2006 Major League Soccer season

Season	2006
MLS Cup	Houston Dynamo
Supporters' Shield	D.C. United
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The 2006 Major League Soccer season was the 11th season in league history. It began on April 1, 2006 and ended with MLS Cup 2006 on November 12, 2006 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas for the second consecutive year in a row.

Contents 1 Changes from 2005 Season 2 Final standings 2.1 Eastern Conference 2.2 Western Conference 3 MLS Cup Playoffs 3.1 Conference Semifinals 3.2 Conference Finals 3.3 MLS Cup 2006 4 Scoring 5 Team Awards 6 International Competition 7 Individual Awards 8 External links

[edit] Changes from 2005 Season

• The MetroStars were bought by Austrian company Red Bull and rebranded as Red Bull New York, with the playing squad known as the New York Red Bulls.
• The San Jose Earthquakes players and head coach Dominic Kinnear moved to Houston, Texas due to owner AEG being unable to secure a soccer specific stadium in San Jose, California and become Houston 1836. The team later changed its name to the Houston Dynamo.
• In June, the Chicago Fire moved into their new soccer-specific stadium, Toyota Park, in Bridgeview, Illinois.

[edit] Final standings

Purple indicates Supporters' Shield clinched
Yellow indicates Regular Season Runners-up clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

[edit] Eastern Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	D.C. United	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55
2	New England Revolution	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48
3	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47
4	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
5	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	-2	38
6	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	-12	33

[edit] Western Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	FC Dallas	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	52
2	Houston Dynamo	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	46
3	C.D. Chivas USA	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	43
4	Colorado Rapids	32	11	13	8	36	49	-13	41
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39
6	Real Salt Lake	32	10	13	9	45	49	-4	39

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

	Conference Semifinals							Conference Finals							MLS Cup 2006
	1	D.C. United	1	1	2
	4	New York Red Bulls	0	1	1
								1	D.C. United			0
	Eastern Conference
								2	New England Revolution			1
	3	Chicago Fire	1	1	2
	2	New England Revolution (a.e.t., p.s.o.)	0	2	2
															E	New England Revolution			1
															W	Houston Dynamo (a.e.t., p.s.o.)			1
	1	FC Dallas	2	2	4
	4	Colorado Rapids (a.e.t., p.s.o.)	1	3	4
								4	Colorado Rapids			1
	Western Conference
								2	Houston Dynamo			3
	3	Chivas USA	2	0	2
	2	Houston Dynamo	1	2	3

[edit] Conference Semifinals

October 21, 2006	D.C. United	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Attendance: 8,630 Referee: Michael Kennedy
	Gómez 73' Namoff 75' Gómez  77'	Report	Mendes 76' Guevara 90+2'

October 29, 2006	New York Red Bulls	1–1	D.C. United	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 21,455 Referee: Tim Weyland
	Stammler 11' Altidore  70'	Report	Adu 73' Gómez  86'

D.C. advance 2-1 on aggregate.

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October 22, 2006	New England Revolution	0–1	Chicago Fire	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois Attendance: 10,217 Referee: Tim Weyland
	Heaps 34' John 37' Joseph 57'	Report	Herron 16' Mapp  35' Robinson 61'

October 28, 2006	Chicago Fire	1–2 (a.e.t)	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 9,372 Referee: Jair Marrufo
	Jaqua  18' Segares 31' Robinson 65' Jaqua 116'	(Report)	Larentowicz 10' Hernandez 14' Twellman  41' Noonan  58'

		Penalties
	Thiago Gutierrez Herron Guerrero	2–4	Cancela Reis Noonan Twellman

New England advance 4-2 on penalties (2-2 aggregate after extra time).

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October 21, 2006	FC Dallas	2–1	Colorado Rapids	INVESCO Field, Denver, Colorado Attendance: 4,176 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
	Ruíz  15' Thompson  55' Ruíz 90'	Report	Cooke  23' Gargan 57' Beckerman 86' Martins  88'

October 28, 2006	Colorado Rapids	3–2 (a.e.t)	FC Dallas	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas Attendance: 15,486 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
	Mastroeni 26' Winger 53' Hernández  57' Hernández  83' Noel 101' Mathis  114'	Report	Gbandi  29' Ruíz  48' Goodson  92' Saragosa 112'

		Penalties
	Mathis Hernández Kirovski Beckerman Karanka Mastroeni	5–4	Ruíz O'Brien Mulrooney Vanney Valakari Sala

Colorado advance 5-4 on penalties (4-4 aggregate after extra time).

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October 22, 2006	Houston Dynamo	1–2	C.D. Chivas USA	Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 15,110 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
	Onstad 45+1' Ching  75'	Report	Mendoza 38' Razov  45' Palencia  68'

October 29, 2006	C.D. Chivas USA	0–2	Houston Dynamo	Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas Attendance: 17,440 Referee: Michael Kennedy
	Vaughn 55' Palencia  57', 58' Regan 63' Garcia 64'	Report	Clark 59' Davis  64' (pen.) Serioux 67' Ching  90+3'

Houston advance 3-2 on aggregate.

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[edit] Conference Finals

November 5, 2006	New England Revolution	1–0	D.C. United	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 19,552 Referee: Kevin Scott
	Dorman 2' Twellman  4'	Report

New England advances 1-0 in single elimination.

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November 5, 2006	Colorado Rapids	1–3	Houston Dynamo	Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas Attendance: 23,107 Referee: Brian Hall
	Kirovski  4' Mathis 17'	Report	Dalglish  10' Clark 17' Dalglish  21' Mullan  71'

Houston advances 3-1 in single elimination.

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[edit] MLS Cup 2006

November 12, 2006	Houston Dynamo	1–1	New England Revolution	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas Attendance: 22,427 Referee: Jair Marrufo
	Davis 23' Cochrane 99' Waibel 103' Ching  114'	(Report)	Franchino 16' Twellman  113'

		Penalties
	Gray Holden De Rosario Davis Ching	4–3	Joseph Reis Noonan Twellman Heaps

The Houston Dynamo win MLS Cup 4-3 on penalties.

[edit] Scoring

This table lists the scoring leaders for the regular season.

Player	GP	G	A
Jeff Cunningham, RSL	31	16	11
Christian Gómez, DC	30	14	11
Ante Razov, CHV	28	14	8
Carlos Ruíz, DAL	27	13	5
Landon Donovan, LA	24	12	7
Jaime Moreno, DC	32	11	10
Dwayne De Rosario, HOU	30	11	5
Taylor Twellman, NE	32	11	5
Kenny Cooper, DAL	31	11	4
Brian Ching, HOU	21	11	2

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup: Houston Dynamo
• U.S. Open Cup: Chicago Fire
• MLS Supporters' Shield: D.C. United
• MLS Reserve Division: Colorado Rapids

[edit] International Competition

• Los Angeles Galaxy - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - lose to Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica in quarterfinals.

• New England Revolution - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - lose to LD Alajuelense of Costa Rica in quarterfinals.

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Christian Gómez, D.C. United
• Golden Boot: Jeff Cunningham, Real Salt Lake (16)
• Defender of the Year: Bobby Boswell, D.C. United
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Troy Perkins, D.C. United
• Rookie of the Year: Jonathan Bornstein, C.D. Chivas USA
• Coach of the Year: Bob Bradley, C.D. Chivas USA
• Comeback Player of the Year: Richard Mulrooney, FC Dallas
• Goal of the Year: Brian Ching, Houston Dynamo
• Fair Play Award: Chris Klein, Real Salt Lake
• Humanitarian of the Year: Michael Parkhurst, New England Revolution

[edit] External links

• MLS 2006 Season Stats

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