| 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 | ||||
| 213 | 554 | 2.60 | 114 | 53.52% | 43 | 20.19% | 56 | 26.29% |
| 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 | 1 | Houston Dynamo | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 40 | WWWW | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |
| 2 | 1 | Sporting Kansas City | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 40 | WLOL | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |
| 3 | 2 | New York Red Bulls | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 38 | LLWW | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |
| 4 | D.C. United | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 36 | WLLW | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | ||
| 5 | Chicago Fire | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 35 | WXLW | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Montréal Impact | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 43 | -8 | 30 | WWLW | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | |
| 7 | 1 | Columbus Crew | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 28 | LWWL | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | |
| 8 | 1 | New England Revolution | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 23 | LLOL | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| 9 | 1 | Philadelphia Union | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 23 | LWLW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | Toronto FC | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 40 | -15 | 19 | LLWW | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||
| 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 | San Jose Earthquakes | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 44 | XLWW | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 42 | LWWL | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 37 | WWXW | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 34 | LWXL | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | ||
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 39 | +0 | 33 | LWWX | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | ||
| 6 | Chivas USA | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 26 | WLWO | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 25 | WLLL | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 19 | ||
| 8 | FC Dallas | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 23 | XLWL | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | ||
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | -17 | 20 | XLLL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 17 | Chris WONDOLOWSKI (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| 13 | Kenny COOPER (New York Red Bulls) | |
| Álvaro SABORIO (Real Salt Lake) | ||
| 11 | Thierry HENRY (New York Red Bulls) | |
| 10 | +1 | Chris PONTIUS (D.C. United) |
| +1 | Eddie JOHNSON (Seattle Sounders) | |
| Will BRUIN (Houston Dynamo) | ||
| 9 | Landon DONOVAN (LA Galaxy) | |
| Robbie KEANE (LA Galaxy) | ||
| Danny KOEVERMANS (Toronto FC) | ||
| Alan GORDON (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Saër SÈNE (New England Revolution) | ||
| 8 | Kei KAMARA (Sporting Kansas City) | |
| 7 | Darren MATTOCKS (Vancouver Whitecaps) | |
| Steven LENHART (San Jose Earthquakes) | ||
| Kris BOYD (Portland Timbers) | ||
| MAICON CARIOCA (D.C. United) | ||
| 6 | Edgar ESPÍNDOLA (Real Salt Lake) | |
| +1 | Fredy MONTERO (Seattle Sounders) | |
| +1 | Marco PAPPA (Chicago Fire) | |
| David BECKHAM (LA Galaxy) | ||
| Patrice BERNIER (Montréal Impact) |
| Friday, 3 August 2012 | |||||
| Houston Dynamo | 2-0 | New York Red Bulls | |||
| 2 | Taylor | ||||
| 28 | Carr | ||||
| Saturday, 4 August 2012 | |||||
| Montréal Impact | 2-0 | Philadelphia Union | |||
| 44 | Wenger | ||||
| 78 | Felipe | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 2-1 | Toronto FC | |||
| 64 | Pappa | 16 | Johnson | ||
| 84 | Berry | ||||
| New England Revolution | 0-1 | Sporting Kansas City | |||
| 20 | Bunbury | ||||
| D.C. United | 1-0 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 49 | Pontius | ||||
| Colorado Rapids | 1-0 | Real Salt Lake | |||
| 38 | Nane | ||||
| Sunday, 5 August 2012 | |||||
| Portland Timbers | 1-1 | FC Dallas | |||
| 79 | Jewsbury | 51 | Sealy | ||
| Seattle Sounders | 4-0 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 6 | Johnson | ||||
| 52 | Montero | ||||
| 61 | Caskey | ||||
| 88 | Rose | ||||