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2015 season.

The 2015 MLS season had 20 clubs, each playing 34 regular-season matches. New York Red Bulls won the Supporters' Shield with 60 points. Portland Timbers won MLS Cup 2015, beating Columbus Crew SC in the final. New York City FC and Orlando City SC were new to the league. All 357 of its matches are listed below, each with its own page.

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Standings

2015 MLS standings
1Red BullsShield34181066243+19601.76
2Dallas34181065239+13601.76
3Vancouver34161354536+9531.56
4ColumbusFinalist34151185853+5531.56
5PortlandMLS Cup34151184139+2531.56
6Seattle34151364436+8511.50
7Montreal34151364844+4511.50
8D.C.34151364345−2511.50
9LA Galaxy34141195646+10511.50
10Sporting KC34141194845+3511.50
11New England34141284847+1501.47
12Toronto341515458580491.44
13San Jose34131384139+2471.38
14Orlando34121484656−10441.29
15Houston34111494249−7421.24
16Salt Lake34111583848−10411.21
17NYCFC34101774958−9371.09
18Philadelphia34101774255−13371.09
19Colorado34915103343−10371.09
20ChicagoSpoon3482064358−15300.88

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 SpoonTrophy era

Chicago Fire

30 pts · 8-20-6 · −15 GD

Structure

Clubs20
Conferences2East · West
Points3-1-0Win 3 · draw 1 · loss 0
Matches per club34regular season

Movement

Notes

  • NYCFC and Orlando City join (20 clubs)
  • Targeted Allocation Money introduced
  • Crew rebrand as Columbus Crew SC
  • Chicago Fire finish last — the first Wooden Spoon 'winner'

Leading scorers

Who scored the goals.

Regular season and playoffs combined. Players who moved mid-season are credited across both clubs.

  1. 01Kei KamaraF · Columbus26
  2. 02Sebastian GiovincoF · Toronto22
  3. 03Robbie KeaneF · LA Galaxy20
  4. 04David VillaF · NYCFC18
  5. 05Bradley Wright-PhillipsF · Red Bulls18
  6. 06Fanendo AdiF · Portland18
  7. 07Cyle LarinF · Orlando17
  8. 08Chris WondolowskiF · San Jose16
  9. 09Obafemi MartinsF · Seattle15
  10. 10Jozy AltidoreF · Toronto13

Results · 357 matches

Every 2015 MLS match, by month.

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

March36 matches
April38 matches
May55 matches
June43 matches
July38 matches
August53 matches
September41 matches
October40 matches
November12 matches
December1 match