Talk:2015 Major League Soccer season

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Average home attendances[edit]

I suggest to add a section for "Average home attendances", as we have in in Euroleague articles 2015 Euroleague
Brio-En (talk) 21:55, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Head coach or manager?[edit]

both terms are used in the article. is one more correct than the other? Skippypeanuts (talk) 16:17, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

W-D-L[edit]

How come this article is using the "W-D-L" format for standings when the MLS official site uses the "W-L-T" format? KitHutch (talk) 00:43, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm with you -- I see no reason why we should be using European nomenclature or formatting for a North American league which follows the traditional "Win-Loss-Tie" format common to North American sport. I plan on changing the template barring an excellent reason why we should be ignoring both the league and the standard format where the league plays its games in favor of European standards. Ravenswing 13:20, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I updated the tables to reflect the "North American" style (i.e. WLT, instead of WDL). I had to make some changes to Module:Sports table, as there wasn't an option for such a thing. Bmf 051 (talk) 16:09, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You lot have to be different don't you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.81.244.252 (talk) 18:13, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

CONCACAF Champions League - US Teams[edit]

As it stands right now, the wording isn't 100% clear to me on which team would get a spot should another team qualify in multiple manners or if a Canadian team gets involved. For example, say this year the New York Red Bulls won both the Supporters' Shield and the MLS Cup; the second place team in the East is DC United, the top two in the West is Dallas and LA (with LA better than DC), and the MLS Cup runner-up is KC the US Open Cup winner. All it says in the overall table notes is that "Should a team qualify through more than one method, or should a team from Canada occupy one of the first three spots, then the next best US team would take its place." Are the spots resolved in the order listed (MLS Cup, Supporter's Shield, other conference champ, US Open Cup), which would mean the spots would go NYRB/Dallas/LA/KC? Are the spots determined by when that particular competition finishes, which would mean KC via US Open Cup, NYRB and Dallas by conference topping, and then...Philadelphia by US Open Cup runner-up because both NYRB and KC have spots by other means? Sorry, I'm just confused in general and haven't been able to find a source explaining. 160.93.70.20 (talk) 16:36, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding is that it drops a place down the combined league table. So if a Canadian club wins a conference, it is possible nobody from conference may qualify for the Champions' League. Red Jay (talk) 08:38, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

At least one team per conference will qualify. If Red Bull, takes the SS with Toronto in second and New England is third in the east then New England gets the conference position nor TFC. While in the west, if Vancouver takes it and Dallas finishes second, Dallas gets the conference position. We already know that KC has taken the Lamar Hunt Cup, so if they finish third in the west and make it to the finals... Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:38, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That is the correct situation for this season. My comment above was for the possibility in future seasons. Red Jay (talk) 15:06, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I see now - I actually had more than a few minutes today and looked more closely at both the CONCACAF Champions League articles and the 2014 MLS season article - they seem to say what you said Red Jay. If that's the case, would it be alright if I reworded the notes in the table to make it more clear? 160.93.70.20 (talk) 19:32, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A question[edit]

I dont understand how they play, why they play only 34 games when there are 20 teams => 19 x 2 = 38 games. Portland Timbers played 3 teams with LA Galaxy... how ? Maybe someone can explain to me...--Alexiulian25 (talk) 00:17, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ask MLS. They play a standard 34 matches--the same number of games that standard 18-team leagues play. They play more matches against teams in their conference and only one against those in the other conference. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:34, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All teams play every other team in MLS. They play each of the teams in the other conference once. They play rivals three times. For other teams, teams play either twice or three times. For example, the Timbers played each of the 10 Eastern Conference teams once. They played Seattle and Vancouver (their rivals) three times. They played Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake three times. They played Colorado, Dallas, and San Jose twice.Wilkyisdashiznit (talk) 23:26, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]