| 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 228 | 576 | 2.52 | 96 | 42.11% | 87 | 38.16% | 45 | 19.74% |
| 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 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 40 | WWLW | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sporting Kansas City | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 36 | WWLW | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |
| 3 | 1 | Houston Dynamo | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 35 | WXWX | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
| 4 | 2 | Philadelphia Union | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 34 | LXXX | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |
| 5 | New York Red Bulls | 26 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 32 | XXLX | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 24 | ||
| 6 | D.C. United | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 35 | -1 | 31 | LXWX | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Chicago Fire | 25 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 33 | -5 | 24 | WXXL | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 22 | |
| 8 | New England Revolution | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -13 | 23 | XXLL | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Toronto FC | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 48 | -23 | 23 | LWXX | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | |
| 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 | LA Galaxy | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 51 | WWLW | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Seattle Sounders | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 45 | WOWL | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |
| 3 | 1 | FC Dallas | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 43 | LXLW | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 41 | XWWW | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | ||
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 36 | LLWL | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 6 | Chivas USA | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 31 | XOWL | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | ||
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 41 | -9 | 29 | WLLX | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | ||
| 8 | San Jose Earthquakes | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 25 | LLXL | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||
| 12 | Thierry HENRY (New York Red Bulls) | |
| 11 | Landon DONOVAN (LA Galaxy, 4p) | |
| 10 | Brek SHEA (FC Dallas) | |
| Eric HASSLI (Vancouver Whitecaps, 3p) | ||
| 9 | Dwayne DE ROSARIO (D.C. United, 3p) | |
| 8 | +1 | Andrés MENDOZA (Columbus Crew, 3p) |
| Chris WONDOLOWSKI (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Charlie DAVIES (D.C. United, 4p) | ||
| +1 | CAMILO da Silva (Vancouver Whitecaps) | |
| +1 | Dominic ODURO (Chicago Fire) | |
| 7 | +1 | Kei KAMARA (Sporting Kansas City) |
| Chris PONTIUS (D.C. United, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Edgar ESPÍNDOLA (Real Salt Lake, 1p) | |
| Jack JEWSBURY (Portland Timbers, 3p) | ||
| Nick LABROCCA (Chivas USA) | ||
| Justin BRAUN (Chivas USA) | ||
| MAICON CARIOCA (FC Dallas) | ||
| Shalrie JOSEPH (New England Revolution, 4p) | ||
| 6 | Joel LINDPERE (New York Red Bulls) | |
| Álvaro SABORIO (Real Salt Lake, 3p) | ||
| +1 | Jorge PERLAZA (Portland Timbers) | |
| Luke RODGERS (New York Red Bulls) | ||
| Omar BRAVO (Sporting Kansas City, 1p) | ||
| Fredy MONTERO (Seattle Sounders) | ||
| +1 | Caleb FOLAN (Colorado Rapids, 2p) | |
| Álvaro FERNÁNDEZ (Seattle Sounders, 1p) | ||
| Carlos RUIZ (Philadelphia Union) | ||
| +1 | Jeff LARENTOWICZ (Colorado Rapids) | |
| +1 | Emilio RENTERÍA (Columbus Crew, 2p) | |
| Conor CASEY (Colorado Rapids, 1p) |
| Thursday, 18 August 2011 | |||||
| Chicago Fire | 1-1 | D.C. United | |||
| 59 | Grazzini | 73 | Wolff | ||
| Saturday, 20 August 2011 | |||||
| New England Revolution | 2-2 | New York Red Bulls | |||
| 15 | Caraglio | 53 | Richards | ||
| 37 | Caraglio | 87 | Richards | ||
| Columbus Crew | 2-1 | Philadelphia Union | |||
| 37 | Rentería | 42 | Paunović | ||
| 51(p) | Mendoza | ||||
| Houston Dynamo | 3-2 | Real Salt Lake | |||
| 47 | Ching | 28 | Espíndola | ||
| 69 | Boswell | 60 | Gil | ||
| 90 | Dixon | ||||
| Colorado Rapids | 2-2 | Chivas USA | |||
| 13 | Folan | 36 | Ángel | ||
| 69 | Larentowicz | 86 | Courtois | ||
| FC Dallas | 0-1 | Seattle Sounders | |||
| 15 | Rosales | ||||
| Portland Timbers | 2-1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | |||
| 2 | Chará | 88 | Camilo | ||
| 33 | Perlaza | ||||
| LA Galaxy | 2-0 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 21 | Keane | ||||
| 90 | Magee | ||||
| Sunday, 21 August 2011 | |||||
| Sporting Kansas City | 1-0 | D.C. United | |||
| 19 | Kamara | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 2-0 | Toronto FC | |||
| 16 | Oduro | ||||
| 69 | Gargan | ||||