| 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 | ||||
| 197 | 510 | 2.58 | 94 | 47.72% | 62 | 31.47% | 41 | 20.81% |
| 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 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 46 | WXWL | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Chicago Fire | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 41 | XXXL | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 1 | New England Revolution | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 34 | -3 | 37 | WXLL | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |
| 4 | 1 | D.C. United | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 36 | LWXW | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 28 | |
| 5 | Toronto FC | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 40 | -5 | 35 | XLWL | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 27 | ||
| 6 | Kansas City Wizards | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 31 | OWWL | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | ||
| 7 | New York Red Bulls | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 44 | -22 | 18 | XXLW | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 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 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 43 | WLLX | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 41 | LWLW | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 39 | OXXL | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |
| 4 | 1 | Seattle Sounders | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 38 | LOWO | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |
| 5 | Chivas USA | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 38 | XOWL | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 34 | LLXW | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | ||
| 7 | FC Dallas | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 30 | WLWX | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 25 | ||
| 8 | San Jose Earthquakes | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 42 | -13 | 22 | XXLW | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | ||
| 15 | +2 | Jeff CUNNINGHAM (FC Dallas, 1p) |
| +1 | Conor CASEY (Colorado Rapids, 3p) | |
| 12 | +2 | Guillermo BARROS SCHELOTTO (Columbus Crew, 3p) |
| +1 | Fredy MONTERO (Seattle Sounders) | |
| 11 | +1 | Dwayne DE ROSARIO (Toronto FC) |
| 10 | Landon DONOVAN (LA Galaxy, 3p) | |
| Robbie FINDLEY (Real Salt Lake, 1p) | ||
| Josh WOLFF (Kansas City Wizards) | ||
| +1 | Juan Pablo ÁNGEL (New York Red Bulls, 2p) | |
| 9 | Luciano EMILIO (D.C. United) | |
| 8 | Ryan JOHNSON (San Jose Earthquakes) | |
| Omar CUMMINGS (Colorado Rapids) | ||
| Brian CHING (Houston Dynamo) | ||
| +2 | Shalrie JOSEPH (New England Revolution, 1p) | |
| 7 | Kheli DUBE (New England Revolution) | |
| Kenny COOPER (FC Dallas, 2p) | ||
| Eduardo LILLINGSTON (Chivas USA) | ||
| +1 | Brian McBRIDE (Chicago Fire, 1p) | |
| +1 | David FERREIRA (FC Dallas) | |
| Steve RALSTON (New England Revolution, 4p) | ||
| Yura MOVSISYAN (Real Salt Lake) | ||
| Jaime MORENO (D.C. United, 5p) |
| Sunday, 20 September 2009 | |||||
| Chicago Fire | 2-2 | Columbus Crew | |||
| 6 | Lowry | 55 | Barros Schelotto | ||
| 35 | Lowry | 78(p) | Barros Schelotto | ||
| Wednesday, 23 September 2009 | |||||
| Colorado Rapids | 1-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 90(p) | Casey | 67(p) | Wondolowski | ||
| Saturday, 26 September 2009 | |||||
| Columbus Crew | 2-0 | LA Galaxy | |||
| 33 | Gaven | ||||
| 59 | Lenhart | ||||
| New England Revolution | 2-1 | Seattle Sounders | |||
| 51(p) | Joseph | 6 | Montero | ||
| 87 | Joseph | ||||
| Kansas City Wizards | 0-0 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| Chicago Fire | 2-2 | Toronto FC | |||
| 14(og) | Garcia | 6 | De Rosario | ||
| 78 | McBride | 46 | Barrett | ||
| Chivas USA | 1-1 | New York Red Bulls | |||
| 64 | Kljestan | 84 | Ángel | ||
| FC Dallas | 3-0 | Real Salt Lake | |||
| 5 | Cunningham | ||||
| 10 | Ferreira | ||||
| 87 | Cunningham | ||||