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Major League Soccer

FIFA Region

CONCACAF

Season

2023

Location

United States

Abbreviation

USA1

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Summary

Major League Soccer (USA1) is currently comprised of 29 clubs, 26 from the United States and 3 from Canada (Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver). USA1 expanded to 29 teams for the 2023 season with the addition of St Louis City SC and is currently split into the Eastern (15 teams) and Western (14 teams) Conferences. Major League Soccer plans to grow to 30 teams with the addition of Sacramento Republic FC (in a season to be determined). At the end of the 2023 regular season, the USA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup (CNCFCL) Round of 16:
- 2023 USA1 MLS Cup champion
2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup (CNCFCL) Round 1:
- 2023 USA1 MLS Eastern/Western Conference champion with the most points
- 2023 USA1 Supporter's Shield (Aggregate Table) champion (or USA1 non-MLS Cup champion with the most points)
- best and 2nd best 2023 USA1 Supporter's Shield (Aggregate Table) non-champions with the most points)

If one of the USA1 teams listed above wins the 2023 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (USACUP1), the next best USA1 team without a 2023 CNCFCL berth will receive a Round 1 2023 CNCFCL berth.

Leagues Pyramid - United States

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
USA1	Major League Soccer	29
USA2	USL Championship	24
USA3A	MLS Next Pro	27
USA3B	USL League One	12
USA3C	National Independent Soccer Assocation (NISA)	9

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 25 Feb 2023 - 21 Oct 2023	Playoffs 25 October 2023 - 9 Dec 2023		29: United States (26), Canada (3)

Season Format

Each team currently plays an "unbalanced" schedule of 34 regular season matches, with 26 Conference matches and 8 Nonconference matches. With the United States and Canada being very large countries, the current USA1 schedule cuts down on travel time and puts a premium on building regional rivalries. Conference standings and play-offs also nullifies any advantages/disadvantages that teams in one conference might have over another. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) total wins, (2) goal difference, (3) total goals scored, (4) disciplinary points, (5) away goals difference, (6) away goals scored, (7) home goals scored, (8) home goals difference, then (9) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or a draw (3 or more clubs tied).

Playoffs

The 2023 USA1 Playoffs start immediately after the 2023 USA1 Regular season. The Top 9 teams in each conference qualify for the Playoffs. In the Wild Card Round, the 8th and 9th place teams in each conference have a 1 match knockout match at the 8th place team's home venue. In Round One, from each conference the the 1st place team plays the Wild Card Round winner, the 2nd place team plays the 7th place team, the 3rd place team plays the 6th place team, and the 4th place team plays the 5th place team in "best of 3" matches. In the Conference Semifinals, the highest remaining seed hosts the lowest remaining seed, and the 2nd highest remaining seed host the 3rd highest remaining seed in Knockout matches. In each match, if it is still tied after regular time, two 15 minute overtime periods are played. If still tied after the overtime periods, penalty kicks are taken. The 2023 USA1 Cup Final is a single Championship match played at the Home field of the championship finalist with the most points acquired during the 2023 USA1 Regular season.

Relegation

There is no Promotion/Relegation between the USA1 and the USA2.

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Audi 2023 MLS Cup Final

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Sat - 9 Dec 2023

Columbus Crew

Los Angeles FC

Lower.com Field

Conference Finals

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Sat - 2 Dec 2023

	FC Cincinnati		23		Columbus Crew	TQL Stadium
	AET

Los Angeles FC

Houston Dynamo

BMO Stadium (LA)

Conference Semis

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Sat - 25 Nov 2023

Exploria Stadium

TQL Stadium

Sun - 26 Nov 2023

Shell Energy Stadium

Lumen Field

Round 1 - Best of 3

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

28.10.23	Philadelphia Union		31		New England	Subaru Park
	Match 1 of 3 - Philadelphia Union leads series (1-0)

08.11.23	New England		01		Philadelphia Union	Gillette Stadium
	Match 2 of 3 - Philadelphia Union win series (2-0)

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

28.10.23	Los Angeles FC		52		Vancouver Whitecaps	BMO Stadium (LA)
	Match 1 of 3 - Los Angeles FC leads series (1-0)

05.11.23	Vancouver Whitecaps		01		Los Angeles FC	BC Place Stadium
	Match 2 of 3 - Los Angeles FC win series (2-0)

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

29.10.23	FC Cincinnati		30		New York Red Bull	TQL Stadium
	Match 1 of 3 - FC Cincinnati leads series (1-0)

04.11.23	New York Red Bull		11		FC Cincinnati	Red Bull Arena (Harrison)
	Match 2 of 3: FC Cincinnati wins on PKs (8-7), win series (2-0)

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

29.10.23	Houston Dynamo		21		Real Salt Lake	Shell Energy Stadium
	Match 1 of 3 - Houston Dynamo leads series (1-0)

06.11.23	Real Salt Lake		54		Houston Dynamo	America First Field
	Match 2 of 3 - Real Salt Lake win on PKs (5-4), series tied (1-1)

11.11.23	Houston Dynamo		11		Real Salt Lake	Shell Energy Stadium
	Match 3 of 3 - Houston Dynamo win on PKs (4-3), win series (2-1)

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

29.10.23	St Louis City SC		14		Sporting KC	Citypark
	Match 1 of 3 - Sporting KC leads series (1-0)

05.11.23	Sporting KC		21		St Louis City SC	Children's Mercy Park
	Match 2 of 3 - Sporting KC win series (2-0)

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

30.10.23	Seattle Sounders		20		FC Dallas	Lumen Field
	Match 1 of 3 - Seattle Sounders leads series (1-0)

04.11.23	FC Dallas		31		Seattle Sounders	Toyota Stadium (Frisco)
	Match 2 of 3 - Series tied (1-1)

10.11.23	Seattle Sounders		10		FC Dallas	Lumen Field
	Match 3 of 3 - Seattle Sounders win series (2-1)

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

30.10.23	Orlando City SC		10		Nashville SC	Exploria Stadium
	Match 1 of 3 - Orlando City SC leads series (1-0)

07.11.23	Nashville SC		01		Orlando City SC	GEODIS Park
	Match 2 of 3 - Orlando City SC win series (2-0)

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

01.11.23	Columbus Crew		20		Atlanta United	Lower.com Field
	Match 1 of 3 - Columbus Crew leads series (1-0)

07.11.23	Atlanta United		42		Columbus Crew	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
	Match 2 of 3 - Series tied (1-1)

12.11.23	Columbus Crew		42		Atlanta United	Lower.com Field
	Match 3 of 3 - Columbus Crew win series (2-1)

Wild Card

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Wed - 25 Oct 2023

New York Red Bull

Charlotte FC

Red Bull Arena (Harrison)

	Sporting KC		42		San Jose Earthquakes	Children's Mercy Park
	Sporting KC advances on PKs (4-2)

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
EASTERN
1	FC Cincinnati	34	20 -9-5	69	-	57	39	18	17	13 -2-2	41	33	13	20	17	7 -7-3	28	24	26	-2
2	Orlando City SC	34	18 -9-7	63	-	55	39	16	17	9 -5-3	32	31	19	12	17	9 -4-4	31	24	20	4
3	Columbus Crew	34	16 -9-9	57	-	67	46	21	17	12 -4-1	40	41	14	27	17	4 -5-8	17	26	32	-6
4	Philadelphia Union	34	15 -10-9	55	-	57	41	16	17	10 -6-1	36	33	13	20	17	5 -4-8	19	24	28	-4
5	New England	34	15 -10-9	55	-	58	46	12	17	12 -4-1	40	37	16	21	17	3 -6-8	15	21	30	-9
6	Atlanta United	34	13 -12-9	51	-	65	53	12	17	10 -4-3	34	41	21	20	17	3 -8-6	17	24	32	-8
7	Nashville SC	34	13 -10-11	49	-	39	32	7	17	9 -4-4	31	25	13	12	17	4 -6-7	18	14	19	-5
8	New York Red Bull	34	11 -10-13	43	-	35	39	-4	17	7 -5-5	26	21	17	4	17	4 -5-8	17	14	22	-8
9	Charlotte FC	34	10 -13-11	43	-	45	52	-7	17	6 -8-3	26	24	21	3	17	4 -5-8	17	21	31	-10
10	New York City FC	34	9 -14-11	41	-	35	39	-4	17	8 -6-3	30	23	16	7	17	1 -8-8	11	12	23	-11
11	CF Montréal	34	12 -5-17	41	-	36	51	-15	17	10 -3-4	33	26	12	14	17	2 -2-13	8	10	39	-29
12	DC United	34	10 -10-14	40	-	45	48	-3	17	6 -6-5	24	31	22	9	17	4 -4-9	16	14	26	-12
13	Chicago Fire	34	10 -10-14	40	-	39	51	-12	17	6 -7-4	25	26	22	4	17	4 -3-10	15	13	29	-16
14	Inter Miami CF	34	9 -7-18	34	-	41	54	-13	17	6 -5-6	23	25	21	4	17	3 -2-12	11	16	33	-17
15	Toronto FC	34	4 -10-20	22	-	26	59	-33	17	4 -6-7	18	19	22	-3	17	0 -4-13	4	7	37	-30
WESTERN
1	St Louis City SC	34	17 -5-12	56	-	62	45	17	17	11 -2-4	35	41	17	24	17	6 -3-8	21	21	28	-7
2	Seattle Sounders	34	14 -11-9	53	-	41	32	9	17	7 -6-4	27	19	11	8	17	7 -5-5	26	22	21	1
3	Los Angeles FC	34	14 -10-10	52	-	54	39	15	17	10 -3-4	33	36	17	19	17	4 -7-6	19	18	22	-4
4	Houston Dynamo	34	14 -9-11	51	-	51	38	13	17	11 -4-2	37	36	11	25	17	3 -5-9	14	15	27	-12
5	Real Salt Lake	34	14 -8-12	50	-	48	50	-2	17	6 -4-7	22	25	27	-2	17	8 -4-5	28	23	23	0
6	Vancouver Whitecaps	34	12 -12-10	48	-	55	48	7	17	8 -6-3	30	35	19	16	17	4 -6-7	18	20	29	-9
7	FC Dallas	34	11 -13-10	46	-	41	37	4	17	7 -7-3	28	23	16	7	17	4 -6-7	18	18	21	-3
8	Sporting KC	34	12 -8-14	44	-	48	51	-3	17	9 -2-6	29	30	21	9	17	3 -6-8	15	18	30	-12
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	10 -14-10	44	-	39	43	-4	17	8 -7-2	31	25	16	9	17	2 -7-8	13	14	27	-13
10	Portland Timbers	34	11 -10-13	43	-	46	58	-12	17	9 -3-5	30	29	22	7	17	2 -7-8	13	17	36	-19
11	Minnesota United	34	10 -11-13	41	-	46	51	-5	17	4 -9-4	21	24	20	4	17	6 -2-9	20	22	31	-9
12	Austin FC	34	10 -9-15	39	-	49	55	-6	17	7 -4-6	25	28	22	6	17	3 -5-9	14	21	33	-12
13	LA Galaxy	34	8 -12-14	36	-	51	67	-16	17	6 -6-5	24	31	29	2	17	2 -6-9	12	20	38	-18
14	Colorado Rapids	34	5 -12-17	27	-	26	54	-28	17	3 -8-6	17	13	16	-3	17	2 -4-11	10	13	38	-25
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