2014 MLS Cup playoffs

2014 edition of the MLS playoffs 2014 Major League Soccer season October 2014 May 2017 MLS Cup playoffs 2014 United StatesCanada 2014_MLS_Cup_Playoffs_Logo.png 10 LA Galaxy (5th title) New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Seattle Sounders FC 15 42 354455 USA Charlie DaviesENG Bradley Wright-Phillips(4 goals each) 2013 2015 The 2014 MLS Cup playoffs (branded as the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs presented by AT&T for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth post-season tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. The tournament began in late October and culminated on December 7, 2014 with MLS Cup 2014, the nineteenth league championship for MLS. The 2014 playoffs was the first time that the away goals rule was applied to the home-and-away, aggregate-goal series.http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/03/07/major-league-soccer-introduce-away-goals-rule-first-time-2014-mls-cup-playof Major League Soccer to introduce away-goals rule for first time in 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs March 7, 2014 Major League Soccer March 9, 2014 The first series impacted by the rule was a Western Conference semifinal that saw Seattle Sounders FC advance past FC Dallas when the first match (held in Dallas) ended 1–1 and the second (held in Seattle) ended 0–0.http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-10-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-fc-dallas/recap Seattle Sounders 0, FC Dallas 0 - MLS Cup Playoffs Match Recap Itel Dan November 10, 2014 Major League Soccer November 10, 2014 The LA Galaxy defeated the New England Revolution 2–1 after extra time in MLS Cup to win a record-breaking fifth title, thus earning a spot in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League. Sporting Kansas City were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the knockout round by the New York Red Bulls. Format The top five teams from both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference qualified and were seeded in the playoffs to determine conference champions. The two conference champions faced off in MLS Cup 2014. The fourth and fifth seeds in each conference played a single match hosted by the fourth seed, with the winner advancing to the conference semifinals.http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/competition-rules-and-regulations Competition Rules and Regulations Major League Soccer October 13, 2014 September 20, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120920111700/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/competition-rules-and-regulations dead In the conference semifinals, the team with the best record in each conference played the winner of their conference knockout round match, while the second and third-seeded teams in each conference played one another. The winners of the conference semifinals advanced to their respective conference finals. In these two rounds, all matches were played in a home-and-away aggregate-goal format, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. The first leg lasted the usual 90 minutes and could end in a tie. In the second leg, if the two teams were tied after 90 minutes (180 minutes total) then the team that scored more goals away from home advanced to the next round. If there was still a tie after the away goals rule was applied, an additional 30-minute extra time period (divided into two 15-minute halves) was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary. The away goals rule did not apply to goals scored in extra time. The two conference champions faced each other in MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the team with the better regular season record. Qualified teams Qualification for the 2014 MLS Cup playoffs was based on the results of the 2014 regular season. The five teams from each conference with the highest point totals were seeded into their conference playoff bracket. The 2014 regular season ran from March 8, 2014 to October 26, 2014. Teams played 34 games total, 17 at home and 17 away and were awarded three points for a win, one point for a tie (draw), and zero points for a loss. When two or more teams have the same point totals, the following tiebreak rules were applied:http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/07/mls-releases-new-playoff-tiebreakers-and-salary-regulations/ MLS releases new playoff tiebreakers and salary regulations Bonn Kyle March 7, 2014 NBC Sports ProSoccerTalk October 13, 2014 Total number of wins Goal differential Goals scored Fewest disciplinary points in the official points table Away goal differential Away goals scored Home goal differential Home goals scored Coin toss (two clubs) or drawing of lots (three or more) Eastern Conference Western Conference Bracket 1/2/2/1 y y Knockout round Conference semifinals Conference finals MLS Cup Eastern Conference Western Conference 200px E4 New York Red Bulls 2 E5 Sporting Kansas City 1 W4 FC Dallas 2 W5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 E1 D.C. United 0 2 2 E4 New York Red Bulls 2 1 3 E2 New England Revolution 4 3 7 E3 Columbus Crew 2 1 3 W1 Seattle Sounders FC (a) 1 0 1 W4 FC Dallas 1 0 1 W2 LA Galaxy 0 5 5 W3 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 E4 New York Red Bulls 1 2 3 E2 New England Revolution 2 2 4 W1 Seattle Sounders FC 0 2 2 W2 LA Galaxy (a) 1 1 2 E2 New England Revolution 1 W2 LA Galaxy 2 Knockout round Eastern Conference October 30 8:00 pm EDThttp://www.mlssoccer.com/schedule?month=all&year=2014&club=all&competition_type=45&broadcast_type=all MLS 2014 Playoff Schedule Major League Soccer October 14, 2014 New York Red Bulls 2–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-10-30-new-york-red-bulls-vs-sporting-kansas-city/recap Sporting Kansas City Wright-Phillips 77 90 Dwyer 53 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey 15,518 Armando Villarreal Western Conference October 29 8:00 pm CDT FC Dallas 2–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-10-29-fc-dallas-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-fc/recap Vancouver Whitecaps FC Akindele 40 Michel 84 pen. Hurtado 64 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas 10,279 Mark Geiger Conference semifinals Eastern Conference November 1 4:00 pm EDT Columbus Crew 2–4 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-01-columbus-crew-vs-new-england-revolution/recap New England Revolution Meram 64 Higuaín 90+4 pen. Davies 34 78 Tierney 51 Nguyen 70 Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio 9,040 Drew Fischer November 9 5:00 pm EST New England Revolution 3–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-09-new-england-revolution-vs-columbus-crew/recap Columbus Crew Nguyen 43 Gonçalves 55 Bunbury 77 Tchani 69 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 20,184 Armando Villarreal New England Revolution won 7–3 on aggregate. November 2 4:00 pm EST New York Red Bulls 2–0 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-02-new-york-red-bulls-vs-dc-united/recap D.C. United Wright-Phillips 40 Luyindula 73 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey 18,054 Hilario Grajeda November 8 2:30 pm EST D.C. United 2–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-08-dc-united-vs-new-york-red-bulls/recap New York Red Bulls DeLeon 37 Franklin 90+1 Luyindula 57 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 20,187 Ismail Elfath New York Red Bulls won 3–2 on aggregate. Western Conference November 1 6:00 pm MDT Real Salt Lake 0–0 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-01-real-salt-lake-vs-la-galaxy/recap LA Galaxy Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah 20,713 Silviu Petrescu November 9 4:30 pm PST LA Galaxy 5–0 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-09-la-galaxy-vs-real-salt-lake/recap Real Salt Lake Donovan 10 54 72 Keane 20 Sarvas 63 StubHub Center, Carson, California 27,000 Jair Marrufo LA Galaxy won 5–0 on aggregate. November 2 8:00 pm CST FC Dallas 1–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-02-fc-dallas-vs-seattle-sounders-fc/recap Seattle Sounders FC Michel 34 pen. Alonso 54 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas 16,112 Allen Chapman November 10 7:30 pm PST Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-10-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-fc-dallas/recap FC Dallas CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington 38,912 Baldomero Toledo 1–1 on aggregate. Seattle Sounders FC won on away goals. Conference finals Eastern Conference November 23 2:00 pm EST New York Red Bulls 1–2 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-23-new-york-red-bulls-vs-new-england-revolution/recap New England Revolution Wright-Phillips 27 Bunbury 17 Jones 85 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey 25,000 Allen Chapman November 29 3:00 pm EST New England Revolution 2–2 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-29-new-england-revolution-vs-new-york-red-bulls/recap New York Red Bulls Davies 41 70 Cahill 26 Luyindula 52 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 32,698 Baldomero Toledo New England Revolution won 4–3 on aggregate. Western Conference November 23 2:00 pm PST LA Galaxy 1–0 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-23-la-galaxy-vs-seattle-sounders-fc/recap Seattle Sounders FC Sarvas 52 StubHub Center, Carson, California 27,000 Kevin Stott November 30 6:20 pm PST Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-11-30-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-la-galaxy/recap LA Galaxy Evans 26 Dempsey 32 Juninho 54 CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington 46,758 Jair Marrufo 2–2 on aggregate. LA Galaxy won on away goals. MLS Cup 2014 MLS Cup 2014 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoalshttp://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/19/statistics/scorers Major League Soccer Stats: Top Goal Scorers – 2014 ESPN FC ESPN 1 November 20141USA Charlie DaviesNew England Revolution4ENG Bradley Wright-PhillipsNew York Red Bulls3USA Landon DonovanLA Galaxy3FRA Peguy LuyindulaNew York Red Bulls5USA Teal BunburyNew England Revolution2IRL Robbie KeaneLA GalaxyBRA MichelFC DallasUSA Lee NguyenNew England RevolutionBRA Marcelo SarvasLA GalaxyUSA Chris TierneyNew England Revolution See also 2014 in American soccer 2014 U.S. Open Cup References 30em collapsed collapsed * 2014