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2012 season.

The 2012 MLS season had 19 clubs, each playing 34 regular-season matches. San Jose Earthquakes won the Supporters' Shield with 66 points. LA Galaxy won MLS Cup 2012, beating Houston Dynamo in the final. Montreal Impact was new to the league. All 338 of its matches are listed below, each with its own page.

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Standings

2012 MLS standings
1San JoseShield3419697243+29661.94
2Sporting KC3418794227+15631.85
3D.C.34171075343+10581.71
4Salt Lake34171164635+11571.68
5Chicago34171164641+5571.68
6Red Bulls3416995746+11571.68
7Seattle34158115133+18561.65
8LA GalaxyMLS Cup34161265947+12541.59
9HoustonFinalist34149114841+7531.56
10Columbus341512744440521.53
11Vancouver341113103541−6431.26
12Montreal34121664551−6421.24
13Dallas34913124247−5391.15
14Colorado34111944450−6371.09
15Philadelphia34101863745−8361.06
16New England3491783944−5351.03
17Portland34816103456−22341.00
18Chivas USA3471892458−34300.88
19TorontoSpoon3452183662−26230.68

Overall rank uses the modern MLS tiebreak (points, wins, GD, GF); exact at the top and bottom, best-effort in the middle for older seasons.

Honors

Supporters’ Shield

Wooden SpoonRetroactive

Toronto FC

23 pts · 5-21-8 · −26 GD

Structure

Clubs19
Conferences2East · West
Points3-1-0Win 3 · draw 1 · loss 0
Matches per club34regular season

Movement

Notes

  • Montreal Impact join (19 clubs)

Leading scorers

Who scored the goals.

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2012 scorers

Player statistics begin in 2013. Scoring charts for earlier seasons are coming.

Results · 338 matches

Every 2012 MLS match, by month.

Regular season, playoffs and MLS Cup. Open a month to see every result; each match has its own page.

March33 matches
April40 matches
May47 matches
June35 matches
July50 matches
August43 matches
September44 matches
October32 matches
November13 matches
December1 match