| 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 | ||||
| 117 | 314 | 2.68 | 57 | 48.72% | 33 | 28.21% | 27 | 23.08% |
| 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 | New England Revolution | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 33 | WWLX | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 28 | XLXW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 3 | Chicago Fire | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 25 | OWXO | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | ||
| 4 | D.C. United | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 28 | +0 | 22 | LWWW | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | ||
| 5 | Toronto FC | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 22 | OLLO | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||
| 6 | Kansas City Wizards | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 21 | XWXW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 7 | New York Red Bulls | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 21 | XLLX | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | ||
| 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 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 24 | OWOL | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 23 | XXLL | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | +0 | 23 | WOXO | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |
| 4 | 1 | Chivas USA | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 22 | XWXW | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |
| 5 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 21 | XXWL | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| 6 | FC Dallas | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 19 | XXXL | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | ||
| 7 | San Jose Earthquakes | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 14 | OXLO | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 12 | +1 | Landon DONOVAN (LA Galaxy, 3p) |
| 11 | Edson BUDDLE (LA Galaxy) | |
| 10 | Luciano EMILIO (D.C. United) | |
| 9 | +1 | Kenny COOPER (FC Dallas, 1p) |
| 7 | +1 | Alejandro MORENO (Columbus Crew) |
| +1 | Brian CHING (Houston Dynamo) | |
| 6 | Adam CRISTMAN (New England Revolution) | |
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution, 1p) | ||
| Jaime MORENO (D.C. United, 4p) | ||
| 5 | Robbie ROGERS (Columbus Crew) | |
| Danny DICHIO (Toronto FC) | ||
| Chad BARRETT (Chicago Fire) | ||
| +1 | Dave VAN DEN BERGH (New York Red Bulls) | |
| Sacha KLJESTAN (Chivas USA) | ||
| David BECKHAM (LA Galaxy) | ||
| 4 | Kheli DUBE (New England Revolution) | |
| Cuauhtémoc BLANCO (Chicago Fire, 2p) | ||
| Chris ROLFE (Chicago Fire) | ||
| Jimmy CONRAD (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| +1 | Guillermo BARROS SCHELOTTO (Columbus Crew, 3p) | |
| Ante RAZOV (Chivas USA) | ||
| John THORRINGTON (Chicago Fire) | ||
| Dwayne DE ROSARIO (Houston Dynamo, 1p) | ||
| Omar CUMMINGS (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Jesse MARSCH (Chivas USA) | ||
| Tom McMANUS (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Robbie FINDLEY (Real Salt Lake) | ||
| Marcelo GALLARDO (D.C. United) | ||
| Dominic ODURO (FC Dallas) | ||
| +1 | Juan Pablo ÁNGEL (New York Red Bulls) |
| Thursday, 17 July 2008 | |||||
| Columbus Crew | 3-3 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 26 | Barros Schelotto | 22(og) | Hejduk | ||
| 33 | Moreno | 24 | Espinoza | ||
| 38 | Marshall | 75 | Wolff | ||
| Saturday, 19 July 2008 | |||||
| Toronto FC | 0-0 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| FC Dallas | 2-2 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 49(p) | Cooper | 5 | Gomez | ||
| 64 | Toja | 67 | Casey | ||
| Chicago Fire | 0-0 | Real Salt Lake | |||
| New York Red Bulls | 2-2 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 35 | van Den Bergh | 29 | Ruiz | ||
| 71 | Ángel | 90 | Donovan | ||
| Tuesday, 22 July 2008 | |||||
| D.C. United | 0-2 | Houston Dynamo | |||
| 20 | Mullan | ||||
| 79 | Ching | ||||