Regular season Format During the 2018 MLS regular season, each team will play 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams will face each of their conference opponents (10 in the East, 11 in the West) twice during the season with one game at home and one game away. Western Conference teams will play one additional intra-conference game and Eastern Conference teams will play two. All teams will face each non-conference opponent once.
Conference standings Eastern Conference Pos Team [ v t e ] Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Atlanta United 12 8 3 1 26 16 +10 25 Conference Semi-finals[a] 2 New York City FC 12 7 2 3 25 16 +9 24 3 Columbus Crew 13 7 3 3 18 10 +8 24 Knockout round 4 New York Red Bulls 11 7 3 1 26 12 +14 22 5 Orlando City 11 6 4 1 21 18 +3 19 6 New England Revolution 12 5 4 3 21 18 +3 18 7 Philadelphia Union 12 4 5 3 12 15 −3 15 8 Chicago Fire 11 3 6 2 15 20 −5 11 9 Toronto FC 10 3 6 1 14 19 −5 10 10 Montreal Impact 12 3 9 0 14 27 −13 9 11 D.C. United 9 2 5 2 13 17 −4 8 Updated to match(es) played on May 21, 2018. Source: MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored ; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots. Notes:
Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions will not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[2]
Western Conference Pos Team [ v t e ] Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Sporting Kansas City 12 7 2 3 24 13 +11 24 Conference Semi-finals[a] 2 Los Angeles FC 11 6 3 2 23 18 +5 20 3 FC Dallas 11 5 1 5 17 11 +6 20 Knockout round 4 Houston Dynamo 11 5 3 3 26 18 +8 18 5 Portland Timbers 10 5 3 2 16 15 +1 17 6 Vancouver Whitecaps 14 4 5 5 19 27 −8 17 7 LA Galaxy 12 5 6 1 16 19 −3 16 8 Real Salt Lake 12 5 6 1 15 25 −10 16 9 Minnesota United 12 4 7 1 14 22 −8 13 10 San Jose Earthquakes 11 2 6 3 18 22 −4 9 11 Seattle Sounders 9 2 5 2 7 11 −4 8 12 Colorado Rapids 10 2 6 2 11 17 −6 8 Updated to match(es) played on May 21, 2018. Source: MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots Notes:
Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions will not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[3]