| 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 | ||||
| 299 | 871 | 2.91 | 164 | 54.85% | 69 | 23.08% | 66 | 22.07% |
| 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 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 59 | WWWW | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Chicago Fire | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 45 | XWLL | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | |
| 3 | 1 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 42 | +0 | 42 | WWXW | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |
| 4 | New York Red Bulls | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 41 | XXXL | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | ||
| 5 | Atlanta United | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 36 | XLXX | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | ||
| 6 | Montréal Impact | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 43 | -1 | 36 | LLLW | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | New England Revolution | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 35 | WWLL | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |
| 8 | Orlando City | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 44 | -15 | 34 | WLLX | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Philadelphia Union | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 39 | -2 | 32 | XXLX | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
| 10 | D.C. United | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 46 | -23 | 28 | LWWW | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 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 | 1 | Portland Timbers | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 44 | WXWW | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |
| 2 | 1 | Seattle Sounders | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 42 | XXWW | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | |
| 3 | 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 41 | WWXW | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |
| 4 | 1 | Sporting Kansas City | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 40 | LWLX | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 38 | LXLW | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 1 | FC Dallas | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 37 | XLXL | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |
| 7 | 1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 36 | LWLX | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 34 | |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 51 | -9 | 35 | LWWL | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 37 | ||
| 9 | 1 | LA Galaxy | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 47 | -12 | 26 | WLLL | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 23 | |
| 10 | 1 | Minnesota United | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 53 | -20 | 26 | XWLL | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 41 | -16 | 25 | WLLL | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 24 | ||
| 19 | David VILLA (New York City, 4p) | |
| 17 | +1 | Nemanja NIKOLIĆ (Chicago Fire, 2p) |
| +1 | Diego VALERI (Portland Timbers, 4p) | |
| 15 | Ignacio PIATTI (Montréal Impact, 4p) | |
| +1 | Bradley WRIGHT-PHILLIPS (New York Red Bulls) | |
| Sebastian GIOVINCO (Toronto FC, 1p) | ||
| 14 | Erick TORRES (Houston Dynamo, 5p) | |
| Ola KAMARA (Columbus Crew, 2p) | ||
| David ACCAM (Chicago Fire, 2p) | ||
| 13 | +1 | C.J. SAPONG (Philadelphia Union, 3p) |
| +2 | Jozy ALTIDORE (Toronto FC, 3p) | |
| 12 | Maximiliano URRUTI (FC Dallas, 1p) | |
| 11 | +3 | Kei KAMARA (New England Revolution) |
| Clint DEMPSEY (Seattle Sounders, 2p) | ||
| Chris WONDOLOWSKI (San Jose Earthquakes, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Cyle LARIN (Orlando City) | |
| Fredy MONTERO (Vancouver Whitecaps, 2p) | ||
| Justin MERAM (Columbus Crew) | ||
| Christian RAMIREZ (Minnesota United) | ||
| 10 | Fanendo ADI (Portland Timbers, 3p) | |
| Daniel ROYER (New York Red Bulls, 3p) | ||
| Héctor VILLALBA (Atlanta United) |
| Saturday, 2 September 2017 | |||||
| FC Dallas | 2-2 | New York Red Bulls | |||
| 54 | Grana | 43 | Kljestan | ||
| 75(p) | Díaz | 57 | Long | ||
| New England Revolution | 4-0 | Orlando City | |||
| 26 | Kamara | ||||
| 75 | Kamara | ||||
| 89 | Kamara | ||||
| 90 | Bunbury | ||||
| LA Galaxy | 3-0 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 18(p) | Alessandrini | ||||
| 23 | Boateng | ||||
| 56 | Zardes | ||||
| Montréal Impact | 0-1 | Chicago Fire | |||
| 59 | Schweinsteiger | ||||
| Wednesday, 6 September 2017 | |||||
| New York City | 1-0 | Sporting Kansas City | |||
| 84 | Harrison | ||||
| Saturday, 9 September 2017 | |||||
| D.C. United | 1-2 | Orlando City | |||
| 89 | Opare | 19 | Larin | ||
| 28 | Barnes | ||||
| Houston Dynamo | 0-1 | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 90 | Badji | ||||
| New England Revolution | 1-0 | Montréal Impact | |||
| 68 | Nguyen | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 1-1 | New York Red Bulls | |||
| 66 | Nikolić | 7 | Wright-Phillips | ||
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 3-2 | Real Salt Lake | |||
| 29 | Techera | 37 | Wingert | ||
| 52 | Waston | 83 | Beltran | ||
| 64 | Reyna | ||||
| Toronto FC | 4-0 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| 26 | Víctor Vázquez | ||||
| 48 | Altidore | ||||
| 64 | Altidore | ||||
| 66 | Osorio | ||||
| Minnesota United | 1-1 | Philadelphia Union | |||
| 40 | Finlay | 5 | Sapong | ||
| New York City | 0-1 | Portland Timbers | |||
| 44 | Valeri | ||||