Bruce Arena once mentioned that "Maybe it's time to award two (or more) Supporters' Shields". However, as the number of team grows, awarding the CCL spots to Conference Winners may no longer be feasible, should the league be divided into 3 Conferences (or more) ...
2010 Final Standings for SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.RSL 15 11-0-4 37 (Real SS Runners-up) 2.NYRB 15 9-4-2 29 (Clinched Series vs DAL) 3. DAL 15 8-2-5 29 4. KCW 15 8-5-2 26 5. SEA 15 6-2-7 25 6. CLB 15 7-5-3 24 (Clinched Series vs COL) 7. COL 15 6-3-6 24 8. LAG 15 7-6-2 23 (Real SS Winners) 9. SJE 15 6-5-4 22 10.CHI 15 6-6-3 21 11.TOR 15 4-8-3 15 12.CHV 15 4-9-2 14 (Clinched Series vs NER) 13.NER 15 4-9-2 14 14.PHI 15 3-8-4 13 15.HOU 15 3-11-1 10 16.DCU 15 1-10-4 7 Highlights: 1. RSL is the first and by far the only team to win the SS-SS without losing a series all season!! 2. The real SS winners, LA Galaxy, was only good for 8th-place in this standings. 3. NYRB improved from bottom-2 in the previous season to 2nd-place this season, the most significant jump y-o-y!
There's no reason to subdivide the conferences except to limit travel expense. They're fine with two tables. Any more will start getting annoying.
2011 Final Standings for SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.SEA 17 12-3-2 38 (Real SS Runners-up) 2.LAG 17 11-3-3 36 (Real SS Winners) 3.KCW 17 10-4-3 33 4. HOU 17 9-6-2 29 5. RSL 17 9-7-1 28 (Clinched Series vs PHI) 6. PHI 17 8-5-4 28 7. CHI 17 8-7-2 26 (Clinched 3-way tie vs. COL/NYRB) 8. COL 17 8-7-2 26 (Clinched Series vs NYRB) 9.NYRB 17 7-5-5 26 10.FCD 17 7-7-3 24 11.DCU 17 6-8-3 21 (Clinched Series vs CLB) 12.CLB 17 5-6-6 21 13.SJE 17 5-8-4 19 (Clinched Series vs POR) 14.POR 17 5-8-4 19 15.CHV 17 5-9-3 18 16.NER 17 4-11-2 14 17.VAN 17 3-10-4 13 18.TOR 17 3-11-3 12 Highlights: 1. Seattle won their second SS-SS in 3 seasons since inception, after the first win in 2009!! 2. The real SS winners, L.A. Galaxy, was actually still leading the race going into the final weekend, but dropped to 2nd-place after losing its last regular season game to Houston. 3. On the other hand, Houston improved from bottom-2 in the previous year to 4th-place this season, the most significant jump y-o-y!
2012 SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) Standings - as at Aug-27 (75% milestone of the season) # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.KCW 18 10-4-4 34 2. SJE 18 9-5-4 31 (Real SS Leaders) 3. SEA 18 9-5-4 31 4. HOU 16 9-3-4 31 (Yet to play COL, RSL) 5. RSL 17 9-4-4 31 (Yet to play HOU) 6.NYRB 18 7-5-6 27 7. CHI 18 7-6-5 26 8. DCU 15 7-4-4 25 (Yet to play CHV, POR, RSL) 9. CLB 17 6-5-6 24 (Yet to play CHV) 10.LAG 17 7-8-2 23 (Yet to play TOR) 11.DAL 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of VAN on GS) 12.VAN 18 6-8-4 22 13.POR 18 6-9-3 21 (Ahead of PHI on GS) 14.PHI 18 6-9-3 21 15.NER 17 6-9-2 20 (Yet to play CHV) 16.MTL 18 5-9-4 19 17.COL 17 6-10-1 19 (Yet to play HOU) 18.TOR 17 4-10-3 15 (Yet to play LAG) 19. CHV 16 4-9-3 15 (Yet to play CLB, NER) Highlights: 1. For teams that are level on points, the official tie breakers shall apply. (GS, followed by GD, etc...) 2. Usually, winning a season series also means out-scoring an opponent. There are so far 2 exceptions for this in 2012: a. VAN vs SJE: Clinched season series with 6 point to 3; aggregate goals 5-5 (1-3, 2-1, 2-1). b. DAL vs COL: Clinched season series with 6 point to 3; aggregate goals 5-5 (0-2, 2-1, 3-2).
2012 SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) Standings - as at Sep-3 (80% milestone of the season) # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.RSL 17 10-3-4 34 (4th in Actual SS Standings, yet to play HOU) ------------------- 2.KCW 18 10-4-4 34 3.SJE 18 10-5-3 33 (Leaders in Actual SS Standings) 4. SEA 18 9-5-4 31 5. HOU 16 9-4-3 30 (Yet to play COL, RSL) 6. CHI 18 8-6-4 28 ------------------- 7.NYRB 18 7-5-6 27 8. DCU 16 7-5-4 25 (Yet to play CHV, POR) 9. CLB 17 6-4-7 25 (Yet to play CHV) 10.LAG 17 7-8-2 23 (Yet to play TOR) ------------------- 11.DAL 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of VAN on GS) 12.VAN 18 6-8-4 22 13.NER 18 6-9-3 21 (Ahead of POR on GS) 14.POR 17 6-8-3 21 (Yet to play DCU) 15.MTL 18 5-9-4 19 16.COL 17 6-10-1 19 (Ahead of PHI on GS, yet to play HOU) 17.PHI 18 5-09-4 19 18.TOR 17 4-10-3 15 (Last in Actual SS Standings, yet to play LAG) ------------------- 19.CHV 16 3-10-3 12 (14th in Actual SS Standings, yet to play CLB, DCU)
2012 SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) Standings - through Sep-16, fifth-sixth (83.33%) milestone of the season # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.RSL 18 10-4-4 34 (Only 8th in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 2.KCW 18 10-4-4 34 3.SJE 18 10-5-3 33 (Leaders in Actual SS Standings) 4.HOU 17 10-4-3 33 (Yet to play COL) 5. SEA 18 9-5-4 31 6. CHI 18 9-6-3 30 ------------------- 7.NYRB 18 7-5-6 27 8. DCU 16 7-5-4 25 (Yet to play CHV, POR) 9. NER 18 7-8-3 24 10.LAG 17 7-8-2 23 (Yet to play TOR) ------------------- 11.DAL 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of VAN on GS) 12.VAN 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of CLB on GS) 13.CLB 17 5-5-7 22 (Yet to play CHV) 14.POR 17 6-8-3 21 (Yet to play DCU) 15.COL 17 6-10-1 19 (Ahead of PHI on GS, yet to play HOU) 16.PHI 18 5-09-4 19 17.MTL 18 5-10-3 18 18.TOR 17 4-10-3 15 (Last in Actual SS Standings, yet to play LAG) ------------------- 19.CHV 16 3-10-3 12 (17th in Actual SS Standings, yet to play CLB, DCU)
2012 SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) Standings - through Sep-23, seventh-eighth (87.50%) milestone of the season # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.SKC 18 11-4-3 36 (2nd in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 2.RSL 18 10-4-4 34 (Only 7th in Actual SS Standings) 3.SJE 18 10-5-3 33 (Leaders in Actual SS Standings) 4.CHI 18 10-6-2 32 5. SEA 18 9-5-4 31 6. HOU 17 9-5-3 30 (Yet to play COL) ------------------- 7. DCU 17 8-5-4 28 (Yet to play POR) 8. LAG 18 8-8-2 26 9.NYRB 18 7-5-6 27 10.NER 18 7-8-3 24 (Ahead of CLB on GS) ------------------- 11.CLB 18 6-6-6 24 12.DAL 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of VAN on GS) 13.VAN 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of PHI on GS) 14.PHI 18 6-8-4 22 15.POR 17 6-8-3 21 (Yet to play DCU) 16.COL 17 6-10-1 19 (Yet to play HOU) 17.MTL 18 5-10-3 18 18.TOR 18 4-11-3 15 (Last in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 19.CHV 18 3-12-3 12 (18th in Actual SS Standings)
2012 SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) Standings - through Sep-30 (Week #30), 90% milestone of the season - week-on-week differences highlighted in RED # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.SKC 18 11-4-3 36 (2nd in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 2.RSL 18 10-4-4 34 (5th in Actual SS Standings) 3.SJE 18 10-5-3 33 (First in Actual SS Standings) 4.CHI 18 10-6-2 32 5.HOU 17 10-5-2 32 (Yet to play COL) 6. SEA 18 9-5-4 31 ------------------- 7. DCU 18 8-5-5 29 8.NYRB 18 8-6-4 28 9. LAG 18 8-8-2 26 (Ahead of CLB on GS) 10.CLB 18 7-6-5 26 ------------------- 11.NER 18 7-9-2 23 12.DAL 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of VAN on GS) 13.VAN 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of POR on GS) 14.POR 18 6-8-4 22 15.PHI 18 6-9-3 21 16.COL 17 6-10-1 19 (Yet to play HOU) 17.MTL 18 5-10-3 18 18.TOR 18 4-12-2 14 (Last in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 19.CHV 18 3-12-3 12 (18th in Actual SS Standings)
2012 SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) Standings - through Oct-7 (Week #31), 94% milestone of the season - week-on-week differences highlighted in RED # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.SKC 18 11-4-3 36 (2nd in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 2.RSL 18 10-4-4 34 (4th in Actual SS Standings) 3.SEA 18 10-4-4 34 4.SJE 18 10-5-3 33 (First in Actual SS Standings) 5.CHI 18 10-6-2 32 6.HOU 17 10-5-2 32 (Yet to play COL) ------------------- 7. DCU 18 8-5-5 29 8.NYRB 18 8-6-4 28 9. LAG 18 8-8-2 26 (Ahead of CLB on GS) 10.CLB 18 7-6-5 26 ------------------- 11.NER 18 7-9-2 23 12.DAL 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of VAN on GS) 13.VAN 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of POR on GS) 14.PHI 18 6-9-3 21 15.COL 17 6-10-1 19 (Yet to play HOU) 16.POR 18 5-09-4 19 17.MTL 18 5-10-3 18 18.TOR 18 4-12-2 14 (Last in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 19.CHV 18 3-12-3 12 (18th in Actual SS Standings)
2012 SS-SS (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) Standings - through Oct-28 (Week #34), 100% milestone of the season # Team P W-L-T Pts 1.SKC 18 11-4-3 36 (2nd in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 2.HOU 18 11-5-2 35 (Just 9th in Actual SS Standings) 3.SEA 18 10-4-4 34 (Ahead of RSL on GS) 4.RSL 18 10-4-4 34 5.SJE 18 10-5-3 33 (First in Actual SS Standings) 6.CHI 18 10-6-2 32 ------------------- 7. DCU 18 8-5-5 29 (3rd in Actual SS Standings) 8.NYRB 18 8-6-4 28 (4th in Actual SS Standings) 9. LAG 18 8-8-2 26 10.CLB 18 7-7-4 25 ------------------- 11.NER 18 7-9-2 23 12.DAL 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of VAN on GS) 13.VAN 18 6-8-4 22 (Ahead of COL on GS) 14.COL 18 7-10-1 22 15.POR 18 5-09-4 19 16.MTL 18 5-10-3 18 (Ahead of PHI on GS) 17.PHI 18 5-10-3 18 18.TOR 18 4-12-2 14 (Last in Actual SS Standings) ------------------- 19.CHV 18 3-12-3 12 (18th in Actual SS Standings) Quick Notes for your reading pleasure please: 1. This would SKC's 2nd "SS-SS" win, after their first "title" in 1997, congratulations!! 2. For Toronto FC, this would be their successive Wooden Spoon, 3rd overall, and 4th season in the bottom 2. 3. Sseason series where the winning team actually outscored/matched by their opponents: - CHI. vs SKC. (2-1, 1-0, 0-2; Pts 6:3, GS 3:3) - VAN. vs SJE. (1-3, 2-1, 2-1; Pts 6:3, GS 5:5) - DAL. vs COL. (0-2, 2-1, 3-2; Pts 6:3, GS 5:5) 4. Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won List of "SS-SS" (Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won) Winners, Runners-up & Bottom-2 teams over the years, updated after the conclusion of 2012 regular season: Red: Top-to-Bottom Slide Blue: Bottom-to-Top Surge Pink: Successive Seasons in Top-2 Green: Successive Seasons in Bottom-2 * 2Last = 2nd from Bottom Season:#1, #2; 2Last, WS 1996: LAG, TPB; NER, COL 1997: KCW, DAL; SJE, NER 1998: DCU, LAG; NER, MIA 1999: DCU, CLB; MIA, NYR 2000: TPB, NYR; SJE, DCU 2001: MIA, CHI; COL, TPB 2002: LAG, SJE; KCW, DCU 2003: NYR, CHI; LAG, DAL 2004: LAG, SJE; DAL, NYR 2005: SJE, NER; CHV, RSL 2006: CHI, DCU; LAG, CLB 2007: HOU, DCU; TOR, RSL 2008: HOU, CLB; LAG, TOR 2009: SEA, HOU; NYR, SJE 2010: RSL, NYR; HOU, DCU 2011: SEA, LAG; VAN, TOR 2012: SKC, HOU; CHV, TOR
