2015 MLS Cup Playoffs




Main article: 2015 Major League Soccer season














































2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
2015 MLS Cup Playoffs Logo.svg
Country United States
Canada
Teams 12
Defending champions LA Galaxy
Champions Portland Timbers (1st title)
Runners-up Columbus Crew SC
Semi-finalists

  • FC Dallas

  • New York Red Bulls
Matches played 17
Goals scored 46 (2.71 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)
Sierra Leone Kei Kamara
(4 goals)

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2016 →


The 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs (officially the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 20th post-season tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. The tournament began on October 28 with D.C. United defeating New England Revolution and culminated on December 6, 2015 with MLS Cup 2015, the twentieth league championship match for MLS.


Twelve teams[2] (top 6 per conference) competed, up from 10 the last 3 seasons. The first round of each conference had the third-seeded team hosting the sixth seed, while the fourth-seed hosts the fifth, 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 seed plays the next-lowest. The winners advanced to the Conference Finals.


Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals are played as two-legged aggregate series. If teams are level at the end of the second leg, the away goals rule will be used in attempt to determine a winner. If the away goals rule does not resolve the deadlock, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, but the away goals rule will not be applied after extra time. If scores are still level following extra time, a penalty shootout will be conducted.


The winners advance to the MLS Cup final, a single match hosted by the participant with the better record.[3]


The winner of MLS Cup 2015, Portland Timbers qualified for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. If a Canadian team were to win the MLS Cup, the next-best team from the United States will take their place.[4]


On March 6, 2015, Audi was announced as the official sponsor of the playoffs starting in 2015.[1]


The Portland Timbers won the MLS Cup by defeating the Columbus Crew SC by a score of 2–1. The Timbers' Diego Valeri scored the fastest goal in MLS Cup history at 27 seconds after Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark, made a fundamental error after he miscontrolled his defender's back-pass; allowing Valeri to strike at the opportunity.[5]




Contents






  • 1 2015 MLS Conference standings


  • 2 Bracket


  • 3 Schedule


    • 3.1 Knockout Round


      • 3.1.1 Eastern Conference


      • 3.1.2 Western Conference




    • 3.2 Conference Semifinals


      • 3.2.1 Eastern Conference


      • 3.2.2 Western Conference




    • 3.3 Conference Finals


      • 3.3.1 Eastern Conference


      • 3.3.2 Western Conference




    • 3.4 MLS Cup




  • 4 Goalscorers


  • 5 References





2015 MLS Conference standings


The top 6 teams from each conference advance to the MLS Cup playoffs.












Bracket






















































































































































































































































































  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


Knockout Round

  • v

  • t

  • e

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

MLS Cup

October 29 – Stade Saputo
  
  
  
  
 
  
  




E6
  Toronto FC
  0

E3
  Montreal Impact
  2
  1
  3

E3
  Montreal Impact
  3
  
  
  

E2
  Columbus Crew (a.e.t.)
  1
  3
  4
  




Eastern Conference

October 28 – RFK Stadium
 E2
  Columbus Crew
  2
  0
  2

 

 
 E1
  New York Red Bulls
  0
  1
  1
  


E5
  New England Revolution
  1

E4
  D.C. United
  0
  0
  0

E4
  D.C. United
  2
  
 December 6 – Mapfre Stadium

E1
  New York Red Bulls
  1
  1
  2
  


 



October 29 – Providence Park
 E2
  Columbus Crew
  1

 

 
 W3
  Portland Timbers
  2


W6
  Sporting Kansas City
  2 (6)

W3
  Portland Timbers
  0
  2
  2

W3
  Portland Timbers (p)
  2 (7)
  
  
  

W2
  Vancouver Whitecaps FC
  0
  0
  0
  




Western Conference

October 28 – CenturyLink Field
 W3
  Portland Timbers
  3
  2
  5

 

 
 W1
  FC Dallas
  1
  2
  3
  


W5
  LA Galaxy
  2

W4
  Seattle Sounders FC
  2
  1
  3 (2)

W4
  Seattle Sounders FC
  3
  

W1
  FC Dallas (p)
  1
  2
  3 (4)
  



Source: [6]



Schedule



Knockout Round



Eastern Conference


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October 28

7:30 PM EST












D.C. United 2–1 New England Revolution

Pontius Goal 45'
Rolfe Goal 83'
 Report
Agudelo Goal 15'


RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 11,554

Referee: Mark Geiger






October 29

7:00 PM EST












Montreal Impact 3–0 Toronto FC

Bernier Goal 18'
Piatti Goal 33'
Drogba Goal 39'
 Report


Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 18,069

Referee: Baldomero Toledo




Western Conference




October 28

10:00 PM EST












Seattle Sounders 3–2 LA Galaxy

Dempsey Goal 5'
Valdez Goal 12'
Friberg Goal 77'
 Report
Lletget Goal 6'
Zardes Goal 22'


CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 39,537

Referee: Jair Marrufo






October 29

10:00 PM EST


















Portland Timbers 2–2 (a.e.t.) Sporting Kansas City

Wallace Goal 57'
Urruti Goal 118'
 Report
Ellis Goal 87'
Németh Goal 96'
Penalties

Valeri Penalty missed
Borchers Penalty scored
Ridgewell Penalty scored
Jewsbury Penalty missed
Urruti Penalty scored
Villafaña Penalty missed
Asprilla Penalty scored
Nagbe Penalty scored
Powell Penalty missed
Fochive Penalty scored
Kwarasey Penalty scored
 7–6
Penalty scoredFeilhaber
Penalty missedDwyer
Penalty scoredZusi
Penalty missedBesler
Penalty scoredNagamura
Penalty missedEllis
Penalty scoredMustivar
Penalty scoredPeterson
Penalty missedAbdul-Salaam
Penalty scoredDia
Penalty missedKempin


Providence Park, Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 21,144

Referee: Armando Villarreal




Conference Semifinals



Eastern Conference




November 1

3:00 PM EST












D.C. United 0–1 New York Red Bulls
Report
McCarty Goal 72'


RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 19,525

Referee: Fotis Bazakos






November 8

3:00 PM EST












New York Red Bulls 1–0 D.C. United

Wright-Phillips Goal 90+2'
 Report


Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 25,219

Referee: Ted Unkel



New York Red Bulls win 2–0 on aggregate




November 1

7:00 PM EST












Montreal Impact 2–1 Columbus Crew

Bernier Goal 37'
Venegas Goal 77'
 Report
Higuaín Goal 33'


Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 17,655

Referee: Chris Penso






November 8

5:00 PM EST












Columbus Crew 3–1 (a.e.t.) Montreal Impact

Kamara Goal 4', 111'
Finlay Goal 77'
 Report
Duka Goal 40'


MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Attendance: 19,026

Referee: Armando Villarreal



Columbus Crew wins 4–3 on aggregate



Western Conference




November 1

5:00 PM EST












Portland Timbers 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps
Report


Providence Park, Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 21,144

Referee: Allen Chapman






November 8

10:00 PM EST












Vancouver Whitecaps 0–2 Portland Timbers
Report
Adi Goal 31'
Chara Goal 90+4'


BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia

Attendance: 27,837

Referee: Ismail Elfath



Portland Timbers win 2–0 on aggregate




November 1

9:30 PM EST












Seattle Sounders 2–1 FC Dallas

Ivanschitz Goal 67'
Dempsey Goal 86'
 Report
Castillo Goal 18'


CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 39,599

Referee: Kevin Stott






November 8

7:30 PM EST


















FC Dallas 2–1 (a.e.t.) Seattle Sounders

Akindele Goal 84'
Zimmerman Goal 90+1'
 Report
Marshall Goal 90'
Penalties

Diaz Penalty scored
Hollingshead Penalty scored
Akindele Penalty scored
Zimmerman Penalty scored
 4–2
Penalty scoredDempsey
Penalty missedIvanschitz
Penalty missedBarrett
Penalty scoredRose


Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 17,287

Referee: Baldomero Toledo



FC Dallas wins 4–2 on penalties after 3–3 draw on aggregate



Conference Finals



Eastern Conference




November 22

5:00 PM EST












Columbus Crew 2–0 New York Red Bulls

Meram Goal 1'
Kamara Goal 85'
 Report


MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Attendance: 21,617

Referee: Allen Chapman






November 29

7:30 PM EST












New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew

Abang Goal 90+3'
 Report


Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 25,219

Referee: Baldomero Toledo



Columbus Crew wins 2–1 on aggregate



Western Conference




November 22

7:30 PM EST












Portland Timbers 3–1 FC Dallas

Ridgewell Goal 23'
Asprilla Goal 53'
Borchers Goal 90+1'
 Report
Texeira Goal 62'


Providence Park, Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 21,144

Referee: Ted Unkel






November 29

5:00 PM EST












FC Dallas 2–2 Portland Timbers

Hollingshead Goal 68'
Pérez Goal 73'
 Report
Adi Goal 54'
Melano Goal 90+5'


Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 20,966

Referee: Ismail Elfath



Portland Timbers win 5–3 on aggregate



MLS Cup


Main article: MLS Cup 2015



December 6

4:00 p.m. EST












Columbus Crew 1–2 Portland Timbers

Kamara Goal 18'
 Report
Valeri Goal 1'
Wallace Goal 7'


MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Attendance: 21,747

Referee: Jair Marrufo




Goalscorers











































































































































































Rank
 Player
 Club
 Goals [7]
1
Sierra Leone Kei Kamara
Columbus Crew
 4
2
Nigeria Fanendo Adi
Portland Timbers
 2

Canada Patrice Bernier
Montreal Impact

United States Clint Dempsey
Seattle Sounders

Costa Rica Rodney Wallace
Portland Timbers
6
Cameroon Anatole Abang
New York Red Bulls
 1

United States Juan Agudelo
New England Revolution

Canada Tesho Akindele
FC Dallas

Colombia Dairon Asprilla
Portland Timbers

United States Nat Borchers
Portland Timbers

Colombia Fabian Castillo
FC Dallas

Colombia Diego Chará
Portland Timbers

Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Montreal Impact

United States Dilly Duka
Montreal Impact

United States Kevin Ellis
Sporting Kansas City

United States Ethan Finlay
Columbus Crew

Sweden Erik Friberg
Seattle Sounders

Argentina Federico Higuaín
Columbus Crew

United States Ryan Hollingshead
FC Dallas

Austria Andreas Ivanschitz
Seattle Sounders

United States Sebastian Lletget
LA Galaxy

United States Chad Marshall
Seattle Sounders

Argentina Lucas Melano
Portland Timbers

United States Dax McCarty
New York Red Bulls

Iraq Justin Meram
Columbus Crew

Hungary Krisztián Németh
Sporting Kansas City

Panama Blas Pérez
FC Dallas

Argentina Ignacio Piatti
Montreal Impact

United States Chris Pontius
D.C. United

England Liam Ridgewell
Portland Timbers

United States Chris Rolfe
D.C. United

Uruguay David Texeira
FC Dallas

Argentina Maximiliano Urruti
Portland Timbers

Paraguay Nelson Valdez
Seattle Sounders

Argentina Diego Valeri
Portland Timbers

Costa Rica Johan Venegas
Montreal Impact

England Bradley Wright-Phillips
New York Red Bulls

United States Gyasi Zardes
LA Galaxy

United States Walker Zimmerman
FC Dallas


References





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