The 2017 Major League Soccer season is the 22nd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2017 and will conclude in October 2017. The MLS Cup Playoffs are expected to begin in late October 2017 and conclude with MLS Cup 2017 in December 2017.
Two new clubs have joined the league as expansion franchises: Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United. The two franchises are the 21st and 22nd teams in the league.
Seattle Sounders FC are the defending MLS Cup champions, while FC Dallas are the defending Supporters' Shield champions.
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Teams
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and Sponsorship
Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.
Managerial changes
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Regular season
Format
Each team, except Atlanta United and Minnesota United, plays 17 home and 17 away games for a total of 34 games:
- 2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference;
- 1 extra game against 3 of its conference rivals; and
- 1 game against 11 teams in the other conference.
Each of Atlanta United and Minnesota United plays 17 home and 17 away games for a total of 34 games:
- 2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference;
- 1 extra game against 2 of its conference rivals;
- 1 game against 10 teams in the other conference; and
- 2 games (home and away) against each other.
Conference standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Overall table
Attendance
Average home attendances
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.
Highest attendances
Regular season
Player statistics
Awards
Player of the Month
Team of the Week
Player contracts
Highest paid players
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 2016 season, taking playoff performance into account. Two expansion teams will take the top spots.
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.
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