2013 MLS Cup playoffs

2013 Major League Soccer season 2013 edition of the MLS playoffs August 2013 May 2017 MLS Cup playoffs 2013 United StatesCanada 2013_MLS_Cup_Playoffs_Logo.jpg 10 Sporting Kansas City (2nd title) Real Salt Lake Houston Dynamo Portland Timbers 15 42 328402 FRA Aurélien Collin(3 goals) 2012 2014 The 2013 MLS Cup playoffs was the eighteenth post-season tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. The tournament began in late October and culminated on December 7, 2013, with MLS Cup 2013, the eighteenth league championship for MLS. This was the third year that the playoffs included ten teams,http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/competition-rules-and-regulations Competition Rules and Regulations Major League Soccer October 17, 2012 September 20, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120920111700/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/competition-rules-and-regulations dead and the second playoff series since 2006 in which teams could not cross conference brackets.http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/20/big-changes-mls-cup-playoffs-format-2012 Big changes for MLS Cup Playoffs format in 2012 Major League Soccer November 20, 2011 November 25, 2012 July 3, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210703230844/https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/20/big-changes-mls-cup-playoffs-format-2012 dead The top five teams in both the Eastern and Western conferences of the league earned berths, with the top three clubs in each conference earning direct byes to the conference semifinals. The fourth and fifth-place finishers of both conferences competed in a single-elimination play-in match. The play-in winner played their respective conference regular season champion in the conference semifinals, which was a two-leg aggregate series, without the away goals rule enforced. For the second year in a row, each conference final was also a two-leg aggregate series, as opposed to the traditional single elimination match. The conference winners met in the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the finalist with the better regular season record. The Los Angeles Galaxy were the defending champions, having defeated Houston Dynamo 3–1 in the 2012 MLS Cup. In a break from previous years, only Sporting Kansas City, the MLS Cup winner, directly entered the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League, earning a Pot A seed. They were joined by the New York Red Bulls, the Supporters' Shield winner; the Portland Timbers, the conference winner from the conference opposite the Supporters' Shield winner; and D.C. United, the 2013 U.S. Open Cup champion. However, none of these berths were available to the league's three Canadian teams, which instead participated in the Canadian Championship for that country's single berth in the CONCACAF Champions League. The change from the MLS Cup runner-up gaining entry to the CONCACAF Champions League to the opposite conference winner gaining entry was new for 2013. The change was announced after the MLS Cup had been played, with the announcement stating that the teams knew in advance.https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/portland-timbers-headed-2014-15-concacaf-champions-league-after-ussf-rule-change Portland Timbers headed to 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League after USSF rule change approved Major League Soccer December 13, 2013 Format For the 2013 playoffs, the league kept the format the same as the 2012 edition. In 2012, the league's previous system of "wild card" qualification—which had the potential for "crossover" series in which one team could play in the other conference's bracket—was scrapped. Instead, the new system had the top five teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs, with the two conference brackets being entirely separate. The first round of each conference was a one-off match between the fourth and fifth-placed teams, similar to the previous wild card system, with the fourth-placed team hosting. The first round winner advanced to play the conference's top seed in the conference semifinals, while the other two teams played each other in the other series.http://www.mlssoccer.com/mlscup/2012 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs Major League Soccer October 30, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121031140259/http://www.mlssoccer.com/mlscup/2012 October 31, 2012 The conference semifinals and conference finals were conducted in a home-and-away aggregate-goal format, with the higher seed hosting the second leg. If the teams were tied after two games, a 30-minute extra time period (divided into two 15-minute periods) was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary. The away goals rule and golden goal were not used. In the case of ties in the first round or MLS Cup, extra time and a penalty shoot-out would be used in the same manner as above. Qualified teams Eastern Conference Western Conference Tiebreak rules If two or more teams were tied in standings on points, the following tiebreak rules applied:New tiebreakers designed to encourage attacking play http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/new-tiebreakers-designed-encourage-attacking-play MLS Communications Major League Soccer October 1, 2012 October 6, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121006232844/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/new-tiebreakers-designed-encourage-attacking-play dead Most wins Goals scored Goal differential Fewest disciplinary points in the official points table https://web.archive.org/web/20120810080432/http://www.mlssoccer.com/stats/disciplinary-points/2012 August 10, 2012 (foul: 1 pt, first yellow: 3 pts, second yellow: 5 pts, straight red: 6 pts, disciplinary commission suspension: 6 pts, etc.) Away goals scored Away goal differential Home goals scored Home goal differential Coin toss (two teams) or drawing of lots (three or more teams) Bracket 1/2/2/1 y y Knockout round Conference semifinals Conference finals MLS Cup Eastern Conference Western Conference 40 E4 Houston Dynamo 3 E5 Montreal Impact 0 W4 Seattle Sounders FC 2 W5 Colorado Rapids 0 E1 New York Red Bulls 2 1 3 E4 Houston Dynamo 2 2 4 E2 Sporting Kansas City 1 3 4 E3 New England Revolution 2 1 3 W1 Portland Timbers 2 3 5 W4 Seattle Sounders FC 1 2 3 W2 Real Salt Lake 0 2 2 W3 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 0 1 E4 Houston Dynamo 0 1 1 E2 Sporting Kansas City 0 2 2 W1 Portland Timbers 2 0 2 W2 Real Salt Lake 4 1 5 E2 Sporting Kansas City 1 (7) W2 Real Salt Lake 1 (6) Knockout round Eastern Conference October 31 7:30 pm CDT Houston Dynamo 3–0 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-10-31-houston-dynamo-vs-montreal-impact Montreal Impact Bruin 16 72 García 27 pen. BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, Texas 10,476 Mark Geiger Western Conference October 30 7:30 pm PDT Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-10-30-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-colorado-rapids/recap Colorado Rapids Evans 28 Johnson 90+3 CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington 32,204 Silviu Petrescu Conference semifinals Eastern Conference November 2 8:00 pm EDT New England Revolution 2–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-02-new-england-revolution-vs-sporting-kansas-city/recap Sporting Kansas City Dorman 55 Rowe 67 Collin 69 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 15,164 Ismail Elfath November 6 8:00 pm CST Sporting Kansas City 3–1 yes Report New England Revolution Collin 41 Sinovic 79 Bieler 113 Imbongo 70 Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas 19,031 Mark Geiger Sporting Kansas City won 4–3 on aggregate. November 3 3:30 pm EST Houston Dynamo 2–2 Report New York Red Bulls Clark 51 Cummings 90+2 Cahill 22 Alexander 32 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, Texas 20,626 Ricardo Salazar November 6 8:00 pm EST New York Red Bulls 1–2 yes http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-06-new-york-red-bulls-vs-houston-dynamo/recap Houston Dynamo Wright-Phillips 23 Davis 36 Cummings 104 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey 22,264 Silviu Petrescu Houston Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate. Western Conference November 2 7:00 pm PDT Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-02-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-portland-timbers/recap Portland Timbers Alonso 90 Johnson 15Nagbe 67 CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington 38,507 Baldomero Toledo November 7 8:00 pm PST Portland Timbers 3–2 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-07-portland-timbers-vs-seattle-sounders-fc/recap Seattle Sounders FC Johnson 29 pen.Valeri 44Danso 47 Yedlin 74Johnson 76 Jeld-Wen Field, Portland, Oregon 20,674 Hilario Grajeda Portland Timbers won 5–3 on aggregate. November 3 6:00 pm PST Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Report Real Salt Lake Franklin 48 StubHub Center, Carson, California 27,000 Kevin Stott November 7 7:00 pm MST Real Salt Lake 2–0 yes Report Los Angeles Galaxy Velásquez 35 Schuler 102 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah 19,042 Baldomero Toledo Real Salt Lake won 2–1 on aggregate. Conference finals Eastern Conference November 9 1:30 pm CST Houston Dynamo 0–0 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-09-houston-dynamo-vs-sporting-kansas-city/recap Sporting Kansas City BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, Texas 22,107 Kevin Stott November 23 6:30 pm CST Sporting Kansas City 2–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-23-sporting-kansas-city-vs-houston-dynamo/ Houston Dynamo Sapong 14 Dwyer 63 Garcia 3 Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas 21,650 Baldomero Toledo Sporting Kansas City won 2–1 on aggregate. Western Conference November 10 7:00 pm MST Real Salt Lake 4–2 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-10-real-salt-lake-vs-portland-timbers/recap Portland Timbers Schuler 35Findley 41Sandoval 48Morales 82 Johnson 14Piquionne 90+4 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah 17,333 Armando Villarreal November 24 6:00 pm PST Portland Timbers 0–1 http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-11-24-portland-timbers-vs-real-salt-lake Real Salt Lake Findley 29 Jeld-Wen Field, Portland, Oregon 20,674 Mark Geiger Real Salt Lake won 5–2 on aggregate. MLS Cup 2013 MLS Cup 2013 See also 2013 in American soccer 2013 U.S. Open Cup Notes References 30em 2013 Category:2013 Major League Soccer season