| 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 | ||||
| 160 | 409 | 2.55 | 75 | 46.88% | 50 | 31.25% | 35 | 21.88% |
| 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 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 35 | LWLW | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | ||
| 3 | Toronto FC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 33 | -3 | 30 | LWXL | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | ||
| 4 | D.C. United | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 34 | +0 | 29 | OLLX | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | ||
| 5 | New England Revolution | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 27 | WLXW | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||
| 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 Red Bulls | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 39 | -23 | 10 | LLLL | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 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 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 39 | OWLW | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 35 | OWLW | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | |
| 3 | 2 | Chivas USA | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 33 | WWLL | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |
| 4 | 2 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 32 | LWLL | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| 5 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 30 | WLWL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 27 | OWLW | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | FC Dallas | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 23 | LWWL | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 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 | +1 | Landon DONOVAN (LA Galaxy, 3p) |
| Guillermo BARROS SCHELOTTO (Columbus Crew, 2p) | ||
| Fredy MONTERO (Seattle Sounders) | ||
| 9 | Dwayne DE ROSARIO (Toronto FC) | |
| Jeff CUNNINGHAM (FC Dallas, 1p) | ||
| 8 | 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) | ||
| Juan Pablo ÁNGEL (New York Red Bulls, 2p) | ||
| 6 | Brian McBRIDE (Chicago Fire, 1p) | |
| Omar CUMMINGS (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| 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) |
| Sunday, 16 August 2009 | |||||
| Kansas City Wizards | 0-2 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 13 | Rolfe | ||||
| 89 | Banner | ||||
| Wednesday, 19 August 2009 | |||||
| Chicago Fire | 0-2 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 23 | Magee | ||||
| 54 | Donovan | ||||
| Thursday, 20 August 2009 | |||||
| Seattle Sounders | 0-1 | New England Revolution | |||
| 21 | Joseph | ||||
| Saturday, 22 August 2009 | |||||
| D.C. United | 0-0 | LA Galaxy | |||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 1-0 | Kansas City Wizards | |||
| 90 | Wondolowski | ||||
| Chivas USA | 2-0 | Toronto FC | |||
| 32 | Kljestan | ||||
| 51 | Kljestan | ||||