2017 Major League Soccer season explained

Competition:	Major League Soccer
Season:	2017
Mlscup:	Toronto FC (1st title)
Shield:	Toronto FC (1st shield)
Continentalcup1:	2019 Champions League (United States)
Continentalcup2:	2018 Champions League (Canada)
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Toronto FC
Matches:	374
Total Goals:	1110
League Topscorer:	Nemanja Nikolić (24 goals)
Best Goalkeeper:	Stefan Frei (13 shutouts)
Biggest Home Win:	7 goals: ATL 7–0 NE (Sep 13)
Biggest Away Win:	5 goals: MIN 1–6 ATL (Mar 12)
Highest Scoring:	8 goals: DAL 6–2 RSL (Jun 3) LA 2–6 RSL (Jul 4) TOR 3–5 MTL (Sep 20)
Longest Wins:	6 games: Toronto FC (Apr 21 – May 13)
Longest Unbeaten:	13 games: Seattle Sounders FC (Jun 17 – Sep 23)
Longest Winless:	10 games: LA Galaxy (Jun 24 – Aug 27)
Longest Losses:	6 games: D.C. United (Jun 24 – Jul 29)
Highest Attendance:	71,874 ATL 2–2 TOR (Oct 22)
Lowest Attendance:	10,165 NYC 1–1 HOU (Sep 23 at East Hartford)
Attendance:	8,269,919
Average Attendance:	22,112
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 Major League Soccer season was the 22nd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2017 and concluded on October 22, 2017. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 25, 2017 and concluded with MLS Cup 2017 on December 9, 2017.

Two new clubs joined the league as expansion franchises: Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC. The two franchises were the 21st and 22nd teams in the league.^[1]

Seattle Sounders FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, while FC Dallas were the defending Supporters' Shield champions. Toronto FC became the first Canadian team to win the Cup and Shield. Toronto's win of the Canadian Championship in the same year earned them the first domestic treble by an MLS side.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

See main article: List of Major League Soccer stadiums.

Western Conference
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Colorado Rapids	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	18,061
FC Dallas	Toyota Stadium	20,500
Houston Dynamo	BBVA Compass Stadium	22,039
LA Galaxy	StubHub Center	27,000
Minnesota United FC	TCF Bank Stadium	21,895
Portland Timbers	Providence Park	21,144
Real Salt Lake	Rio Tinto Stadium	20,213
San Jose Earthquakes	Avaya Stadium	18,000
Seattle Sounders FC	CenturyLink Field	39,419
Sporting Kansas City	Children's Mercy Park	18,467
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BC Place	22,120

Eastern Conference
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Atlanta United FC	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	42,500
Chicago Fire	Toyota Park	20,000
Columbus Crew SC	Mapfre Stadium	19,968
D.C. United	RFK Stadium	20,000
Montreal Impact	Saputo Stadium	20,801
New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium	20,000
New York City FC	Yankee Stadium	30,321
New York Red Bulls	Red Bull Arena	25,000
Orlando City SC	Orlando City Stadium	25,500
Philadelphia Union	Talen Energy Stadium	18,500
Toronto FC	BMO Field	30,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Atlanta United FC			American Family Insurance
Chicago Fire			Valspar
Colorado Rapids	(interim)		Transamerica
Columbus Crew SC			Acura
D.C. United			Leidos
FC Dallas			AdvoCare
Houston Dynamo			BHP Billiton
LA Galaxy			Herbalife
Minnesota United FC			Target^[2]
Montreal Impact			Bank of Montreal
New England Revolution	(interim)		UnitedHealthcare
New York City FC			Etihad Airways
New York Red Bulls			Red Bull
Orlando City SC			Orlando Health
Philadelphia Union			Bimbo Bakeries USA
Portland Timbers			Alaska Airlines
Real Salt Lake	Mike Petke		LifeVantage
San Jose Earthquakes			Sutter Health
Seattle Sounders FC			Xbox
Sporting Kansas City			Ivy Funds
Toronto FC			Bank of Montreal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC			Bell Canada

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Houston Dynamo		End of interim period		Pre-season
LA Galaxy
Real Salt Lake		Mutual consent			(interim)
	(interim)	End of interim period		9th in West, 19th overall
San Jose Earthquakes		Fired		5th in West, 12th overall
LA Galaxy		Fired		9th in West, 19th overall
Colorado Rapids	Pablo Mastroeni	Fired		10th in West, 20th overall		August 15, 2017
	Jay Heaps	Fired		8th in East, 16th overall	Tom Soehn (interim)

Regular season

Format

Current teams: Each team in the league (except for expansion teams Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC) played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) using the following format:^[3]

• 2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference (20 games).
• 1 extra game against 3 of its conference rivals (3 games).
• 1 game against 11 teams in the other conference (11 games).

Expansion teams: As expansion teams to the league in 2017, Atlanta United and Minnesota United played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) in a secondary format:

• 2 games (home and away) against 10 teams in its conference (20 games).
• 1 extra game against 2 of its conference rivals (2 games).
• 1 game against 10 teams in the other conference (10 games).
• 2 games (1 home and 1 away) against each other (2 games).

Overall standings

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs.

MLS Cup

See main article: MLS Cup 2017.

Attendance

See also: Major League Soccer attendance.

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

width=25		width=160	Team		width=45		width=45		width=45		width=45
align=center	1		17	819,404	align=center bgcolor="#98FB98"	71,874	align=center bgcolor="#98FB98"	42,511	align=center bgcolor="#98FB98"	48,200
align=center	2		17	742,314	51,796	40,182	43,666
align=center	3		17	470,005	29,203	25,200	27,647
align=center	4		17	425,477	25,527	23,018	25,028
align=center	5		17	379,455	33,679	align=center bgcolor="#FFC0CB"	10,165*	22,321
align=center	6		17	378,128	25,667	17,404	22,243
align=center	7		17	364,073	25,083	17,368	21,416
align=center	8		17	359,977	25,219	16,213	21,175
align=center	9		17	359,448	21,144	21,144	21,144
align=center	10		17	349,138	35,043	17,491	20,538
align=center	11		17	340,783	34,373	16,005	20,046
align=center	12		17	337,873	50,617	17,256	19,875
align=center	13		17	332,121	20,933	18,648	19,537
align=center	14		17	329,233	33,767	10,487	19,367
align=center	15		17	319,284	20,348	16,434	18,781
align=center	16		17	304,369	41,418	11,972	17,904
align=center	17		17	297,507	22,115	14,148	17,500
align=center	18		17	295,511	21,891	11,244	17,383
align=center	19		17	285,797	18,619	15,107	16,812
align=center	20		17	262,469	20,391	10,318	15,439
align=center	21		17	260,476	17,648	13,102	15,322
align=center	22		17	257,077	align=center bgcolor="#FFC0CB"	16,291	14,016	align=center bgcolor="#FFC0CB"	15,122
align=center	–	Total	align=center	374	8,269,919	align=center	71,874	align=center	10,165	align=center	22,112

• game played at East Hartford

Highest attendances

Regular season

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Atlanta United FC	2–2	Toronto FC	71,874		33	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2	Atlanta United FC	3–3	Orlando City SC	70,425		28	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3	Atlanta United FC	1–2	New York Red Bulls	55,297		1	Bobby Dodd Stadium
4	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Portland Timbers	51,796		25	CenturyLink Field
5	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	LA Galaxy	50,617		18	Stanford Stadium
6	Seattle Sounders FC	4–0	FC Dallas	48,478		32	CenturyLink Field
7	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Portland Timbers	47,362		13	CenturyLink Field
8	Atlanta United FC	1–3	D.C. United	46,011		9	Bobby Dodd Stadium
9	Atlanta United FC	4–0	Chicago Fire	45,922		3	Bobby Dodd Stadium
10	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	New York Red Bulls	45,600		3	CenturyLink Field

Player statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[4]
1	Nemanja Nikolić	Chicago Fire	24
2	David Villa	New York City FC	22
3	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	21
4	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	19
5	Ola Kamara	Columbus Crew SC	18
6	Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact	17
	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls
8	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	16
	C. J. Sapong	Philadelphia Union
10	Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC	15

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[5]
1	Sacha Kljestan	New York Red Bulls	17
2	Víctor Vázquez	Toronto FC	16
3	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution	15
4	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United FC	14
	Michael Barrios	FC Dallas
	Federico Higuaín	Columbus Crew SC
7	Yamil Asad	Atlanta United FC	13
	Albert Rusnák	Real Salt Lake
9	Romain Alessandrini	LA Galaxy	12
	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC
	Haris Medunjanin	Philadelphia Union

Shutouts

Rank	Player	Club	Shutouts^[6]
1	Stefan Frei	Seattle Sounders FC	13
2		Toronto FC	10
	Tim Melia	Sporting Kansas City
	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls
5	Andre Blake		9
	Jesse González	FC Dallas
	Zack Steffen	Columbus Crew SC
8	Cody Cropper	New England Revolution	8
	Brad Guzan	Atlanta United FC
	Matt Lampson
	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
			6–1	March 12
			4–1	April 1
			3–0	May 6
			3–2	May 13
			3–0	May 17
			4–1	May 20
			6–2	June 3
			4–0	June 24
			3–2	August 6
			4–0	September 2
			7–0	September 13
			3–3	September 16
Patrick Mullins^4			4–0	September 23
			4–2
			3–2	October 15

⁴ Scored 4 goals

Awards

Player of the Month

See main article: MLS Player of the Month.

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	5G	align=center	^[7]
April	Joe Bendik	Orlando City SC	2SO	align=center	^[8]
May	Nemanja Nikolić	Chicago Fire	6G, 1A	align=center	^[9]
June	David Villa	New York City FC	3G	align=center	^[10]
July	Daniel Royer	New York Red Bulls	6G, 1A	align=center	^[11]
August	Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact	7G, 1A	align=center	^[12]
September	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	9G	align=center	^[13]

Player and Team of the week

• Bold denotes player of the week.

Team of the week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfielder	Forward	Bench	Coach
1 ^[14] ^[15]	Bendik (ORL)	Sjöberg (COL) Spector (ORL) Jungwirth (SJ) Lima (SJ)	Acosta (DAL) Valeri (POR) Godoy (SJ)	Accam (CHI) Adi (POR) Quioto (HOU)	Melia (SKC) Hedges (DAL) Felipe (NY) Jones (PHI) Davies (VAN) Torres (HOU) Larin (ORL)	Wílmer Cabrera (HOU)
2 ^[16] ^[17]	Howard (COL)	Garza (ATL) Kappelhof (CHI) Hedges (DAL)	Piatti (MTL) McCarty (CHI) Godoy (SJ) Almirón (ATL)	Torres (HOU) Martínez (ATL) Villa (NYC)	Gleeson (POR) Lima (SJ) Alex (HOU) Felipe (NY) Lletget (LA) Moralez (NYC) Elis (HOU)	Gerardo Martino (ATL)
3 ^[18] ^[19]	Steffen (CLB)	Garza (ATL) Crognale (CLB) Spector (ORL)	Valeri (POR) Bernier (MTL) Guzmán (POR) Feilhaber (SKC)	Urruti (DAL) Martínez (ATL) Larin (ORL)	Bendik (ORL) Kallman (MIN) Burch (COL) Grana (DAL) Roldan (SEA) Wallace (NYC) Altidore (TOR)	Gregg Berhalter (CLB)
4 ^[20] ^[21]	Van Oekel (RSL)	Tierney (NE) Long (NY) Afful (CLB)	Fagúndez (NE) Nguyen (NE) Higuaín (CLB) Artur (CLB) Blanco (POR)	Agudelo (NE) Kamara (NE)	Robles (NY) Maund (VAN) Phillips (RSL) Adams (NY) Trapp (CLB) Valeri (POR) Adi (POR)	Jay Heaps (NE)
5 ^[22] ^[23]	Hamid (DC)	Farfan (POR) Delamea (NE) Svensson (SEA)	Meram (CLB) Roldan (SEA) Laba (VAN) Schweinsteiger (CHI)	Techera (VAN) Torres (HOU) Ramirez (MIN)	Bono (TOR) Crognale (CLB) Edwards (TOR) Artur (CLB) Manotas (HOU) Tabla (MTL) Villa (NYC)	Adrian Heath (MIN)
6 ^[24] ^[25]	González (DAL)	Boswell (DC) Opara (SKC) Delamea (NE)	Alessandrini (LA) McCarty (CHI) Espinoza (SKC) Rusnák (RSL) Barrios (DAL)	Movsisyan (RSL) Villalba (ATL)	Hamid (DC) Redding (ORL) Nagbe (POR) Almirón (ATL) Acosta (DC) Agudelo (NE)	Óscar Pareja (DAL)
7 ^[26] ^[27]	Melia (SKC)	Matarrita (NYC) Spector (ORL) Næss (CLB) Opara (SKC)	Meram (CLB) Ilie (SKC) Johnson (ORL)	Montero (VAN) Nikolić (CHI) Solignac (CHI)	Bendik (ORL) Parker (VAN) McCarty (CHI) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Muyl (NY) Molino (MIN) Villa (NYC)	Mike Petke (RSL)
8 ^[28] ^[29]	Bendik (ORL)	Long (NY) Toia (ORL) Zavaleta (TOR)	Almirón (ATL) Bradley (TOR) Gruezo (DAL) Lodeiro (SEA)	Dempsey (SEA) Giovinco (TOR) Larin (ORL)	Shuttleworth (MIN) Jones (SEA) Johnson (ORL) Muyl (NY) Vázquez (TOR) Morris (SEA) Jackson-Hamel (MTL)	Jason Kreis (ORL)
9 ^[30] ^[31]	Hamid (DC)	Edwards (TOR) Jungwirth (SJ) Zusi (SKC)	Gerso (SKC) Jacobson (VAN) Acosta (DC) Harrison (NYC)	Agudelo (NE) Altidore (TOR) Urruti (DAL)	Blake (PHI) Sutter (ORL) Alonso (SEA) Herrera (NYC) Delgado (TOR) Cato (SJ) Adi (POR)	Not awarded
10 ^[32] ^[33]	Blake (PHI)	Hedges (DAL) Jungwirth (SJ) Morrow (TOR)	Alex (HOU) Higuaín (CLB) Ibarra (MIN) Ring (NYC)	Sapong (PHI) Wallace (NYC) Wondolowski (SJ)	Shuttleworth (MIN) Ciman (MTL) Næss (CLB) Accam (CHI) Manotas (HOU) Giovinco (TOR) Villa (NYC)	Greg Vanney (TOR)
11 ^[34] ^[35]	Johnson (NYC)	Onyewu (PHI) Van Damme (LA) Hairston (COL)	Fagúndez (NE) Meram (CLB) Alex (HOU) Medunjanin (PHI) Accam (CHI)	Ricketts (TOR) Nikolić (CHI)	Bono (TOR) Vincent (CHI) Gressel (ATL) Gashi (COL) Alessandrini (LA) Badji (COL) Blessing (SKC)	Greg Vanney (TOR)
12 ^[36] ^[37]	Melia (SKC)	Vincent (CHI) Bernárdez (SJ) Parker (VAN)	Fagúndez (NE) Piatti (MTL) Almirón (ATL) Medunjanin (PHI) Gerso (SKC)	Villa (NYC) Nikolić (CHI)	Hamid (DC) Gaddis (PHI) Rusnák (RSL) Bolaños (VAN) Accam (CHI) G. dos Santos (LA) Sapong (PHI)	Veljko Paunovic (CHI)
13 ^[38] ^[39]	Hamid (DC)	Vincent (CHI) Calvo (MIN) Marshall (SEA) Ford (COL)	Almirón (ATL) Vázquez (TOR) Sunny (RSL) João Pedro (LA) Alessandrini (LA)	G. dos Santos (LA)	Deric (HOU) González Pírez (ATL) Lawrence (NY) Gressel (ATL) Felipe (NY) Roldan (SEA) Plata (RSL)	Curt Onalfo (LA)
14 ^[40] ^[41]	Bendik (ORL)	Rowe (NE) Opara (SKC) Waston (VAN) Spector (ORL)	Lamah (DAL) Higuaín (CLB) Alonso (SEA) Valeri (POR) Nguyen (NE)	Urruti (DAL)	Melia (SKC) Ford (COL) Donadel (MTL) Fagúndez (NE) Meram (CLB) Villa (NYC) Torres (HOU)	Jay Heaps (NE)
15 ^[42] ^[43]	Gleeson (POR)	Meira (CHI) Olum (POR) Abdul-Salaam (SKC)	Asprilla (POR) Valeri (POR) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Accam (CHI)	Adi (POR) Nikolić (CHI) Gerso (SKC)	Melia (SKC) Vytas (POR) Grana (DAL) Polster (CHI) Ilie (SKC) de Leeuw (CHI) Urruti (DAL)	Veljko Paunovic (CHI)
16 ^[44] ^[45]	Robles (NY)	Harvey (VAN) Figueroa (DAL) Opara (SKC)	Plata (RSL) Alessandrini (LA) Bradley (TOR) Almirón (ATL)	Piatti (MTL) Villa (NYC) Wright-Phillips (NY)	Shuttleworth (MIN) Saeid (COL McCarty (CHI) Pérez García (ORL) Verón (NY) Meram (CLB) Giovinco (TOR)	Gerardo Martino (ATL)
17 ^[46] ^[47]	Blake (PHI)	Sweat (NYC) Opara (SKC) Moor (TOR) Polster (CHI)	Accam (CHI) Herrera (NYC) Higuaín (CLB) Bedoya (PHI) Hoesen (SJ)	McBean (LA)	Hamid (DC) González Pírez (ATL) Roldan (SEA) Schweinsteiger (CHI) Manneh (CLB) Kamara (CLB) Martínez (ATL)	Veljko Paunovic (CHI)
18 ^[48] ^[49]	Howard (COL)	Onyewu (PHI) Parkhurst (ATL) Polster (CHI)	Johnson (ORL) Džemaili (MTL) Ring (NYC) Hairston (COL)	Nikolić (CHI) Villa (NYC) Badji (COL)	Bingham (SJ) Aja (ORL) Harrison (NYC) Doyle (COL) Wondolowski (SJ) Urruti (DAL)	Óscar Pareja (DAL)
19 ^[50] ^[51]	McCarthy (PHI)	Hollingshead (DAL) Palmer-Brown (SKC) Nerwinski (VAN)	Fagúndez (NE) Rusnák (RSL) Barrios (DAL) Savarino (RSL)	Dempsey (SEA) Martínez (ATL) Giovinco (TOR)	Robles (NY) Machado (HOU) Ulloa (DAL) Medranda (SKC) Lamah (DAL) Manotas (HOU) Altidore (TOR)	Brian Schmetzer (SEA)
20 ^[52] ^[53]	Guzan (ATL)	Acosta (RSL) Brillant (NYC) Crognale (CLB)	Royer (NY) Kljestan (NY) Roldan (SEA) Alex (HOU)	Plata (RSL) Colmán (DAL) Villa (NYC)	Gleeson (POR) Leerdam (SEA) Felipe (NY) Salazar (MTL) Bunbury (NE) Meram (CLB) Ebobisse (POR)	Jesse Marsch (NY)
21 ^[54] ^[55]	Cropper (NE)	Toia (ORL) Moor (TOR) Parker (VAN)	Royer (NY) Valeri (POR) Bradley (TOR) Molino (MIN)	O. Kamara (CLB) K. Kamara (NE) Giovinco (TOR)	Robles (NY) Mavinga (TOR) Thiesson (MIN) Rowe (NE) Kljestan (NY) Villalba (ATL) Montero (VAN)	Carl Robinson (VAN)
22 ^[56] ^[57]	McCarthy (PHI)	Doody (CHI) Opare (DC) DeLaGarza (HOU)	Lodeiro (SEA) Džemaili (MTL) Ilsinho (PHI) Thompson (SJ)	Villa (NYC) Sapong (PHI) Dempsey (SEA)	Johnson (NYC) Powell (POR) Marshall (SEA) Roldan (SEA) Kljestan (NY) Wright-Phillips (NY) Ureña (SJ)	Jim Curtin (PHI)
23 ^[58] ^[59]	Johnson (NYC)	Morrow (TOR) Marshall (SEA) Abubakar (CLB) Murillo (NY)	Piette (MTL) Džemaili (MTL) Beckerman (COL) Delgado (TOR) Elis (HOU)	Villa (NYC)	Howard (COL) Leerdam (SEA) Hedges (DAL) Ring (NYC) Piatti (MTL) Meram (CLB) Sánchez (HOU)	Greg Vanney (TOR)
24 ^[60] ^[61]	Hamid (DC)	Besler (SKC) Marshall (SEA) Zusi (SKC)	Piatti (MTL) Džemaili (MTL) Delgado (TOR) Reyna (VAN) Valeri (POR)	Lewis (NYC) Jackson-Hamel (MTL)	Steffen (CLB) Franklin (DC) Opara (SKC) Bradley (TOR) Vako (SJ) Villa (NYC) Montero (VAN)	Mauro Biello (MTL)
25 ^[62] ^[63]	Hamid (DC)	Waston (VAN) Mensah (CLB) Glad (RSL)	Vázquez (TOR) Valeri (POR) Canouse (DC) Rusnák (RSL)	Danladi (MIN) Giovinco (TOR) Silva (RSL)	Bono (TOR) Vytas (POR) Abu (CLB) Bradley (TOR) Plata (RSL) Torres (HOU) Kamara (CLB)	Mike Petke (RSL)
26 ^[64] ^[65]	Robles (NY)	Long (NY) Steres (LA) Polster (CHI)	Kljestan (NY) Nguyen (NE) Jones (LA) Ulloa (DAL) Alessandrini (LA)	Kamara (NE) Zardes (LA)	Cropper (NE) Romney (LA) Caldwell (NE) Juninho (CHI) Barrios (DAL) Muyl (NY) Piatti (MTL)	Jay Heaps (NE)
27 ^[66] ^[67]	Johnson (NYC)	Beitashour (TOR) González Pírez (ATL) Moor (TOR) Nerwinski (VAN)	Almirón (ATL) J. dos Santos (LA) Vázquez (TOR) Alessandrini (LA)	Sapong (PHI) Altidore (TOR)	Melia (SKC) Romney (LA) Ford (COL) Adams (NY) Aigner (COL) Yotún (ORL) Reyna (VAN)	Greg Vanney (TOR)
28 ^[68] ^[69]	Blake (PHI)	Vincent (CHI) Glad (RSL) Waston (VAN)	Manneh (CLB) Rusnák (RSL) Vázquez (TOR) Bradley (TOR) Almirón (ATL)	Dwyer (ORL) 'Martínez (ATL)	Johnson (NYC) Yueill (SJ) Trapp (CLB) Asad (ATL) Reyna (VAN) Rubio (SKC) Ricketts (TOR)	Greg Vanney (TOR)
29 ^[70] ^[71]	Rimando (RSL)	Tierney (NE) Glad (RSL) Williams (CLB)	Asad (ATL) Savarino (RSL) Valeri (POR) Nguyen (NE) Arriola (DC)	Mullins (DC) Ramirez (MIN)	Shuttleworth (MIN) González Pírez (ATL) Chará (POR) Larentowicz (ATL) Higuaín (CLB) Pontius (PHI) Reyna (VAN)	Mike Petke (RSL)
30 ^[72] ^[73]	Blake (PHI)	Morrow (TOR) Waston (VAN) Parkhurst (ATL) Adams (NY)	Meram (CLB) Yotún (ORL) Mihailovic (CHI) Elis (HOU)	Nikolić (CHI) Altidore (TOR)	González (DAL) Hedges (DAL) Bernárdez (SJ) Kaká (ORL) Vako (SJ) Lodeiro (SEA) Sánchez (HOU)	Greg Vanney (TOR)
31 ^[74] ^[75]	González (DAL)	Lawrence (NY) Kallman (MIN) Hedges (DAL) Adams (NY)	Molino (MIN) Aigner (COL) Ilie (SKC) Kljestan (NY) Morales (DAL)	Danladi (MIN)	Robles (NY) Opara (SKC) Felipe (NY) Gruezo (DAL) Carmona (ATL) Martin (MIN) Gatt (COL)	Jesse Marsch (NY)
32 ^[76] ^[77]	Deric (HOU)	Adams (NY) Sjöberg (COL) Powell (POR)	Blanco (POR) Fagúndez (NE) Larentowicz (ATL) Valeri (POR) Alessandrini (LA)	Bruin (SEA) Nikolić (CHI)	Guzan (ATL) Nerwinski (VAN) Long (NY) Trapp (CLB) Mihailovic (CHI) J. dos Santos (LA) Reyna (VAN)	Caleb Porter (POR)
33 ^[78] ^[79]	Knighton (NE)	Leonardo (HOU) Torres (SEA) Murillo (NY)	Picault (PHI) Ilsinho (PHI) Díaz (DAL) Lodeiro (SEA) Lamah (DAL)	Wondolowski (SJ) Villa (NYC)	Steffen (CLB) Jungwirth (SJ) Alex (HOU) Higuaín (CLB) Arriola (DC) Sapong (PHI) Hoesen (SJ)	Chris Leitch (SJ)

Goal of the Week

Goal of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Ref
1	Romell Quioto	Houston Dynamo	^[80]
2	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United FC	^[81]
3	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	^[82]
4	Not awarded
5	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	^[83]
6	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC	^[84]
7	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	Montreal Impact	^[85]
8		Portland Timbers	^[86]
9	Andrew Jacobson	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	^[87]
10	Alberth Elis	Houston Dynamo	^[88]
11	Shkëlzen Gashi	Colorado Rapids	^[89]
12	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United FC	^[90]
13	Héctor Villalba	Atlanta United FC	^[91]
14	Blerim Džemaili	Montreal Impact	^[92]
15	Not awarded
16	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United FC	^[93]
17	Ike Opara	Sporting Kansas City	^[94]
18	Blerim Džemaili	Montreal Impact	^[95]
19	Ian Harkes	D.C. United	^[96]
20	Héctor Villalba	Atlanta United FC	^[97]
21	Nicolás Mezquida	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	^[98]
22	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	^[99]
23	Luis Silva	Real Salt Lake	^[100]
24	Yordy Reyna	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	^[101]
25	Darlington Nagbe	Portland Timbers	^[102]
26	Not awarded
27	Greg Garza	Atlanta United FC	^[103]
28	Kevin Kratz	Atlanta United FC	^[104]
29	Héctor Villalba	Atlanta United FC	^[105]
30	Kaká	Orlando City SC	^[106]
31	Not awarded
32	Nemanja Nikolić	Chicago Fire	^[107]
33	Paul Arriola	D.C. United	^[108]

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner (club)	Ref
Most Valuable Player	Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers)	^[109]
Defender of the Year	Ike Opara (Sporting Kansas City)	^[110]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City)	^[111]
Coach of the Year	Greg Vanney (Toronto FC)	^[112]
Rookie of the Year	Julian Gressel (Atlanta United FC)	^[113]
Newcomer of the Year	Miguel Almirón (Atlanta United FC)	^[114]
Comeback Player of the Year	Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC)	^[115]
Golden Boot	Nemanja Nikolić (Chicago Fire)	^[116]
Fair Play Player Award	DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo)	^[117]
Fair Play Team Award	Seattle Sounders FC
Humanitarian of the Year	Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas)	^[118]
Referee of the Year	Allen Chapman	^[119]
Assistant Referee of the Year	Corey Parker
Goal of the Year	Héctor Villalba (Atlanta United FC)	^[120]
Save of the Year	Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC)	^[121]

MLS Best XI

Player contracts

Highest-paid players

Rank	Player	Team	Salary (US)^[123]
1	align=left	Kaká	Orlando City	$7.2m
2	align=left	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	$7.1m
3	align=left	Michael Bradley	Toronto FC	$6.5m
4	align=left	Andrea Pirlo	New York City FC	$5.9m
5	align=left	David Villa	New York City FC	$5.6m

Allocation ranking

See main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2017. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in the MLS allocation list. The MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering a transfer fee of at least $500,000. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2016 season, taking playoff performance into account.^[124] Two expansion teams will take the top spots.^[125]

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 season.

Original Ranking	Current Ranking	Club	Date Allocation Used (Rank on that date)	Player Signed	Previous Club	Ref
5	1					^[126]
2	2
8	3
6	4
11	5
4	6
13	7
14	8
15	9
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
10	17
1	18		(1)			^[127]
7	19		(1)			^[128]
12	20		(1)	Deshorn Brown		^[129]
3	21	Chicago Fire	(2)			^[130]
			(6)	Richard Sánchez		^[131]
9	22		(1)	Krisztián Németh		^[132]

Coaches

Eastern Conference

• Atlanta United FC: Gerardo Martino
• Chicago Fire: Veljko Paunović
• Columbus Crew SC: Gregg Berhalter
• D.C. United: Ben Olsen
• Montreal Impact: Mauro Biello
• New England Revolution: Jay Heaps and Tom Soehn
• New York City FC: Patrick Vieira
• New York Red Bulls: Jesse Marsch
• Orlando City SC: Jason Kreis
• Philadelphia Union: Jim Curtin
• Toronto FC: Greg Vanney

Western Conference

• Colorado Rapids: Pablo Mastroeni
• FC Dallas: Óscar Pareja
• Houston Dynamo: Wílmer Cabrera
• LA Galaxy: Curt Onalfo and Sigi Schmid
• Minnesota United FC: Adrian Heath
• Portland Timbers: Caleb Porter
• Real Salt Lake: Jeff Cassar and Mike Petke
• San Jose Earthquakes: Dominic Kinnear and Chris Leitch
• Seattle Sounders FC: Brian Schmetzer
• Sporting Kansas City: Peter Vermes
• Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Carl Robinson

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Minnesota United FC to join MLS in 2017, debuting at TCF Bank Stadium. Major League Soccer. MLSSoccer.com. August 19, 2016. August 20, 2016.
2. News: Greder. Andy. Target sets major partnership with United, MLS, U.S. Youth Soccer. January 19, 2017. January 19, 2017. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
3. Web site: New Teams and New Stadiums Highlight 2017 MLS Regular Season Schedule. January 12, 2017. MLS. May 7, 2017. February 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219171715/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/new-teams-and-new-stadiums-highlight-2017-mls-regular-season-schedule. dead.
4. Web site: Major League Soccer - Statistics - Goals.
5. Web site: Major League Soccer - Statistics - Assists.
6. Web site: Major League Soccer - Statistics - Shutouts.
7. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Atlanta United FC's Josef Martinez named MLS Player of the Month for March . . 5 June 2018 . 5 April 2017 . August 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190808123847/https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/04/05/atlanta-united-fcs-josef-martinez-named-mls-player-month-march-0 . dead .
8. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Orlando GK Joe Bendik voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for April . . June 5, 2018 . May 3, 2017.
9. Web site: Rosano . Nicholas . Chicago FW Nemanja Nikolic voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for May . . June 5, 2018 . June 5, 2017.
10. Web site: Boehm . Charles . NYCFC's David Villa voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for June . . June 5, 2018 . July 5, 2017.
11. Web site: Acero . Edgar . Red Bulls' Daniel Royer voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for July . . June 5, 2018 . August 4, 2017.
12. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Montreal's Ignacio Piatti voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for August . . June 5, 2018 . August 21, 2017.
13. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Josef Martinez runs away with September honor | Alcatel Player of the Month . . 5 June 2018 . 5 October 2017 . November 5, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191105194555/https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/10/05/josef-martinez-runs-away-september-honor-alcatel-player-month?autoplay=true . dead .
14. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 1): Lions and Quakes and Timbers, oh my. March 6, 2017.
15. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Portland Timbers' Diego Valeri named Alcatel Player of the Week for Week 1 . . June 11, 2018 . March 7, 2017.
16. Web site: June 5, 2018. Boehm . Charles . 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 2): Atlanta, Chicago represented after big wins . . March 13, 2017.
17. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Atlanta's Josef Martinez wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week for Week 2 . . June 11, 2018 . March 14, 2017.
18. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. March 20, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 3): Strikers step up in Atlanta, Dallas, Orlando.
19. Web site: Zeitlin . Dave . FC Dallas striker Maxi Urruti named Alcatel Player of the Week after brace . . June 11, 2018 . March 21, 2017.
20. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. March 27, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 4): Crew SC, Revs rewarded for strong displays.
21. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . New England attacker Juan Agudelo named Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 12, 2018 . March 28, 2017.
22. Web site: Major League Soccer. April 3, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 5): Schweinsteiger makes immediate impact.
23. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Erick "Cubo" Torres named Alcatel MLS Player of the Week for hat-trick . . June 12, 2018 . April 4, 2017.
24. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. April 10, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 6): RSL, Revs, Sporting recognized after big wins.
25. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Real Salt Lake's Albert Rusnak voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 12, 2018 . April 11, 2017.
26. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Major League Soccer. April 17, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 7): Sporting KC recognized after another big win.
27. Web site: Rosano . Nicholas . Chicago Fire's Nemanja Nikolic voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 12, 2018 . April 18, 2017.
28. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Major League Soccer. April 24, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 8): Orlando, Toronto earn plaudits for big wins.
29. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Toronto FC star Sebastian Giovinco wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 12, 2018 . April 25, 2017.
30. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Major League Soccer. May 1, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 9): Sporting KC, DC recognized after big wins.
31. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . New York City FC's Jack Harrison wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 12, 2018 . May 2, 2017.
32. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. May 8, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 10): Quakes, Union, NYCFC lead the way after wins.
33. Web site: Boehm . Charles . Philadelphia Union striker CJ Sapong wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 12, 2018 . May 9, 2017.
34. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. May 15, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 11): Fire, Union feature after statement wins.
35. Web site: Zeitlin . Dave . Columbus Crew SC winger Justin Meram named Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 12, 2018 . May 16, 2017.
36. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. May 22, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 12): Superstars, and Men in Red, shine.
37. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Miguel Almiron wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week for Week 12 . . June 11, 2018 . May 23, 2017.
38. Web site: Baer. Benjamin. Major League Soccer. May 29, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 13): LA Galaxy show dominance in Cali Clasico.
39. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Miguel Almiron wins second straight Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 11, 2018 . May 30, 2017.
40. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. June 5, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 14): Lions' defense shows big.
41. Web site: Boehm . Charles . FC Dallas' Roland Lamah wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week after hat trick . . June 12, 2018 . June 6, 2017.
42. Web site: Panizo. Franco. Major League Soccer. June 12, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 15): Portland Timbers impress in shutout win.
43. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Fanendo Adi wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week for Week 15 . . June 12, 2018 . June 13, 2017.
44. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. June 19, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 16): Brace-bagging star trio lead the line.
45. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . NYCFC star David Villa wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week for Week 16 . . June 12, 2018 . June 20, 2017.
46. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. June 26, 2017. June 5, 2018. Team of the Week (Wk 17): Rivalry Week heroes and hot scorers headline.
47. Web site: Zeitlin . Dave . Chicago Fire's David Accam named Alcatel MLS Player of the Week for Week 17 . . June 12, 2018 . June 27, 2017.
48. Web site: Panizo. Franco. Major League Soccer. July 3, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 18): Colorado Rapids trio lead the way.
49. Web site: Panizo . Franco . Chicago Fire's Nemanja Nikolic wins Week 18 Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 12, 2018 . July 3, 2017.
50. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Major League Soccer. July 7, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 19): Slick RSL duo headline star-laden front line.
51. Web site: Boehm . Charles . Seattle's Clint Dempsey wins Alcatel Player of the Week for MLS Week 19 . . June 12, 2018 . July 7, 2017.
52. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. July 24, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the Week (Wk 20): Guzan shines in return, NY clubs show big.
53. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . New York's Daniel Royer wins Alcatel Player of the Week for Week 20 . . June 12, 2018 . July 25, 2017.
54. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. July 31, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 Team of the week (Wk 21): Reds, Revs lead the way as East dominates.
55. Web site: Quillen . Ian . Toronto's Sebastian Giovinco is Alcatel Player of the Week for MLS Week 21 . . June 12, 2018 . August 3, 2017.
56. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. August 7, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 MLS Team of the Week (Wk 22): David Villa, Union trio head the list.
57. Web site: Boehm . Charles . NYCFC's David Villa wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week after hat trick . . June 12, 2018 . August 8, 2017.
58. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. August 14, 2017. June 5, 2018. 2017 MLS Team of the Week (Wk 23) | Samuel Piette shines in MTL debut.
59. Web site: Zeitlin . Dave . Toronto FC defender Justin Morrow named Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 7, 2018 . August 15, 2017.
60. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. August 21, 2017. June 5, 2018. Team of the Week (Wk 24): Impact attack, SKC defense dominate.
61. Web site: Boehm . Charles . Montreal maestro Ignacio Piatti voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 7, 2018 . August 22, 2017.
62. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. August 28, 2017. June 5, 2018. MLS Team of the Week (Wk. 25): Dominating wins lead to three spots for RSL.
63. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Toronto FC star Sebastian Giovinco voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 7, 2018 . August 29, 2017.
64. Web site: Baer. Benjamin. Major League Soccer. September 4, 2017. June 5, 2018. MLS Team of the Week (Wk. 26): Galaxy stars align for second home win.
65. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . New England's Kei Kamara wis Alcatel MLS Player of the Week for Week 26 . . June 7, 2018 . September 5, 2017.
66. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. September 11, 2017. June 5, 2018. MLS Team of the Week (Week 27): Toronto FC dominate with four picks.
67. Web site: Zeitlin . Dave . Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 7, 2018 . September 12, 2017.
68. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Major League Soccer. September 19, 2017. June 5, 2018. MLS Team of the Week (Wk 28): Atlanta land two in top XI after 10-goal week.
69. Web site: Boehm . Charles . Atlanta's Josef Martinez voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Week for Week 28 . . June 7, 2018 . September 19, 2017.
70. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. September 25, 2017. June 5, 2018. Team of the Week, Week 29: RSL trio recognized after beating Sounders.
71. Web site: Boehm . Charles . DC United's Patrick Mullins cruises to Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 7, 2018 . September 26, 2017.
72. Web site: Brisendine. Steve. Major League Soccer. October 2, 2017. June 5, 2018. Team of the Week (Week 30): Shield-clinching Toronto FC land two in XI.
73. Web site: Zeitlin . Dave . TFC's Justin Morrow named Alcatel MLS Player of the Week after hat trick . . June 7, 2018 . October 3, 2017.
74. Web site: Zeitlin. Dave. Major League Soccer. October 10, 2017. June 5, 2018. MLS Team of the Week (Week 31): NYRB, Dallas, Loons all land three players.
75. Web site: Zeitlin . Dave . Minnesota's Kevin Molino named Alcatel MLS Player of the Week . . June 7, 2018 . October 10, 2017.
76. Web site: Baer. Benjamin. Major League Soccer. October 16, 2017. June 5, 2018. Team of the Week (Week 32): Best buds Valeri and Blanco lead Timbers.
77. Web site: Acero . Edgar . Fire's Nemanja Nikolic wins Alcatel MLS Player of the Week after hat trick . . June 7, 2018 . October 17, 2017.
78. Web site: Baer. Benjamin. Major League Soccer. October 23, 2017. June 5, 2018. Team of the Week (Week 33): Wondolowski comes up big in the clutch for SJ.
79. Web site: Zeitlin . Dave . San Jose Earthquakes striker Chris Wondolowski named Player of the Week . . June 7, 2018 . October 24, 2017.
80. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Houston's Romell Quioto wins MLS Goal of the Week for opening week of 2017 . . October 8, 2019 . March 9, 2017.
81. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Miguel Almiron wins MLS Goal of the Week for Week 2 of 2017 . . October 8, 2019 . March 16, 2017.
82. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Atlanta United's Josef Martinez wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 3 . . October 8, 2019 . March 23, 2017.
83. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Portland's Diego Valeri wins MLS Goal of the Week for Week 5 . . October 8, 2019 . April 6, 2017.
84. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Nicolas Lodeiro wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 6 . . October 8, 2019 . April 13, 2017.
85. Web site: Boehm . Charles . Montreal's Anthony Jackson-Hamel wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 7 . . October 8, 2019 . April 20, 2017.
86. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Portland's Darlington Nagbe wins MLS AT&T Goal of the Week for Week 8 . . October 8, 2019 . April 27, 2017.
87. Web site: Boehm . Charles . Vancouver's Andrew Jacobson wins AT&T Goal of the Week for Week 9 . . October 8, 2019 . May 4, 2017.
88. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Houston's Alberth Elis wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 10 . . October 8, 2019 . May 11, 2017.
89. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Colorado's Shkelzen Gashi wins AT&T Goal of the Week for Week 11 . . October 8, 2019 . May 18, 2017.
90. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Atlanta United's Miguel Almiron wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 12 . . October 8, 2019 . May 25, 2017.
91. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Atlanta United's Hector Villalba wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 13 . . October 8, 2019 . June 2, 2017.
92. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Montreal's Blerim Dzemaili wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 14 . . October 8, 2019 . June 8, 2017.
93. Web site: Rodriguez . Alicia . Atlanta United's Almiron wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 16 . . October 8, 2019 . June 22, 2017.
94. Web site: Panizo . Franco . Sporting Kansas City's Ike Opara wins Week 17's AT&T MLS Goal of the Week . . October 8, 2019 . June 29, 2017.
95. Web site: Rodriguez . Alicia . Impact's Blerim Dzemaili claims Week 18 AT&T MLS Goal of the Week . . October 8, 2019 . July 6, 2017.
96. Web site: Boehm . Charles . DC United's Ian Harkes wins Week 19 AT&T MLS Goal of the Week award . . October 8, 2019 . July 14, 2017.
97. Web site: Quillen . Ian . Hector Villalba's game-winning rocket takes Week 20 Goal of the Week . . October 8, 2019 . July 28, 2017.
98. Web site: Acero . Edgar . Nicolas Mezquida's bicycle kick wins Week 21 AT&T MLS Goal of the Week . . October 8, 2019 . August 4, 2017.
99. Web site: Stejkal . Sam . Portland Timbers' Diego Valeri wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 22 . . October 8, 2019 . August 11, 2017.
100. Web site: Stejkal . Sam . Real Salt Lake's Luis Silva wins AT&T Goal of the Week for Week 23 . . October 8, 2019 . August 18, 2017.
101. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Vancouver's Yordy Reyna wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 24 . . August 8, 2019 . August 25, 2017.
102. Web site: Rodriguez . Alicia . Portland's Darlington Nagbe takes Week 25 AT&T MLS Goal of the Week . . October 8, 2019 . August 31, 2017.
103. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Atlanta United's Greg Garza wins MLS Goal of the Week for Week 27 . . October 8, 2019 . September 15, 2017.
104. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Atlanta's Kevin Kratz wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 28 . . October 8, 2019 . September 21, 2017.
105. Web site: Quillen . Ian . Atlanta's Hector "Tito" Villalba wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 29 . . October 8, 2019 . September 28, 2017.
106. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Orlando City's Kaka wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 30 . . October 8, 2019 . October 6, 2017.
107. Web site: Stejskal . Sam . Chicago Fire's Nemanja Nikolic wins AT&T MLS Goal of the Week for Week 32 . . October 8, 2019 . October 19, 2017.
108. Web site: Boehm . Charles . DC's Paul Arriola wins Week 33 AT&T MLS Goal of the Week in RFK swansong . . October 8, 2019 . October 25, 2017.
109. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Portland Timbers' Diego Valeri wins 2017 Landon Donovan MLS MVP award. Major League Soccer. December 4, 2017. December 4, 2017.
110. Web site: Sporting Kansas City's Ike Opara wins 2017 MLS Defender of the Year award. Major League Soccer. November 9, 2017. November 9, 2017.
111. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Sporting KC's Tim Melia named 2017 MLS Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 16, 2017. November 16, 2017.
112. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Toronto FC's Greg Vanney named 2017 MLS Coach of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 27, 2017. November 27, 2017.
113. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Atlanta midfielder Julian Gressel wins 2017 AT&T MLS Rookie of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 8, 2017. November 7, 2017.
114. Web site: Boehm. Charles. Atlanta United's Miguel Almiron named 2017 MLS Newcomer of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 20, 2017. November 20, 2017.
115. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Seattle Sounders' Clint Dempsey named 2017 MLS Comeback Player of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 15, 2017. November 15, 2017.
116. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Chicago Fire striker Nemanja Nikolic wins 2017 MLS Golden Boot. Major League Soccer. October 22, 2017. October 22, 2017.
117. Web site: DaMarcus Beasley, Seattle Sounders win MLS Fair Play awards. Major League Soccer. November 7, 2017. November 7, 2017.
118. Web site: Ryan Hollingshead named 2017 AdvoCare MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 2, 2017. November 2, 2016.
119. Web site: Allen Chapman, Corey Parker win Referee, Assistant Referee of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 7, 2017. November 7, 2017.
120. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Atlanta's Hector Villalba wins 2017 AT&T Goal of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 15, 2017. November 15, 2017. November 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171116020301/https://www.mlssoccer.com/goal-of-the-year/2017. dead.
121. Web site: Stejskal. Sam. Atlanta's Brad Guzan win 2017 MLS Save of the Year. Major League Soccer. November 15, 2017. November 15, 2017.
122. Web site: 2017 MLS Best XI revealed: Who was the best in 2017?. Major League Soccer. December 1, 2017.
123. Web site: MLS Salary Rankings . spotrac .
124. Web site: MLS Soccer Media . MLS Allocation Ranking . January 27, 2015 . January 27, 2015 . December 12, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181212201817/https://www.mlssoccer.com/allocation . dead .
125. Web site: . Atlanta to pick first Expansion Draft, Minnesota get top SuperDraft pick . October 16, 2016 . December 18, 2016.
126. News: . NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire General Allocation Money from New England . July 3, 2017 . July 3, 2017.
127. Web site: . Atlanta United Sign U.S. International Brad Guzan . January 26, 2017 . February 6, 2017.
128. Web site: . Whitecaps FC acquire three-time MLS All-Star striker Fredy Montero . February 15, 2017 . February 18, 2017.
129. Web site: . United acquire Jamaican forward Deshorn Brown following Allocation Ranking trade with Houston Dynamo . June 20, 2017 . June 21, 2017.
130. Web site: . Chicago Fire Soccer Club Acquire Club Tijuana Midfielder Juninho Through Allocation Process . December 23, 2016 . December 23, 2016.
131. Web site: . Chicago Fire Sign Goalkeeper Richard Sanchez . August 11, 2017 . August 11, 2017.
132. Web site: . New England Revolution land forward Krisztian Nemeth in trade with Crew SC . August 10, 2017 . August 10, 2017.