2022 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer
Season	2022
Dates	February 26 – October 9; (regular season); October 15 – November 5; (playoffs);
MLS Cup	Los Angeles FC; (1st title)
Supporters' Shield	Los Angeles FC; (2nd shield)
Champions League; (United States)	Austin FC; Los Angeles FC; Orlando City SC; Philadelphia Union
Champions League; (Canada)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played	476
Goals scored	1,409 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hany Mukhtar; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	7 goals:; Philadelphia 7–0 D.C. (July 8)
Biggest away win	6 goals:; D.C. 0–6 Philadelphia (August 20)
Highest scoring	9 goals:; New York City 5–4 Toronto (April 24) ; Portland 7–2 Kansas City (May 14) ; Red Bulls 4–5 Colorado (August 2)
Longest winning run	7 matches ; LAFC (July 9–August 17)
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches ; Cincinnati (July 23–September 27)
Longest winless run	10 matches ; Chicago (April 2–May 28)
Longest losing run	5 matches ; Toronto (April 24–May 14 and September 4–October 9)
Total attendance	10,011,578
Average attendance	21,033
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The 2022 Major League Soccer season was the 27th season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The league had 28 clubs following the addition of Charlotte FC as an expansion team.

The regular season began on February 26 and concluded on October 9. The playoffs began on October 15 and concluded with MLS Cup 2022 on November 5, fifteen days prior to the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[1] New York City FC entered the season as defending champions, having defeated the Portland Timbers in MLS Cup 2021, while the New England Revolution entered the season as the reigning Supporters' Shield winners. Western Conference regular season and playoff champions, Los Angeles FC won their second Supporters' Shield and their first MLS Cup, defeating the Eastern Conference regular season and playoff champions, the Philadelphia Union, in a penalty shoot-out.

A total of 476 matches were played over the course of the regular season and drew an average attendance of 21,033. Total attendance reached a record 10 million, but most teams in the league saw a decline in attendance since the 2019 season.^[2]^[3] In addition, this was the first season where all stadiums were open to full capacity since the 2019 season.

^ "MLS Announces 2022 Schedule Format & Conference Alignment". Major League Soccer. November 5, 2021. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ Kennedy, Paul (October 13, 2022). "Crowd Count: MLS attendance tops 10 million for first time". Soccer America. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
^ Baxter, Kevin (November 1, 2022). "LAFC hosts unique MLS Cup final featuring league superpowers". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[mls1-1] "MLS Announces 2022 Schedule Format & Conference Alignment". Major League Soccer. November 5, 2021. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[2] Kennedy, Paul (October 13, 2022). "Crowd Count: MLS attendance tops 10 million for first time". Soccer America. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.

[3] Baxter, Kevin (November 1, 2022). "LAFC hosts unique MLS Cup final featuring league superpowers". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

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