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2014 MLS Cup playoffs

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2014 MLS Cup playoffs
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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.

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The 2014 playoffs was the first time that the away goals rule was applied to the home-and-away, aggregate-goal series.[1] 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.[2]

LA Galaxy defeated New England Revolution 2–1 after extra time in the MLS Cup 2014 for their record-breaking fifth MLS Cup 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 Eastern Conference Knockout Round by New York Red Bulls.

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Format

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The top five teams from both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference qualified and are seeded in the MLS Playoffs to determine conference champions. The two conference champions will face off in the MLS Cup.

Knockout round

The fourth and fifth seeds in each conference play a single match hosted by the fourth seed, with the winner advancing to the conference semifinals.[3]

Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals

In the conference semifinals, the team with the best record in each conference plays the winner of their conference knockout round match while the second and third-seeded teams in each conference play one another. The teams winning the conference semifinal matches advance to their respective conference finals.

In these two rounds, all matches are played in a home-and-away aggregate-goal format, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. The first leg lasts the usual 90 minutes and can end in a tie. In the second leg, if the two teams are tied after 90 minutes (180 minutes total) then the team that scored more goals away from home advances to the next round.

If there is still a tie after the away goals rule is applied, a 30-minute overtime period (divided into two 15-minute periods) is played followed by a penalty kick shootout, if necessary. The away goals rule does not apply to goals scored in the overtime period.[3]

MLS Cup

The two conference champions face each other in the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the team with the better regular season record.[3]

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Qualification

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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:[3][4]

  1. Total number of wins
  2. Goal Differential
  3. Goals For
  4. Fewest Disciplinary Points in the official points table
  5. Road Goals Differential
  6. Road Goal For
  7. Home Goals Differential
  8. Home Goal For
  9. Coin Toss (2 clubs) or Drawing of Lots (3 or more)

Eastern Conference Table

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Source: MLS

Western Conference Table

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Source: MLS
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Bracket

Knockout Conference semifinals Conference finals MLS Cup
E1 D.C. United 0 2 2
E4 New York Red Bulls 2 E4 New York Red Bulls 2 1 3
E5 Sporting Kansas City 1 Eastern ConferenceE4 New York Red Bulls 1 2 3
E2 New England Revolution 2 2 4
E2 New England Revolution 4 3 7
E3 Columbus Crew 2 1 3
E2 New England Revolution 1
W2 LA Galaxy (a.e.t.) 2
W1 Seattle Sounders FC (a) 1 0 1
W4 FC Dallas 2 W4 FC Dallas 1 0 1
W5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 Western ConferenceW1 Seattle Sounders FC 0 2 2
W2 LA Galaxy (a) 1 1 2
W2 LA Galaxy 0 5 5
W3 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0

Schedule

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Knockout round

Eastern Conference

More information New York Red Bulls, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 15,518
Referee: Armando Villarreal

Western Conference

More information FC Dallas, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 10,279
Referee: Mark Geiger

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

More information Columbus Crew, 2–4 ...
Attendance: 9,040
Referee: Drew Fischer
More information New England Revolution, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 20,184
Referee: Armando Villarreal

New England Revolution won 7–3 on aggregate


More information New York Red Bulls, 2–0 ...
More information D.C. United, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 20,187
Referee: Ismail Elfath

New York Red Bulls advanced 3–2 on aggregate


Western Conference

More information Real Salt Lake, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 20,713
More information LA Galaxy, 5–0 ...

Los Angeles Galaxy advanced 5–0 on aggregate


More information FC Dallas, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 16,112
Referee: Allen Chapman
More information Seattle Sounders FC, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 38,912
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Seattle Sounders FC advanced on an away goal


Conference finals

More information New York Red Bulls, 1–2 ...
More information New England Revolution, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 32,698
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

New England Revolution advanced 4–3 on aggregate


More information LA Galaxy, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Kevin Stott
More information Seattle Sounders FC, 2–1 ...

Los Angeles Galaxy advanced on an away goal


MLS Cup

More information LA Galaxy, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Mark Geiger
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Goalscorers

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