List of MLS Cup finals

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Sporting Kansas City, winners of MLS Cup 2013, are hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House. Obama with 2013 MLS Cup winner Sporting Kansas City team October 2014.jpg
Sporting Kansas City, winners of MLS Cup 2013, are hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House.

The MLS Cup is the annual championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level men's soccer league for the United States and Canada. The match marks the conclusion of the MLS Cup Playoffs, a five-round knockout competition contested by the top nine teams from each of the league's two conferences. [1] [2] The playoffs tournament is organized by the league at the end of the regular season in a format which is similar to other professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, but unlike most soccer leagues. [3] The league also awards the Supporters' Shield to teams that have the most points during the regular season. Both the MLS Cup champion and Supporters' Shield winner qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League, contested by the champions of CONCACAF leagues in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. [4] The MLS Cup champion also qualifies for the Campeones Cup, a friendly held since 2018 against the winners of the Mexican Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX. [5]

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First contested in 1996, the MLS Cup was originally hosted by a predetermined neutral site selected by the league before the regular season. [6] Since the 2012 edition, the match has been hosted by the remaining team with the highest regular season standing. [6] The final, originally contested in October, was moved to November and later December as the length of the regular season and playoffs were extended by the league. [7] The playoffs originally allowed for lower-ranked seeds, known as wild cards, to be placed into different sides of the bracket regardless of their actual conference. As a result, several MLS Cups have featured two teams from the same conference. [8]

The Columbus Crew are the reigning cup-holders, having defeated Los Angeles FC in the 2023 final for their third title. [9] The LA Galaxy hold the record for most MLS Cup titles, having won five times in nine appearances. [10] The championship has been won by the same team in two or more consecutive years on three occasions, and the match has featured consecutive sets of finalists on three occasions. [11] Four finals have featured two teams participating as finalists for the first time. [12] Nine teams have also won "the double", claiming the MLS Cup and either the Supporters' Shield, the U.S. Open Cup, or the Canadian Championship during the same season; only Toronto FC has won a treble, having achieved it in 2017. [13] [14] Landon Donovan has played in seven MLS Cup finals and totaled 726 minutes—both competition records. [15]

The highest recorded attendance for the MLS Cup was set in the 2018 final, with 73,019 spectators at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. [16] From 1996 to 2008, the English broadcast of the MLS Cup was carried in the United States on terrestrial network ABC; it was moved to sister channel ESPN for the following seven editions. [17] From 2015 to 2022, ESPN and Fox held rights to alternating editions of the cup; [18] the 2019 cup, originally slated to be broadcast on ESPN, was moved to ABC. [17] The Spanish language rights for the MLS Cup in the U.S. were awarded to Univision in 2007 and the match was aired on their various networks until 2023. [19] [20] The U.S. linear television rights beginning in 2023 are held by Fox in English and Fox Deportes in Spanish; the MLS Cup final will air on those channels as well as Apple TV+'s MLS Season Pass streaming service worldwide. [21] In Canada, the MLS Cup has been broadcast in English by TSN since 2011 and in French by TVA Sports since 2017. [22] The largest television audience for an MLS Cup broadcast was the 2016 final, which drew 3.5 million viewers in the United States and Canada. [23] [24]

Finals

Key
†Match went to extra time
‡Match decided by a penalty shoot-out after extra time
§Team also won the Supporters' Shield
*Team also won a national cup competition (the U.S. Open Cup or the Canadian Championship)
ItalicsTeam won both a Supporters' Shield and a national cup competition
MLS Cup finals [25]
SeasonDateWinnersScore [26] Runners–upVenueAttendance [27] U.S. TV broadcasters [24] U.S. TV viewership [24]
1996 October 20 D.C. United  * 3–2 †
[upper-alpha 1] 		Los Angeles Galaxy Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts34,643 ABC 2.11 million
1997 October 26 D.C. United  § 2–1 Colorado Rapids RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.57,431ABC2.22 million
1998 October 25 Chicago Fire  * 2–0 D.C. United Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California51,350ABC1.12 million
1999 November 21 D.C. United  § 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts44,910ABC1.16 million
2000 October 15 Kansas City Wizards  § 1–0 Chicago Fire  * RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.39,159ABC867,000
2001 October 21 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 †
[upper-alpha 1] 		Los Angeles Galaxy Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio21,626ABC1.50 million
2002 October 20 Los Angeles Galaxy  § 1–0 †
[upper-alpha 1] 		New England Revolution Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts61,316ABC1.17 million
2003 November 23 San Jose Earthquakes 4–2 Chicago Fire  § * Home Depot Center, Carson, California27,000ABC876,000
2004 November 14 D.C. United 3–2 Kansas City Wizards  * Home Depot Center, Carson, California25,797ABC1.06 million
2005 November 13 Los Angeles Galaxy  * 1–0 † New England Revolution Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas21,193ABC1.14 million
2006 November 12 Houston Dynamo 1–1 ‡
(4–3 p )		 New England Revolution Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas22,427ABC1.25 million
2007 November 18 Houston Dynamo 2–1 New England Revolution  * RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.39,859ABC, TeleFutura 1.45 million
2008 November 23 Columbus Crew  § 3–1 New York Red Bulls Home Depot Center, Carson, California27,000ABC, TeleFutura1.23 million
2009 November 22 Real Salt Lake 1–1 ‡
(5–4 p )		 LA Galaxy Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington46,011 ESPN, Galavisión 1.63 million
2010 November 21 Colorado Rapids 2–1 † FC Dallas BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario21,700ESPN, Galavisión980,000
2011 November 20 LA Galaxy  § 1–0 Houston Dynamo Home Depot Center, Carson, California30,281ESPN, Galavisión1.35 million
2012 December 1 LA Galaxy 3–1 Houston Dynamo Home Depot Center, Carson, California30,510ESPN, TeleFutura1.28 million
2013 December 7 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 ‡
(7–6 p )		 Real Salt Lake Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas21,650ESPN, UniMás1.02 million
2014 December 7 LA Galaxy 2–1 † New England Revolution StubHub Center, Carson, California27,000ESPN, UniMás1.64 million
2015 December 6 Portland Timbers 2–1 Columbus Crew SC Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio21,747ESPN, UniMás1.17 million
2016 December 10 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 ‡
(5–4 p )		 Toronto FC  * BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario36,045 Fox, UniMás2.01 million
2017 December 9 Toronto FC  § * 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario30,584ESPN, UniMás1.12 million
2018 December 8 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Portland Timbers Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia73,019Fox, UniMás1.77 million
2019 November 10 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Toronto FC CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington69,274ABC, Univision1.27 million
2020 December 12 [upper-alpha 2] Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio1,500 [upper-alpha 2] Fox, UniMás1.57 million
2021 December 11 New York City FC 1–1 ‡
(4–2 p )		 Portland Timbers Providence Park, Portland, Oregon25,218ABC, UniMás1.56 million
2022 November 5 Los Angeles FC  § 3–3 ‡
(3–0 p )		 Philadelphia Union Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California22,384Fox, Univision2.15 million
2023 December 9 Columbus Crew 2–1 Los Angeles FC Lower.com Field, Columbus, Ohio20,802 MLS Season Pass (Apple),
Fox, Fox Deportes 		890,000 (TV only) [29]

Results by team

As of 2022, 19 of the 31 teams that have played in the league have appeared at an MLS Cup final, and 15 have won a championship. [30] [31] The LA Galaxy has appeared at and won the MLS Cup the most times, with five championships in nine appearances. The New England Revolution has appeared five times as a finalist, but has not won an MLS Cup. [30] [32] The Chicago Fire won the MLS Cup in their inaugural season in 1998; the only previous professional American soccer team to win a league championship in their inaugural season was the Philadelphia Atoms in the 1973 NASL season. [31]

MLS Cup appearances by team [26] [30]
Team [upper-alpha 3] Total
appearances		WinsMost recent winRunners-upMost recent loss
LA Galaxy 95 2014 4 2009
D.C. United 54 2004 1 1998
New England Revolution 50—5 2014
Columbus Crew 43 2023 1 2015
Houston Dynamo FC 42 2007 2 2012
Seattle Sounders FC 42 2019 2 2020
Sporting Kansas City 32 2013 1 2004
Chicago Fire FC 31 1998 2 2003
Portland Timbers 31 2015 2 2021
Toronto FC 31 2017 2 2019
San Jose Earthquakes 22 2003 0—
Real Salt Lake 21 2009 1 2013
Colorado Rapids 21 2010 1 1997
Los Angeles FC 21 2022 1 2023
Atlanta United FC 11 2018 0—
New York City FC 11 2021 0—
New York Red Bulls 10—1 2008
FC Dallas 10—1 2010
Philadelphia Union 10—1 2022

Stadiums

The StubHub Center, home of the LA Galaxy, has hosted six editions of the MLS Cup LA Galaxy vs Houston Dynamo- Western Conference Finals panorama.jpg
The StubHub Center, home of the LA Galaxy, has hosted six editions of the MLS Cup

From 1996 to 2011, the MLS Cup was hosted by a neutral site selected before the start of the season in a manner similar to the National Football League's Super Bowl championship. Three teams advanced to the final after being named as hosts: D.C. United in 1997, the New England Revolution in 2002, and the LA Galaxy in 2011. [33] [34] Since the 2012 edition, the match has been hosted by the finalist with the highest regular season standing. [6] Several teams with smaller or inadequate stadiums have also considered using larger American football stadiums to host the MLS Cup, but all post-2012 editions have been played at regular MLS venues. [35] The move towards a non-neutral venue was deemed a risk due to the cold November and December weather in some northern cities, as well as the lack of adequate stadiums for some teams. [36]

The MLS Cup has been hosted in 14 stadiums across 10 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada. [37] Dignity Health Sports Park, previously named the Home Depot Center and StubHub Center, in Carson, California, has hosted the MLS Cup the most times of any venue, with six editions between 2003 and 2014. [38] The Los Angeles metropolitan area has hosted the MLS Cup eight times at three venues: the Rose Bowl, Dignity Health Sports Park, and Banc of California Stadium. [39] The largest attendance for an MLS Cup final was the 2018 edition at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, with 73,019 spectators; [16] the smallest was in 2020 at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, with only 1,500 spectators allowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [40] [41] Three editions have been hosted outside the United States, all at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada. [27] Since the move to non-neutral venues, 10 of 13 MLS Cups have been won by the host team. [42]

MLS Cup final venues [26] [37]
Stadium [upper-alpha 4] HostsYears
StubHub Center, Carson, California62003, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.31997, 2000, 2007
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario32010, 2016, 2017
Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio32001, 2015, 2020
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts21996, 1999
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas22005, 2006
CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington22009, 2019
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California11998
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts12002
Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas12013
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia12018
Providence Park, Portland, Oregon12021
Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California12022
Lower.com Field, Columbus, Ohio12023

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 This final was decided by a golden goal in extra time.
  2. 1 2 The 2020 final was originally scheduled for November 7, but was delayed to December 12 and played in front of a limited-capacity crowd due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [28]
  3. ↑ Teams are listed by their official name at the time of their most recent final.
  4. ↑ Stadiums are listed by their official name at the time of their most recent final.

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