The 2016 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). The regular season began on March 6 and ended on October 23. The playoffs began on October 26 and ended on December 10. The defending MLS Cup champions were the Portland Timbers, while the New York Red Bulls were the defending Supporters' Shield winners. FC Dallas won the Supporter's Shield for the first time, and the Seattle Sounders won their first MLS Cup in their history after defeating Toronto FC 5-4 in a penalty kick shootout, after playing to a 0-0 result after regulation and added extra time.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and Sponsorship
Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.
Managerial changes
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Regular season
Conference tables
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Overall table
MLS Cup Playoffs
Bracket
Knockout Round
Conference Semifinals
Conference Finals
MLS Cup
Attendance
Average home attendances
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.
Highest attendances
Regular season
Player statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Thomas McNamara for New York City FC against Chicago Fire, 10 minutes (March 6, 2016)
- Fastest goal of the season: Octavio Rivero for Vancouver Whitecaps against New York City FC, 38 seconds (April 15, 2016)
- Latest goal of the season: Marco Pappa for Colorado Rapids against LA Galaxy, 95 minutes (March 12, 2016)
Discipline
- First yellow card of the season: Daniel Lovitz for Toronto FC against New York Red Bulls, 38 minutes (March 6, 2016)
- First red card of the season: Demar Phillips for Real Salt Lake against Orlando City, 20 minutes (March 6, 2016) - Second yellow card
- First straight red card of the season: Darwin Cerén for Orlando City against Real Salt Lake, 47 minutes (March 6, 2016)
- First player suspended by yellow card accumulation: Carlos Gruezo for FC Dallas
Awards
Monthly awards
Weekly awards
Team of the Week
End of season awards
MLS Best XI
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Player transfers
Allocation ranking
The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in the MLS allocation list. The MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering a transfer fee of at least $500,000. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2015 season, taking playoff performance into account.
Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. At all times each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS season.
Television
United States
In the 2016 MLS season, 96 games aired in the United States on national television. English-language broadcasts once again included Soccer Sunday doubleheaders -- 29 games on ESPN and 5 on ESPN2 (mainly on Sunday afternoons), 4 on Fox, and 30 on Fox Sports 1 (mainly on Sunday evenings). The 2016 season marked MLS's debut on the Fox network channel. Spanish-language broadcasts included 28 games on UniMás (mainly on Friday evenings).
Notes:
- All viewership numbers are in thousands.
- Average viewership for the previous 2015 season was 245,000 (ESPN2), 197,000 (FS1), and 244,000 (Univ).
Other countries
TSN, RDS and Sportsnet aired matches in Canada of primarily the three Canadian-based teams.
MLS aired on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Eurosport in Continental Europe, Abu Dhabi Media in the Middle East and North Africa, Letv Sports in China, beIN Sports in Asia-Pacific, ESPN and Fox Sports in Latin America, SporTV in Brazil and Fox Sports in Africa.
2016 attendances
The following is a list of the average attendance for each of the twenty MLS teams at their regular-season games. It includes the team, the average attendance for the 2016 regular season and the 2015 regular season, the percentage change in attendance from season-to-season, the home venue, the home venue's capacity, and the percent of capacity.
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. Orlando's and New England's attendances are over 100% because their capacities are artificial; both teams regularly sell more tickets than the limit. San Jose's attendance is over 100% capacity because they played one game at Levi's Stadium (68,000 capacity).
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