2008 MLS Table

Pos GP W D L PTS PPG GPG GF GA GD LAST 5
1 Columbus Crew (E1) 30 17 6 7 57 1.90 – 50 36 14
2 Houston Dynamo (W1) 30 13 12 5 51 1.70 – 45 32 13
3 Chicago Fire (E2) 30 13 7 10 46
 1.53 – 44 33 11
4 New England Revolution 30 12 7 11 43
 1.43 – 40 43 -3
5 Chivas USA (W2) 30 12 7 11 43
 1.43 – 40 41 -1
6 Kansas City Wizards 30 11 9 10 42 1.40 – 37 39 -2
7 Real Salt Lake 30 11 9 10 42 1.40 – 40 39 1
8 New York Red Bulls 30 10 9 11 39 1.30 – 42 48 -6
9 Colorado Rapids 30 11 4 15 37 1.23 – 43 44 -1
10 DC United 30 11 4 15 37 1.23 – 43 51 -8
11 FC Dallas 30 8 12 10 36 1.20 – 45 41 4
12 Toronto FC 1 30 9 8 13 35 1.17 – 34 43 -9
13 Los Angeles Galaxy 30 8 9 13 33 1.10 – 55 62 -7
14 San Jose Earthquakes 30 8 9 13 33 1.10 – 32 38 -6
Toronto FC 1

1 Not eligible for the U.S. Open Cup or CONCACAF Champions League entry through MLS.
– No Goals per Game tracked that season.

2008 – Rule Change #1: Qualifying for MLS Cup was changed to top three in each conference, followed by the next two highest point totals regardless of conference.

2008 – Rule Change #2: Near the end of 2008, it was decided that all MLS teams would be allowed to enter the 2009 US Open Cup 2009, instead of the previous top six auto-qualify, and the rest qualify via a knockout tourney.

2008 – Rule Change #3: Near the end of 2008, it was decided that no MLS team would play in both the CONCACAF Champions League and Superliga for that calendar year. Columbus and Houston qualified for the CCL via winning the Supporters’ Shield and finishing second overall, respectively. This changed the qualification so that 3rd through 6th places would be in Superliga 2009, instead of the original first through fourth places.