2016 MLS Cup playoffs

2016 MLS Cup Playoffs
Tournament details
Country	United States; Canada
Teams	12
Defending champions	Portland Timbers; (did not qualify)
Final positions
Champions	Seattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Runner-up	Toronto FC
Semifinalists	Colorado Rapids; Montreal Impact;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	50 (2.94 per match)
Attendance	472,461 (27,792 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jozy Altidore; (5 goals)
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The 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2016 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) began on October 26, and ended on December 10 with MLS Cup 2016, the 21st league championship match for MLS.^[1] This was the 21st version of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season.

Twelve teams (the top 6 per conference) competed. The first round of each conference had the third-seeded team hosting the sixth seed while the fourth-seed hosted the fifth in a single match to determine who advanced to the Conference Semifinals. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed played the lowest remaining seed while the second played the next-lowest. The winners advanced to the Conference Finals. Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals were played as two-legged aggregate series. The winners advanced to the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the participant with the better regular season record.

Seattle Sounders FC defeated Toronto FC 5–4 on penalties to win their first-ever MLS Cup. The game ended scoreless after extra time.

It was the first MLS Cup in league history that two expansion teams participated in the final.^[2] It was also the first time in the league's history that a Canadian MLS team competed in the MLS Cup.

Conference standings

The top 6 teams from each conference advance to the MLS Cup playoffs. Green background denotes also qualified for 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	New York Red Bulls	34	57
2	New York City FC	34	54
3	Toronto FC	34	53
4	D.C. United	34	46
5	Montreal Impact	34	45
6	Philadelphia Union	34	42
7	New England Revolution	34	42
8	Orlando City SC	34	41
9	Columbus Crew SC	34	36
10	Chicago Fire	34	31

Source: MLS

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	FC Dallas	34	60
2	Colorado Rapids	34	58
3	LA Galaxy	34	52
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	48
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	47
6	Real Salt Lake	34	46
7	Portland Timbers	34	44
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	39
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	38
10	Houston Dynamo	34	34

Source: MLS

Bracket

Knockout round			Conference semifinals					Conference finals					MLS Cup December 10 – Toronto, Ontario

			E5	Montreal Impact	1	2	3
October 27 – Washington, D.C.
			E1	New York Red Bulls	0	1	1
E4	D.C. United	2

E5	Montreal Impact	4
								E5	Montreal Impact	3	2	5
Eastern Conference
								E3	Toronto FC (a.e.t.)	2	5	7



			E3	Toronto FC	2	5	7
October 26 – Toronto, Ontario
			E2	New York City FC	0	0	0
E3	Toronto FC	3

E6	Philadelphia Union	1
													E3	Toronto FC	0 (4)

													W4	Seattle Sounders FC (p)	0 (5)



			W4	Seattle Sounders FC	3	1	4
October 27 – Seattle, Washington
			W1	FC Dallas	0	2	2
W4	Seattle Sounders FC	1

W5	Sporting Kansas City	0
								W4	Seattle Sounders FC	2	1	3
Western Conference
								W2	Colorado Rapids	1	0	1



			W3	LA Galaxy	1	0	1 (1)
October 26 – Carson, California
			W2	Colorado Rapids (p)	0	1	1 (3)
W3	LA Galaxy	3

W6	Real Salt Lake	1

Knockout round

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Eastern Conference
Toronto FC	3–1	Philadelphia Union
D.C. United	2–4	Montreal Impact
Western Conference
LA Galaxy	3–1	Real Salt Lake
Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Sporting Kansas City

Matches

October 26, 2016

7:30 PM EDT

Toronto FC	3–1	Philadelphia Union
Giovinco 15' Osorio 48' Altidore 85'	Report	Bedoya 73'

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 21,759

Referee: Baldomero Toledo

October 27, 2016

7:30 PM EDT

D.C. United	2–4	Montreal Impact
Neagle 90' Kemp 90+4'	Report	Ciman 4' Mancosu 43', 58' Piatti 83'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 12,773

Referee: Jair Marrufo

October 26, 2016

10:30 PM EDT

LA Galaxy	3–1	Real Salt Lake
Gordon 14' Boateng 26', 34'	Report	Plata 21' (pen.)

StubHub Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 18,124

Referee: Alan Kelly

October 27, 2016

10:00 PM EDT

Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Sporting Kansas City
Valdez 88'	Report

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 36,151

Referee: Ismail Elfath

Conference semifinals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Toronto FC	7–0	New York City FC	2–0	5–0
Montreal Impact	3–1	New York Red Bulls	1–0	2–1
Western Conference
LA Galaxy	1–1 (1–3 p)	Colorado Rapids	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Seattle Sounders FC	4–2	FC Dallas	3–0	1–2

Matches

October 30, 2016

7:00 PM EDT

Toronto FC	2–0	New York City FC
Altidore 84' Ricketts 90+2'	Report

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 28,220

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

November 6, 2016

6:30 PM EST

New York City FC	0–5	Toronto FC
	Report	Giovinco 6', 20' (pen.), 90+1' Altidore 30' Osorio 50'

Yankee Stadium, New York City, New York

Attendance: 28,355

Referee: Kevin Stott

Toronto FC won 7–0 on aggregate.

October 30, 2016

3:00 PM EDT

Montreal Impact	1–0	New York Red Bulls
Mancosu 61'	Report

Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 15,027

Referee: Robert Sibiga

November 6, 2016

4:00 PM EST

New York Red Bulls	1–2	Montreal Impact
Wright-Phillips 77'	Report	Piatti 51', 85'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 24,314

Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Montreal Impact won 3–1 on aggregate.

October 30, 2016

5:00 PM EDT

LA Galaxy	1–0	Colorado Rapids
Dos Santos 55'	Report

StubHub Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 24,487

Referee: Drew Fischer

November 6, 2016

2:00 PM EST

Colorado Rapids	1–0 (a.e.t.)	LA Galaxy
Gashi 36'	Report
Penalties
Doyle Le Toux Pappa	3–1	Gerrard Dos Santos Cole Larentowicz

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado

Attendance: 17,782

Referee: Mark Geiger

1–1 on aggregate. Colorado Rapids won 3–1 on penalties.

October 30, 2016

9:30 PM EDT

Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	FC Dallas
Valdez 50' Lodeiro 55', 58'	Report

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 37,073

Referee: Ricardo Salazar

November 6, 2016

9:00 PM EST

FC Dallas	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC
Akindele 25' Urruti 56'	Report	Lodeiro 54'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 14,878

Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Seattle Sounders FC won 4–2 on aggregate.

Conference finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Montreal Impact	5–7	Toronto FC	3–2	2–5 (a.e.t.)
Western Conference
Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Colorado Rapids	2–1	1–0

Matches

November 22, 2016

8:00 PM EST

Montreal Impact	3–2	Toronto FC
Oduro 10' Mancosu 12' Oyongo 53'	Report	Altidore 68' Bradley 73'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 61,004

Referee: Juan Guzman

November 30, 2016

7:00 PM EST

Toronto FC	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Montreal Impact
Cooper 37' Altidore 45' Hagglund 68' Cheyrou 98' Ricketts 100'	Report	Oduro 24' Piatti 53'

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Jair Marrufo

Toronto FC won 7–5 on aggregate.

November 22, 2016

9:35 PM EST

Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Colorado Rapids
Morris 19' Lodeiro 61' (pen.)	Report	Doyle 13'

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 42,774

Referee: Chris Penso

November 27, 2016

4:00 PM EST

Colorado Rapids	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC
	Report	Morris 56'

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado

Attendance: 17,695

Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Seattle Sounders FC won 3–1 on aggregate.

MLS Cup

December 10, 2016

8:00 p.m. EST

Toronto FC	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Seattle Sounders FC
	Report
Penalties
Altidore Bradley Cheyrou Johnson Moor Morrow	4–5	Evans Ivanschitz Fernández J. Jones Lodeiro Torres

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 36,045

Referee: Alan Kelly

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC	5
2	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	4
	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC
	Matteo Mancosu	Montreal Impact
	Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact
6	Emmanuel Boateng	LA Galaxy	2
	Jordan Morris	Seattle Sounders FC
	Dominic Oduro	Montreal Impact
	Jonathan Osorio	Toronto FC
	Tosaint Ricketts	Toronto FC
	Nelson Valdez	Seattle Sounders FC

References

^ "MLS announces broadcast schedule, format for Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs". Major League Soccer. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
^ "Toronto FC vs Seattle Sounders is the best MLS Cup matchup you could ask for". foxsports.com.
^ "Playoffs". MLSsoccer.com.

[1] "MLS announces broadcast schedule, format for Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs". Major League Soccer. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

[2] "Toronto FC vs Seattle Sounders is the best MLS Cup matchup you could ask for". foxsports.com.

[3] "Playoffs". MLSsoccer.com.

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Tournament details

Country	United States Canada
Teams	12
Defending champions	Portland Timbers (did not qualify)
Final positions
Champions	Seattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Runner-up	Toronto FC
Semifinalists	Colorado Rapids Montreal Impact
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	50 (2.94 per match)
Attendance	472,461 (27,792 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jozy Altidore (5 goals)
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