| 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 | ||||
| 286 | 839 | 2.93 | 158 | 55.24% | 66 | 23.08% | 62 | 21.68% |
| 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 | Toronto FC | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 56 | WWWW | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 42 | +0 | 42 | WWXW | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |
| 3 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 41 | LLLL | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |
| 4 | New York Red Bulls | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 39 | XLWL | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Atlanta United | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 36 | XLXX | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | |
| 6 | 1 | Montréal Impact | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 36 | LWWW | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |
| 7 | 1 | Philadelphia Union | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 38 | -2 | 31 | XLXL | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| 8 | 1 | Orlando City | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 39 | -12 | 31 | LXLL | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |
| 9 | New England Revolution | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 41 | -2 | 29 | LLWL | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | ||
| 10 | D.C. United | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 44 | -22 | 28 | WWWL | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | ||
| 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 | Seattle Sounders | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 42 | XXWW | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | ||
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 41 | XWWL | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | ||
| 3 | Sporting Kansas City | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 40 | WLXW | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 38 | WXWL | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |
| 5 | 1 | Houston Dynamo | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 38 | XLWO | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |
| 6 | 1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 36 | WLXL | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| 7 | 2 | FC Dallas | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 36 | LXLO | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 48 | -8 | 35 | WWLW | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Minnesota United | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 52 | -20 | 25 | WLLW | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | |
| 10 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 47 | -15 | 23 | LLLL | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 23 | |
| 11 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 38 | -14 | 22 | LLLO | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 21 | |
| 19 | David VILLA (New York City, 4p) | |
| 16 | Nemanja NIKOLIĆ (Chicago Fire, 2p) | |
| +1 | Diego VALERI (Portland Timbers, 4p) | |
| 15 | +1 | Ignacio PIATTI (Montréal Impact, 4p) |
| +2 | Sebastian GIOVINCO (Toronto FC, 1p) | |
| 14 | Erick TORRES (Houston Dynamo, 5p) | |
| +1 | Ola KAMARA (Columbus Crew, 2p) | |
| Bradley WRIGHT-PHILLIPS (New York Red Bulls) | ||
| +1 | David ACCAM (Chicago Fire, 2p) | |
| 12 | Maximiliano URRUTI (FC Dallas, 1p) | |
| C.J. SAPONG (Philadelphia Union, 3p) | ||
| 11 | Clint DEMPSEY (Seattle Sounders, 2p) | |
| +1 | Chris WONDOLOWSKI (San Jose Earthquakes, 1p) | |
| Fredy MONTERO (Vancouver Whitecaps, 2p) | ||
| Justin MERAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Christian RAMIREZ (Minnesota United) | ||
| +1 | Jozy ALTIDORE (Toronto FC, 3p) | |
| 10 | Fanendo ADI (Portland Timbers, 3p) | |
| +1 | Cyle LARIN (Orlando City) | |
| Daniel ROYER (New York Red Bulls, 3p) | ||
| Héctor VILLALBA (Atlanta United) |
| Friday, 25 August 2017 | |||||
| New York Red Bulls | 1-1 | New York City | |||
| 70(p) | Veron | 56 | Moralez | ||
| Saturday, 26 August 2017 | |||||
| D.C. United | 1-0 | New England Revolution | |||
| 71 | Acosta | ||||
| Columbus Crew | 2-1 | FC Dallas | |||
| 50 | Kamara | 78 | Zimmerman | ||
| 71 | Mensah | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 1-2 | Minnesota United | |||
| 77 | Accam | 36 | Danladi | ||
| 45 | Danladi | ||||
| Real Salt Lake | 4-1 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 41 | Plata | 82 | Gatt | ||
| 50(p) | Silva | ||||
| 90 | Lennon | ||||
| 90 | Silva | ||||
| Orlando City | 1-2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | |||
| 62 | Larin | 9(og) | Redding | ||
| 53 | Shea | ||||
| Philadelphia Union | 2-2 | Atlanta United | |||
| 18 | Alberg | 26 | Asad | ||
| 23 | Bedoya | 90 | Mears | ||
| Sunday, 27 August 2017 | |||||
| LA Galaxy | 0-3 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 45 | Qazaishvili | ||||
| 80 | Ureña | ||||
| 90 | Wondolowski | ||||
| Montréal Impact | 1-3 | Toronto FC | |||
| 90 | Piatti | 41 | Giovinco | ||
| 52 | Altidore | ||||
| 90 | Giovinco | ||||
| Seattle Sounders | 1-1 | Portland Timbers | |||
| 18 | Roldan | 45(p) | Valeri | ||