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2015 Major League Soccer season#Overall table

{{Short description|20th season of Major League Soccer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2017}}

{{infobox football league season

| image = MLS crest logo RGB gradient.svg

| pixels =

| caption =

| competition = Major League Soccer

| season = 2015

| dates = March 6th — October 25th (Regular Season)

| mlscup = Portland Timbers (1st title)

| shield = New York Red Bulls (2nd shield)

| continentalcup1 = Champions League (United States)

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = FC Dallas
New York Red Bulls
Portland Timbers
Sporting Kansas City

| continentalcup2 = Champions League (Canada)

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = {{nowrap|Vancouver Whitecaps FC}}

| matches = 340

| total goals = 937

| league topscorer = Sebastian Giovinco
Kei Kamara
(22 goals each)

| best goalkeeper = Adam Kwarasey
David Ousted
(13 shutouts each)

| biggest home win = 5 goals:
LA 5–0 POR
(Jun 24)
TOR 5–0 ORL
(Aug 22)
CLB 5–0 DC
(Oct 25)

| biggest away win = 5 goals:
SKC 0–5 SJ
(Aug 19)

| highest scoring = 10 goals:
DC 6–4 RSL
(Aug 1)

| longest wins = 6 games:
New England Revolution
(Aug 1 – Sep 16)

| longest unbeaten = 9 games:
{{nowrap|New England Revolution}}
(Mar 21 – May 16)
{{nowrap|Portland Timbers}}
(Oct 14 – {{tooltip|Dec 6|Streak includes six playoff games}})

| longest winless = 11 games:
New York City
(Mar 21 – May 30)

| longest losses = 5 games:
{{nowrap|New England Revolution}}
(Jun 21 – Jul 11)
{{nowrap|Seattle Sounders FC}}
(Jul 11 – Aug 9)
{{nowrap|Chicago Fire}}
(Sep 5 – Sep 26)

| highest attendance = 64,358
SEA 2–1 POR
(Aug 30)

| lowest attendance = 10,035
MTL 2–1 VAN
(Jun 3)

| attendance = 7,335,053

| average attendance = 21,574

| prevseason = 2014

| nextseason = 2016

}}

{{Location map+ |United States |width=525 |float=right |caption=

Locations of teams for the 2015 Major League Soccer season
8px Western Conference   8px Eastern Conference
|places=

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=38.889722 |long=-76.971667 |label=D.C. United |position=bottom |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=40.737411 |long=-74.153763 |label=Red Bulls |position=left |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=40.009444 |long=-82.991111 |label=Columbus |position=left |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=42.090833 |long=-71.264444 |label=New England |position=top |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=41.742432 |long=-87.806789 |label=Chicago |position=top |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=39.1218 |long=-94.8237 |label=Kansas City |position=bottom |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=43.632778 |long=-79.418611 |label=Toronto |position=top |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=39.832222 |long=-75.378889 |label=Philadelphia |position=right |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=45.563075 |long=-73.552656 |label=Montreal |position=top |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=28.539167 |long=-81.402778 |label=Orlando |position=right |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=40.829167 |long=-73.926389 |label=NYCFC |position=right |mark=ButtonBlue.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=39.35 |long=-104.8918 |label=Colorado |position=top |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=33.154444 |long=-96.835278 |label=Dallas |position=right |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=33.864444 |long=-118.261111 |label=Galaxy |position=bottom |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=29.721944 |long=-95.349167 |label=Houston |position=right |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=40.582923 |long=-111.893156 |label=Salt Lake |position=bottom |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=45.521389 |long=-122.691667 |label=Portland |position=bottom |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=37.350556 |long=-121.936667 |label=San Jose|position=top |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=47.595278 |long=-122.331667 |label=Seattle|position=right |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=49.27667 |long=-123.11194 |label=Vancouver |position=right |mark=ButtonRed.svg}}

}}

The 2015 Major League Soccer season was the 20th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 103rd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 37th with a national first-division league.

This marked the first season for two new clubs as Orlando City SC and New York City FC joined the Eastern Conference, while both the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved to the Western Conference.

Chivas USA folded at the end of the 2014 season.

The regular season began on March 6 and ended on October 25. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 28 and ended on December 6. The New York Red Bulls won the Supporters' Shield, while the Portland Timbers won their first MLS Cup by defeating the Columbus Crew, 2–1.

Overview

The 2015 season began on Friday, March 6. The opening weekend saw an average attendance of 25,838 — buoyed by strong attendances in Orlando (62,510), and Seattle (39,782) — with seven of the weekend's ten matches selling out.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/wp/2015/03/09/mls-draws-a-crowd-on-opening-weekend/ "MLS draws a crowd on opening weekend"], Washington Post, Steven Goff, March 9, 2015. Additionally, MLS saw strong TV ratings on ESPN2 (539,000 viewers), Unimas (341,000 viewers), and Fox Sports 1 (289,000 and 278,500 viewers).[https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2015/03/11/mls-tv-ratings-fox-sports-espn-unimas "MLS experiences TV ratings boost for 2015 opening weekend"], SI.com, Richard Deitsch, March 11, 2015.

=Franchise changes=

The 2015 MLS season featured the addition of two expansion teams, New York City and Orlando City SC. New York City became the second MLS team in the New York metropolitan area (joining the New Jersey-based New York Red Bulls), as well as the first based within New York City itself, as the team played its inaugural season at Yankee Stadium). Orlando was a new market for MLS, which returned to Florida for the first time since folding their Miami and Tampa Bay franchises before the 2002 season. The Lions' ownership previously owned Orlando's team that played in the league then known as USL Pro from 2010 to 2014; that team that relocated to Louisville for the 2015 season of the rebranded United Soccer League.

While MLS added two teams, one team closed down. Chivas USA, which had called the Los Angeles area home since 2005 and shared the StubHub Center with the LA Galaxy. Chivas had been owned by Mexican club, C.D. Guadalajara, who sold the club back to MLS in 2014. The league folded Chivas in October 2014, after the conclusion of the regular season, though it announced plans to add a second LA-area club, Los Angeles FC, in 2018.[http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/10/27/mls-announces-new-strategy-los-angeles-market "MLS announces new strategy for Los Angeles market, 2015 conference realignment,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028032910/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/10/27/mls-announces-new-strategy-los-angeles-market |date=October 28, 2014 }} from MLSSoccer.com, October 27, 2014

=Realignment and playoffs=

With the addition and subtraction of the above-mentioned teams, the 2015 season saw a realignment of MLS's Eastern and Western conferences: New York City and Orlando City SC joined the East, while Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved from the East to the West.

Each team played 34 regular season matches: two or three against conference rivals and once against teams from the opposite conference. The regular season concluded with all teams playing at the same scheduled time, a league first.{{cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/thegoalkeeper/2015-Major-League-Soccer-national-television-schedule.html |title=2015 Major League Soccer national television schedule |publisher=www.philly.com |date=January 21, 2015 |access-date=February 1, 2015}}

12 teams advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs, up from 10 the previous 3 seasons. The top six teams per conference qualified. The first round per conference had the third-seed hosting the sixth-seed, and the fourth hosting the fifth. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed played the lowest remaining seed and the second played the next-lowest.

=Television=

The 2015 season saw the launch of a new United States television and media rights deal with English-language ESPN and Fox Sports and Spanish-language Univision Deportes. The deal continues MLS's relationship with ESPN and Univision, while it reestablishes one with Fox Sports, whose Fox Soccer channel carried MLS games until 2011 (NBC Sports carried MLS broadcasts from 2012 to 2014). The deal, formally announced in May 2014, sees regular weekly game broadcasts on ESPN2 (Sunday afternoons) and Fox Sports 1 (Sunday evenings), as well as a regular Friday night match on UniMás and/or Univision Deportes Network. The networks will share coverage of the MLS Cup Playoffs, while ESPN and Fox will alternate English language carriage of the MLS All-Star Game and MLS Cup championship match each year. The 2015 MLS all star game will be on Fox Sports, and MLS Cup 2015 will air on ESPN. As part of the deal, the networks also share coverage of the U.S. Soccer men's and women's national teams.[http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/05/12/mls-us-soccer-sign-landmark-tv-media-rights-partnerships-espn-fox-univision-deportes?_ga=1.252142410.2120942728.1400246846 "MLS, U.S. Soccer sign landmark TV and media rights partnerships with ESPN, FOX & Univision Deportes,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202050311/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/05/12/mls-us-soccer-sign-landmark-tv-media-rights-partnerships-espn-fox-univision-deportes?_ga=1.252142410.2120942728.1400246846 |date=December 2, 2014 }} from MLSSoccer.com, December 5, 2014

The league reached a four-year agreement with Sky Sports to televise league matches live in the United Kingdom and Ireland. At least two regular season matches each week, the MLS All-Star Game, and every MLS Cup Playoff match was aired on the Sky family of networks.{{cite news|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/02/25/mls-and-british-broadcaster-sky-sports-announce-groundbreaking-partnership|title=MLS and British broadcaster Sky Sports announce groundbreaking partnership|access-date=March 1, 2015|date=February 25, 2015|archive-date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310122951/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/02/25/mls-and-british-broadcaster-sky-sports-announce-groundbreaking-partnership|url-status=dead}} MLS also reached a four-year agreement with Eurosport to air live matches in many other European countries.{{cite news|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/03/05/mls-and-eurosport-announce-four-year-partnership-broadcast-games-europe|title=MLS and Eurosport announce four-year partnership to broadcast games in Europe|access-date=March 5, 2015|date=March 5, 2015|archive-date=March 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324020825/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/03/05/mls-and-eurosport-announce-four-year-partnership-broadcast-games-europe|url-status=dead}}

Teams

= Stadiums and locations =

{{main|List of Major League Soccer stadiums}}

{{Clear}}

class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
Chicago Fire

! Colorado Rapids

! Columbus Crew

! D.C. United

! FC Dallas

! Houston Dynamo

Toyota Park

| Dick's Sporting Goods Park

| Mapfre Stadium

| RFK Memorial Stadium

| Toyota Stadium

| BBVA Compass Stadium

Capacity: 20,000

| Capacity: 18,000

| Capacity: 20,145

| Capacity: 20,000

| Capacity: 20,500

| Capacity: 22,000

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LA Galaxy

! Montreal Impact

!rowspan="8" colspan="2"|{{Location map+ |United States |width=400 |float=center |caption={{center|Locations of teams for the 2015 Major League Soccer season
8px Eastern Conference; 8px Western Conference}}|places=

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=41.742432 |long=-87.806789 |label=Fire |position=top |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=39.805556 |long=-104.891944 |label=Rapids |position=top |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=40.009444 |long=-82.991111 |label=Crew |position=bottom |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=38.889722 |long=-76.971667 |label=D.C. United |position=right |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=33.154444 |long=-96.835278 |label=FC Dallas |position=right |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=29.721944 |long=-95.349167 |label=Dynamo |position=right |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=33.864444 |long=-118.261111 |label=Galaxy |position=left |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=45.563075 |long=-73.552656 |label=Impact |position=top |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=42.090833 |long=-71.264444 |label=Revolution |position=top |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=40.829167 |long=-73.926389 |label=New York City |position=right |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=40.737411 |long=-74.153763 |label=Red Bulls |position=left |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=28.539167 |long=-81.402778 |label=Orlando City SC |position=right |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=39.832222 |long=-75.378889 |label=Union |position=right |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=45.521389 |long=-122.691667 |label=Timbers |position=right |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=40.582923 |long=-111.893156 |label=Real Salt Lake |position=top |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=37.350556 |long=-121.936667 |label=Earthquakes |position=right |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=47.595278 |long=-122.331667 |label=Sounders |position=right |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=39.1218 |long=-94.8237 |label=Sporting KC |position=top |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=43.632778 |long=-79.418611 |label=Toronto |position=top |mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United States |lat=49.27667 |long=-123.11194 |label=Whitecaps |position=right |mark=Orange pog.svg}}

}}

! New England Revolution

! New York City

StubHub Center

| Saputo Stadium

| Gillette Stadium

| Yankee Stadium

Capacity: 27,000

| Capacity: 20,801

| Capacity: 22,385

| Capacity: 33,444

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New York Red Bulls

! Orlando

! Philadelphia Union

! Portland Timbers

Red Bull Arena

| Citrus Bowl

| PPL Park

| Providence Park

Capacity: 25,000

| Capacity: 23,000

| Capacity: 18,500

| Capacity: 22,000

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Real Salt Lake

! San Jose Earthquakes

! Seattle Sounders FC

! Sporting Kansas City

! Toronto FC

! Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Rio Tinto Stadium

| Avaya Stadium

| CenturyLink Field

| Sporting Park

| BMO Field

| BC Place

Capacity: 20,000

| Capacity: 18,000

| Capacity: 39,115

| Capacity: 18,500

| Capacity: 30,991

| Capacity: 21,000

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= Personnel and sponsorship =

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
Team

! Head coach

! Captain

! Shirt sponsor

Chicago Fire

|{{flagicon|SRB}} {{sortname|Veljko|Paunović}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Jeff|Larentowicz}}

|Quaker

Colorado Rapids

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Pablo|Mastroeni}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Drew|Moor}}

|Transamerica

Columbus Crew

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Gregg|Berhalter}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Michael|Parkhurst}}

|Barbasol

D.C. United

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Ben|Olsen}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Bobby|Boswell}}

|Leidos

FC Dallas

|{{flagicon|COL}} {{sortname|Óscar|Pareja}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Matt|Hedges}}

|AdvoCare

Houston Dynamo

|{{flagicon|IRL}} {{sortname|Owen|Coyle}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Brad|Davis|Brad Davis (soccer)}}

|BHP Billiton

LA Galaxy

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Bruce|Arena}}

|{{flagicon|IRL}} {{sortname|Robbie|Keane}}

|Herbalife

Montreal Impact

|{{flagicon|CAN}} {{sortname|Mauro|Biello}}

|{{flagicon|CAN}} {{sortname|Patrice|Bernier}}

|Bank of Montreal

New England Revolution

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Jay|Heaps}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Jermaine|Jones}}

|UnitedHealthcare

New York City

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Jason|Kreis}}

|{{flagicon|ESP}} {{sortname|David|Villa}}

|Etihad Airways

New York Red Bulls

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Jesse|Marsch}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Dax|McCarty}}

|Red Bull

Orlando City SC

|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Adrian|Heath}}

|{{flagicon|BRA}} {{sortname

Kaká}}

|Orlando Health

Philadelphia Union

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Jim|Curtin}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Maurice|Edu}}

|Bimbo

Portland Timbers

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Caleb|Porter}}

|{{flagicon|CAN}} {{sortname|Will|Johnson|Will Johnson (soccer)}}

|Alaska Airlines

Real Salt Lake

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Cassar

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Kyle|Beckerman}}

|LifeVantage

San Jose Earthquakes

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Dominic|Kinnear}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Chris|Wondolowski}}

| align="center" style="background:#ececec; color:gray| —

Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Sigi|Schmid}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Brad|Evans|dab=soccer}}

|Xbox

Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Peter|Vermes}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Matt|Besler}}

|Ivy Funds

Toronto

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Greg|Vanney}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Michael|Bradley|Michael Bradley (soccer)}}

|Bank of Montreal

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

|{{flagicon|WAL}} {{sortname|Carl|Robinson}}

|{{flagicon|CHI}} {{sortname|Pedro|Morales|Pedro Morales (footballer)}}

|Bell Canada

= Managerial changes =

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

!Outgoing manager

!Manner of departure

!Date of vacancy

!Position in table

!Incoming manager

!Date of appointment

San Jose Earthquakes

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Mark Watson

| Fired

| October 16, 2014{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/earthquakes/ci_26742014/earthquakes-ex-coach-mark-watson-takes-high-road|title=Former Earthquakes coach Watson takes high road over firing|work=mercurynews.com}}

|rowspan =3 |Preseason

| {{flagicon|USA}} Dominic Kinnear

| October 16, 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/story/2089805/dominic-kinnear-to-coach-san-jose-earthquakes|title=Dominic Kinnear to coach San Jose Earthquakes|work=ESPNFC.com|date=October 15, 2014 |access-date=June 23, 2015}}

Houston Dynamo

| {{flagicon|USA}} Dominic Kinnear

| {{nowrap|Signed by San Jose Earthquakes}}

| October 16, 2014

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Owen Coyle

| December 8, 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamotheory.com/2014/12/8/7352649/reports-coyle-signs-three-year-deal-with-houston-dynamo|title=Reports: Owen Coyle signs three-year deal with Houston Dynamo|author=Alicia Tolar|work=Dynamo Theory|date=December 8, 2014 |access-date=June 23, 2015}}

New York Red Bulls

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Petke

| Fired

| January 7, 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/01/07/new-york-red-bulls-part-ways-head-coach-mike-petke|title=New York Red Bulls part ways with head coach Mike Petke|work=MLSsoccer.com|access-date=June 23, 2015|archive-date=March 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325101939/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/01/07/new-york-red-bulls-part-ways-head-coach-mike-petke|url-status=dead}}

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jesse Marsch

| January 7, 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2015/01/red-bulls-name-jesse-marsch-head-coach-ahead-2015-season|title=Red Bulls name Jesse Marsch as head coach ahead of 2015 season|work=New York Red Bulls|access-date=June 23, 2015|archive-date=March 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306044439/http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2015/01/red-bulls-name-jesse-marsch-head-coach-ahead-2015-season|url-status=dead}}

Montreal Impact

| {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Klopas

| Fired

| August 29, 2015{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2015/08/30/frank-klopas-fired-montreal-impact-mls|title=Frank Klopas fired as Montreal Impact head coach; Mauro Biello to take over|publisher=si.com|date=August 30, 2015}}

|7th in East,
17th overall

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Mauro Biello (Interim)

| August 29, 2015

Chicago Fire

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Frank Yallop

| Fired

| September 20, 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/fire-dismisses-head-coach-yallop-1.363587|title=Fire dismisses head coach Yallop|work=TSN.ca|date=September 20, 2015 |access-date=September 20, 2015}}

|10th in East,
20th overall

| {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Bliss (Interim)

| September 20, 2015

New York City

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Kreis

| Fired

| November 2, 2015{{cite web|title=Jason Kreis out as NYCFC manager|url=https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2015/11/02/jason-kreis-fired-nycfc-manager|website=si.com|publisher=Sports Illustrated|access-date=3 November 2015}}

|rowspan =2 | Postseason

| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Patrick Vieira

| November 9, 2015

Chicago Fire

| {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Bliss

| End of interim period

| November 24, 2015

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Veljko Paunovic

| November 24, 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2015/11/24/chicago-fire-soccer-club-hires-veljko-paunovic-head-coach|title=Chicago Fire Soccer Club Hires Veljko Paunovic as Head Coach|work=Chicago Fire|access-date=December 2, 2015}}

Standings

=Eastern Conference=

{{2015 Major League Soccer Eastern Conference table}}

=Western Conference=

{{2015 Major League Soccer Western Conference table}}

=Overall standings=

{{2015 Major League Soccer season table}}

MLS Cup Playoffs

{{main|2015 MLS Cup playoffs}}

{{#section:2015 MLS Cup Playoffs|Bracket}}

Attendance

{{See also |Major League Soccer attendance}}

=Average home attendances=

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.{{cite web|title=10-08-15_Stats_Standings.pdf|url=https://mlssoccer.app.box.com/s/m1wa2827whzelkla6mnc/1/2198984637/39782381833/1|website=mlssoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer}}

class="wikitable sortable"
width=160|Team

!{{Tooltip|GP|Home games played}}

!width=45|{{Tooltip|Total|Total season attendance}}

!width=45|{{Tooltip|High|Highest season attendance}}

!width=45|{{Tooltip|Low|Lowest season attendance}}

!width=45|{{Tooltip|Average|Average season attendance}}

Seattle Sounders FCalign=center | 17align=center| 752,192style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|64,358style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|39,175style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"| 44,247
Orlando City SCalign=center | 17align=center| 558,407align=center |62,510style="text-align:center;"|23,372style="text-align:center;"|32,847
New York City FCalign=center |17align=center| 493,267align=center |48,047style="text-align:center;"|20,461style="text-align:center;"|29,016
Toronto FCalign=center | 17align=center| 398,671align=center | 30,266style="text-align:center;"| 16,382style="text-align:center;"| 23,451
LA Galaxyalign=center | 17align=center| 397,668align=center |27,000style="text-align:center;"|13,391style="text-align:center;"|23,392
Portland Timbersalign=center | 17align=center|359,418align=center |21,144style="text-align:center;"|21,144align=center |21,144
San Jose Earthquakesalign=center | 17align=center| 356,646align=center | 50,422style="text-align:center;"| 18,000style="text-align:center;"| 20,979
Houston Dynamoalign=center |17align=center|351,187align=center |22,651style="text-align:center;"|16,018align=center |20,658
Vancouver Whitecaps FCalign=center | 17align=center| 348,624align=center |22,500align=center |18,083style="text-align:center;"|20,507
Real Salt Lakealign=center |17align=center|342,718align=center |21,004style="text-align:center;"|18,895style="text-align:center;"|20,160
Sporting Kansas Cityalign=center |17align=center|334,684align=center |21,505style="text-align:center;"|18,864style="text-align:center;"|19,687
New York Red Bullsalign=center | 17align=center| 334,172align=center | 25,219style="text-align:center;"| 12,540style="text-align:center;"| 19,657
New England Revolutionalign=center |17align=center| 333,652align=center | 42,947style="text-align:center;"| 10,668align=center | 19,627
Montreal Impactalign=center | 17align=center| 301,742align=center | 25,245style="text-align:center; background:pink;"| 10,035style="text-align:center;"| 17,750
Philadelphia Unionalign=center |17align=center|296,674align=center |18,883style="text-align:center;"|15,374style="text-align:center;"|17,451
Columbus Crewalign=center |17align=center |288,747align=center |22,719style="text-align:center;"| 10,302style="text-align:center;"|16,985
D.C. Unitedalign=center |17align=center| 276,152align=center | 21,517style="text-align:center;"| 11,218style="text-align:center;"| 16,244
FC Dallasalign=center |17align=center| 272,221align=center |21,907style="text-align:center;"|12,640style="text-align:center;"|16,013
Chicago Firealign=center |17align=center|272,043align=center |20,124style="text-align:center;"|11,196style="text-align:center;"|16,003
Colorado Rapidsalign=center |17align=center| 266,168style="text-align:center; background:pink;"| 18,597style="text-align:center;"| 10,439style="text-align:center; background:pink;"| 15,657
Totalstyle="text-align:center;"| 340 || align=center|7,335,053 || align=center |64,358 || style="text-align:center;"| 10,035 || style="text-align:center;"| 21,574

= Highest attendances =

Regular season

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Home team

! Score

! Away team

! Attendance

! Date

! Stadium

align=center | 1Seattle Sounders FCalign=center | 2–1Portland Timbersalign=center | 64,358{{start date|2015|8|30}}CenturyLink Field
align=center | 2Orlando City SCalign=center | 1–1New York City FCalign=center | 62,510{{start date|2015|3|8}}Citrus Bowl
align=center | 3Seattle Sounders FCalign=center | 1–1LA Galaxyalign=center | 56,097{{start date|2015|10|4}}CenturyLink Field
align=center | 4Seattle Sounders FCalign=center | 3–1Real Salt Lakealign=center | 55,435{{start date|2015|10|25}}CenturyLink Field
align=center | 5Seattle Sounders FCalign=center | 0–3Vancouver Whitecaps FCalign=center | 53,125{{start date|2015|8|2}}CenturyLink Field
align=center | 6San Jose Earthquakesalign=center | 3–1LA Galaxyalign=center | 50,422{{start date|2015|6|27}}Stanford Stadium
align=center | 7New York Cityalign=center | 1–3New York Red Bullsalign=center | 48,047{{start date|2015|6|28}}Yankee Stadium
align=center | 8New York Cityalign=center | 2–0New England Revolutionalign=center | 43,507{{start date|2015|3|15}}Yankee Stadium
align=center | 9Orlando City SCalign=center | 2–1New York Cityalign=center | 43,179{{start date|2015|10|16}}Citrus Bowl
align=center | 10New England Revolutionalign=center | 0–1Montreal Impactalign=center | 42,947{{start date|2015|10|17}}Gillette Stadium

Updated to games played on October 25, 2015. Source: [http://www.mlssoccer.com MLS Soccer]

Player statistics

=Goals=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="2"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco

|align="left"|Toronto FC

|rowspan="2"|22

align="left"|{{flagicon|SLE}} Kei Kamara

|align="left"|Columbus Crew

3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Robbie Keane

|align="left"|LA Galaxy

|20

4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Villa

|align="left"|New York City FC

|18

rowspan="2"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Cyle Larin

|align="left"|Orlando City SC

|rowspan="2"|17

align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Wright-Phillips

|align="left"|New York Red Bulls

rowspan="2"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Wondolowski

|align="left"|San Jose Earthquakes

|rowspan="2"|16

align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} Fanendo Adi

|align="left"|Portland Timbers

9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} Obafemi Martins

|align="left"|Seattle Sounders FC

|15

10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jozy Altidore

|align="left"|Toronto FC

|13

=Hat-tricks=

class="wikitable"
PlayerClubAgainststyle="text-align:center"| ResultDate
{{flagicon|IRL}} {{sortname|Robbie|Keane}}LA GalaxyToronto FCstyle="text-align:center;"| 4–0{{dts|format=md|2015|7|4}}
{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Sebastian|Giovinco}}Toronto FCNew York City FCstyle="text-align:center;"| 4–4{{dts|format=md|2015|7|12}}
{{flagicon|IRL}} {{sortname|Robbie|Keane}}LA GalaxySan Jose Earthquakesstyle="text-align:center;"| 5–2{{dts|format=md|2015|7|17}}
{{flagicon|CAN}} {{sortname|Cyle|Larin}}Orlando City SCNew York City FCstyle="text-align:center;"| 3–5{{dts|format=md|2015|7|26}}
{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Sebastian|Giovinco}}Toronto FCOrlando City SCstyle="text-align:center;"|4–1{{dts|format=md|2015|8|5}}
{{flagicon|CIV}} {{sortname|Didier|Drogba}}Montreal ImpactChicago Firestyle="text-align:center;"|4–3{{dts|format=md|2015|9|5}}
{{flagicon|CAN}} {{sortname|Cyle|Larin}}Orlando City SCNew York Red Bullsstyle="text-align:center;"| 5–2{{dts|format=md|2015|9|25}}

=Assists=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Assists

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco

|align="left"|Toronto FC

|16

rowspan="2"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Benny Feilhaber

|align="left"|Sporting Kansas City

|rowspan="2"|15

align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Cristian Maidana

|align="left"|Philadelphia Union

4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Sacha Kljestan

|align="left"|New York Red Bulls

|14

5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Ethan Finlay

|align="left"|Columbus Crew

|13

6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Morales

|align="left"|Real Salt Lake

|11

rowspan="4"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brad Davis

|align="left"|Houston Dynamo

|rowspan="4"|10

align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Mauro Díaz

|align="left"|FC Dallas

align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Nguyen

|align="left"|New England Revolution

align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Clint Dempsey

|align="left"|Seattle Sounders FC

=Clean Sheets=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Clean
Sheets

rowspan="2"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GHA}} Adam Kwarasey

|align="left"|Portland Timbers

|rowspan="2"|13

align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} David Ousted

|align="left"|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} David Bingham

|align="left"|San Jose Earthquakes

|12

4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Stefan Frei

|align="left"|Seattle Sounders FC

|10

rowspan="2"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Evan Bush

|align="left"|Montreal Impact

|rowspan="2"|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Luis Robles

|align="left"|New York Red Bulls

rowspan="5"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Hamid

|align="left"|D.C. United

|rowspan="5"|8

align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Clint Irwin

|align="left"|Colorado Rapids

align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Melia

|align="left"|Sporting Kansas City

align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Rimando

|align="left"|Real Salt Lake

align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Shuttleworth

|align="left"|New England Revolution

Awards

=Individual awards=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"

!Award!!Player!!Club

style="background:#f4f4f4;"

|Most Valuable Player

{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian GiovincoToronto FC
Defender of the Year{{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent CimanNew England Revolution
Goalkeeper of the Year{{flagicon|USA}} Luis RoblesNew York Red Bulls
Coach of the Year{{flagicon|USA}} Jesse MarschNew York Red Bulls
Rookie of the Year{{flagicon|CAN}} Cyle LarinOrlando City SC
Newcomer of the Year{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian GiovincoToronto FC
Comeback Player of the Year{{flagicon|USA}} Tim MeliaSporting Kansas City
Golden Boot{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian GiovincoToronto FC
Fair Play Award{{flagicon|USA}} Darlington NagbePortland Timbers
Humanitarian of the Year{{flagicon|SLE}} Kei KamaraColumbus Crew
Goal of the Year{{flagicon|HUN}} Krisztián NémethSporting Kansas City
Save of the Year{{flagicon|GHA}} Adam KwaraseyPortland Timbers

=Best XI=

class="wikitable"
Goalkeeper

!Defenders

!Midfielders

!Forwards

style="background:#f4f4f

|{{flagicon|USA}} Luis Robles, Red Bulls

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Laurent Ciman, Montreal
{{flagicon|USA}} Matt Hedges, Dallas
{{flagicon|CRC}} Kendall Waston, Vancouver

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ethan Finlay, Columbus
{{flagicon|USA}} Dax McCarty, Red Bulls
{{flagicon|USA}} Benny Feilhaber, Sporting KC
{{flagicon|COL}} Fabian Castillo, Dallas

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto
{{flagicon|SLE}} Kei Kamara, Columbus
{{flagicon|IRL}} Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy

=Player of the Month=

class="wikitable"
Month

!Player

!Club

!Stats

March

|{{flagicon|URU}} Octavio Rivero

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

|3G

April

|{{flagicon|USA}} Benny Feilhaber

|Sporting Kansas City

|2G, 3A

May

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Krisztián Németh

|Sporting Kansas City

|3G, 2A

June

|{{flagicon|DEN}} David Ousted

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

|30SV, 4GA

July

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco

|Toronto FC

|5G, 3A

August

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco

|Toronto FC

| 4G, 3A

September

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Didier Drogba

|Montreal Impact

| 7G, 1A

October

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Didier Drogba

|Montreal Impact

| 4G

=Weekly awards=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"|Week

! colspan="2"|MLS Player of the Week

! colspan="2"| Goal of the Week

! colspan="2"|MLS Save of the Week

Player

! Club

! Player

! Club

! Player

! Club

Week 1

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jozy Altidore

|Toronto

|{{flagicon|USA}} Clint Dempsey

|Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Rimando

|Real Salt Lake

Week 2

|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Villa

|New York City

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Innocent Emeghara

|San Jose Earthquakes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Deric

|Houston Dynamo

Week 3

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Wright-Phillips

|New York Red Bulls

|{{flagicon|URU}} Octavio Rivero

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Deric

|Houston Dynamo

Week 4

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kelyn Rowe

|New England Revolution

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack McInerney

|Montreal Impact

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Deric

|Houston Dynamo

Week 5

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Shaun Maloney

|Chicago Fire

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Morales

|Real Salt Lake

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brek Shea

|Orlando City SC

Week 6

|{{flagicon|PAN}} Jaime Penedo

|LA Galaxy

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dillon Serna

|Colorado Rapids

|{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Rimando

|Real Salt Lake

Week 7

|{{flagicon|COL}} Fabián Castillo

|FC Dallas

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Obafemi Martins

|Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|GHA}} Adam Kwarasey

|Portland Timbers

Week 8

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ethan Finlay

|Columbus Crew

|{{flagicon|USA}} Benny Feilhaber

|Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Attinella

|Real Salt Lake

Week 9

|{{flagicon|COL}} Fabián Castillo

|FC Dallas

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Obafemi Martins

|Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Stefan Frei

|Seattle Sounders FC

Week 10

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Wright-Phillips

|New York Red Bulls

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Valeri

|Portland Timbers

|{{flagicon|DEN}} David Ousted

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Week 11

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chad Barrett

|Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|USA}} Devon Sandoval

|Real Salt Lake

|{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Clark

|Columbus Crew

Week 12

|{{flagicon|SLE}} Kei Kamara

|Columbus Crew

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dom Dwyer

|Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|USA}} Evan Bush

|Montreal Impact

Week 13

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco

|Toronto

|{{flagicon|Guatemala}} Marco Pappa

|Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Stefan Frei

|Seattle Sounders FC

Week 14

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco

|Toronto

|{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas McNamara

|New York City

|{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Dykstra

|D.C. United

Week 15

|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Villa

|New York City

|{{flagicon|URU}} Diego Fagúndez

|New England Revolution

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Stefan Frei

|Seattle Sounders FC

Week 16

|{{flagicon|USA}} Gyasi Zardes

|LA Galaxy

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Pérez García

|San Jose Earthquakes

|{{flagicon|DEN}} David Ousted

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Week 17

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Fanendo Adi

|Portland Timbers

|{{flagicon|COL}} Olmes Garcia

|Real Salt Lake

|{{flagicon|DEN}} David Ousted

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Week 18

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Robbie Keane

|LA Galaxy

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tyrone Mears

|Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|DEN}} David Ousted

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Week 19

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco

|Toronto

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Donadel

|Montreal Impact

|{{flagicon|USA}} Evan Bush

|Montreal Impact

Week 20

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Robbie Keane

|LA Galaxy

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Morales

|Real Salt Lake

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Deric

|Houston Dynamo

Week 21

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Cyle Larin

|Orlando City SC

|{{flagicon|USA}} Benny Feilhaber

|Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Attinella

|Real Salt Lake

Week 22

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Pa Modou Kah

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

|{{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Kemp

|D.C. United

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Attinella

|Real Salt Lake

Week 23

|{{flagicon|SLE}} Kei Kamara

|Columbus Crew

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco

|Toronto

|{{flagicon|USA}} Luis Robles

|New York Red Bulls

Week 24

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo Nagamura

|Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Obafemi Martins

|Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|GHA}} Adam Kwarasey

|Portland Timbers

Week 25

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Robbie Keane

|LA Galaxy

|{{flagicon|URU}} Cristian Techera

|Vancouver Whitecaps FC

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Stefan Frei

|Seattle Sounders FC

Week 26

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Wright-Phillips

|New York Red Bulls

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Wright-Phillips

|New York Red Bulls

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Stefan Frei

|Seattle Sounders FC

Week 27

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Didier Drogba

|Montreal Impact

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Didier Drogba

|Montreal Impact

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Stefan Frei

|Seattle Sounders FC

Week 28

|{{flagicon|SLE}} Kei Kamara

|Columbus Crew

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Krisztián Németh

|Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Rimando

|Real Salt Lake

Week 29

|{{flagicon|USA}} Benny Feilhaber

|Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Gonzalo Pineda

|Seattle Sounders FC

|{{flagicon|USA}} Luis Robles

|New York Red Bulls

Week 30

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Didier Drogba

|Montreal Impact

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Didier Drogba

|Montreal Impact

|{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Rimando

|Real Salt Lake

Week 31

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Melia

|Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Krisztián Németh

|Sporting Kansas City

|{{flagicon|USA}} Luis Robles

|New York Red Bulls

Week 32

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|None awarded{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/videos/goal-of-the-week|work=MLSSoccer.com|title=Goal of the Week|access-date=October 27, 2015}}

Week 33

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Fanendo Adi

|Portland Timbers

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Ignacio Piatti

|Montreal Impact

|{{flagicon|USA}} Luis Robles

|New York Red Bulls

Week 34

|{{flagicon|LBR}} Darlington Nagbe

|Portland Timbers

|{{flagicon|LBR}} Darlington Nagbe

|Portland Timbers

|{{flagicon|USA}} Evan Bush

|Montreal Impact

Player transfers

=Allocation ranking=

The allocation ranking was the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee.

MLS streamlined the allocation mechanism in the middle of 2015 season. Effective on May 1, 2015, the allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in MLS allocation list.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/05/01/major-league-soccer-announces-2015-roster-rules-including-revised-player-acquisition|title=Major League Soccer announces 2015 roster rules, including revised player acquisition process}} 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 2014 season, taking playoff performance into account.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/allocation|title=MLS Allocation Process|access-date=January 27, 2015|archive-date=December 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212201817/https://www.mlssoccer.com/allocation|url-status=dead}}

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.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
style="background:#c2ddff;"|Original
Ranking

! style="background:#c2ddff;"|Final
Ranking

! style="background:#c2ddff;"|Club

! style="background:#c2ddff;"|Date Allocation Used
(Rank on that date)

! style="background:#c2ddff;"|Player Signed

! style="background:#c2ddff;"|Previous Club

! style="background:#c2ddff;"|Ref

20 || 1

| LA Galaxy{{dagger}} || || || ||{{cite news |publisher=Colorado Rapids |url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2015/01/two-time-mls-cup-winner-marcelo-sarvas-joins-colorado-rapids |title=Two-time MLS Cup winner Marcelo Sarvas joins the Colorado Rapids |date=January 15, 2015 |access-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705155115/http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2015/01/two-time-mls-cup-winner-marcelo-sarvas-joins-colorado-rapids |url-status=dead }}

6 || 2

| Chicago Fire || || || ||

7 || 3

| Houston Dynamo || || || ||

9 || 4

| Philadelphia Union || || || ||

10 || 5

| Portland Timbers || || || ||

11 || 6

| Sporting Kansas City || || || ||

12 || 7

| Vancouver Whitecaps FC || || || ||

13 || 8

| Columbus Crew || || || ||

14 || 9

| FC Dallas || || || ||

15 || 10

| Real Salt Lake || || || ||

3 || 11

| Montreal Impact{{double dagger}} || || || ||

18 || 12

| Seattle Sounders FC || || || ||

19 || 13

| New England Revolution || || || ||

5 || 14

| Colorado Rapids{{dagger}} || || || ||

1 || 15

| New York City || {{sort|{{dts|format=mdy|2015|1|13}}|January 13, 2015 (1)}} || {{flagicon|USA}} Mix Diskerud || {{flagicon|NOR}} Rosenborg || {{cite web|author=MLS Soccer Media |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/01/12/new-york-city-fc-ink-usmnt-playmaker-mix-diskerud-ahead-mls-expansion-season |title=New York City FC ink USMNT playmaker Mix Diskerud ahead of MLS expansion season |publisher=mlssoccer.com |date=January 13, 2015 |access-date=January 13, 2015}}

8 || 16

| Toronto || {{sort|{{dts|format=mdy|2015|1|16}}|January 16, 2015 (6)}} || {{flagicon|USA}} Jozy Altidore || {{flagicon|ENG}} Sunderland || {{cite web |author=Toronto FC |url=https://www.torontofc.ca/news/toronto-fc-sign-us-international-jozy-altidore |title=Toronto FC sign U.S. international Jozy Altidore |publisher=TorontoFC.ca |date=January 16, 2015 |access-date=January 16, 2015 |archive-date=January 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116183139/http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2015/01/toronto-fc-sign-us-international-jozy-altidore |url-status=live }}

17 || 17

| New York Red Bulls{{double dagger}} || {{sort|{{dts|format=mdy|2015|1|28}}|January 28, 2015}} (1) || {{flagicon|USA}} Sacha Kljestan || {{flagicon|Belgium}} Anderlecht ||{{cite news|publisher=Montreal Impact |url=http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/news/2015/01/limpact-effectue-une-transaction-majeure-avec-les-red-bulls |title=Impact makes major trade with New York Red Bulls |date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2015}}{{cite news|publisher=New York Red Bulls |url=http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2015/01/red-bulls-sign-united-states-international-sacha-kljestan |title=Red Bulls sign United States International Sacha Kljestan |date=January 28, 2015 |access-date=January 28, 2015}}

rowspan=2 | 2

! rowspan=2 | 18

| rowspan=2 | Orlando City SC♯

| {{sort|{{dts|format=mdy|2014|12|19}}|December 19, 2014 (2)}} || {{flagicon|USA}} Brek Shea || {{flagicon|ENG}} Stoke City || {{cite web|author=Orlando City SC Media |url=http://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2014/12/19/brek-shea-signs-orlando-city-sc |title=Brek Shea Signs with Orlando City SC |publisher=orlandocitysc.com |date=December 19, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2014}}

{{sort|{{dts|format=mdy|2015|2|2}}|February 2, 2015 (17)}}{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Avila{{flagicon|MEX}} Santos Laguna{{cite web|author=MLS Soccer staff |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/02/02/orlando-city-sc-acquire-former-chivas-usa-midfielder-eric-avila |title=Orlando City SC acquire former Chivas USA midfielder Eric Avila |publisher=MLSSoccer.com |date=February 2, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2015}}{{citation| url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/on-the-pitch/os-orlando-city-signs-chivas-usa-eric-avila-20150202-post.html |title=Orlando City signs former Chivas USA midfielder Eric Avila |publisher=Orlando Sentinel | date=February 2, 2015 |access-date=July 20, 2015 |first=Paul |last=Tenorio}}
16 || 19

| D.C. United || {{sort|{{dts|format=mdy|2015|2|10}}|February 10, 2015 (12)}} || {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Farfan || {{flagicon|Mexico}} Cruz Azul || {{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/02/10/michael-farfan-making-return-mls-signs-dc-united-after-season-cruz-azul|title=Michael Farfan making return to MLS, signs with DC United after season at Cruz Azul|date=February 10, 2015|publisher=MLSsoccer.com}}

4 || 20

| San Jose Earthquakes || {{sort|{{dts|format=mdy|2015|7|17}}|July 17, 2015 (1)}} || {{flagicon|USA}} Marc Pelosi || {{flagicon|England}} Liverpool U-21 || {{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/07/17/san-jose-earthquakes-sign-us-youth-international-midfielder-marc-pelosi|title=San Jose Earthquakes sign US youth international midfielder Marc Pelosi|date=July 17, 2015|publisher=MLSsoccer.com}}

{{dagger}}On January 15, 2015, LA Galaxy acquired the then-number 3 allocation ranking (original ranking number 5) and allocation money from Colorado Rapids in exchange for the then-number 18 allocation ranking (original ranking number 20), Marcelo Sarvas, and an international roster slot.

{{double dagger}}On January 27, 2015, New York Red Bulls acquired the then-number 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3) and Felipe from Montreal Impact in exchange for the then-number 14 allocation ranking (original ranking number 17), Ambroise Oyongo, Eric Alexander, allocation money, and an international roster slot for the 2015 season.

♯ On December 19, 2014, Orlando used its original ranking to acquire Shea."12/19: Orlando City SC use No. 1 allocation spot to sign Brek Shea" ({{citation |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/allocation |title=MLS Allocation Ranking |publisher=mlssoccer.com |access-date=January 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212201817/https://www.mlssoccer.com/allocation |url-status=dead }}). Orlando used their allocation a second time when 16 teams passed and they picked Avila with the then-number 17 allocation ranking.

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