2005 in American soccer

Soccer in the United States
Season	2005
Supporters' Shield	San Jose Earthquakes
MLS Cup	Los Angeles Galaxy

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

May 28 International Friendly	United States	1 – 2	England	Chicago, Illinois, Illinois
14:06 UTC-05	Dempsey 79'	(Report)	Richardson 4', 44'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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)

June 8 World Cup Qualifying 3rd Round	Panama	0 – 3	United States	Panama City, Panama
21:30 UTC-04		(Report)	Bocanegra 6' Donovan 20' McBride 40'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

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)

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)

July 12 Gold Cup Group Stage	United States	0 – 0	Costa Rica	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 UTC-04		(Report)		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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)

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)

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 Armas Donovan Davis		Tejada Valdés Baloy Blanco

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

E1

New England Revolution

1

Eastern Conference

E3

Chicago Fire

0

E3

Chicago

0

4

E2

D.C. United

0

E1

New England Revolution

0

W4

Los Angeles Galaxy

1

W1

San Jose Earthquakes

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

November 13
15:30 UTC−06

New England Revolution	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Los Angeles Galaxy
	(Report)	Ramírez 105'

Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas
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 Sounders v Richmond Kickers

October 1
20:00 UTC-07

Seattle Sounders	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Richmond Kickers
Galindo 73'		Görres 24'
	Penalties
Gregor O'Brien Levesque Somoza Graham Saskuda Jenkins	4 – 3	Delicate Ssejjemba Görres Williams Jeffrey Pauls Pascale

Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington
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

August 27
19:30 UTC-04

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

Lusitano Stadium, Ludlow, Massachusetts
Attendance: 4,722

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 Galaxy v FC Dallas

September 28
20:00 UTC−07

Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 0	FC Dallas
Gomez 5'

Home Depot Center, Carson, California
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

March 9 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	D.C. United	2 – 1	Harbour View	Germantown, Maryland
	Eskandarian 5' Gros 64'		Shelton 23'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,825

March 16 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Harbour View	1 – 2	D.C. United	Kingston, Jamaica
	Stewart 45'		Walker 74' Moreno 77'	Stadium: Harbour View Stadium

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

April 13 Champions Cup Semifinal	UNAM	5 – 0	D.C. United	Mexico City, Mexico
	Marioni 11' Beltrán 48', 73' Toledo 85' Lozano 88'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 22,000

Kansas City Wizards

March 9 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Kansas City Wizards	0 – 0	Deportivo Saprissa	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 1,207

March 16 Champions Cup Quarterfinal	Deportivo Saprissa	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Kansas City Wizards	San José, Costa Rica
	Drummond 90', 96'		Burciaga 79'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

References

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2005 in American soccer

Contents

National team

Major League Soccer

Standings

Playoffs

MLS Cup

USL First Division

Standings

Playoffs

Final

USL Second Division

Standings

Playoffs

Final

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Final

American clubs in international competitions

D.C. United

Kansas City Wizards

References

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