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2018 season.

The 2018 MLS season had 23 clubs, each playing 34 regular-season matches. New York Red Bulls won the Supporters' Shield with 71 points. Atlanta United FC won MLS Cup 2018, beating Portland Timbers in the final. Los Angeles FC was new to the league. All 408 of its matches are listed below, each with its own page.

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Standings

2018 MLS standings
1Red BullsShield3422756233+29712.09
2AtlantaMLS Cup3421767044+26692.03
3Sporting KC3418886540+25621.82
4Seattle34181155237+15591.74
5LAFC3416996852+16571.68
6Dallas3416995244+8571.68
7NYCFC34161085945+14561.65
8PortlandFinalist34151095448+6541.59
9D.C.34141196050+10511.50
10Columbus34141194345−2511.50
11Philadelphia34151454950−1501.47
12Salt Lake34141375558−3491.44
13LA Galaxy34131296664+2481.41
14Vancouver34131385467−13471.38
15Montreal34141644753−6461.35
16New England341013114955−6411.21
17Houston341016858580381.12
18Minnesota34112034971−22361.06
19Toronto34101865964−5361.06
20Chicago3481884861−13320.94
21Colorado3481973663−27310.91
22Orlando3482244374−31280.82
23San JoseSpoon3442194971−22210.62

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

San Jose Earthquakes

21 pts · 4-21-9 · −22 GD

Structure

Clubs23
Conferences2East · West
Points3-1-0Win 3 · draw 1 · loss 0
Matches per club34regular season

Movement

Notes

  • LAFC join (23 clubs)
  • Red Bulls set a new points record (71)

Leading scorers

Who scored the goals.

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

  1. 01Josef MartínezF · Atlanta35
  2. 02Zlatan IbrahimovicF · LA Galaxy22
  3. 03Gyasi ZardesF · Columbus20
  4. 04Bradley Wright-PhillipsF · Red Bulls20
  5. 05Mauro ManotasF · Houston19
  6. 06Ignacio PiattiF · Montreal16
  7. 07David VillaF · NYCFC15
  8. 08Damir KreilachF · Salt Lake15
  9. 09Nemanja NikolicF · Chicago15
  10. 10Kei KamaraF · Vancouver14

Results · 408 matches

Every 2018 MLS match, by month.

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

March45 matches
April42 matches
May54 matches
June47 matches
July58 matches
August52 matches
September52 matches
October43 matches
November14 matches
December1 match