2005 in American soccer

Association football-related events in the USA during the season of 2005

Soccer in the United States
Season2005
Men's soccer
Supporters' ShieldSan Jose Earthquakes
MLS CupLos Angeles Galaxy
← 2004 United States 2006 →

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

National team

Wins Losses Draws
14 3 3

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

Trinidad and Tobago  v  United States
February 9 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 2  United States Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
15:30 UTC−04 Eve 89' (Report) Johnson 30'
Lewis 54'		 Stadium: Queen's Park Oval
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
United States  v  Colombia
March 9 International Friendly United States  3 – 0  Colombia Fullerton, California
Noonan 25'
Marshall 33' Mathis 66'		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 7,086
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodriguez (Mexico)
United States  v  Honduras
March 19 International Friendly United States  1 – 0  Honduras Albuquerque, New Mexico
14:00 UTC−07 Johnson 45' (Report) Stadium: University Stadium
Attendance: 9,222
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)
Mexico  v  United States
March 27 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round Mexico  2 – 1  United States Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 UTC−06 Borgetti 32'
Naelson 35'		 (Report) Lewis 59' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)
United States  v  Guatemala
March 30 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round United States  2 – 0  Guatemala Birmingham, Alabama
19:00 UTC−06 Johnson 11'
Ralston 71'		 (Report) Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 31,624
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad & Tobago)
United States  v  England
May 28 International Friendly United States  1 – 2  England Chicago, Illinois
14:06 UTC−05 Dempsey 79' (Report) Richardson 4', 44' Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
United States  v  Costa Rica
June 4 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round United States  3 – 0  Costa Rica Salt Lake City, Utah
17:30 UTC−06 Donovan 6', 62'
McBride 87'		 (Report) Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium
Attendance: 40,586
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Cuba  v  United States
July 7 Gold Cup Group Stage Cuba  1 – 4  United States Seattle, Washington
19:30 UTC−07 Moré 18' (Report) Dempsey 45'
Donovan 20', 90'
Beasley 89'		 Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 15,831
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
United States  v  Canada
July 9 Gold Cup Group Stage United States  2 – 0  Canada Seattle, Washington
12:30 UTC−07 Hutchinson 48' (o.g.)
Donovan 90'		 (Report) Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 15,109
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
United States  v  Jamaica
July 16 Gold Cup Quarterfinals United States  3 – 1  Jamaica Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 UTC−04 Wolff 6'
Beasley 42', 83'		 (Report) Fuller 88' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 22,108
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Honduras  v  United States
July 21 Gold Cup Semifinals Honduras  1 – 2  United States East Rutherford, New Jersey
18:00 UTC−04 Guerrero 31' (Report) O'Brien 86'
Onyewu 90'		 Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 41,721
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
United States  v  Panama
July 24 Gold Cup Final United States  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 1 p)		  Panama East Rutherford, New Jersey
15:00 UTC−04 (Report) Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 31,018
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Penalties
Quaranta soccer ball with check mark
Armas soccer ball with red X
Donovan soccer ball with check mark
Davis soccer ball with check mark		 Tejada soccer ball with red X
Valdés soccer ball with red X
Baloy soccer ball with check mark
Blanco soccer ball with red X
United States  v  Trinidad and Tobago
August 17 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round United States  1 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago East Hartford, Connecticut
20:00 UTC−04 McBride 3' (Report) Stadium: Rentschler Field
Attendance: 25,488
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
United States  v  Mexico
September 3 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round United States  2 – 0  Mexico Columbus, Ohio
19:30 UTC−04 Ralston 55'
Beasley 62'		 (Report) Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 24,685
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Guatemala  v  United States
September 7 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round Guatemala  0 – 0  United States Guatemala City, Guatemala
21:00 UTC−06 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Costa Rica  v  United States
October 8 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round Costa Rica  3 – 0  United States San José, Costa Rica
14:00 UTC−06 Wanchope 32'
Hernández 60', 87'		 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
United States  v  Panama
October 12 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round United States  2 – 0  Panama Foxborough, Massachusetts
18:58 UTC−04 Martino 53'
Twellman 59'		 (Report) Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 9,192
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Scotland  v  United States
November 12 International Friendly Scotland  1 – 1  United States Glasgow, Scotland
16:00 UTC−0 Webster 37' (Report) Wolff 9' (pen.) Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 9,192
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Major League Soccer

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

New England Revolution0 – 1 (a.e.t.)Los Angeles Galaxy
(Report) Ramírez 105'
Attendance: 21,193

USL First Division

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

Seattle Sounders1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Richmond Kickers
Galindo 73' Görres 24'
Penalties
Gregor soccer ball with check mark
O'Brien soccer ball with check mark
Levesque soccer ball with red X
Somoza soccer ball with red X
Graham soccer ball with red X
Saskuda soccer ball with check mark
Jenkins soccer ball with check mark		 4 – 3 soccer ball with red X Delicate
soccer ball with red X Ssejjemba
soccer ball with check mark Görres
soccer ball with check mark Williams
soccer ball with red X Jeffrey
soccer ball with check mark Pauls
soccer ball with red X Pascale
Attendance: 8,011

USL Second Division

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

Western Mass Pioneers2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Charlotte Eagles
McFarlane 43'
Fernandes 46'		 Coggins 1'
Meek 90+2'
Penalties
4 – 5

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

Los Angeles Galaxy1 – 0FC Dallas
Gomez 5'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alex Prus

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

D.C. United United States v Mexico UNAM
April 6 Champions Cup Semifinal D.C. United United States 1 – 1 Mexico UNAM Washington, D.C.
Gómez 10' Aílton 51' (pen.) Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 21,185

Kansas City Wizards

References

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