2006 in American soccer explained

Country:	the United States
Soccer:	yes
Season:	2006
Division1:	Supporters' Shield
Champions1:	D.C. United
Division2:	USL First Division
Champions2:	Vancouver Whitecaps
Division3:	USL Second Division
Champions3:	Richmond Kickers
Division4:	NPSL
Champions4:	Sacramento Knights
Division5:	PDL
Champions5:	Michigan Bucks
Domestic:	US Open Cup
Dchampions:	Chicago Fire Soccer Club
Leaguecup:	MLS Cup
Lchampions:	Houston Dynamo
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2007
Flagicon:	yes

The 2006 season was the 94th year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team

Men

Senior

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.

Women

Senior

Gold Cup

Major League Soccer

See main article: 2006 Major League Soccer season.

Tables

Purple indicates Supporters' Shield clinched
Yellow indicates Regular Season Runners-up clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Eastern Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	D.C. United	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55
2	New England Revolution	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48
3	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47
4	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
5	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	-2	38
6	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	-12	33

Western Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	FC Dallas	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	52
2	Houston Dynamo	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	46
3	C.D. Chivas USA	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	43
4	Colorado Rapids	32	11	13	8	36	49	-13	41
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39
6	Real Salt Lake	32	10	13	9	45	49	-4	39

Playoffs

See main article: 2006 Major League Soccer season.

MLS Cup

USL Division 1

See main article: 2006 United Soccer Leagues.

Table

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1	Montreal Impact	51	28	14	5	9	31	15	+16
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	50	28	13	4	11	34	21	+13
3	Charleston Battery	46	28	13	8	7	33	25	+8	CHA: 4 pts VAN: 1 pt
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	46	28	12	6	10	40	28	+12
5	Miami FC	39	28	11	11	6	47	44	+3
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	38	28	10	10	8	38	36	+2
7	Seattle Sounders	37	28	11	13	4	42	48	-6
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	35	28	10	13	5	36	42	-6
9	Virginia Beach Mariners	32	28	8	12	8	26	37	-11	VAB: 7 pts TOR: 4 pts
10	Toronto Lynx	32	28	8	12	8	30	36	-6
11	Portland Timbers	27	28	7	15	6	25	39	-14	POR: 9 pts MIN: 3 pts
12	Minnesota Thunder	27	28	7	15	6	34	45	-11

Playoffs

Final

USL Second Division

See main article: United Soccer Leagues 2006.

Table

Purple indicates regular season champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Richmond Kickers	20	13	3	4	50	20	+30	43
2	Charlotte Eagles	20	8	4	8	29	27	+2	32
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	8	6	6	27	20	+7	30
4	Cincinnati Kings	20	9	8	3	28	27	+1	30
5	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	9	10	1	27	43	-16	27^1
6	Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	9	3	31	28	+3	27
7	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	8	9	3	34	35	-1	27
8	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	4	9	7	30	31	-1	19
9	Long Island Rough Riders	20	3	12	5	15	40	-25	14

¹New Hampshire was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Final

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Home teams listed on top of bracket

Final

American clubs in international competitions

Club	Competition	Final round
Los Angeles Galaxy	2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
New England Revolution	2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals

New England Revolution

References

• American competitions at RSSSF
• American national team matches at RSSSF