List of Major League Soccer post-season appearance streaks

This is a list of ACTIVE and all-time Major League Soccer franchise post-season appearance streaks.

Longest active streaks

MLS franchises with the longest appearance streaks

Team

Post-season streak

Last missed post-season

New England Revolution

8 seasons

2001

Chicago Fire

5 seasons

2004

Chivas USA

4 seasons

2005

Houston Dynamo

4 seasons

2006*

Columbus Crew

2 seasons

2007

Real Salt Lake

2 seasons

2007

Los Angeles Galaxy

1 season

2008

Seattle Sounders FC

1 season

2009*

* Indicates team's first year of existence

MLS franchises with the longest post-season win streaks

This is a list of teams that have active post-season series win streaks. A post-season series win streak is continued by making the post-season and winning at least one playoff series. This streak is measured for consecutive MLS seasons and not consecutive series - i.e. the teams listed may have won the first post-season series to continue the streak, not every series in the post-season.

Team

Post-season series win streak

Chicago Fire

3 seasons

Real Salt Lake

2 seasons

Houston Dynamo

1 season

Los Angeles Galaxy

1 season

Longest all-time streaks

MLS franchises with the longest all-time post-season streaks

Only lists teams with streaks lasting at least 5 seasons

Team

Last missed post-season

Next missed post-season

Post-season streak

Los Angeles Galaxy

1996*

2006

10 seasons

New England Revolution

2001

present

8 seasons

Dallas Burn

1996*

2003

7 seasons

Chicago Fire

1998*

2004

6 seasons

MetroStars/New York Red Bulls

2002

2009

6 seasons

Kansas City Wizards

1999

2005

5 seasons

San Jose Earthquakes

2000

2006

5 seasons

Colorado Rapids

2001

2007

5 seasons

D.C. United

2002

2008

5 seasons

Chicago Fire

2004

present

5 seasons

* Indicates team's first year of existence

MLS franchises with the longest all-time post-season win streaks

Only lists teams with streaks lasting multiple seasons

Team

Last post-season loss

Next post-season loss

Consecutive post-season wins

New England Revolution

2001

2008

6 seasons

Los Angeles Galaxy

1997

2003

5 seasons

D.C. United

1996*

2000

4 seasons

Columbus Crew

1996

2000

3 seasons

Chicago Fire

2006

present

3 seasons

Chicago Fire

1999

2002

2 seasons

Kansas City Wizards

2002

2005

2 seasons

Los Angeles Galaxy

2003

2006

2 seasons

Colorado Rapids

2004

2007

2 seasons

Houston Dynamo

2006*

2008

2 seasons

Real Salt Lake

2007

present

2 seasons

* Indicates team's first year of existence
** Miami Fusion folded after 2001 season

See also

  • List of Major League Soccer post-season droughts
  • Active Major League Baseball postseason appearance streaks
  • List of current National Football League consecutive playoff appearances
  • Active NBA playoff appearance streaks
  • List of NHL franchise post-season appearance streaks