938 38 2007 New York 15 9 3 3 30 2.000 30 16 14 2.000 1.067 0.933 39 2008 Real Salt Lake 15 8 1 6 30 2.000 24 10 14 1.600 0.667 0.933 40 2003 Los Angeles 15 9 3 3 30 2.000 25 14 11 1.667 0.933 0.733 40 2009 Chivas USA 15 9 3 3 30 2.000 25 14 11 1.667 0.933 0.733 42 2008 New York 15 9 3 3 30 2.000 30 20 10 2.000 1.333 0.667 43 2009 Houston 15 8 1 6 30 2.000 23 13 10 1.533 0.867 0.667 44 2004 Kansas City 15 9 3 3 30 2.000 22 12 10 1.467 0.800 0.667 45 2005 Colorado 16 10 4 2 32 2.000 24 14 10 1.500 0.875 0.625 46 2006 DC United 16 9 3 4 31 1.938 31 22 9 1.938 1.375 0.563 47 1998 Colorado 16 10 5 1 31 1.938 31 24 7 1.938 1.500 0.438 48 2006 Colorado 16 9 3 4 31 1.938 22 18 4 1.375 1.125 0.250 49 2009 Colorado 15 8 2 5 29 1.933 25 10 15 1.667 0.667 1.000 50 2008 DC United 15 9 4 2 29 1.933 32 19 13 2.133 1.267 0.867 51 2004 Los Angeles 15 8 2 5 29 1.933 25 16 9 1.667 1.067 0.600 52 2004 Columbus 15 8 2 5 29 1.933 26 18 8 1.733 1.200 0.533 53 2003 Colorado 15 8 2 5 29 1.933 21 13 8 1.400 0.867 0.533 54 2001 Kansas City 13 8 4 1 25 1.923 19 21 -2 1.462 1.615 -0.154 55 1997 Los Angeles 16 9 4 3 30 1.875 31 18 13 1.938 1.125 0.813 56 1996 Kansas City 16 9 4 3 30 1.875 40 28 12 2.500 1.750 0.750 57 1997 Kansas City 16 8 2 6 30 1.875 35 24 11 2.188 1.500 0.688 58 2000 New York 16 9 4 3 30 1.875 32 24 8 2.000 1.500 0.500 59 2000 New England 16 9 4 3 30 1.875 27 20 7 1.688 1.250 0.438 60 2007 New England 15 8 3 4 28 1.867 32 21 11 2.133 1.400 0.733 61 2007 Houston 15 8 3 4 28 1.867 22 11 11 1.467 0.733 0.733 62 2009 Dallas 15 8 3 4 28 1.867 28 19 9 1.867 1.267 0.600 63 2004 Colorado 15 7 1 7 28 1.867 16 8 8 1.067 0.533 0.533 64 2009 Toronto 15 8 3 4 28 1.867 20 14 6 1.333 0.933 0.400 65 2002 Dallas 14 8 4 2 26 1.857 22 15 7 1.571 1.071 0.500 66 2002 DC United 14 8 4 2 26 1.857 25 20 5 1.786 1.429 0.357 67 2005 DC United 16 9 5 2 29 1.813 37 22 15 2.313 1.375 0.938 68 1999 Chicago 16 8 3 5 29 1.813 26 13 13 1.625 0.813 0.813 69 1998 Kansas City 16 9 5 2 29 1.813 26 14 12 1.625 0.875 0.750 70 2006 New England 16 8 3 5 29 1.813 23 14 9 1.438 0.875 0.563 71 2005 Dallas 16 8 3 5 29 1.813 28 20 8 1.750 1.250 0.500 72 2006 Houston 16 8 3 5 29 1.813 27 19 8 1.688 1.188 0.500 73 2006 New York 16 8 3 5 29 1.813 24 17 7 1.500 1.063 0.438 74 1997 New England 16 8 3 5 29 1.813 25 20 5 1.563 1.250 0.313 75 2000 Los Angeles 16 8 3 5 29 1.813 20 15 5 1.250 0.938 0.313 76 2009 Seattle 15 7 2 6 27 1.800 21 10 11 1.400 0.667 0.733 77 2003 Kansas City 15 8 4 3 27 1.800 32 25 7 2.133 1.667 0.467 78 1996 San Jose 16 7 2 7 28 1.750 29 16 13 1.813 1.000 0.813 79 2006 Chivas USA 16 7 2 7 28 1.750 24 12 12 1.500 0.750 0.750 80 1999 Columbus 16 7 2 7 28 1.750 29 18 11 1.813 1.125 0.688 81 1999 DC United 16 8 4 4 28 1.750 32 22 10 2.000 1.375 0.625 82 1997 Columbus 16 8 4 4 28 1.750 25 15 10 1.563 0.938 0.625 83 1998 New York 16 9 6 1 28 1.750 39 33 6 2.438 2.063 0.375 84 2006 Chicago 16 8 4 4 28 1.750 25 20 5 1.563 1.250 0.313 85 2009 DC United 15 7 3 5 26 1.733 19 14 5 1.267 0.933 0.333 86 2002 Kansas City 14 7 4 3 24 1.714 22 21 1 1.571 1.500 0.071 87 1996 Columbus 16 8 5 3 27 1.688 32 27 5 2.000 1.688 0.313 88 2000 Miami 16 8 5 3 27 1.688 31 26 5 1.938 1.625 0.313 89 2005 Chicago 16 8 5 3 27 1.688 30 27 3 1.875 1.688 0.188 90 1998 Miami 16 8 5 3 27 1.688 31 30 1 1.938 1.875 0.063 91 2000 Colorado 16 8 5 3 27 1.688 19 21 -2 1.188 1.313 -0.125 92 2003 New England 15 7 4 4 25 1.667 32 23 9 2.133 1.533 0.600 93 2001 DC United 12 6 4 2 20 1.667 26 19 7 2.167 1.583 0.583 94 2009 New England 15 7 4 4 25 1.667 22 16 6 1.467 1.067 0.400 95 2008 Chivas USA 15 7 4 4 25 1.667 21 15 6 1.400 1.000 0.400 96 2004 New York 15 7 4 4 25 1.667 22 17 5 1.467 1.133 0.333 97 2008 Toronto 15 6 2 7 25 1.667 17 12 5 1.133 0.800 0.333 98 2003 San Jose 15 7 4 4 25 1.667 22 19 3 1.467 1.267 0.200 99 2009 Los Angeles 15 7 4 4 25 1.667 18 17 1 1.200 1.133 0.067 100 2006 Kansas City 16 7 4 5 26 1.625 31 24 7 1.938 1.500 0.438 101 1996 Colorado 16 8 6 2 26 1.625 30 24 6 1.875 1.500 0.375 102 1997 Colorado 16 8 6 2 26 1.625 29 23 6 1.813 1.438 0.375 103 1999 Colorado 16 7 4 5 26 1.625 19 15 4 1.188 0.938 0.250 104 2003 Columbus 15 6 3 6 24 1.600 24 15 9 1.600 1.000 0.600 105 2008 Colorado 15 7 5 3 24 1.600 22 14 8 1.467 0.933 0.533 106 2008 Chicago 15 7 5 3 24 1.600 23 17 6 1.533 1.133 0.400 107 2003 DC United 15 6 3 6 24 1.600 20 14 6 1.333 0.933 0.400 108 2004 Chicago 15 7 5 3 24 1.600 21 16 5 1.400 1.067 0.333 109 2007 Kansas City 15 7 5 3 24 1.600 22 18 4 1.467 1.200 0.267 110 2007 Chicago 15 6 3 6 24 1.600 16 15 1 1.067 1.000 0.067 111 2007 Dallas 15 7 5 3 24 1.600 17 17 0 1.133 1.133 0.000 112 2002 Columbus 14 6 4 4 22 1.571 17 15 2 1.214 1.071 0.143 113 1999 San Jose 16 6 3 7 25 1.563 28 22 6 1.750 1.375 0.375 114 1997 New York 16 8 7 1 25 1.563 25 22 3 1.563 1.375 0.188 115 2005 New York 16 6 3 7 25 1.563 28 27 1 1.750 1.688 0.063 116 2001 Dallas 13 6 5 2 20 1.538 25 18 7 1.923 1.385 0.538 117 2001 New England 13 6 5 2 20 1.538 25 25 0 1.923 1.923 0.000 118 2004 San Jose 15 5 2 8 23 1.533 25 16 9 1.667 1.067 0.600 119 2008 Los Angeles 15 6 4 5 23 1.533 35 27 8 2.333 1.800 0.533 120 2007 Colorado 15 6 4 5 23 1.533 16 11 5 1.067 0.733 0.333 121 1996 New England 16 6 4 6 24 1.500 25 20 5 1.563 1.250 0.313 122 2005 Kansas City 16 6 4 6 24 1.500 23 18 5 1.438 1.125 0.313 123 2002 New England 14 7 7 0 21 1.500 26 22 4 1.857 1.571 0.286 124 2000 Columbus 16 7 6 3 24 1.500 29 25 4 1.813 1.563 0.250 125 1999 Miami 16 6 4 6 24 1.500 26 22 4 1.625 1.375 0.250 126 2006 Real Salt Lake 16 6 4 6 24 1.500 23 19 4 1.438 1.188 0.250 127 2008 New England 15 6 5 4 22 1.467 24 20 4 1.600 1.333 0.267 128 2004 Dallas 15 6 5 4 22 1.467 22 18 4 1.467 1.200 0.267 129 2008 San Jose 15 6 5 4 22 1.467 22 19 3 1.467 1.267 0.200 130 2009 San Jose 15 6 5 4 22 1.467 22 21 1 1.467 1.400 0.067 131 1996 Dallas 16 6 5 5 23 1.438 25 17 8 1.563 1.063 0.500 132 1997 Dallas 16 7 7 2 23 1.438 30 24 6 1.875 1.500 0.375 133 1996 New York 16 7 7 2 23 1.438 26 22 4 1.625 1.375 0.250 134 1998 Dallas 16 7 7 2 23 1.438 23 26 -3 1.438 1.625 -0.188 135 2004 New England 15 6 6 3 21 1.400 24 20 4 1.600 1.333 0.267 136 2008 Dallas 15 5 4 6 21 1.400 23 19 4 1.533 1.267 0.267 137 2007 Los Angeles 15 6 6 3 21 1.400 25 25 0 1.667 1.667 0.000 138 2009 Chicago 15 5 4 6 21 1.400 16 17 -1 1.067 1.133 -0.067 139 2006 Los Angeles 16 6 6 4 22 1.375 19 15 4 1.188 0.938 0.250 140 2005 Columbus 16 7 8 1 22 1.375 15 19 -4 0.938 1.188 -0.250 141 2002 Chicago 14 5 5 4 19 1.357 23 19 4 1.643 1.357 0.286 142 2007 Columbus 15 5 5 5 20 1.333 17 17 0 1.133 1.133 0.000 143 1998 San Jose 16 5 5 6 21 1.313 23 21 2 1.438 1.313 0.125 144 2000 DC United 16 6 7 3 21 1.313 25 31 -6 1.563 1.938 -0.375 145 2003 New York 15 5 6 4 19 1.267 17 19 -2 1.133 1.267 -0.133 146 2000 San Jose 16 5 6 5 20 1.250 26 22 4 1.625 1.375 0.250 147 1999 Kansas City 16 5 6 5 20 1.250 24 21 3 1.500 1.313 0.188 148 2009 New York 15 5 6 4 19 1.267 24 20 4 1.600 1.333 0.267 149 2007 Toronto 15 5 7 3 18 1.200 17 18 -1 1.133 1.200 -0.067 150 1998 Tampa Bay 16 5 7 4 19 1.188 23 24 -1 1.438 1.500 -0.063 151 1998 New England 16 5 7 4 19 1.188 25 27 -2 1.563 1.688 -0.125 152 2009 Kansas City 15 4 6 5 17 1.133 18 20 -2 1.200 1.333 -0.133 153 2003 Dallas 15 5 8 2 17 1.133 24 31 -7 1.600 2.067 -0.467 154 2006 Columbus 16 4 6 6 18 1.125 16 16 0 1.000 1.000 0.000 155 1999 Tampa Bay 16 5 8 3 18 1.125 25 29 -4 1.563 1.813 -0.250 156 2005 Real Salt Lake 16 5 8 3 18 1.125 19 24 -5 1.188 1.500 -0.313 157 2007 Real Salt Lake 15 4 7 4 16 1.067 18 22 -4 1.200 1.467 -0.267 158 1997 San Jose 16 4 7 5 17 1.063 29 28 1 1.813 1.750 0.063 159 1999 New England 16 4 7 5 17 1.063 20 28 -8 1.250 1.750 -0.500 160 2002 New York 14 4 8 2 14 1.000 21 22 -1 1.500 1.571 -0.071 161 2001 Colorado 13 3 6 4 13 1.000 18 22 -4 1.385 1.692 -0.308 162 2005 Chivas USA 16 3 11 2 11 0.688 15 30 -15 0.938 1.875 -0.938 163 1999 New York 16 2 10 4 10 0.625 17 30 -13 1.063 1.875 -0.813 164 2001 Tampa Bay 14 2 10 2 8 0.571 18 28 -10 1.286 2.000 -0.714 Away Records GP W L D Pts PPG GF GA GD GFA GAA GDA 1 1998 Los Angeles 16 12 3 1 37 2.313 44 23 21 2.750 1.438 1.313 2 1999 DC United 16 9 2 5 32 2.000 33 21 12 2.063 1.313 0.750 3 2005 San Jose 16 9 4 3 30 1.875 23 17 6 1.438 1.063 0.375 4 2001 Chicago 13 7 4 2 23 1.769 24 16 8 1.846 1.231 0.615 5 1998 DC United 16 8 4 4 28 1.750 34 22 12 2.125 1.375 0.750 6 2001 Miami 12 6 3 3 21 1.750 23 14 9 1.917 1.167 0.750 7 2003 San Jose 15 7 3 5 26 1.733 23 16 7 1.533 1.067 0.467 8 1997 DC United 16 8 5 3 27 1.688 31 29 2 1.938 1.813 0.125 9 2007 Houston 15 7 5 3 24 1.600 21 12 9 1.400 0.800 0.600 10 2009 Chicago 15 6 3 6 24 1.600 23 17 6 1.533 1.133 0.400 11 2005 DC United 16 7 5 4 25 1.563 21 15 6 1.313 0.938 0.375 12 1999 Colorado 16 7 5 4 25 1.563 19 24 -5 1.188 1.500 -0.313 13 2009 Los Angeles 15 5 2 8 23 1.533 18 14 4 1.200 0.933 0.267 14 2003 New York 15 6 4 5 23 1.533 23 21 2 1.533 1.400 0.133 15 1999 Los Angeles 16 7 6 3 24 1.500 25 19 6 1.563 1.188 0.375 16 2006 DC United 16 6 4 6 24 1.500 21 16 5 1.313 1.000 0.313 17 1999 Chicago 16 7 6 3 24 1.500 25 23 2 1.563 1.438 0.125 18 2000 New York 16 8 8 0 24 1.500 32 32 0 2.000 2.000 0.000 19 1996 Tampa Bay 16 7 6 3 24 1.500 24 26 -2 1.500 1.625 -0.125 20 2002 New York 14 7 7 0 21 1.500 20 25 -5 1.429 1.786 -0.357 21 2007 DC United 15 6 5 4 22 1.467 19 12 7 1.267 0.800 0.467 22 2008 Chicago 15 6 5 4 22 1.467 21 16 5 1.400 1.067 0.333 23 2008 Columbus 15 6 5 4 22 1.467 20 21 -1 1.333 1.400 -0.067 24 2007 New England 15 6 5 4 22 1.467 19 22 -3 1.267 1.467 -0.200 25 2001 Los Angeles 13 5 4 4 19 1.462 26 24 2 2.000 1.846 0.154 26 2001 Columbus 13 6 6 1 19 1.462 20 21 -1 1.538 1.615 -0.077 27 2000 Kansas City 16 5 3 8 23 1.438 20 15 5 1.250 0.938 0.313 28 2005 New England 16 6 5 5 23 1.438 27 24 3 1.688 1.500 0.188 29 2008 New England 15 6 6 3 21 1.400 16 23 -7 1.067 1.533 -0.467 30 2001 San Jose 13 5 5 3 18 1.385 19 17 2 1.462 1.308 0.154 31 2005 New York 16 6 6 4 22 1.375 25 22 3 1.563 1.375 0.188 32 2005 Chicago 16 7 8 1 22 1.375 19 23 -4 1.188 1.438 -0.250 33 2004 Columbus 15 4 3 8 20 1.333 14 14 0 0.933 0.933 0.000 34 2003 New England 15 5 5 5 20 1.333 23 24 -1 1.533 1.600 -0.067 35 2009 Seattle 15 5 5 5 20 1.333 17 19 -2 1.133 1.267 -0.133 36 2007 Dallas 15 6 7 2 20 1.333 20 27 -7 1.333 1.800 -0.467 37 2000 Los Angeles 16 6 7 3 21 1.313 27 22 5 1.688 1.375 0.313 38 1999 Tampa Bay 16 4 3 9 21 1.313 26 21 5 1.625 1.313 0.313 39 2005 Kansas City 16 5 5 6 21 1.313 29 26 3 1.813 1.625 0.188 40 1997 Dallas 16 6 7 3 21 1.313 25 25 0 1.563 1.563 0.000 41 1999 Columbus 16 6 7 3 21 1.313 19 21 -2 1.188 1.313 -0.125 42 1997 Kansas City 16 6 7 3 21 1.313 22 27 -5 1.375 1.688 -0.313 43 1996 Dallas 16 6 7 3 21 1.313 25 31 -6 1.563 1.938 -0.375 44 2002 Chicago 14 6 8 0 18 1.286 20 19 1 1.429 1.357 0.071 45 2007 Chivas USA 15 5 6 4 19 1.267 18 20 -2 1.200 1.333 -0.133 46 2004 Kansas City 15 5 6 4 19 1.267 16 18 -2 1.067 1.200 -0.133 47 2003 Chicago 15 5 6 4 19 1.267 22 31 -9 1.467 2.067 -0.600 48 2000 Tampa Bay 16 6 8 2 20 1.250 24 27 -3 1.500 1.688 -0.188 49 1998 Tampa Bay 16 6 8 2 20 1.250 23 33 -10 1.438 2.063 -0.625 50 2002 New England 14 5 7 2 17 1.214 23 27 -4 1.643 1.929 -0.286 51 2002 Dallas 14 4 5 5 17 1.214 22 28 -6 1.571 2.000 -0.429 52 2009 Columbus 15 4 5 6 18 1.200 16 16 0 1.067 1.067 0.000 52 2009 Houston 15 5 7 3 18 1.200 16 16 0 1.067 1.067 0.000 54 2008 Chivas USA 15 5 7 3 18 1.200 19 26 -7 1.267 1.733 -0.467 55 2005 Dallas 16 5 7 4 19 1.188 24 24 0 1.500 1.500 0.000 56 1999 Dallas 16 4 5 7 19 1.188 19 21 -2 1.188 1.313 -0.125 57 2006 Chicago 16 5 7 4 19 1.188 18 21 -3 1.125 1.313 -0.188 58 1996 Los Angeles 16 5 7 4 19 1.188 28 32 -4 1.750 2.000 -0.250 59 1997 San Jose 16 5 7 4 19 1.188 26 31 -5 1.625 1.938 -0.313 60 2006 New England 16 4 5 7 19 1.188 16 21 -5 1.000 1.313 -0.313 61 2001 Dallas 13 4 6 3 15 1.154 23 29 -6 1.769 2.231 -0.462 62 2002 Columbus 14 5 8 1 16 1.143 27 28 -1 1.929 2.000 -0.071 63 2002 Los Angeles 14 5 8 1 16 1.143 17 23 -6 1.214 1.643 -0.429 64 2008 Houston 15 3 4 8 17 1.133 15 18 -3 1.000 1.200 -0.200 65 2007 Columbus 15 4 6 5 17 1.133 22 27 -5 1.467 1.800 -0.333 66 2009 New England 15 4 6 5 17 1.133 11 21 -10 0.733 1.400 -0.667 67 1997 Los Angeles 16 5 8 3 18 1.125 24 26 -2 1.500 1.625 -0.125 68 1998 Chicago 16 5 8 3 18 1.125 22 28 -6 1.375 1.750 -0.375 69 1996 New York 16 5 8 3 18 1.125 19 25 -6 1.188 1.563 -0.375 70 2001 New York 13 4 7 2 14 1.077 15 21 -6 1.154 1.615 -0.462 71 2007 Kansas City 15 4 7 4 16 1.067 23 27 -4 1.533 1.800 -0.267 72 2007 Chicago 15 4 7 4 16 1.067 15 21 -6 1.000 1.400 -0.400 73 2009 Kansas City 15 4 7 4 16 1.067 15 22 -7 1.000 1.467 -0.467 74 2006 Los Angeles 16 5 9 2 17 1.063 18 22 -4 1.125 1.375 -0.250 75 2006 Houston 16 3 5 8 17 1.063 17 21 -4 1.063 1.313 -0.250 76 2000 Chicago 16 4 7 5 17 1.063 27 33 -6 1.688 2.063 -0.375 77 1996 San Jose 16 5 9 2 17 1.063 21 34 -13 1.313 2.125 -0.813 78 1998 San Jose 16 5 9 2 17 1.063 25 39 -14 1.563 2.438 -0.875 79 2008 Dallas 15 3 6 6 15 1.000 22 22 0 1.467 1.467 0.000 80 2003 Kansas City 15 3 6 6 15 1.000 16 19 -3 1.067 1.267 -0.200 80 2004 San Jose 15 4 8 3 15 1.000 16 19 -3 1.067 1.267 -0.200 82 2003 DC United 15 4 8 3 15 1.000 18 22 -4 1.200 1.467 -0.267 83 2005 Columbus 16 4 8 4 16 1.000 19 26 -7 1.188 1.625 -0.438 84 1998 Columbus 16 4 8 4 16 1.000 18 25 -7 1.125 1.563 -0.438 84 1999 New England 16 3 6 7 16 1.000 18 25 -7 1.125 1.563 -0.438 86 2004 New York 15 4 8 3 15 1.000 25 32 -7 1.667 2.133 -0.467 87 2009 Chivas USA 15 4 8 3 15 1.000 9 17 -8 0.600 1.133 -0.533 88 1998 Dallas 16 4 8 4 16 1.000 20 33 -13 1.250 2.063 -0.813 89 2000 Colorado 16 5 10 1 16 1.000 24 38 -14 1.500 2.375 -0.875 90 2002 Colorado 14 4 8 2 14 1.000 13 29 -16 0.929 2.071 -1.143 91 1996 Columbus 16 3 7 6 15 0.938 27 33 -6 1.688 2.063 -0.375 92 1999 San Jose 16 3 7 6 15 0.938 20 27 -7 1.250 1.688 -0.438 93 2006 Real Salt Lake 16 4 9 3 15 0.938 22 30 -8 1.375 1.875 -0.500 94 2006 Chivas USA 16 3 7 6 15 0.938 21 30 -9 1.313 1.875 -0.563 95 2000 New England 16 4 9 3 15 0.938 20 29 -9 1.250 1.813 -0.563 96 1997 Columbus 16 4 9 3 15 0.938 17 26 -9 1.063 1.625 -0.563 97 2006 Dallas 16 4 9 3 15 0.938 20 30 -10 1.250 1.875 -0.625 98 2006 Columbus 16 4 9 3 15 0.938 14 26 -12 0.875 1.625 -0.750 99 1996 DC United 16 4 9 3 15 0.938 21 34 -13 1.313 2.125 -0.813 100 1998 Colorado 16 4 9 3 15 0.938 31 45 -14 1.938 2.813 -0.875 101 1997 Colorado 16 4 9 3 15 0.938 21 36 -15 1.313 2.250 -0.938 102 2009 DC United 15 2 5 8 14 0.933 24 30 -6 1.600 2.000 -0.400 103 2004 Los Angeles 15 3 7 5 14 0.933 17 24 -7 1.133 1.600 -0.467 104 2003 Columbus 15 4 9 2 14 0.933 20 29 -9 1.333 1.933 -0.600 105 2008 Colorado 15 4 9 2 14 0.933 22 31 -9 1.467 2.067 -0.600 106 2004 Dallas 15 4 9 2 14 0.933 12 27 -15 0.800 1.800 -1.000 107 2000 Miami 16 4 10 2 14 0.875 23 30 -7 1.438 1.875 -0.438 108 1998 New England 16 4 10 2 14 0.875 28 39 -11 1.750 2.438 -0.688 109 2000 Columbus 16 4 10 2 14 0.875 19 33 -14 1.188 2.063 -0.875 110 2007 Los Angeles 15 3 8 4 13 0.867 13 23 -10 0.867 1.533 -0.667 111 2004 Colorado 15 3 8 4 13 0.867 13 24 -11 0.867 1.600 -0.733 112 2007 New York 15 3 8 4 13 0.867 17 29 -12 1.133 1.933 -0.800 113 2002 Kansas City 14 2 6 6 12 0.857 15 24 -9 1.071 1.714 -0.643 114 2005 Colorado 16 3 9 4 13 0.813 16 23 -7 1.000 1.438 -0.438 115 1996 Kansas City 16 3 9 4 13 0.813 21 35 -14 1.313 2.188 -0.875 116 2004 New England 15 2 7 6 12 0.800 18 23 -5 1.200 1.533 -0.333 117 2007 Colorado 15 3 9 3 12 0.800 13 23 -10 0.867 1.533 -0.667 118 2001 Kansas City 14 3 9 2 11 0.786 14 32 -18 1.000 2.286 -1.286 119 2001 Colorado 13 2 7 4 10 0.769 18 25 -7 1.385 1.923 -0.538 120 2006 Kansas City 16 3 10 3 12 0.750 12 21 -9 0.750 1.313 -0.563 121 1997 New York 16 3 10 3 12 0.750 18 31 -13 1.125 1.938 -0.813 122 2005 Los Angeles 16 3 10 3 12 0.750 15 28 -13 0.938 1.750 -0.813 123 1997 New England 16 3 10 3 12 0.750 15 33 -18 0.938 2.063 -1.125 124 2009 Dallas 15 3 10 2 11 0.733 22 28 -6 1.467 1.867 -0.400 125 2008 Kansas City 15 2 8 5 11 0.733 15 24 -9 1.000 1.600 -0.600 126 2008 San Jose 15 2 8 5 11 0.733 10 19 -9 0.667 1.267 -0.600 127 2007 Real Salt Lake 15 2 8 5 11 0.733 13 23 -10 0.867 1.533 -0.667 128 2009 Colorado 15 2 8 5 11 0.733 17 28 -11 1.133 1.867 -0.733 129 2003 Colorado 15 3 10 2 11 0.733 19 32 -13 1.267 2.133 -0.867 130 2004 DC United 15 2 8 5 11 0.733 12 25 -13 0.800 1.667 -0.867 131 2009 Toronto 15 2 8 5 11 0.733 17 32 -15 1.133 2.133 -1.000 132 2000 Dallas 16 3 11 2 11 0.688 17 32 -15 1.063 2.000 -0.938 133 1998 New York 16 3 11 2 11 0.688 15 30 -15 0.938 1.875 -0.938 134 1997 Tampa Bay 16 2 9 5 11 0.688 21 38 -17 1.313 2.375 -1.063 135 1996 New England 16 3 11 2 11 0.688 18 36 -18 1.125 2.250 -1.125 136 2008 Real Salt Lake 15 2 9 4 10 0.667 16 29 -13 1.067 1.933 -0.867 137 2008 Toronto 15 3 11 1 10 0.667 17 31 -14 1.133 2.067 -0.933 138 2008 Los Angeles 15 2 9 4 10 0.667 20 35 -15 1.333 2.333 -1.000 139 2006 New York 16 1 8 7 10 0.625 17 24 -7 1.063 1.500 -0.438 140 2006 Colorado 16 2 10 4 10 0.625 14 31 -17 0.875 1.938 -1.063 141 1999 New York 16 2 10 4 10 0.625 15 34 -19 0.938 2.125 -1.188 142 2004 Chicago 15 1 8 6 9 0.600 15 28 -13 1.000 1.867 -0.867 143 2008 New York 15 1 8 6 9 0.600 12 28 -16 0.800 1.867 -1.067 144 2002 San Jose 14 2 10 2 8 0.571 12 23 -11 0.857 1.643 -0.786 145 2000 DC United 16 2 11 3 9 0.563 19 32 -13 1.188 2.000 -0.813 146 2000 San Jose 16 2 11 3 9 0.563 9 28 -19 0.563 1.750 -1.188 147 1999 Miami 16 2 11 3 9 0.563 16 37 -21 1.000 2.313 -1.313 148 2009 San Jose 15 1 9 5 8 0.533 14 29 -15 0.933 1.933 -1.000 149 2009 Real Salt Lake 15 2 11 2 8 0.533 9 24 -15 0.600 1.600 -1.000 150 2008 DC United 15 2 11 2 8 0.533 11 32 -21 0.733 2.133 -1.400 151 2001 New England 14 1 9 4 7 0.500 10 27 -17 0.714 1.929 -1.214 152 1998 Miami 16 2 12 2 8 0.500 15 38 -23 0.938 2.375 -1.438 153 2007 Toronto 15 1 10 4 7 0.467 8 31 -23 0.533 2.067 -1.533 154 2001 Tampa Bay 13 2 11 0 6 0.462 14 40 -26 1.077 3.077 -2.000 155 1998 Kansas City 16 1 11 4 7 0.438 19 36 -17 1.188 2.250 -1.063 156 2005 Chivas USA 16 1 11 4 7 0.438 16 37 -21 1.000 2.313 -1.313 157 1996 Colorado 16 1 11 4 7 0.438 14 35 -21 0.875 2.188 -1.313 158 2002 DC United 14 1 10 3 6 0.429 6 20 -14 0.429 1.429 -1.000 159 2001 DC United 14 2 12 0 6 0.429 16 31 -15 1.143 2.214 -1.071 160 2003 Los Angeles 15 0 9 6 6 0.400 10 21 -11 0.667 1.400 -0.733 161 2003 Dallas 15 1 11 3 6 0.400 11 33 -22 0.733 2.200 -1.467 162 1999 Kansas City 16 1 12 3 6 0.375 9 32 -23 0.563 2.000 -1.438 163 2009 New York 15 0 13 2 2 0.133 3 27 -24 0.200 1.800 -1.600 164 2005 Real Salt Lake 16 0 14 2 2 0.125 11 41 -30 0.688 2.563 -1.875