Red Bull New York won the 2013 MLS Supporters' Shield race on 59 points, 1 point ahead of Sporting Kansas City. It came down to the final days: Red Bull New York did not lead for good until October 27, 2013.
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Supporters' Shield standings, 2013
Team
W
L
T
PTS
L10
Streak
Red Bull New York (RBNY)
17
9
8
59
6-1-3
W2
Sporting Kansas City (SKC)
17
10
7
58
6-3-1
W2
Portland Timbers (POR)
14
5
15
57
5-2-3
W1
Real Salt Lake (RSL)
16
10
8
56
4-3-3
W1
LA Galaxy (LA)
15
11
8
53
4-2-4
T2
Seattle Sounders FC (SEA)
15
12
7
52
3-4-3
T1
Colorado Rapids (COL)
14
11
9
51
5-4-1
L1
Houston Dynamo FC (HOU)
14
11
9
51
4-3-3
W1
New England Revolution (NE)
14
11
9
51
5-2-3
W3
San Jose Earthquakes (SJ)
14
11
9
51
6-1-3
W1
Chicago Fire FC (CHI)
14
13
7
49
4-3-3
L1
Impact de Montréal (MTL)
14
13
7
49
2-6-2
L1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (VAN)
13
12
9
48
3-4-3
W1
Philadelphia Union (PHI)
12
12
10
46
2-5-3
L2
FC Dallas (DAL)
11
12
11
44
3-5-2
L1
Columbus Crew (CLB)
12
17
5
41
4-6-0
L3
Toronto FC (TOR)
6
17
11
29
2-5-3
W1
Chivas USA (CHV)
6
20
8
26
2-6-2
L5
D.C. United (DC)
3
24
7
16
0-7-3
L2
Final standings.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 10 times.
Red Bull New York trailed by as many as 10 points on March 23, 2013.
Red Bull New York took first place for good on October 27, 2013.
Seattle Sounders FC won 5 games in a row from August 25, 2013 to September 13, 2013, the longest run of the race.
Real Salt Lake led by 7 points as late as August 30, 2013.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 73 of the 89 days played.
Ten teams held first place.
Real Salt Lake held first place for 83 straight days, the season's longest run.
Red Bull New York spent 40 of the season's 240 charted days in first place.