Last Updated on 8/19/2020
The MLS table 2022 consists of 28 teams, divided into two conferences: western and eastern.
In this table, all the teams are together though, ranked through the one with most points, to the one with fewer points.
MLS is back tournament
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MLS had to interrupt it’s season and they returned with an unusual tournament happening in Orlando.
The tournament happened with the teams divided into groups. Check out how the idea of the competition started and how it all began here: https://www.soccerantenna.com/mls/everything-you-need-to-know-about-mls-return
Qualified teams advanced to a knockout stage, with a single match. The competition ended on 12th August 2020. Portland Timbers were declared champions after beating Orlando City 2×1 in the final.
Last season MLS playoff brackets
The MLS table below refers to the MLS playoffs 2019 (previous season). The regular season ended on the 6th of October. The competition then turned into a playoff, with knockout matches between the teams. Here is the final bracket:
The MLS playoffs kicked off on the 19th of October 2019. The winners of each conference during the regular season advanced to the semifinals directly. Seattle Sounders were crowned winners on the 10th of November.
The history of MLS
The rise of NASL and its fall
The Major Soccer League was founded in 1993, but it was not the first league of soccer in the United States. Between 1968 and 1984 there was the NASL, the North American Soccer League. It got wide popularity throughout the 70s, especially due to attracting major faces of the European and South American sport.
With teams such as the New York Cosmos, the Chicago Sting and the Las Vegas Quicksilver, the league was built in a franchise like a format, the same as MLB, NFL and NBA.
During this time some of the names that played in the league were legendary back then: Pele, Eusebio, Beckenbauer, George Best, Teofilo Cubillas, Hugo Sanchez, Cruyff, you name it. If you want to see some more of the names connected to NASL golden era read here.
However, due to the lack of knowledge about managing soccer teams and lots of doubtful decisions, the league started going bankrupt in the early 80s. In 1984 they decided to give up and the NASL became just a memory from the past.
How the World Cup made the MLS a reality
As expected, many soccer fans in the USA were extremely unhappy with the sudden decision of taking away the NASL. The games had a regular audience of approximately 13 million and were very popular especially between the emigrants, specifically the Hispanic communities.
However, it all changed in 1988, when the United States won the bid to host the 1994 event. FIFA demanded that they had to have a national league, otherwise the tournament could not happen in the country. So, the USSF agreed to create a national league in a renovated format from the NASL and it became a reality in 1993.
However, the first season only happened actually in 1996, with 10 teams divided by two conferences. The first game was between the San Jose Clash (now San Jose Earthquakes) and D. C. United, in San Jose, in the previously named Spartan Stadium.
Since then the MLS has traveled a long way, expanding until having a total of 24 teams at the moment, still divided by east and west conference.
The league has plans to have 30 teams and next season Inter Miami, owned by David Beckham and Nashville SC will join the list. In 2021 another one called Austin F.C. Plus, recently MLS announced that they will open a team in St. Louis, becoming the 28th team to join the MLS.
Who won the most number of MLS titles?
The team who won the ultimate stage of the playoffs, the MLS Cup, more times, was LA Galaxy. The current team of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, won it in 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014. Just followed by D.C. United, who won it in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004.
The current champions are Atlanta United, who defeated the Portland Timbers 2-0 on December 2018, to achieve their first piece of silverware. The actual season will end earlier, on October 6th, with the playoffs being played in September.
Get the latest MLS table news in SoccerAntenna
The MLS schedule is also available on SoccerAntenna. The regular season of the Major Soccer League began on February 29th, 2020, and will finish on October 4th. After that, the playoffs will take place during the month of October.
However, there might be a delay on the MLS table, as the COVID-19 pandemic obligated the league to postpone his fixtures. The league got interrupted in March and returned to the MLS is Back Tournament (read above).
How many teams make the MLS playoffs?
The previous season a new format on the MLS table started. The playoffs used single-match rounds, which included 14 teams.
In the 2020 MLS regular season, each team does not play every other team at least once, for the first time ever. Every team will face the others in their conference twice and just 10 teams from 13 of the opposite conference.
In SoccerAntenna we provide all the MLS news, including the latest transfers, games, and international fixtures.
Want to know who is the MLS top scorer at the moment? Here is the updated list.
Here are the 26 teams in the 2020 MLS season:
Western Conference
Colorado Rapids 
Stadium: Dick’s Sporting Good Park
Capacity: 18.061
Coach: Conor Casey
Top scorer: Kein Ansu Kamara
FC Dallas 
Stadium: Toyota Stadium; Frisco, Texas
Capacity: 20.500
Coach: Luchi Gonzalez
Top scorer: Jesus Ferreira
Portland Timbers 
Stadium: Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
Capacity: 25.218
Coach: Giovanni Savarese
Top scorer: Brian Fernandez
Houston Dynamos 
Stadium: BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas
Capacity: 22.039
Coach: Wilmer Cabrera
Top scorer: Mauro Manotas
Sporting Kansas City 
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas
Capacity: 18.467
Coach: Peter Vermes
Top scorer: Felipe Gutierrez
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 
Stadium: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada
Capacity: 22.120
Coach: Marc Dos Santos
Top scorer: Fredy Montero
Real Salt Lake FC 
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah
Capacity: 20.213
Coach: Mike Petke
Top scorer: Albert Rusnak
Seattle Sounders FC 
Stadium: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington
Capacity: 37.722
Coach: Brian Schmetzer
Top scorer: Raul Ruidiaz
San Jose Earthquakes 
Stadium: Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California
Capacity: 18.000
Coach: Matias Almeyda
Top scorer: Chris Wondolowski
Minnesota United FC 
Stadium: Allianz Field, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Capacity: 19.400
Coach: Adrian Heath
Top scorer: Darwin Quintero
LA Galaxy 
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park, Los Angeles, California
Capacity: 27.000
Coach: Guillermo Schelotto
Top scorer: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Los Angeles FC 
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Capacity: 22.000
Coach: Bob Bradley
Top scorer: Carlos Vela
Nashville SC 
Stadium: Nissan Stadium, Nashville (Tennessee)
Capacity: 69,143
Coach: Ian Ayre
Top scorer: Doesn’t have, Nashville is playing its debut season on the MLS
Eastern Conference
FC Cincinnati 
Stadium: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Capacity: 33.000
Coach: Jaap Stam
Top Scorer: Allan Cruz
Columbus Crew SC 
Stadium: Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Capacity: 19.968
Coach: Caleb Porter
Top scorer: Gyasi Zardes
Chicago Fire 
Stadium: Seatgeek Stadium, Bridgeview, Illinois
Capacity: 20.000
Coach: Veljko Paunovic
Top scorer: CJ Sapong
Orlando City SC 
Stadium: Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Capacity: 25.500
Coach: James O’Connor
Top scorer: Luis Almeida Nani
Toronto FC 
Stadium: BMO Field, Toronto, Canada
Capacity: 30.991
Coach: Greg Vanney
Top scorers: Alejandro Pozuelo
New England Revolution 
Stadium: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Capacity: 65.878
Coach: Bruce Arena
Top scorer: Carles Gil
Montreal Impact 
Stadium: Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Capacity: 20.801
Coach: Remi Garde
Top scorer: Saphir Taider
New York City FC 
Stadium: Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
Capacity: 28,743
Coach: Domenec Torrent
Top scorers: Heber dos Santos
DC United
Stadium: Audi Field, Washington, D.C.
Capacity: 20,000
Coach: Ben Olsen
Top scorer: Wayne Rooney
New York Red Bulls 
Stadium: Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey
Capacity: 25.000
Coach: Chris Armas
Top scorer: Daniel Royer
Atlanta United FC 
Stadium: Mercedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Capacity: 42.500
Coach: Frank de Boer
Top scorer: Josef Martinez
Philadelphia Union 
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, Pennsylvania
Capacity: 18.500
Coach: Jim Curtin
Top scorer: Kacper Przybylko
Inter Miami 
Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Capacity: 18.000
Coach: Diego Alonso
Top scorer: The club is founded by former Manchester United legend David Beckham and is debuting this season.
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