2005 in American soccer

The 2005 season was the 93rd year of competitive soccer in the United States.

National team

Wins Losses Draws
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The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

      Win       Draw       Loss

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Major League Soccer

Main article: 2005 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Position Eastern Conference Points Played Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Difference Average attendance
1 New England Revolution 59 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 12,525
2 D.C. United 54 32 16 10 6 58 37 +21 16,664
3 Chicago Fire 49 32 15 13 4 49 50 -1 17,238
4 MetroStars 47 32 12 9 11 53 49 +4 15,077
5 Kansas City Wizards 45 32 11 9 12 52 44 +8 9,691
6 Columbus Crew 38 32 11 16 5 34 45 -11 12,916
Position Western Conference Points Played Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Difference Average attendance
1 San Jose Earthquakes 64 32 18 4 10 53 31 +22 13,037
2 FC Dallas 48 32 13 10 9 52 44 +8 11,189
3 Colorado Rapids 45 32 13 13 6 40 37 +3 13,638
4 Los Angeles Galaxy 45 32 13 13 6 44 45 -1 24,204
5 Real Salt Lake 20 32 5 22 5 30 65 -35 18,037
6 Chivas USA 18 32 4 22 6 31 67 -36 17,080

Playoffs

  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup 2005
                             


E1  New England Revolution 0 3  
E4  MetroStars 1 1  
  E1  New England Revolution 1  
Eastern Conference
  E3  Chicago Fire 0  
E3  Chicago 0 4
E2  D.C. United 0 0  
  E1  New England Revolution 0
  W4  Los Angeles Galaxy 1
W1  San Jose Earthquakes 1 1  
W4  Los Angeles Galaxy 3 1  
  W4  Los Angeles Galaxy 2
Western Conference
  W3  Colorado Rapids 0  
W3  Colorado Rapids (a.e.t.) 0 2(5)
W2  FC Dallas 0 2(4)  

MLS Cup

November 13
15:30 UTC−06
 New England Revolution 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Los Angeles Galaxy Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas
Attendance: 21,193
(Report) Ramírez Goal 105'
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USL First Division

Main article: 2005 United Soccer Leagues

Standings

Place Team P W L T GF GA Points
1 Montreal Impact 28 18 3 7 37 15 61
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 15 7 6 45 27 51
3 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 12 7 9 37 15 45
4 Seattle Sounders 28 11 6 11 33 25 44
5 Portland Timbers 28 10 9 9 40 42 39
6 Richmond Kickers 28 10 9 9 28 30 39
7 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 10 10 8 46 43 38
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 10 15 3 40 52 33
9 Charleston Battery 28 9 14 5 27 36 32
10 Minnesota Thunder 28 7 11 10 37 42 31
11 Virginia Beach Mariners 28 7 14 7 26 39 28
12 Toronto Lynx 28 3 17 8 26 50 17

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals
September 15/17		     Semifinals
September 22/24		     Final
October 1
                           
      1  Montreal Impact 2-1-3  
  4  Seattle Sounders 1-2-3     4  Seattle Sounders 2-2-4    
  5  Portland Timbers 0-0-0         4  Seattle Sounders (a.e.t) 1(4)
      6  Richmond Kickers 1(3)
      2  Rochester Raging Rhinos 1-1-2    
  3  Vancouver Whitecaps 0-0-0(4)     6  Richmond Kickers 3-1-4  
  6  Richmond Kickers (a.e.t) 0-0-0(5)  

Final

October 1
20:00 UTC-07
 Seattle Sounders 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Richmond Kickers Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 8,011
Galindo Goal 73' Görres Goal 24'
  Penalties  
Gregor Penalty scored
O'Brien Penalty scored
Levesque Penalty missed
Somoza Penalty missed
Graham Penalty missed
Saskuda Penalty scored
Jenkins Penalty scored		 4 – 3 Penalty missedDelicate
Penalty missedSsejjemba
Penalty scoredGörres
Penalty scoredWilliams
Penalty missedJeffrey
Penalty scoredPauls
Penalty missedPascale
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USL Second Division

Main article: 2005 United Soccer Leagues

Standings

Purple indicates regular season champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place Team P W L T GF GA Points
1 Western Mass Pioneers 20 13 3 4 41 22 43
2 Charlotte Eagles 20 13 5 2 44 20 41
3 Harrisburg City Islanders 20 12 3 5 43 24 41
4 Wilmington Hammerheads 20 12 6 2 45 23 38
5 Cincinnati Kings 20 7 8 5 28 23 26
6 Long Island Rough Riders 20 7 13 0 29 42 21
7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 20 6 11 3 32 25 21
8 New Hampshire Phantoms 20 6 11 3 29 38 21
9 Northern Virginia Royals 20 2 18 0 16 90 6

Playoffs

Semifinals 2-game aggregate

Semifinals
August 17/20		 Finals
August 27
               
1  Western Mass Pioneers 0-3-3  
4  Wilmington Hammerheads 1-1-2  
    1  Western Mass Pioneers 2(4)
  2  Charlotte Eagles(a.e.t.) 2(5)
3  Harrisburg City Islanders 1-1-2
2  Charlotte Eagles 0-2-2  

Final

August 27
19:30 UTC-04
 Western Mass Pioneers 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Charlotte Eagles Lusitano Stadium, Ludlow, Massachusetts
Attendance: 4,722
McFarlane Goal 43'
Fernandes Goal 46'		 Coggins Goal 1'
Meek Goal 90+2'
  Penalties  
4 – 5
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Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2005 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

  Third Round Fourth Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                               
USL1  Portland 2  
USL1  Seattle 0  
  USL1  Portland 0  
  MLS  San Jose 2  
 
   
  MLS  San Jose 1  
  MLS  Los Angeles 2  
USL2  Charlotte 2  
MLS  Chivas USA (AET) 3  
  MLS  Chivas USA 2
  MLS  Los Angeles 5  
 
   
  MLS  Los Angeles 5  
  USL1  Minnesota 2  
   
   
  MLS  Kansas City 6
  PDL  Des Moines 1  
USL1  Atlanta 1
PDL  Des Moines 5  
  MLS  Kansas City 1
  USL1  Minnesota 3  
USL1  Minnesota (AET) 6  
MLS  Real Salt Lake 4  
  USL1  Minnesota 4
  MLS  Colorado 1  
 
   
MLS  Los Angeles 1
MLS  FC Dallas 0
USL1  Richmond 8  
PDL  Ocean City 4  
  USL1  Richmond 1  
  MLS  D.C. United 3  
 
   
  MLS  D.C. United 1 (1)  
  MLS  FC Dallas (AET, PEN) 1 (4)  
   
   
  MLS  Columbus 1
  MLS  FC Dallas (AET) 3  
MLS  FC Dallas (AET) 3
USL2  Wilmington 2  
  MLS  FC Dallas 1
  MLS  Chicago 0  
USL1  Rochester 2  
USL1  Virginia Beach 1  
  USL1  Rochester 3
  MLS  MetroStars 1  
 
   
  USL1  Rochester 1 (4)
  MLS  Chicago (AET, PEN) 1 (5)  
   
   
  MLS  New England 2
  MLS  Chicago (AET) 3  
USL2  Western Mass 1
MLS  Chicago 3  

Final

September 28
20:00 UTC−07
 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 – 0 FC Dallas Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alex Prus
Gomez Goal 5'
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American clubs in international competitions

Club Competition Final round
D.C. United 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Semifinals
Kansas City Wizards 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Quarterfinals

D.C. United

Kansas City Wizards

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