| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 164 | 425 | 2.59 | 78 | 47.56% | 51 | 31.10% | 35 | 21.34% |
| Eastern | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | ![]() | Columbus Crew | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 39 | WWWW | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |
| 2 | ![]() | Chicago Fire | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 38 | WLWL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | |
| 3 | 2 | New England Revolution | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | -1 | 30 | WWLX | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| 4 | 1 | Toronto FC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 33 | -3 | 30 | LWXL | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |
| 5 | 1 | D.C. United | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 34 | +0 | 29 | OLLX | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | |
| 6 | ![]() | Kansas City Wizards | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 21 | LLLX | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |
| 7 | ![]() | New York | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 41 | -22 | 13 | WLLL | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 23 | |
| Western | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | ![]() | Houston Dynamo | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 40 | XOWL | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | |
| 2 | ![]() | Chivas USA | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 33 | WWLL | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |
| 3 | ![]() | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 30 | LWLW | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |
| 4 | ![]() | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 33 | XLWL | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| 5 | ![]() | L.A. Galaxy | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 35 | OWLW | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | |
| 6 | ![]() | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 27 | LOWL | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | |
| 7 | ![]() | FC Dallas | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 23 | LLWW | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| 8 | ![]() | San Jose Earthquakes | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 20 | WLWX | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |
| 11 | Conor CASEY (Colorado Rapids, 1p) | |
| 10 | Landon DONOVAN (L.A. Galaxy, 3p) | |
| Guillermo BARROS SCHELOTTO (Columbus Crew, 2p) | ||
| Fredy MONTERO (Seattle Sounders) | ||
| 9 | Dwayne DE ROSARIO (Toronto FC) | |
| +2 | Juan Pablo ÁNGEL (New York, 2p) | |
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (FC Dallas, 1p) | ||
| 8 | +2 | Omar CUMMINGS (Colorado Rapids) |
| Robbie FINDLEY (Real Salt Lake, 1p) | ||
| Luciano EMILIO (D.C. United) | ||
| 7 | Ryan JOHNSON (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Kenny COOPER (FC Dallas, 2p) | ||
| Eduardo LILLINGSTON (Chivas USA) | ||
| Brian CHING (Houston Dynamo) | ||
| 6 | +3 | Kheli DUBE (New England Revolution) |
| +1 | Nate JAQUA (Seattle Sounders) | |
| Brian McBRIDE (Chicago Fire, 1p) | ||
| Stuart HOLDEN (Houston Dynamo, 2p) | ||
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution, 4p) | ||
| Yura MOVSISYAN (Real Salt Lake) | ||
| Christian GÓMEZ (D.C. United, 2p) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| Jaime MORENO (D.C. United, 4p) | ||
| +1 | Shalrie JOSEPH (New England Revolution) |
| Thursday, 20 August 2009 | |||||
| Seattle Sounders | 0-1 | New England Revolution | |||
| 21 | Joseph | ||||
| Saturday, 22 August 2009 | |||||
| D.C. United | 0-0 | L.A. Galaxy | |||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 1-0 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 90 | Wondolowski | ||||
| Chivas USA | 2-0 | Toronto FC | |||
| 32 | Kljestan | ||||
| 51 | Kljestan | ||||
| Sunday, 23 August 2009 | |||||
| New York | 3-2 | FC Dallas | |||
| 4 | Ángel | 19 | McCarty | ||
| 27 | Richards | 72 | van Den Bergh | ||
| 88 | Ángel | ||||
| New England Revolution | 3-1 | Real Salt Lake | |||
| 9 | Dube | 85(og) | Barnes | ||
| 29 | Dube | ||||
| 66 | Dube | ||||
| Houston Dynamo | 1-1 | Seattle Sounders | |||
| 36 | Cameron | 70 | Jaqua | ||
| Chicago Fire | 3-2 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 72(p) | Blanco | 48 | Cummings | ||
| 85 | Banner | 58 | Cummings | ||
| 90 | Robinson | ||||