Tournament details | |
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Country | United States Canada |
Dates | October 25 – December 9 |
Teams | 12 |
Defending champions | Seattle Sounders FC |
Final positions | |
Champions | Toronto FC (1st title) |
Runner-up | Seattle Sounders FC |
Semifinalists | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 17 |
Goals scored | 34 (2 per match) |
Attendance | 453,781 (26,693 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Clint Dempsey (3 goals) |
The 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) began on October 25 and ended on December 9 with MLS Cup 2017, the 22nd league championship match for MLS. [1] This is the 22nd version of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. Twelve teams, the top six of each conference, compete in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
The first round of each conference has the third-seeded team hosting the sixth seed while the fourth-seed hosts the fifth seed 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 plays the next-lowest. The winners advance to the Conference Finals. Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals are played as a two-legged aggregate series. The winners advance to the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the participant with the better regular season record.
The top six teams from each conference advance to the MLS Cup playoffs. Chicago and Portland won seeding tiebreakers over Atlanta and Seattle, respectively, based on total wins.
Eastern Conference
Source: MLS | Western Conference
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Knockout round | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | MLS Cup December 9 – Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||
E5 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
October 26 – Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E2 | New York City FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
E4 | Atlanta United FC | 0 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
E5 | Columbus Crew (p) | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
E5 | Columbus Crew | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Toronto FC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
E6 | New York Red Bulls | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
October 25 – Bridgeview, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Toronto FC | 2 | 0 | 2 (a) | |||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Chicago Fire | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E6 | New York Red Bulls | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Toronto FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Houston Dynamo | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
October 26 – Houston, Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Houston Dynamo (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
W5 | Sporting Kansas City | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Houston Dynamo | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
October 25 – Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
W6 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | ||
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Eastern Conference | ||||
Chicago Fire (E3) | 0–4 | New York Red Bulls (E6) | ||
Atlanta United FC (E4) | 0–0 (1–3 p) | Columbus Crew SC (E5) | ||
Western Conference | ||||
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3) | 5–0 | San Jose Earthquakes (W6) | ||
Houston Dynamo (W4) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Sporting Kansas City (W5) |
Chicago Fire | 0–4 | New York Red Bulls |
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Report |
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Atlanta United FC | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Columbus Crew SC |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
1–3 |
Houston Dynamo | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Sporting Kansas City |
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Eastern Conference | ||||
New York Red Bulls (E6) | 2–2 (a) | Toronto FC (E1) | 1–2 | 1–0 |
Columbus Crew SC (E5) | 4–3 | New York City FC (E2) | 4–1 | 0–2 |
Western Conference | ||||
Houston Dynamo (W4) | 2–1 | Portland Timbers (W1) | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3) | 0–2 | Seattle Sounders FC (W2) | 0–0 | 0–2 |
2–2 on aggregate. Toronto FC won on away goals.
Columbus Crew SC | 4–1 | New York City FC |
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Report |
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Columbus Crew won 4–3 on aggregate.
Seattle Sounders FC | 2–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
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Seattle Sounders FC won 2–0 on aggregate.
Portland Timbers | 1–2 | Houston Dynamo |
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Houston Dynamo won 2–1 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Eastern Conference | ||||
Columbus Crew SC (E5) | 0–1 | Toronto FC (E1) | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Western Conference | ||||
Houston Dynamo (W4) | 0–5 | Seattle Sounders FC (W2) | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Toronto FC | 1–0 | Columbus Crew SC |
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Toronto FC won 1–0 on aggregate.
Seattle Sounders FC won 5–0 on aggregate.
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