2005 in American soccer explained

The 2005 season was the 93rd year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

Position	Eastern Conference	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1		59	32	17	7	8	55	37	+18	12,525
2		54	32	16	10	6	58	37	+21	16,664
3		49	32	15	13	4	49	50	-1	17,238
4		47	32	12	9	11	53	49	+4	15,077
5		45	32	11	9	12	52	44	+8	9,691
6		38	32	11	16	5	34	45	-11	12,916
Position	Western Conference	Points	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1		64	32	18	4	10	53	31	+22	13,037
2		48	32	13	10	9	52	44	+8	11,189
3		45	32	13	13	6	40	37	+3	13,638
4		45	32	13	13	6	44	45	-1	24,204
5		20	32	5	22	5	30	65	-35	18,037
6		18	32	4	22	6	31	67	-36	17,080

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Montreal Impact	28	18	3	7	37	15	61
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	15	7	6	45	27	51
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	12	7	9	37	15	45
4	Seattle Sounders	28	11	6	11	33	25	44
5	Portland Timbers	28	10	9	9	40	42	39
6	Richmond Kickers	28	10	9	9	28	30	39
7	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	10	10	8	46	43	38
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	10	15	3	40	52	33
9	Charleston Battery	28	9	14	5	27	36	32
10	Minnesota Thunder	28	7	11	10	37	42	31
11	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	7	14	7	26	39	28
12	Toronto Lynx	28	3	17	8	26	50	17

Purple indicates regular season champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Western Mass Pioneers	20	13	3	4	41	22	43
2	Charlotte Eagles	20	13	5	2	44	20	41
3	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	12	3	5	43	24	41
4	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	12	6	2	45	23	38
5	Cincinnati Kings	20	7	8	5	28	23	26
6	Long Island Rough Riders	20	7	13	0	29	42	21
7	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	6	11	3	32	25	21
8	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	6	11	3	29	38	21
9	Northern Virginia Royals	20	2	18	0	16	90	6

Home teams listed on top of bracket