2012 Major League Soccer season
| Season | 2012 |
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| MLS Cup | Los Angeles Galaxy (4th title) |
| Supporters' Shield | San Jose Earthquakes (2nd shield) |
| Champions League (U.S.) |
San Jose Earthquakes Los Angeles Galaxy Houston Dynamo Sporting Kansas City (via U.S. Open Cup) |
| Champions League (Canada) | Toronto FC (via Canadian Championship) |
| Matches played | 323 |
| Goals scored | 854 (2.64 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Chris Wondolowski (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
SJ 5–0 RSL (July 14) DAL 5–0 POR (July 21) |
| Biggest away win |
CHV 0–4 LA (August 12) CHV 2–6 SEA (August 25) CHV 0-4 RSL (September 29) |
| Highest scoring | 8 goals: SJ 5–3 DC (May 2) POR 3–5 LA (July 14) CHV 2–6 SEA (August 25) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches: Sporting KC (March 10 – April 18) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches: Sporting KC (August 4 – October 24) |
| Longest winless run | 14 matches: Toronto FC (July 28 – October 28) |
| Longest losing run | 9 matches: Toronto FC (March 17 – May 19) |
| Highest attendance | 66,452 POR @ SEA (October 7) |
| Lowest attendance | 6,149 COL @ NE (May 2) |
| Average attendance | 18,807 |
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The 2012 Major League Soccer season was the 100th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States and Canada, the 34th with a national first-division league, and the 17th season of Major League Soccer.
The regular season began on March 10, when the Vancouver Whitecaps FC defeated the expansion team Montreal Impact 2–0 at BC Place, and concluded with the host Los Angeles Galaxy defeating the Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 on October 28 at The Home Depot Center. The season also featured the 2012 MLS All-Star Game on July 28, when MLS All-Stars defeated the Chelsea 3–2 at PPL Park (hosted by the Philadelphia Union). The San Jose Earthquakes would go on to become the Supporters' Shield champions by earning the most points of any team throughout the regular season. The 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs ran from October 31 until December 1, when the Los Angeles Galaxy claimed their fourth MLS Cup title by defeating Houston Dynamo 3–1 in MLS Cup 2012 at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA.
The 2012 MLS season features several significant on- and off-field changes from 2011:
Five MLS teams saw changes in jersey sponsorship for the 2012 season:
Note: All teams use Adidas as kit manufacturer.
Major League Soccer employs no fewer than 12 methods to acquire players. These include: signing players on transfers/free transfers as is done in most of the world; via trades; drafting players through mechanisms such as the MLS SuperDraft, MLS Supplemental Draft, or MLS Re-Entry Draft; rarely used methods which cover extreme hardship and injury replacement; signing players as Designated Players or Homegrown Players; placing a discovery claim on players; waivers; and methods peculiar to MLS such as through allocation or a weighted lottery.
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