2015 Major League Soccer season
| Season | 2015 |
|---|---|
| MLS Cup | Portland Timbers (1st title) |
| Supporters' Shield | New York Red Bulls (2nd shield) |
| Champions League (United States) |
FC Dallas New York Red Bulls Portland Timbers Sporting Kansas City |
| Champions League (Canada) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| Matches played | 340 |
| Goals scored | 937 (2.76 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Sebastian Giovinco Kei Kamara (22 goals each) |
| Best goalkeeper |
Adam Kwarasey David Ousted (13 shutouts each) |
| Biggest home win | 5 goals: LA 5–0 POR (Jun 24) TOR 5–0 ORL (Aug 22) CLB 5–0 DC (Oct 25) |
| Biggest away win | 5 goals: SKC 0–5 SJ (Aug 19) |
| Highest scoring | 10 goals: DC 6–4 RSL (Aug 1) |
| Longest winning run | 6 games: New England Revolution (Aug 1 – Sep 16) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 games: New England Revolution (Mar 21 – May 16) Portland Timbers (Oct 14 – Dec 6) |
| Longest winless run | 11 games: New York City FC (Mar 21 – May 30) |
| Longest losing run | 5 games: New England Revolution (Jun 21 – Jul 11) Seattle Sounders FC (Jul 11 – Aug 9) Chicago Fire (Sep 5 – Sep 26) |
| Highest attendance | 64,358 SEA 2–1 POR (Aug 30) |
| Lowest attendance | 10,035 MON 2–1 VAN (Jun 3) |
| Total attendance | 7,335,053 |
| Average attendance | 21,574 |
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The 2015 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). The regular season was held from March 6 through to October 25, whereas the MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 28 and ended with MLS Cup 2015 on December 6. The defending MLS Cup champions were the LA Galaxy, while Seattle Sounders FC were the defending Supporters' Shield winners.
It was the first season for expansion teams Orlando City SC and New York City FC, who both joined the Eastern Conference, while both the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. Chivas USA folded at the end of the 2014 season.
At the end of the regular season, the New York Red Bulls of the Eastern Conference won the Supporters' Shield, while the team on top of the Western Conference was FC Dallas. The Portland Timbers won their first MLS Cup, winning 2–1 at Columbus Crew SC.
The 2015 season began on Friday, March 6. The opening weekend saw an average attendance of 25,838 — buoyed by strong attendances in Orlando (62,510), and Seattle (39,782) — with seven of the weekend's ten matches selling out. Additionally, MLS saw strong TV ratings on ESPN2 (539,000 viewers), Unimas (341,000 viewers), and Fox Sports 1 (289,000 and 278,500 viewers).
The 2015 MLS season features the addition of two expansion teams, New York City FC and Orlando City SC. New York City FC became the second MLS team in the New York metropolitan area (joining the New Jersey-based New York Red Bulls), as well as the first based within New York City itself (the team will play its inaugural season at Yankee Stadium). Orlando is a new market for MLS, which returns to Florida for the first time since folding their Miami and Tampa Bay franchises before the 2002 season; the Lions' ownership previously owned Orlando's team that played in the league then known as USL Pro from 2010–2014, a team that relocated to Louisville for the 2015 season of the rebranded United Soccer League.
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