2009 MLS Table

Pos GP W D L PTS PPG GPG GF GA GD LAST 5
1 Columbus Crew (E1) 30 13 10 7 49 1.63 1.37 44 31 10
2 Los Angeles Galaxy (W1) 30 12 12 6 48 1.60 1.20 36 31 5
3 Houston Dynamo (W2) 30 13 9 8 48
 1.60 1.30 39 29 10
4 Seattle Sounders 30 12 11 7 47
 1.57 1.27 38 29 9
5 Chicago Fire (E2) 30 11 12 7 45
 1.50 1.30 39 34 5
6 Chivas USA 30 13 6 11 45 1.50 1.13 34 31 3
7 New England Revolution 30 11 9 10 42 1.40 1.10 33 37 -4
8 Real Salt Lake 30 11 7 12 40 1.33 1.43 43 35 8
9 Colorado Rapids 30 10 10 10 40 1.33 1.40 42 38 4
10 DC United 30 9 13 8 40 1.33 1.43 43 44 -1
11 Toronto FC 1 30 10 9 11 39 1.30 1.27 37 46 -9
12 FC Dallas 30 11 6 13 39 1.30 1.67 50 47 -3
13 Kansas City Wizards 30 8 9 13 33 1.10 1.10 33 42 -9
14 San Jose Earthquakes 30 7 9 14 30 1.00 1.20 36 50 -14
15 New York Red Bulls
 30 5 6 19 21 0.70 0.90 27 47 -20
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Rule Change #1: For the 2009 MLS Cup, it went from top three in each conference followed by the next two highest point totals, back to the top two in each conference qualified followed by the next four highest point totals, regardless of conference.