2017 MLS Cup Playoffs

2017 MLS Cup Playoffs
Country United States
Canada
Teams 12
Defending champions Seattle Sounders FC
Champions Toronto FC
Runners-up Seattle Sounders FC
Semi-finalists
Matches played 17
Goals scored 34 (2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) United States Clint Dempsey
(3 goals)
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The 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) began on October 25, and ended on December 9 with MLS Cup 2017, the 22nd league championship match for MLS.[1] This is the 22nd version of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. Twelve teams, the top six of each conference, compete in the MLS Cup Playoffs.

The first round of each conference has the third-seeded team hosting the sixth seed while the fourth-seed hosts the fifth seed in a single match to determine who advances to the Conference Semifinals. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the second plays the next-lowest. The winners advance to the Conference Finals. Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals are played as a two-legged aggregate series. The winners advance to the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the participant with the better record.

Conference standings

The top six teams from each conference advance to the MLS Cup playoffs. Chicago and Portland won seeding tiebreakers over Atlanta and Seattle, respectively, based on total wins.

Bracket

                                           
Knockout Round  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup
October 26 – Atlanta, Georgia              
E4  Atlanta United  0 (1)
E5  Columbus Crew  4  0  4
E5  Columbus Crew (p)  0 (3)      
E2  New York City FC  1  2  3  
Eastern Conference
October 25 – Bridgeview, Illinois E5  Columbus Crew  0  0  0
 
  E1  Toronto FC  0  1  1  
E3  Chicago Fire  0
E6  New York Red Bulls  1  1  2
E6  New York Red Bulls  4   December 9 – Toronto, Ontario
E1  Toronto FC (a)  2  0  2  
 
October 26 – Houston, Texas E1  Toronto FC  2
 
  W2  Seattle Sounders  0
W4  Houston Dynamo (a.e.t.)  1
W4  Houston Dynamo  0  2  2
W5  Sporting Kansas City  0      
W1  Portland Timbers  0  1  1  
Western Conference
October 25 – Vancouver, British Columbia W4  Houston Dynamo  0  0  0
 
  W2  Seattle Sounders  2  3  5  
W3  Vancouver Whitecaps  5
W3  Vancouver Whitecaps  0  0  0
W6  San Jose Earthquakes  0  
W2  Seattle Sounders  0  2  2  

Knockout Round

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Eastern Conference
Chicago Fire (E3) 0–4 New York Red Bulls (E6)
Atlanta United (E4) 0–0
(1–3 p)		 Columbus Crew (E5)
Western Conference
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3) 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes (W6)
Houston Dynamo (W4) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sporting Kansas City (W5)

Matches

Chicago Fire 0–4 New York Red Bulls
Report Wright-Phillips  7'
Kljestan  11'
Royer  70'
Verón  87'
Attendance: 11,647
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes
Montero  33'
Techera  57'
Waston  64'
Mezquida  78', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 21,083
Referee: José Carlos Rivero
Houston Dynamo 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sporting Kansas City
Elis  94' Report
Attendance: 14,126
Referee: Mark Geiger

Conference Semifinals

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eastern Conference
New York Red Bulls (E6) 2–2 (a) Toronto FC (E1) 1–2 1–0
Columbus Crew (E5) 4–3 New York City FC (E2) 4–1 0–2
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4) 2–1 Portland Timbers (W1) 0–0 2–1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3) 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC (W2) 0–0 0–2

Matches

New York Red Bulls 1–2 Toronto FC
Royer  45+3' (pen.) Report Vázquez  8'
Giovinco  72'
Attendance: 18,107
Referee: Drew Fischer
Toronto FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls
Report Wright-Phillips  53'
Attendance: 29,974
Referee: Chris Penso

2–2 on aggregate. Toronto FC won on away goals.

Columbus Crew 4–1 New York City FC
Kamara  6'
Artur  58'
Meram  69'
Afful  90+3'		 Report Villa  78'
Attendance: 14,416
Referee: Alan Kelly
New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew
Villa  16' (pen.)
Struna  53'		 Report
Attendance: 23,246
Referee: Kevin Stott

Columbus Crew won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC
Report
Attendance: 27,837
Referee: Kevin Stott
Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Dempsey  56', 88' Report
Attendance: 39,587

Seattle Sounders FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

Houston Dynamo 0–0 Portland Timbers
Report
Attendance: 15,169
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Portland Timbers 1–2 Houston Dynamo
Asprilla  39' Report Remick  43'
Manotas  77'
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Ismail Elfath

Houston Dynamo won 2–1 on aggregate.

Conference Finals

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Columbus Crew (E5) 0–1 Toronto FC (E1) 0–0 0–1
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4) 0–5 Seattle Sounders FC (W2) 0–2 0–3

Matches

Columbus Crew 0–0 Toronto FC
Report
Attendance: 21,289
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Toronto FC 1–0 Columbus Crew
Altidore  60' Report
Attendance: 30,392
Referee: Jair Marrufo

Toronto FC won 1–0 on aggregate.

Houston Dynamo 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC
Report Svensson  11'
Bruin  42'
Attendance: 22,661
Referee: Chris Penso
Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Houston Dynamo
Rodríguez  22'
Dempsey  57'
Bruin  73'		 Report
Attendance: 45,298

Seattle Sounders FC won 5–0 on aggregate.

MLS Cup

Toronto FC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC
 Report
Attendance: 30,584

Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 United States Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders FC 3
2 United States Jozy Altidore Toronto FC 2
United States Will Bruin Seattle Sounders FC
Uruguay Nicolás Mezquida Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Austria Daniel Royer New York Red Bulls
Spain Víctor Vázquez Toronto FC
Spain David Villa New York City FC
England Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls
9 Ghana Harrison Afful Columbus Crew 1
Brazil Artur Columbus Crew
Honduras Alberth Elis Houston Dynamo
Italy Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC
Norway Ola Kamara Columbus Crew
United States Sacha Kljestan New York Red Bulls
Iraq Justin Meram Columbus Crew
Colombia Fredy Montero Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Spain Víctor Rodríguez Seattle Sounders FC
Slovenia Andraž Struna New York City FC
Sweden Gustav Svensson Seattle Sounders FC
Uruguay Cristian Techera Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Argentina Gonzalo Verón New York Red Bulls
Costa Rica Kendall Waston Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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References

  1. ↑ "Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs schedule revealed, final to be played on Dec. 9". Major League Soccer. August 23, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Playoffs". Major League Soccer.
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