2015 MLS Cup Playoffs

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Main article: 2015 Major League Soccer season
2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
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Country United States
Canada
Teams 12
Champions Portland Timbers
Runners-up Columbus Crew SC
Matches played 17
Goals scored 46 (2.71 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Sierra Leone Kei Kamara
(4 goals)
← 2014 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 28 October 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]

2015 MLS Conference standings

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

Bracket

                                           
Knockout Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup
October 29 – Stade Saputo              
 6  Toronto FC  0
 3  Montreal Impact  2  1  3
 3  Montreal Impact  3      
 2  Columbus Crew (a.e.t.)  1  3  4  
Eastern Conference
October 28 – RFK Stadium  2  Columbus Crew  2  0  2
 
   1  New York Red Bulls  0  1  1  
 5  New England Revolution  1
 4  D.C. United  0  0  0
 4  D.C. United  2   December 6 – Mapfre Stadium
 1  New York Red Bulls  1  1  2  
 
October 29 – Providence Park  E2  Columbus Crew  1
 
   W3  Portland Timbers  2
 6  Sporting Kansas City  2 (6)
 3  Portland Timbers  0  2  2
 3  Portland Timbers (p)  2 (7)      
 2  Vancouver Whitecaps FC  0  0  0  
Western Conference
October 28 – CenturyLink Field  3  Portland Timbers  3  2  5
 
   1  FC Dallas  1  2  3  
 5  LA Galaxy  2
 4  Seattle Sounders FC  2  1  3 (2)
 4  Seattle Sounders FC  3  
 1  FC Dallas (p)  1  2  3 (4)  

Source: [6]

Schedule

Knockout Round

Eastern Conference

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'

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 scored Feilhaber
Penalty missed Dwyer
Penalty scored Zusi
Penalty missed Besler
Penalty scored Nagamura
Penalty missed Ellis
Penalty scored Mustivar
Penalty scored Peterson
Penalty missed Abdul-Salaam
Penalty scored Dia
Penalty missed Kempin

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 win 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'

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'

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 scored Dempsey
Penalty missed Ivanschitz
Penalty missed Barrett
Penalty scored Rose
Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
Attendance: 17,287
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

FC Dallas win 4–2 on penalties after 3–3 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

Columbus Crew win 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

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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

Top 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
As of 6 December 2015

Active players in bold.

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