2014 Major League Soccer season explained

Competition:	Major League Soccer
Season:	2014
Mlscup:	LA Galaxy (5th title)
Shield:	Seattle Sounders FC (1st shield)
Continentalcup1:	Champions League (U.S.)
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	LA Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United Real Salt Lake
Continentalcup2:	Champions League (Canada)
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches:	323
Total Goals:	924
League Topscorer:	Bradley Wright-Phillips (27 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	LA 6–0 COL (Sept. 5)
Biggest Away Win:	SJ 0–5 DAL (Aug. 16)
Highest Scoring:	9 goals: NY 4–5 CHI (May 11)
Longest Wins:	5 matches: Seattle Sounders FC (Apr 12 – May 7) New England Revolution (Apr 26 – May 24) LA Galaxy (Aug 20 – Sept. 5) New England Revolution (Aug 23 – Sept. 13)
Longest Unbeaten:	12 matches: Real Salt Lake (Mar 8 – May 24)
Longest Winless:	13 matches: San Jose Earthquakes (Aug 2–present)
Longest Losses:	8 matches: New England Revolution (May 31 – Jul. 26)
Highest Attendance:	64,207 POR @ SEA (July 13)
Lowest Attendance:	3,702 POR @ CHV (May 28)
Average Attendance:	19,148^[1]
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	2015

The 2014 Major League Soccer season was the 19th season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 102nd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 36th with a national first-division league.

The regular season began on March 8 and ended on October 26. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 29 and ended on December 7, when the LA Galaxy claimed their fifth league title by defeating the New England Revolution, 2–1, in MLS Cup

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Schedule

Teams played 34 games: 17 at home and 17 away. The nine Western Conference teams faced each West club three times, with the home teams reversed from the previous year. The 10 Eastern Conference teams played 7 East teams three times (home teams reversed from 2013) and two East teams twice. Eastern and Western Conference teams played each other once, with the home team reversed from previous year.^[2] 90 percent of matches were on weekends.^[3] A proposal to cut the regular season to 28 matches and allow for balanced in-conference schedules was reported in the media but not adopted.^[4]

Stadiums and locations

See main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums.

Chicago Fire	Chivas USA/LA Galaxy	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	D.C. United	FC Dallas
Toyota Park	StubHub Center	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Crew Stadium	RFK Memorial Stadium	Toyota Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 18,086	Capacity: 20,145	Capacity: 19,467	Capacity: 21,193

Houston Dynamo	Montreal Impact	New England Revolution	New York Red Bulls	Philadelphia Union	Portland Timbers
BBVA Compass Stadium	Saputo Stadium	Gillette Stadium	Red Bull Arena	PPL Park	Providence Park
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 20,801	Capacity: 22,385	Capacity: 25,189	Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 20,438

Real Salt Lake	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle Sounders FC	Sporting Kansas City	Toronto FC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rio Tinto Stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium	CenturyLink Field	Sporting Park	BMO Field	BC Place
Capacity: 20,213	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 18,467	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 21,000

Personnel and sponsorship

• On October 29, 2013, Real Salt Lake announced a 10-year contract with LifeVantage to become their jersey sponsor effective January 1, 2014. They replaced XanGo, which had been their sponsor since the 2006 season.^[5]
• On February 10, 2014, Portland Timbers announced a partnership with Providence Health & Services to rename their stadium to Providence Park, which had been called Jeld-Wen Field since 2011.^[6]
• On February 24, 2014, D.C. United announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship with Leidos.^[7]
• On May 1, 2014, Colorado Rapids announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship with Ciao Telecom.^[8]
• On July 1, 2014, following two years without jersey sponsorship, Houston Dynamo announced a multi-year jersey sponsorship with BHP Billiton.^{[9] [10]}

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire			Quaker
Chivas USA			—
Colorado Rapids			Ciao Telecom
Columbus Crew			Barbasol
D.C. United			Leidos
FC Dallas			AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo
LA Galaxy			Herbalife
Montreal Impact			Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution			UnitedHealthcare
New York Red Bulls			Red Bull
Philadelphia Union			Bimbo
Portland Timbers			Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Jeff Cassar		LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes			—
Seattle Sounders FC			Xbox
Sporting Kansas City			Ivy Funds
Toronto FC			Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC			Bell Canada

Player transfers

See main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2014. Major League Soccer employs twelve methods to acquire players. These mechanisms are the following: (a) via allocation; (b) via the Designated Player Rule; (c) via the annual SuperDraft; (d) via trade; (e) placing a discovery claim; (f) via the Homegrown Player Rule; (g) via the annual Re-Entry Draft; (h) via the annual Waiver Draft; (i) through weighted lottery; (j) through an "extreme hardship" call-up; (k) by replacing a player who has been placed on the Season Ending Injury List; (l) by replacing a player who has been placed on the Disabled List.^[11]

Allocation ranking

The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the League after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. The allocation rankings may also be used in the event two or more clubs file a request for the same player on the same day. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2013 season, taking playoff performance into account.

Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. At all times, each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS League season.

Original Ranking	Club	Date Allocation Used	Player Signed	Previous Club	Ref
1		January 27, 2014			^[12] ^[13]
2		January 31, 2014			^[14] ^[15]
3	Houston Dynamo∞	July 23, 2014			^[16] ^[17]
4		October 7, 2014			^[18]
5
6					^[19] ^[20]
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16	Toronto FC∞
17
18
19

^{On January 14, 2014, Philadelphia Union acquired the No. 1 ranking and Ethan White from D.C. United in exchange for the No. 6 allocation ranking and Jeff Parke.[13]}

^{On December 11, 2013, Seattle Sounders acquired the No. 2 allocation ranking from Chivas USA in exchange for the No. 13 allocation ranking and Tristan Bowen.[15]}

^{∞ On July 23, 2014, Houston Dynamo acquired the then-no. 1 allocation ranking (original ranking number 3) and allocation money from Toronto FC in exchange for the then-no. 14 allocation ranking (original ranking number 16) and Warren Creavalle.[17]}

^{On July 29, 2014, Los Angeles Galaxy acquired the then-No. 3 allocation ranking (original ranking number 6) from D.C. United in exchange for the then-No. 11 allocation ranking (original ranking number 14), a second-round selection in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, and Kofi Opare.[20]}

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FC Dallas	Schellas Hyndman	Resigned	October 26, 2013	Preseason	Oscar Pareja	January 10, 2014
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Martin Rennie	Fired	October 29, 2013		Carl Robinson	December 16, 2013
Chicago Fire	Frank Klopas	Resigned	October 30, 2013^[21]			October 31, 2013^[22]
Columbus Crew		End of caretaker spell	November 6, 2013			November 6, 2013^[23]
Chivas USA			November 25, 2013^[24]			January 9, 2014^[25]
Real Salt Lake	Jason Kreis	End of contract	December 10, 2013^[26]		Jeff Cassar	December 18, 2013^[27]
Montreal Impact	Marco Schällibaum	Fired	December 18, 2013^[28]		Frank Klopas	December 18, 2013
Colorado Rapids	Oscar Pareja	Resigned	January 10, 2014		Pablo Mastroeni	March 8, 2014^[29]
Philadelphia Union	John Hackworth	Fired	June 10, 2014	16th	Jim Curtin	June 10, 2014^[30]
Toronto FC	Ryan Nelsen		August 31, 2014	7th	Greg Vanney	August 31, 2014^[31]
San Jose Earthquakes	Mark Watson		October 15, 2014	18th	Ian Russell (interim)	October 15, 2014^[32]

Rule changes

The rules for the 2014 season are largely identical as those in 2013, with one major exception. For the first time in league history, the away goals rule will be used in two-legged MLS Cup playoff matches. MLS will use the version of the rule employed in CONCACAF competitions, which is applied only at the end of regular time of the second leg and not after extra time.^[33] MLS has also tweaked the tiebreaker rules for the league standings. The first tiebreaker remains total wins, but the second and third tiebreakers have been swapped—goal difference is now second and goals scored is third. All other tiebreakers remain the same as in 2013.

More minor changes include the following:^{[33] [34]}

• The so-called "Special Discovery Signing" has been standardized. Under this provision, each team is allowed to amortize the total acquisition costs for one player, including the transfer fee, over the length of his contract without making him a Designated Player.
• Regulations for loans between MLS teams have been formalized. Each team may loan out one player per season to another league team, with the loan deal being finalized no later than the close of the primary transfer window (May 12 in 2014). The player must be no older than 24 at the time of the loan, must stay on the receiving team's roster for the entire season, and cannot play against the team that loaned him out. Deals may include an option to buy.
• Players who have trained for at least one year in a team's youth system, and have trained for at least 80 days with the team's academy in that year, may be signed to a first professional contract without being subject to the MLS SuperDraft.

The salary cap for 2014 has also been adjusted upward. The team salary cap, which as in previous years covers the first 20 of the 30 available roster spots, has increased to $3.1 million. The cap charge for a Designated Player is now $387,500, up from $368,750 last season. Midseason Designated Player signings carry a cap charge of $193,750. The minimum salaries for "off-budget" players (roster spots 21–30, including Generation adidas players) have also increased from last season.^[34]

Standings

Overall standings

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Player statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	27
2	Dom Dwyer	Sporting Kansas City	22
3	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy	19
4	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution	18
5	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC	17
6	Gyasi Zardes	LA Galaxy	16
7	Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders FC	15
	Erick Torres	Chivas USA
9	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	14
10	Joao Plata	Real Salt Lake	13

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	19
2	Thierry Henry	New York Red Bulls	14
	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy
	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers
5	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC	13
6	Javier Morales	Real Salt Lake	12
	Pedro Morales	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
8	Brad Davis	Houston Dynamo	11
	Cristian Maidana	Philadelphia Union
	Mauro Rosales	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Marcelo Sarvas	LA Galaxy

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	David Ousted	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	13
2	Bill Hamid	D.C. United	10
3	Stefan Frei	Seattle Sounders FC	9
4	Steve Clark	Columbus Crew	8
	Jaime Penedo	LA Galaxy
	Bobby Shuttleworth	New England Revolution
7	Tally Hall	Houston Dynamo	7
	Clint Irwin	Colorado Rapids
	Eric Kronberg	Sporting Kansas City
	Donovan Ricketts	Portland Timbers
	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy
Defender of the Year	Chad Marshall	Seattle Sounders FC
Goalkeeper of the Year	Bill Hamid	D.C. United
Coach of the Year	Ben Olsen	D.C. United
Rookie of the Year	Tesho Akindele	FC Dallas
Newcomer of the Year	Pedro Morales	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Comeback Player of the Year	Rodney Wallace	Portland Timbers
Golden Boot	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls
Fair Play Award	Michael Parkhurst	Columbus Crew
Humanitarian of the Year	A. J. DeLaGarza	LA Galaxy
Goal of the Year	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC
Save of the Year	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls

Player of the Month

Month
	Player	Club	Stats
March	Mauro Díaz	FC Dallas	2G, 1A
April	Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders FC	7G, 2A
May	Dom Dwyer	Sporting Kansas City	6G
June	Eric Kronberg	Sporting Kansas City	6SV, 0GA
July	Benny Feilhaber	Sporting Kansas City	2G, 1A
August	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	3G, 6A
September	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC	5G, 1A
October	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution	5G

Weekly awards

Week	MLS Player of the Week			AT&T Goal of the Week			MLS Save of the Week
	Player	Nat	Club	Player	Nat	Club	Player	Nat	Club
Week 1	Nick Rimando	United States	Real Salt Lake	Sebastián Fernández		Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Nick Rimando	United States	Real Salt Lake
Week 2	Jermain Defoe		Toronto FC	Kyle Beckerman	United States	Real Salt Lake	Nick Rimando	United States	Real Salt Lake
Week 3	Bernardo Añor	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Columbus Crew	Fabián Castillo	Colombia	FC Dallas	David Ousted		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 4	Graham Zusi	United States	Sporting Kansas City	Dom Dwyer		Sporting Kansas City	Dan Kennedy	United States	Chivas USA
Week 5	Clint Dempsey	United States	Seattle Sounders FC	José Mari	Spain	Colorado Rapids	Chris Seitz	United States	FC Dallas
Week 6	Clint Dempsey	United States	Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Dempsey	United States	Seattle Sounders FC	Chris Seitz	United States	FC Dallas
Week 7	Nick Rimando	United States	Real Salt Lake	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Seattle Sounders FC	Júlio César	Brazil	Toronto FC
Week 8	Bradley Wright-Phillips		New York Red Bulls	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Seattle Sounders FC	Tally Hall	United States	Houston Dynamo
Week 9	Joao Plata	Ecuador	Real Salt Lake	Gastón Fernández	Argentina	Portland Timbers	Eric Kronberg	United States	Sporting Kansas City
Week 10	Harrison Shipp	United States	Chicago Fire	Javier Morales	Argentina	Real Salt Lake	Raúl Fernández	Peru	FC Dallas
Week 11	Federico Higuaín	Argentina	Columbus Crew	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Seattle Sounders FC	Jeff Attinella	United States	Real Salt Lake
Week 12	Landon Donovan	United States	LA Galaxy	Erik Hurtado	United States	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Donovan Ricketts	Jamaica	Portland Timbers
Week 13	Deshorn Brown	Jamaica	Colorado Rapids	Will Johnson	Canada	Portland Timbers	Jeff Attinella	United States	Real Salt Lake
Week 14	Fanendo Adi	Nigeria	Portland Timbers	Fabian Castillo	Colombia	FC Dallas	Dan Kennedy	United States	Chivas USA
Week 15	Luis Silva	United States	D.C. United	(not awarded)			(not awarded)
Week 16	Jack McInerney	United States	Montreal Impact	Jack McInerney	United States	Montreal Impact	David Ousted		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Week 17	Erick Torres	Mexico	Chivas USA	Erick Torres	Mexico	Chivas USA	Donovan Ricketts	Jamaica	Portland Timbers
Week 18	Thierry Henry	France	New York Red Bulls	Deshorn Brown	Jamaica	Colorado Rapids	Donovan Ricketts	Jamaica	Portland Timbers
Week 19	Benny Feilhaber	United States	Sporting Kansas City	Diego Valeri	Argentina	Portland Timbers	Steve Clark	United States	Columbus Crew
Week 20	Yannick Djaló		San Jose Earthquakes	Graham Zusi	United States	Sporting Kansas City	Jaime Penedo	Panama	LA Galaxy
Week 21	Robbie Keane		LA Galaxy	Dax McCarty	United States	New York Red Bulls	Nick Rimando	United States	Real Salt Lake
Week 22	Chris Schuler	United States	Real Salt Lake	Diego Valeri	Argentina	Portland Timbers	Jon Kempin	United States	Sporting Kansas City
Week 23	Tesho Akindele	Canada	FC Dallas	Dillon Serna	United States	Colorado Rapids	Jon Kempin	United States	Sporting Kansas City
Week 24	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Seattle Sounders FC	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Irwin	United States	Colorado Rapids
Week 25	Landon Donovan	United States	LA Galaxy	Clint Dempsey	United States	Seattle Sounders FC	Nick Rimando	United States	Real Salt Lake
Week 26	Landon Donovan	United States	LA Galaxy	Thierry Henry	France	New York Red Bulls	Jon Busch	United States	San Jose Earthquakes
Week 27	Blas Pérez	Panama	FC Dallas	Lamar Neagle	United States	Seattle Sounders FC	Joe Bendik	United States	Toronto FC
Week 28	Bradley Wright-Phillips		New York Red Bulls	Diego Valeri	Argentina	Portland Timbers	Luis Robles	United States	New York Red Bulls
Week 29	Landon Donovan	United States	LA Galaxy	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Seattle Sounders FC	Steve Clark	United States	Columbus Crew
Week 30	Sebastián Fernández		Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Marco Pappa		Seattle Sounders FC	Clint Irwin	United States	Colorado Rapids
Week 31	Diego Valeri	Argentina	Portland Timbers	Graham Zusi	United States	Sporting Kansas City	Andy Gruenebaun	United States	Sporting Kansas City
Week 32	Lee Nguyen	United States	New England Revolution	Lee Nguyen	United States	New England Revolution	Nick Rimando	United States	Real Salt Lake
Week 33	Marco Pappa		Seattle Sounders FC	Kyle Beckerman	United States	Real Salt Lake	Donovan Ricketts	Jamaica	Portland Timbers

The player of the week is voted on by North American sports journalists. All other weekly and monthly awards are decided by an online fan vote.

Best XI

Coaches

Eastern Conference

• Chicago Fire

Frank Klopas

• Columbus Crew

Robert Warzycha

• D.C. United

Ben Olsen

• Houston Dynamo

Dominic Kinnear

• Montreal Impact

Marco Schällibaum

• New England Revolution

Jay Heaps

• New York Red Bulls

Mike Petke

• Philadelphia Union

John Hackworth

• Sporting Kansas City

Peter Vermes

• Toronto FC

Ryan Nelsen

Western Conference

• Chivas USA

José Luis Real

• Colorado Rapids

Óscar Pareja

• FC Dallas

Schellas Hyndman

• Los Angeles Galaxy

Bruce Arena

• Portland Timbers

Caleb Porter

• Real Salt Lake

Jason Kreis

• San Jose Earthquakes

Mark Watson

• Seattle Sounders FC

Sigi Schmid

• Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Martin Rennie

Notes and References

1. http://mlsattendance.blogspot.it/
2. Web site: MLS Competition Rules and Regulations: Team Standings Tie-Breaking Procedures. MLSsoccer.com. January 5, 2014. September 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120920111700/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/competition-rules-and-regulations. dead.
3. News: Bell . Jack . November 25, 2013 . M.L.S. and Red Bulls Release 2014 Schedule . New York Times. April 19, 2023.
4. News: Davis . Steve . September 3, 2013 . A reduced, 28-game MLS season may be around the corner . ProSoccerTalk . NBC Sports . April 19, 2023.
5. Web site: Real Salt Lake announce new shirt sponsor in 2014 in locally based company LifeVantage. MLSsoccer.com. March 10, 2014. March 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140314004653/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/10/29/real-salt-lake-announce-new-shirt-sponsor-2014-locally-based-company-lifevan. dead.
6. Web site: Itel. Dan. Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson: Time was right to "pass the baton" on stadium naming rights. MLSsoccer.com. March 10, 2014.
7. Web site: Borg. Simon. DC United announce new jersey front sponsor as part of multi-year partnership with Leidos. MLSsoccer.com. March 10, 2014.
8. Web site: Rapids partner with Ciao Telecom for historic jersey partnership. MLSsoccer.com. June 9, 2014. May 2, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502090446/http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2014/05/rapids-partner-ciao-telecom-historic-jersey-partnership. dead.
9. Web site: Houston Dynamo find shared business, community values with new jersey sponsor BHP Billiton. MLSsoccer.com. July 1, 2014. September 3, 2014. July 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140701193300/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/07/01/houston-dynamo-find-shared-business-community-values-new-jersey-sponsor-bhp-. dead.
10. https://www.bhp.com/es/news/media-centre/releases/2014/07/houston-dynamo-enter-partnership-with-bhp-billiton Houston Dynamo Enter Partnership with BHP Billiton
11. Web site: Roster Rules and Regulations . MLSsoccer.com . March 17, 2014 . August 23, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130823031630/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/roster-rules-and-regulations . dead .
12. Web site: Philadelphia Union Communications . Union Acquire Maurice Edu on Season Long Loan . philadelphiaunion.com . January 27, 2014 . January 27, 2014 . January 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140129140116/http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2014/01/union-acquire-us-men%E2%80%99s-national-team-midfielder-maurice-edu-season-long-loan . dead .
13. Web site: Philadelphia Union Communications . Union acquire Ethan White and top allocation ranking from D.C. United in exchange for Jeff Parke . philadelphiaunion.com . January 14, 2014 . January 14, 2014.
14. Web site: Sounders FC Public Relations . Sounders FC Acquires Marco Pappa . soundersfc.com . January 31, 2014 . January 31, 2014.
15. Web site: Sounders FC Public Relations . Rosales Traded to Chivas USA . SoundersFC.com . December 11, 2013 . December 11, 2013.
16. Web site: Houston Dynamo Communications . Houston Dynamo sign U.S. national team veteran DaMarcus Beasley . houstondynamo.com . July 23, 2014 . November 4, 2014 . August 15, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815174718/http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2014/07/houston-dynamo-sign-us-national-team-veteran-damarcus-beasley . dead .
17. Web site: Versatile Warren Creavalle traded from Houston Dynamo to Toronto FC for top allocation spot MLSsoccer.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140727034926/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/07/23/warren-creavalle-traded-houston-dynamo-toronto-fc-top-allocation-spot. July 27, 2014.
18. Web site: Columbus Crew Communications . Crew to use top allocation ranking to sign Kei Kamara . thecrew.com . October 7, 2014 . November 4, 2014.
19. Web site: Philadelphia Union Communications . Union acquire Ethan White and top allocation ranking from D.C. United in exchange for Jeff Parke . philadelphiaunion.com . January 14, 2014 . January 14, 2014.
20. Web site: LA Galaxy acquire third position in MLS allocation ranking from D.C. United in exchange for defender Kofi Opare and 2015 second round MLS SuperDraft pick LA Galaxy. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140802201007/http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2014/07/la-galaxy-acquire-third-position-mls-allocation-ranking-dc-united-exchange-defender-kof. August 2, 2014.
21. Web site: Chicago Fire part ways with head coach Frank Klopas, president of soccer ops Javier Leon. October 31, 2013. November 2, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102070422/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/10/30/chicago-fire-part-ways-head-coach-frank-klopas-president-soccer-ops-javier-l. dead.
22. Web site: Chicago Fire select MLS veteran Frank Yallop as next head coach, director of soccer. October 31, 2013. November 2, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102195724/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/10/31/chicago-fire-select-mls-veteran-frank-yallop-next-head-coach-director-soccer. dead.
23. Web site: Crew names Gregg Berhalter Head Coach and Sporting Director. November 6, 2013. November 7, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131107042102/http://www.thecrew.com/news/2013/11/crew-names-gregg-berhalter-head-coach-and-sporting-director. dead.
24. Web site: Angulo, Marshall. Blair, Tom. Chivas USA left in coaching limbo after Jose Luis "Guero" Real makes Guadalajara switch. MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. November 26, 2013. November 28, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131128064411/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/11/25/chivas-usa-left-coaching-limbo-after-jose-luis-guero-real-makes-guadalajara-. dead.
25. Web site: Firchau. Nick. Chivas USA tab Colorado Rapids assistant Wilmer Cabrera as new head coach. MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 28, 2014. January 25, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140125210211/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/01/09/chivas-usa-tab-colorado-rapids-assistant-wilmer-cabrera-new-head-coach. dead.
26. Web site: Firchau. Nick. Jason Kreis steps down as head coach of Real Salt Lake, will take top job at New York City FC. mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. December 11, 2013. December 13, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213055027/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/10/jason-kreis-steps-down-head-coach-real-salt-lake-will-take-top-job-new-york-. dead.
27. Web site: Real Salt Lake promote longtime assistant Jeff Cassar to replace departed head coach Jason Kreis. MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. December 19, 2013. January 20, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140120211404/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/18/real-salt-lake-promote-longtime-assistant-jeff-cassar-replace-departed-head-. dead.
28. Web site: Frank Klopas named head coach and director of player personnel of the Montreal Impact. ImpactMontreal.com. Montreal Impact. December 19, 2013.
29. Web site: Pablo Mastroeni named Rapids Head Coach. coloradorapids.com. Colorado Rapids. March 8, 2014. March 10, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140310021638/http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2014/03/pablo-mastroeni-named-rapids-head-coach. dead.
30. Web site: Philadelphia Union let go of manager John Hackworth, name assistant Jim Curtin interim team manager. MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. June 10, 2014. June 12, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140612221215/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/06/10/philadelphia-union-fire-manager-john-hackworth-name-jim-curtin-interim-team-. dead.
31. Web site: Toronto FC part ways with head coach Ryan Nelsen, hire ex-US international Greg Vanney MLSsoccer.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140902200435/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/08/31/toronto-fc-part-ways-head-coach-ryan-nelsen-hire-ex-us-international-greg-va. September 2, 2014.
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