Philadelphia Union won the 2020 MLS Supporters' Shield race on 47 points, 3 points ahead of Toronto FC. It came down to the final days: Philadelphia Union did not lead for good until November 8, 2020.
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Supporters' Shield standings, 2020
Team
W
L
T
PTS
L10
Streak
Philadelphia Union (PHI)
14
4
5
47
7-2-1
W1
Toronto FC (TOR)
13
5
5
44
6-3-1
L1
Sporting Kansas City (SKC)
12
6
3
39
6-3-1
W3
Columbus Crew (CLB)
12
6
5
41
3-5-2
W1
Orlando City (ORL)
11
4
8
41
4-2-4
L1
Seattle Sounders FC (SEA)
11
5
6
39
5-2-3
W1
New York City Football Club (NYC)
12
8
3
39
7-2-1
W4
Portland Timbers (POR)
11
6
6
39
5-2-3
T1
Minnesota United FC (MIN)
9
5
7
34
4-1-5
W1
Colorado Rapids (COL)
8
6
4
28
6-3-1
W3
FC Dallas (DAL)
9
6
7
34
4-3-3
L1
Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC)
9
8
5
32
5-3-2
T1
Red Bull New York (RBNY)
9
9
5
32
4-3-3
W1
New England Revolution (NE)
8
7
8
32
4-4-2
L1
Nashville SC (NSH)
8
7
8
32
4-2-4
W1
San Jose Earthquakes (SJ)
8
9
6
30
6-3-1
L1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (VAN)
9
14
0
27
4-6-0
W1
Impact de Montréal (MTL)
8
13
2
26
3-6-1
W1
Inter Miami CF (MIA)
7
13
3
24
4-5-1
W1
Chicago Fire FC (CHI)
5
10
8
23
2-3-5
L1
LA Galaxy (LA)
6
12
4
22
2-7-1
L1
Real Salt Lake (RSL)
5
10
7
22
2-6-2
L3
Atlanta United (ATL)
6
13
4
22
2-6-2
L1
D.C. United (DC)
5
12
6
21
3-6-1
L2
Houston Dynamo FC (HOU)
4
10
9
21
1-6-3
L3
FC Cincinnati (CIN)
4
15
4
16
1-9-0
L5
Final standings.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 8 times.
Philadelphia Union trailed by as many as 7 points on August 20, 2020.
Philadelphia Union took first place for good on November 8, 2020.
Toronto FC won 5 games in a row from September 23, 2020 to October 11, 2020, the longest run of the race.
Columbus Crew led by 6 points as late as September 19, 2020.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 60 of the 69 days played.
Twelve teams held first place.
Minnesota United FC held first place for 142 straight days, the season's longest run.
Philadelphia Union spent 16 of the season's 254 charted days in first place.