MLS: Goals by Month

Remember, there's only been a lot of March & October games in recent years, where there's been fewer goals overall than the inflated early years. Only counting the six months from April to September, here's the number of times each month has been the high and low point in the scoring average: Low High April 7 1 May 2 3 June 2 4.5 July 3 1.5 August 1 3 September 2 Last year was the first time that April, usually the lowest scoring month, finished first. This year, it was clearly higher than May or June, though July is slightly ahead with one weekend left. games MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT 1996 16 28 30 31 31 24 1997 6 22 27 23 28 25 29 1998 11 28 34 23 34 30 32 1999 10 24 28 28 28 33 29 12 2000 10 32 32 35 30 38 15 2001 24 32 30 29 32 11 2002 8 18 19 25 32 22 16 2003 15 24 23 23 24 20 21 2004 17 26 23 26 22 21 15 2005 29 30 31 28 27 26 21 2006 28 25 32 35 27 33 12 2007 26 27 30 28 28 35 21 2008 6 29 34 31 22 32 27 29 2009 14 31 39 28 25 35 27 26 2010 8 29 42 22 35 34 36 34 2011 19 44 43 44 38 goals MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT 1996 44 106 102 108 108 71 1997 10 74 72 87 97 86 96 1998 34 94 126 95 108 112 116 1999 31 52 78 90 90 97 76 35 2000 37 94 105 109 85 131 51 2001 70 97 107 92 115 38 2002 17 42 61 79 101 70 51 2003 34 68 68 75 62 56 70 2004 37 71 68 70 53 59 34 2005 83 78 89 76 89 78 58 2006 76 74 73 89 67 80 44 2007 59 76 92 67 66 107 51 2008 15 88 95 74 53 89 88 89 2009 40 78 103 73 61 82 77 57 2010 16 79 107 51 77 77 94 90 2011 48 110 101 103 96 per game MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT 1996 2.75 3.79 3.40 3.48 3.48 2.96 1997 1.67 3.36 2.67 3.78 3.46 3.44 3.31 1998 3.09 3.36 3.71 4.13 3.18 3.73 3.63 1999 3.10 2.17 2.79 3.21 3.21 2.94 2.62 2.92 2000 3.70 2.94 3.28 3.11 2.83 3.45 3.40 2001 2.92 3.03 3.57 3.17 3.59 3.45 2002 2.13 2.33 3.21 3.16 3.16 3.18 3.19 2003 2.27 2.83 2.96 3.26 2.58 2.80 3.33 2004 2.18 2.73 2.96 2.69 2.41 2.81 2.27 2005 2.86 2.60 2.87 2.71 3.30 3.00 2.76 2006 2.71 2.96 2.28 2.54 2.48 2.42 3.67 2007 2.27 2.81 3.07 2.39 2.36 3.06 2.43 2008 2.50 3.03 2.79 2.39 2.41 2.78 3.26 3.07 2009 2.86 2.52 2.64 2.61 2.44 2.34 2.85 2.19 2010 2.00 2.72 2.55 2.32 2.20 2.26 2.61 2.65 2011 2.53 2.50 2.35 2.34 2.53 Total 2.70 2.70 2.89 2.97 2.85 2.96 2.99 2.76