MLS Winners List: Take a look at the league winners of the newly cemented Major League Soccer season after season to determine who has been the undisputed king of American Soccer.
The Major League Soccer (MLS) is the highest footballing honor in both United States and Canada which was started in 1993. Major League Soccer has the third-highest average attendance of any professional sports league in the U.S. after the National Football League and Major League Baseball.
Since the inception of the league in 1996, there have been 5 clubs who have won the MLS Title twice, including the likes of Sporting Kansas City, Seattle Sounders FC, Columbus Crew FC, San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo FC. Apart from these 5 clubs there are other 6 clubs who have won the MLS Title just once.
Do you want to know which clubs have been derived as the MLS Winners season after season? Take a look at the list below-
MLS Winners List: Major League Soccer Winners Season by Season
Season |
Winner |
Runners Up |
1996 |
D.C.United |
LA Galaxy |
1997 |
D.C.United |
Colorado Rapids |
1998 |
Chicago Fire |
D.C.United |
1999 |
D.C.United |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
2000 |
Kansas City Wizards |
Chicago Fire |
2001 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
2002 |
Los Angeles Galaxy
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New England Revolution |
2003 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
Chicago Fire |
2004 |
D.C.United |
Kansas City Wizards |
2005 |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
New England Revolution |
2006 |
Houston Dynamo |
New England Revolution |
2007 |
Houston Dynamo |
New England Revolution |
2008 |
Columbus Crew |
New York Red Bulls |
2009 |
Red Salt Lake |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
2010 |
Colorado Rapids |
FC Dallas |
2011
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Los Angeles Galaxy |
Houston Dynamo |
2012 |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
Houston Dynamo |
2013 |
Sporting Kansas City |
Real Salt Lake |
2014 |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
New England Revolution |
2015 |
Portland Timbers FC |
Columbus Crew SC |
2016 |
Seattle Sounders FC |
Toronto FC |
2017 |
Toronto FC |
Seattle Sounders FC |
2018 |
Atlanta United FC |
Portland Timbers FC |
2019 |
Seattle Sounders FC
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Toronto FC |
2020 |
Columbus Crew SC |
Seattle Sounders FC |
Most Dominant Major League Soccer Club
Clearly the LA Galaxy has won the most MLS Titles since the tournament’s inception in 1996. Having won their first title in 2002 in extra against New England Revolution, LA Galaxy won two more titles in extra time, in 2005 and 2014.
While their other two MLS Titles came in 2011 and 2012 where they defeated Houston dynamos in two consecutive finals. Whereas D.C.United are not far behind to state their dominance as well, having won the 4 MLS Championships.
Having said that, who do you think is the undisputed MLS King?
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