Major League Soccer — Goals Conceded

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USA — Major League Soccer 2026 — Detailed Stats

Goals Conceded

#	Team	MP	Total	/Game	Home	Away	Home Adv%
1	Nashville SC	33	25	0.76	14	11	-9%
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	33	34	1.03	16	18	+9%
3	Los Angeles FC	33	38	1.15	18	20	+8%
4	Houston Dynamo	33	42	1.27	14	28	+31%
5	Seattle Sounders	33	45	1.36	22	23	-1%
6	New York City FC	33	45	1.36	24	21	-4%
7	New England Revolution	33	46	1.39	20	26	+16%
8	Colorado Rapids	33	47	1.42	19	28	+22%
9	San Jose Earthquakes	33	48	1.45	26	22	-5%
10	Charlotte	33	48	1.45	16	32	+36%
11	St. Louis City	33	48	1.45	23	25	+7%
12	Columbus Crew	33	49	1.48	19	30	+25%
13	FC Dallas	33	50	1.52	22	28	+9%
14	Chicago Fire	33	50	1.52	21	29	+13%
15	Philadelphia Union	33	51	1.55	18	33	+27%
16	Real Salt Lake	33	51	1.55	21	30	+15%
17	Los Angeles Galaxy	33	55	1.67	21	34	+26%
18	Inter Miami	33	56	1.70	28	28	-3%
19	Atlanta United FC	33	57	1.73	33	24	-13%
20	Minnesota United FC	33	57	1.73	21	36	+23%
21	DC United	33	60	1.82	28	32	+4%
22	Portland Timbers	33	61	1.85	28	33	+11%
23	New York Red Bulls	33	62	1.88	29	33	+3%
24	San Diego	33	62	1.88	29	33	+3%
25	Toronto FC	33	63	1.91	33	30	-2%
26	Austin	33	63	1.91	23	40	+24%
27	CF Montreal	33	67	2.03	23	44	+29%
28	FC Cincinnati	33	73	2.21	30	43	+15%
29	Orlando City SC	33	78	2.36	22	56	+41%
30	Sporting Kansas City	33	81	2.45	35	46	+17%

Home / Goals Conceded

#	Team	MP	⊕ Conceded	Ø AVG
1	Sporting Kansas City	17	35	2.06
2	Toronto FC	17	33	1.94
3	Atlanta United FC	17	33	1.94
4	FC Cincinnati	16	30	1.88
5	New York Red Bulls	16	29	1.81
6	San Diego	16	29	1.81
7	DC United	16	28	1.75
8	Inter Miami	16	28	1.75
9	Portland Timbers	17	28	1.65
10	San Jose Earthquakes	17	26	1.53
11	CF Montreal	16	23	1.44
12	Austin	16	23	1.44
13	New York City FC	17	24	1.41
14	Seattle Sounders	16	22	1.38
15	FC Dallas	16	22	1.38
16	Orlando City SC	16	22	1.38
17	St. Louis City	17	23	1.35
18	Real Salt Lake	16	21	1.31
19	Chicago Fire	16	21	1.31
20	Minnesota United FC	16	21	1.31
21	Los Angeles Galaxy	17	21	1.24
22	New England Revolution	17	20	1.18
23	Philadelphia Union	16	18	1.13
24	Colorado Rapids	17	19	1.12
25	Columbus Crew	17	19	1.12
26	Los Angeles FC	17	18	1.06
27	Vancouver Whitecaps	17	16	0.94
28	Charlotte	17	16	0.94
29	Houston Dynamo	16	14	0.88
30	Nashville SC	17	14	0.82

Away / Goals Conceded

#	Team	MP	⊕ Conceded	Ø AVG
1	Orlando City SC	17	56	3.29
2	Sporting Kansas City	16	46	2.88
3	CF Montreal	17	44	2.59
4	FC Cincinnati	17	43	2.53
5	Austin	17	40	2.35
6	Los Angeles Galaxy	16	34	2.13
7	Minnesota United FC	17	36	2.12
8	Portland Timbers	16	33	2.06
9	Charlotte	16	32	2.00
10	Philadelphia Union	17	33	1.94
11	New York Red Bulls	17	33	1.94
12	San Diego	17	33	1.94
13	Toronto FC	16	30	1.88
14	Columbus Crew	16	30	1.88
15	DC United	17	32	1.88
16	Real Salt Lake	17	30	1.76
17	Colorado Rapids	16	28	1.75
18	Chicago Fire	17	29	1.71
19	FC Dallas	17	28	1.65
20	Houston Dynamo	17	28	1.65
21	Inter Miami	17	28	1.65
22	New England Revolution	16	26	1.63
23	St. Louis City	16	25	1.56
24	Atlanta United FC	16	24	1.50
25	San Jose Earthquakes	16	22	1.38
26	Seattle Sounders	17	23	1.35
27	New York City FC	16	21	1.31
28	Los Angeles FC	16	20	1.25
29	Vancouver Whitecaps	16	18	1.13
30	Nashville SC	16	11	0.69

Which teams concede the most goals?

Sporting Kansas City concedes the most goals in the league — 2.45 per game

Orlando City SC is #2 for goals conceded — 2.36 per game

FC Cincinnati is #3 for goals conceded — 2.21 per game

Nashville SC has one of the tightest defences — 0.76 per game

Vancouver Whitecaps has one of the tightest defences — 1.03 per game

Los Angeles FC has one of the tightest defences — 1.15 per game

League Defensive Stats

consists of 30 teams
League avg conceded per game: 1.63 per game
Home avg conceded: 1.41 per game
Away avg conceded: 1.85 per game

1st Half — Goals Conceded

#	Team	MP	⊕ Conceded	Ø AVG	Home Ø	Away Ø
1	Sporting Kansas City	33	39	1.18	0.88	1.50
2	Portland Timbers	33	35	1.06	1.00	1.13
3	Orlando City SC	33	34	1.03	0.63	1.41
4	San Diego	33	34	1.03	0.88	1.18
5	Minnesota United FC	33	32	0.97	0.69	1.24
6	FC Cincinnati	33	32	0.97	1.00	0.94
7	Toronto FC	33	30	0.91	0.71	1.13
8	Los Angeles Galaxy	33	29	0.88	0.65	1.13
9	Philadelphia Union	33	27	0.82	0.50	1.12
10	FC Dallas	33	26	0.79	0.88	0.71
11	CF Montreal	33	25	0.76	0.50	1.00
12	New York Red Bulls	33	24	0.73	0.69	0.76
13	DC United	33	24	0.73	0.69	0.76
14	Chicago Fire	33	23	0.70	0.56	0.82
15	New England Revolution	33	23	0.70	0.53	0.88
16	Columbus Crew	33	23	0.70	0.47	0.94
17	Inter Miami	33	23	0.70	0.81	0.59
18	San Jose Earthquakes	33	22	0.67	0.88	0.44
19	Real Salt Lake	33	22	0.67	0.69	0.65
20	Charlotte	33	22	0.67	0.47	0.88
21	Atlanta United FC	33	21	0.64	0.59	0.69
22	Seattle Sounders	33	20	0.61	0.56	0.65
23	New York City FC	33	19	0.58	0.47	0.69
24	Austin	33	19	0.58	0.50	0.65
25	Houston Dynamo	33	18	0.55	0.31	0.76
26	Vancouver Whitecaps	33	18	0.55	0.65	0.44
27	Colorado Rapids	33	17	0.52	0.35	0.69
28	Los Angeles FC	33	17	0.52	0.41	0.63
29	St. Louis City	33	15	0.45	0.53	0.38
30	Nashville SC	33	11	0.33	0.53	0.13

Home / 1st Half Conceded

#	Team	MP	⊕ Conceded	Ø AVG
1	Portland Timbers	17	17	1.00
2	FC Cincinnati	16	16	1.00
3	San Jose Earthquakes	17	15	0.88
4	FC Dallas	16	14	0.88
5	Sporting Kansas City	17	15	0.88
6	San Diego	16	14	0.88
7	Inter Miami	16	13	0.81
8	Toronto FC	17	12	0.71
9	New York Red Bulls	16	11	0.69
10	Real Salt Lake	16	11	0.69
11	Minnesota United FC	16	11	0.69
12	DC United	16	11	0.69
13	Vancouver Whitecaps	17	11	0.65
14	Los Angeles Galaxy	17	11	0.65
15	Orlando City SC	16	10	0.63
16	Atlanta United FC	17	10	0.59
17	Seattle Sounders	16	9	0.56
18	Chicago Fire	16	9	0.56
19	New England Revolution	17	9	0.53
20	Nashville SC	17	9	0.53
21	St. Louis City	17	9	0.53
22	Philadelphia Union	16	8	0.50
23	CF Montreal	16	8	0.50
24	Austin	16	8	0.50
25	New York City FC	17	8	0.47
26	Columbus Crew	17	8	0.47
27	Charlotte	17	8	0.47
28	Los Angeles FC	17	7	0.41
29	Colorado Rapids	17	6	0.35
30	Houston Dynamo	16	5	0.31

Away / 1st Half Conceded

#	Team	MP	⊕ Conceded	Ø AVG
1	Sporting Kansas City	16	24	1.50
2	Orlando City SC	17	24	1.41
3	Minnesota United FC	17	21	1.24
4	San Diego	17	20	1.18
5	Toronto FC	16	18	1.13
6	Los Angeles Galaxy	16	18	1.13
7	Portland Timbers	16	18	1.13
8	Philadelphia Union	17	19	1.12
9	CF Montreal	17	17	1.00
10	Columbus Crew	16	15	0.94
11	FC Cincinnati	17	16	0.94
12	New England Revolution	16	14	0.88
13	Charlotte	16	14	0.88
14	Chicago Fire	17	14	0.82
15	Houston Dynamo	17	13	0.76
16	New York Red Bulls	17	13	0.76
17	DC United	17	13	0.76
18	FC Dallas	17	12	0.71
19	New York City FC	16	11	0.69
20	Atlanta United FC	16	11	0.69
21	Colorado Rapids	16	11	0.69
22	Seattle Sounders	17	11	0.65
23	Real Salt Lake	17	11	0.65
24	Austin	17	11	0.65
25	Los Angeles FC	16	10	0.63
26	Inter Miami	17	10	0.59
27	San Jose Earthquakes	16	7	0.44
28	Vancouver Whitecaps	16	7	0.44
29	St. Louis City	16	6	0.38
30	Nashville SC	16	2	0.13

1st Half Defensive Insights

Sporting Kansas City concedes most in 1H — 1.18 conceded/game

Portland Timbers is #2 conceded 1H — 1.06 conceded/game

Orlando City SC is #3 conceded 1H — 1.03 conceded/game

Nashville SC has the tightest 1H defence — 0.33 conceded/game

St. Louis City has the tightest 1H defence — 0.45 conceded/game

Los Angeles FC has the tightest 1H defence — 0.52 conceded/game

1ST HALF DEF. STATS

30 teams
1H conceded avg: 0.73 conceded/game
Home conceded 1H: 0.63 conceded/game
Away conceded 1H: 0.83 conceded/game
Teams avg ≥0.5 conceded 1H: 93% (28/30)

2nd Half — Goals Conceded

#	Team	MP	⊕ Conceded	Ø AVG	Home Ø	Away Ø
1	Orlando City SC	33	44	1.33	0.75	1.88
2	Austin	33	44	1.33	0.94	1.71
3	Sporting Kansas City	33	42	1.27	1.18	1.38
4	CF Montreal	33	42	1.27	0.94	1.59
5	FC Cincinnati	33	41	1.24	0.88	1.59
6	New York Red Bulls	33	38	1.15	1.13	1.18
7	Atlanta United FC	33	36	1.09	1.35	0.81
8	DC United	33	36	1.09	1.06	1.12
9	Toronto FC	33	33	1.00	1.24	0.75
10	Inter Miami	33	33	1.00	0.94	1.06
11	St. Louis City	33	33	1.00	0.82	1.19
12	Colorado Rapids	33	30	0.91	0.76	1.06
13	Real Salt Lake	33	29	0.88	0.63	1.12
14	San Diego	33	28	0.85	0.94	0.76
15	Chicago Fire	33	27	0.82	0.75	0.88
16	San Jose Earthquakes	33	26	0.79	0.65	0.94
17	New York City FC	33	26	0.79	0.94	0.63
18	Los Angeles Galaxy	33	26	0.79	0.59	1.00
19	Columbus Crew	33	26	0.79	0.65	0.94
20	Portland Timbers	33	26	0.79	0.65	0.94
21	Charlotte	33	26	0.79	0.47	1.13
22	Seattle Sounders	33	25	0.76	0.81	0.71
23	Minnesota United FC	33	25	0.76	0.63	0.88
24	FC Dallas	33	24	0.73	0.50	0.94
25	Philadelphia Union	33	24	0.73	0.63	0.82
26	Houston Dynamo	33	24	0.73	0.56	0.88
27	New England Revolution	33	23	0.70	0.65	0.75
28	Los Angeles FC	33	21	0.64	0.65	0.63
29	Vancouver Whitecaps	33	16	0.48	0.29	0.69
30	Nashville SC	33	14	0.42	0.29	0.56

Home / 2nd Half Conceded

#	Team	MP	⊕ Conceded	Ø AVG
1	Atlanta United FC	17	23	1.35
2	Toronto FC	17	21	1.24
3	Sporting Kansas City	17	20	1.18
4	New York Red Bulls	16	18	1.13
5	DC United	16	17	1.06
6	New York City FC	17	16	0.94
7	CF Montreal	16	15	0.94
8	Inter Miami	16	15	0.94
9	Austin	16	15	0.94
10	San Diego	16	15	0.94
11	FC Cincinnati	16	14	0.88
12	St. Louis City	17	14	0.82
13	Seattle Sounders	16	13	0.81
14	Colorado Rapids	17	13	0.76
15	Orlando City SC	16	12	0.75
16	Chicago Fire	16	12	0.75
17	San Jose Earthquakes	17	11	0.65
18	New England Revolution	17	11	0.65
19	Columbus Crew	17	11	0.65
20	Los Angeles FC	17	11	0.65
21	Portland Timbers	17	11	0.65
22	Philadelphia Union	16	10	0.63
23	Real Salt Lake	16	10	0.63
24	Minnesota United FC	16	10	0.63
25	Los Angeles Galaxy	17	10	0.59
26	Houston Dynamo	16	9	0.56
27	FC Dallas	16	8	0.50
28	Charlotte	17	8	0.47
29	Vancouver Whitecaps	17	5	0.29
30	Nashville SC	17	5	0.29

Away / 2nd Half Conceded

#	Team	MP	⊕ Conceded	Ø AVG
1	Orlando City SC	17	32	1.88
2	Austin	17	29	1.71
3	CF Montreal	17	27	1.59
4	FC Cincinnati	17	27	1.59
5	Sporting Kansas City	16	22	1.38
6	St. Louis City	16	19	1.19
7	New York Red Bulls	17	20	1.18
8	Charlotte	16	18	1.13
9	Real Salt Lake	17	19	1.12
10	DC United	17	19	1.12
11	Colorado Rapids	16	17	1.06
12	Inter Miami	17	18	1.06
13	Los Angeles Galaxy	16	16	1.00
14	San Jose Earthquakes	16	15	0.94
15	FC Dallas	17	16	0.94
16	Columbus Crew	16	15	0.94
17	Portland Timbers	16	15	0.94
18	Houston Dynamo	17	15	0.88
19	Chicago Fire	17	15	0.88
20	Minnesota United FC	17	15	0.88
21	Philadelphia Union	17	14	0.82
22	Atlanta United FC	16	13	0.81
23	San Diego	17	13	0.76
24	Toronto FC	16	12	0.75
25	New England Revolution	16	12	0.75
26	Seattle Sounders	17	12	0.71
27	Vancouver Whitecaps	16	11	0.69
28	New York City FC	16	10	0.63
29	Los Angeles FC	16	10	0.63
30	Nashville SC	16	9	0.56

2nd Half Defensive Insights

Orlando City SC concedes most in 2H — 1.33 conceded/game

Austin is #2 conceded 2H — 1.33 conceded/game

Sporting Kansas City is #3 conceded 2H — 1.27 conceded/game

Nashville SC has the tightest 2H defence — 0.42 conceded/game

Vancouver Whitecaps has the tightest 2H defence — 0.48 conceded/game

Los Angeles FC has the tightest 2H defence — 0.64 conceded/game

2ND HALF DEF. STATS

30 teams
2H conceded avg: 0.90 conceded/game
Home conceded 2H: 0.77 conceded/game
Away conceded 2H: 1.02 conceded/game
Teams avg ≥0.5 conceded 2H: 37% (11/30)

Major League Soccer (USA) — Goals Conceded Analysis

Teams in the Major League Soccer (USA) concede an average of 1.63 goals per game this season. Nashville SC has the best defence, conceding only 25 goals (0.76/game), with 14 at home and 11 away. Sporting Kansas City has the most porous defence with 81 goals conceded (2.45/game).

Betting Angle — Defence Strength

A low goals-conceded average is a key indicator for Clean Sheet, Under 2.5, and Asian Handicap markets. Teams with a strong home defence and a weak away defence create value in venue-specific markets — always check the split before betting.

Statistics Tables — USA

MLS All-Star Goals Conceded— Division Underground
MLS Next Pro Goals Conceded— Division Gold
NISA Goals Conceded— Division Underground
NPSL Goals Conceded— Division Amateur
NWSL - Liga MXF Summer Cup Goals Conceded— Division Women's Pro
NWSL Women Goals Conceded— Division Women's Elite
NWSL Women - Challenge Cup Goals Conceded— Division Women's Pro
US Open Cup Goals Conceded— Division Gold
USL Championship Goals Conceded— Division Pro
USL League One Goals Conceded— Division Pro
USL League One Cup Goals Conceded— Division SemiPro
USL League Two Goals Conceded— Division SemiPro
USL Super League Goals Conceded— Division Women's Pro
USL W League Goals Conceded— Division Women's Pro
WPSL Goals Conceded— Division Women's Pro