Red Bull New York won the 2018 MLS Supporters' Shield race on 71 points, 2 points ahead of Atlanta United. It came down to the final days: Red Bull New York did not lead for good until October 28, 2018.
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Supporters' Shield standings, 2018
Team
W
L
T
PTS
L10
Streak
Red Bull New York (RBNY)
22
7
5
71
7-1-2
W5
Atlanta United (ATL)
21
7
6
69
7-3-0
L1
Sporting Kansas City (SKC)
18
8
8
62
6-2-2
W3
Seattle Sounders FC (SEA)
18
11
5
59
8-2-0
W5
FC Dallas (DAL)
16
9
9
57
3-4-3
L3
Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC)
16
9
9
57
5-2-3
L1
New York City Football Club (NYC)
16
10
8
56
2-5-3
W1
Portland Timbers (POR)
15
10
9
54
5-3-2
L1
Columbus Crew (CLB)
14
11
9
51
3-4-3
W1
D.C. United (DC)
14
11
9
51
7-0-3
T1
Philadelphia Union (PHI)
15
14
5
50
5-3-2
L2
Real Salt Lake (RSL)
14
13
7
49
4-4-2
L1
LA Galaxy (LA)
13
12
9
48
3-4-3
L1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (VAN)
13
13
8
47
4-4-2
W1
Impact de Montréal (MTL)
14
16
4
46
5-3-2
L1
New England Revolution (NE)
10
13
11
41
3-4-3
W1
Houston Dynamo FC (HOU)
10
16
8
38
3-5-2
W1
Minnesota United FC (MIN)
11
20
3
36
2-7-1
L4
Toronto FC (TOR)
10
18
6
36
4-6-0
W1
Chicago Fire FC (CHI)
8
18
8
32
2-5-3
T1
Colorado Rapids (COL)
8
19
7
31
2-7-1
W1
Orlando City (ORL)
8
22
4
28
1-7-2
L1
San Jose Earthquakes (SJ)
4
21
9
21
1-8-1
L1
Final standings.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 11 times.
Red Bull New York trailed by as many as 10 points on April 11, 2018.
Red Bull New York took first place for good on October 28, 2018.
Seattle Sounders FC won 9 games in a row from July 21, 2018 to September 15, 2018, the longest run of the race.
Atlanta United led by 5 points as late as August 25, 2018.
Red Bull New York went 4-0-2 from August 4, 2018 to August 29, 2018, turning a deficit of 7 points into a lead of 1 point.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 80 of the 99 days played.
Eleven teams held first place.
Red Bull New York spent 19 of the season's 240 charted days in first place.