MLS History

MLS Cup winners

MLS CUP History:

  • 2021 MLS CUP: Portland Timbers 1, New York City FC 1 (OT; NYCFC 4-2 pen)
  • 2020 MLS CUP: Columbus Crew SC 3, Seattle Sounders FC 0
  • 2019 MLS CUP: Seattle Sounders FC 3, Toronto FC 1
  • 2018 MLS CUP: Atlanta United 2, Portland Timbers 0
  • 2017 MLS CUP: Toronto FC 2, Seattle Sounders FC 0
  • 2016 MLS CUP: Seattle Sounders FC 0, Toronto FC 0 (OT; Sounders FC 5-4 pen)
  • MLS CUP 2015: Portland Timbers 2, Columbus Crew SC 1
  • MLS CUP 2014: LA Galaxy 2, New England Revolution 1 (OT)
  • MLS CUP 2013: Sporting Kansas City 1, Real Salt Lake 1 (OT; Sporting 7-6 pen)
  • MLS CUP 2012: LA Galaxy 3, Houston Dynamo 1
  • MLS CUP 2011: LA Galaxy 1, Houston Dynamo 0
  • MLS CUP 2010: Colorado Rapids 2, FC Dallas 1 (OT)
  • MLS CUP 2009: Real Salt Lake 1, LA Galaxy 1 (OT; Real 5-4 pen)
  • MLS CUP 2008: Columbus Crew 3, New York Red Bulls 1
  • MLS CUP 2007: Houston Dynamo 2, New England Revolution 1
  • MLS CUP 2006: Houston Dynamo 1, New England Revolution 1 (OT, Houston 4-3 pen)
  • MLS CUP 2005: Los Angeles Galaxy 1, New England Revolution 0 (OT)
  • MLS CUP 2004: D.C. United 3, Kansas City Wizards 2
  • MLS CUP 2003: San Jose Earthquakes 4, Chicago Fire 2
  • MLS CUP 2002: Los Angeles Galaxy 1, New England Revolution 0 (OT)
  • MLS CUP 2001: San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Galaxy 1 (OT)
  • MLS CUP 2000: Kansas City Wizards 1, Chicago Fire 0
  • MLS CUP 1999: D.C. United 2, Los Angeles Galaxy 0
  • MLS CUP 1998: Chicago Fire 2, D.C. United 0
  • MLS CUP 1997: D.C. United 2, Colorado Rapids 1
  • MLS CUP 1996: D.C. United 3, Los Angeles Galaxy 2 (OT)

2020 MLS CUP - December 12, 2020

Mapfre Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)

COLUMBUS CREW SC 3, SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 0

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • CLB--Zelarayan 1 (Afful 1, Morris 1) 25
  • CLB--Etienne 1 (Zelarayan 5) 31
  • CLB--Zelarayan 2 (Diaz 2) 82

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC:

  • Stefan Frei, Alex Roldan (Kelvin Leerdam 60), Yeimar Gomez, Andrade, Shane O'Neill (Jimmy Medranda 77), Nouhou Tolo (Brad Smith 45), Joevin Jones, (Gustav Svensson 45), Joao Paulo (Will Bruin 60), Nicolas Lodeiro, Jordan Morris, Cristian Roldan, Raul Ruidiaz
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Ruidiaz 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (C. Roldan 1, Ruidiaz 1)
  • FOULS: 13 (Lodeiro 3, Paulo 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 0;
  • CORNER KICKS: 8;
  • SAVES: Frei 2;
  • CAUTIONS: Paulo 28, Smith 49
  • EJECTIONS: None

COLUMBUS CREW SC:

  • Eloy Room, Harrison Afful, Jonathan Mensah, Josh Williams, Milton Valenzuela, Luis Diaz (Waylon Francis 90), Aidan Morris, Lucas Zelarayan, Artur (Fatai Alashe 88), Derrick Etienne Jr. (Hector Jimenez 83), Gyasi Zardes
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 15 (Zardes 3, Zelarayan 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Zelarayan 2)
  • FOULS: 15 (Artur 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 3
  • CORNER KICKS: 7
  • SAVES: Room 2
  • CAUTIONS: None
  • EJECTIONS: None

Referee: Jair Marrufo

Referee's Assistants: Corey Parker, Kathryn Nesbitt

4th Official: Alex Chilowicz. Video Assistant Referee: Drew Fischer; Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fabio Tovar

Temperature: 48 and Cloudy.

MLS Cup MVP: Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew SC)

2019 MLS CUP - November 10, 2019

CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 3, TORONTO FC 1

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • SEA--Leerdam 1 (Ruidiaz 4) 57
  • SEA--Rodriguez 1 (Lodeiro 5, Svensson 2) 76
  • SEA--Ruidiaz 4 (Svensson 3) 90
  • TOR--Altidore 1 (Pozuelo 3) 93+

TORONTO FC:

  • Quentin Westberg, Auro Jr., Chris Mavinga, Omar Gonzalez, Justin Morrow, Marky Delgado, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio (Richie Laryea 77), Tsubasa Endoh (Nick DeLeon 62), Alejandro Pozuelo, Nicolas Benezet (Jozy Altidore 68).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Benezet 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Benezet 2)
  • FOULS: 8 (Mavinga 2);
  • OFFSIDE: 0
  • CORNER KICKS: 4
  • SAVES: Westberg 3

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC:

  • Stefan Frei, Kelvin Leerdam, Roman Torres, Kim Kee-Hee, Brad Smith (Victor Rodriguez 61), Joevin Jones, Gustav Svensson, Nicolas Lodeiro, Jordan Morris (Jordy Delem 85), Cristian Roldan, Raul Ruidiaz (Xavier Arreaga 92+).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Ruidiaz 5)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Ruidiaz 2)
  • FOULS: 9 (Kim 2, C. Roldan 2);
  • OFFSIDE: 3
  • CORNER KICKS: 10
  • SAVES: Frei 4

Misconduct Summary:

  • TOR--Alejandro Pozuelo (caution) 72
  • SEA--Raul Ruidiaz (caution) 91+

Referee: Allen Chapman.

Referee's Assistants: Brian Dunn, Corey Rockwell

4th Official: Rubiel Vazquez. Video Assistant Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Attendance: 69,274. Weather: 54 and Cloudy.

MLS Cup MVP: Victor Rodriguez (Seattle Sounders FC)

2018 MLS CUP - December 8, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)

ATLANTA UNITED 2, PORTLAND TIMBERS 0

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • ATL--Martinez 4 (unassisted) 39
  • ATL--Escobar 2 (Martinez 1, Almiron 2) 54

PORTLAND TIMBERS:

  • Jeff Attinella, Zarek Valentin, Larrys Mabiala, Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana, Diego Chara, Andy Polo (Dairon Asprilla 68), Diego Valeri, Sebastian Blanco, David Guzman (Alvas Powell 82), Jeremy Ebobisse (Lucas Melano 59).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Ridgewell 2, Valeri 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 tied with 1)
  • FOULS: 13 (5 tied with 2)
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 2
  • SAVES: Attinella 2

ATLANTA UNITED:

  • Brad Guzan, Franco Escobar, Jeff Larentowicz, Michael Parkhurst, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Greg Garza (Chris McCann 92+), Darlington Nagbe, Eric Remedi, Julian Gressel, Josef Martinez (Hector Villalba 76), Miguel Almiron (Ezequiel Barco 91+).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Martinez 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Martinez 2)
  • FOULS: 12 (Almiron 3, Escobar 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 2
  • CORNER KICKS: 2
  • SAVES: Guzan 3

Misconduct Summary:

  • POR--Diego Chara (caution) 80
  • ATL--Chris McCann (caution) 94+

Referee: Alan Kelly. Referee's Assistants: Ian Anderson, Eric Weisbrod

4th Official: Nima Saghafi. Video Assistant Referee: Chris Penso

Attendance: 73,019. Weather: Raining, 41 degrees (indoors)

MLS Cup MVP: Josef Martinez (Atlanta United)

2017 MLS CUP - December 9, 2017

BMO Field (Toronto, Ont., Canada)

TORONTO FC 2, SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 0

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • TOR--Altidore 2 (Giovinco 1) 67
  • TOR--Vazquez 2 (unassisted) 94+

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC:

  • Stefan Frei, Kelvin Leerdam, Roman Torres, Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones (Nouhou Tolo 91+), Nicolas Lodeiro, Cristian Roldan, Clint Dempsey, Gustav Svensson, Victor Rodriguez (Jordan Morris 71), Will Bruin.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 7 (Dempsey 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Dempsey 1, Jones 1)
  • FOULS: 9 (Lodeiro 2, Svensson 2)
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Frei 9

TORONTO FC:

  • Alex Bono, Steven Beitashour, Drew Moor, Chris Mavinga, Justin Morrow, Marky Delgado (Benoit Cheyrou 93+), Victor Vazquez, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio (Armando Cooper 85), Sebastian Giovinco, Jozy Altidore (Nick Hagglund 86).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Giovinco 7)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 11 (Giovinco 4)
  • FOULS: 3 (Beitashour 2);
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 11
  • SAVES: Bono 2

Misconduct Summary:

  • TOR--Victor Vazquez (caution) 95+

Referee: Allen Chapman.

Referee's Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Jeremy Hanson

4th Official: Kevin Stott. Video Assistant Referee: David Gantar.

Attendance: 30,584. Weather: 34 and Cloudy.

MLS Cup MVP: Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC)

2016 MLS CUP - December 10, 2016

BMO Field (Toronto, Ont., Canada)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 0, TORONTO FC 0 (OT)

(Sounders FC win on penalty kicks 5-4)

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • NONE

PENALTY-KICK SHOOTOUT:

  • TOR – Altidore (goal)
  • SEA – Evans (goal)
  • TOR – Bradley (saved)
  • SEA – Ivanschitz (goal)
  • TOR – Cheyrou (goal)
  • SEA – Fernandez (saved)
  • TOR – Johnson (goal)
  • SEA -- J. Jones (goal)
  • TOR – Moor (goal)
  • SEA – Lodeiro (goal)
  • TOR – Morrow (crossbar)
  • SEA – Torres (goal)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC:

  • Stefan Frei, Tyrone Mears, Roman Torres, Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones, Osvaldo Alonso, Nicolas Lodeiro, Erik Friberg (Alvaro Fernandez 66), Jordan Morris (Brad Evans 108), Cristian Roldan, Nelson Haedo Valdez (Andreas Ivanschitz 73).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 3 (3 tied with 1)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 0
  • FOULS: 19 (Alonso 5)
  • OFFSIDE: 2
  • CORNER KICKS: 5
  • SAVES: Frei 7

TORONTO FC

  • Clint Irwin, Eriq Zavaleta, Drew Moor, Nick Hagglund, Steven Beitashour, Armando Cooper (Benoit Cheyrou 85), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio (Will Johnson 77), Justin Morrow, Jozy Altidore, Sebastian Giovinco (Tosaint Ricketts 103).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Giovinco 6)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Altidore 3)
  • FOULS: 21 (Cooper 4)
  • OFFSIDE: 0
  • CORNER KICKS: 10
  • SAVES: None

Misconduct Summary:

  • SEA-- Chad Marshall (caution) 46+
  • SEA -- Joevin Jones (caution) 72
  • TOR -- Michael Bradley (caution) 93+

Referee: Alan Kelly.

Referee's Assistants: Frank Anderson, Joe Fletcher

4th Official: Allen Chapman.

Attendance: 36,045. Temperature: 28 degrees and Clear.

MLS Cup MVP: Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC)

MLS CUP 2015 - December 6, 2015

Mapfre Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)

PORTLAND TIMBERS 2, COLUMBUS CREW SC 1

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • POR--Valeri 1 (unassisted) 0:27
  • POR--Wallace 2 (Melano 1, Nagbe 2) 7
  • CLB--Kamara 4 (Higuain 2) 18

PORTLAND TIMBERS:

  • Adam Kwarasey, Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana, Darlington Nagbe, Diego Chara, Diego Valeri, Lucas Melano (Dairon Asprilla 59), Fanendo Adi (Maximiliano Urruti 90), Rodney Wallace (Jack Jewsbury 90).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Adi 5)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Adi 3)
  • FOULS: 12 (Chara 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 0;
  • CORNER KICKS: 9
  • SAVES: None

COLUMBUS CREW SC:

  • Steve Clark, Harrison Afful, Michael Parkhurst, Gaston Sauro, Waylon Francis, Ethan Finlay (Cedrick Mabwati 63), Tony Tchani (Jack McInerney 72), Federico Higuain, Justin Meram (Mohammed Saeid 78), Wil Trapp, Kei Kamara
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Francis 2, Higuain 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 (Kamara 1)
  • FOULS: 9 (Trapp 3);
  • OFFSIDE: 3
  • CORNER KICKS: 4
  • SAVES: Clark 5

Misconduct Summary:

  • CLB--Harrison Afful (caution) 34
  • POR--Alvas Powell (caution) 65
  • CLB--Mohammed Saeid (caution) 93+
  • POR--Diego Valeri (caution) 93+

Referee: Jair Marrufo.

Referee's Assistants: Peter Manikowski, Corey Parker

4th Official: Chris Penso.

Attendance: 21,747. Weather: Partly Sunny, 46 degrees

MLS Cup MVP: Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers)

MLS CUP 2014 - December 7, 2014

StubHub Center (Carson, Calif.)

LA GALAXY 2, NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 (OT)

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • LA--Zardes 1 (Ishizaki 1) 52
  • NE--Tierney 2 (Mullins 1, Goncalves 1) 79
  • LA--Keane 2 (Sarvas 2) 111

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION:

  • Bobby Shuttleworth, Andrew Farrell, A.J. Soares, Jose Goncalves, Chris Tierney, Teal Bunbury, Scott Caldwell (Daigo Kobayashi 58), Lee Nguyen (Andy Dorman 89), Jermaine Jones, Kelyn Rowe, Charlie Davies (Patrick Mullins 72).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Jones 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Mullins 3)
  • FOULS: 14 (Bunbury 4);
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Shuttleworth 4

LA GALAXY:

  • Jaime Penedo, A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, Leonardo, Robbie Rogers (Dan Gargan 90), Stefan Ishizaki (Alan Gordon 90), Marcelo Sarvas, Juninho (Baggio Husidic 96), Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane, Gyasi Zardes.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Keane 5)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Keane 3)
  • FOULS: 20 (Sarvas 5)
  • OFFSIDE: 4
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Penedo 5

Misconduct Summary:

  • LA -- Landon Donovan (caution) 46+
  • NE -- Andrew Farrell (caution) 62
  • LA --Robbie Rogers (caution) 82
  • LA –Robbie Keane (caution) 92
  • LA –Alan Gordon (caution) 113
  • LA – Marcelo Sarvas (caution) 113
  • NE-- Jermaine Jones (caution) 113

Referee: Mark Geiger.

Referee's Assistants: Peter Manikowski, Joe Fletcher

4th Official: Armando Villarreal.

Attendance: 27,000. Temperature: 73 and Cloudy.

Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)

MLS CUP 2014 - December 7, 2014

StubHub Center (Carson, Calif.)

LA GALAXY 2, NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 (OT)

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • LA--Zardes 1 (Ishizaki 1) 52
  • NE--Tierney 2 (Mullins 1, Goncalves 1) 79
  • LA--Keane 2 (Sarvas 2) 111

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION:

  • Bobby Shuttleworth, Andrew Farrell, A.J. Soares, Jose Goncalves, Chris Tierney, Teal Bunbury, Scott Caldwell (Daigo Kobayashi 58), Lee Nguyen (Andy Dorman 89), Jermaine Jones, Kelyn Rowe, Charlie Davies (Patrick Mullins 72).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Jones 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Mullins 3)
  • FOULS: 14 (Bunbury 4);
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Shuttleworth 4

LA GALAXY:

  • Jaime Penedo, A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, Leonardo, Robbie Rogers (Dan Gargan 90), Stefan Ishizaki (Alan Gordon 90), Marcelo Sarvas, Juninho (Baggio Husidic 96), Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane, Gyasi Zardes.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Keane 5)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Keane 3)
  • FOULS: 20 (Sarvas 5)
  • OFFSIDE: 4
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Penedo 5

Misconduct Summary:

  • LA -- Landon Donovan (caution) 46+
  • NE -- Andrew Farrell (caution) 62
  • LA --Robbie Rogers (caution) 82
  • LA –Robbie Keane (caution) 92
  • LA –Alan Gordon (caution) 113
  • LA – Marcelo Sarvas (caution) 113
  • NE-- Jermaine Jones (caution) 113

Referee: Mark Geiger.

Referee's Assistants: Peter Manikowski, Joe Fletcher

4th Official: Armando Villarreal.

Attendance: 27,000. Temperature: 73 and Cloudy.

Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)

MLS CUP 2013 - December 7, 2013

Sporting Park (Kansas City, Kan.)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1, REAL SALT LAKE 1 (OT)

(Sporting win on penalty kicks 7-6)

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • RSL -- Saborio (Beckerman) 52
  • KC -- Collin (Zusi) 76

PENALTY-KICK SHOOTOUT:

  • KC -- Claudio Bieler (goal)
  • RSL -- Alvaro Saborio (high)
  • KC -- Paulo Nagamura (goal)
  • RSL -- Ned Grabavoy (saved)
  • KC -- Matt Besler (saved)
  • RSL -- Kyle Beckerman (goal)
  • KC -- Benny Feilhaber (goal)
  • RSL -- Joao Plata (goal)
  • KC -- Graham Zusi (crossbar)
  • RSL -- Javier Morales (goal)
  • KC -- Seth Sinovic (goal)
  • RSL -- Chris Schuler (goal)
  • KC -- C.J. Sapong (goal)
  • RSL -- Tony Beltran (goal)
  • KC -- Lawrence Olum (wide left)
  • RSL -- Sebastian Velasquez (saved)
  • KC -- Chance Myers (goal)
  • RSL -- Nat Borchers (goal)
  • KC -- Aurelien Collin (goal)
  • RSL -- Lovel Palmer (crossbar)

REAL SALT LAKE:

  • Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Chris Wingert (Lovel Palmer 72), Kyle Beckerman, Luis Gil (Sebastian Velasquez 87), Ned Grabavoy, Javier Morales, Robbie Findley (Joao Plata 112), Alvaro Saborio
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Beckerman, Saborio 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Beckerman, Saborio 1)
  • FOULS: 21 (Beckerman, Beltran 4)
  • OFFSIDE: 3
  • CORNER KICKS: 1
  • SAVES: Rimando 4.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY:

  • Jimmy Nielsen, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 8), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 72), C.J. Sapong, Graham Zusi
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 24 (Zusi 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Dwyer 2)
  • FOULS: 19 (Collin 4)
  • OFFSIDE: 4;
  • CORNER KICKS: 9
  • SAVES: Nielsen 1.

Misconduct Summary:

  • RSL – Chris Wingert (caution; hard foul) 24
  • KC – Aurelien Collin (caution; hard foul) 35
  • RSL – Alvaro Saborio (caution; hard foul) 44
  • RSL – Kyle Beckerman (caution; hard foul) 100
  • KC – Benny Feilhaber (caution; hard foul) 103

Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Referee's Assistants: Paul Scott; Bill Dittmar

4th Official: Ismail Elfath

Attendance: 21,650. Weather: Sunny, 22 degrees

Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP: Aurelien Collin (Sporting Kansas City)

MLS CUP 2012 - December 1, 2012

The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.)

LA GALAXY 3, HOUSTON DYNAMO 1

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • HOU -- Carr (Moffat) 44
  • LA -- Gonzalez (Juninho, Franklin) 60
  • LA -- Donovan (penalty kick) 65
  • LA -- Keane (penalty kick) 94+

HOUSTON DYNAMO:

  • Tally Hall, Corey Ashe, Bobby Boswell, Kofi Sarkodie (Brian Ching 77), Jermaine Taylor, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis, Boniek Garcia, Adam Moffat (Giles Barnes 71), Will Bruin, Calen Carr (Macoumba Kandji 59)
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 15 (Carr 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Carr, Clark 2)
  • FOULS: 13 (Davis 4);
  • OFFSIDE: 2
  • CORNER KICKS: 9
  • SAVES: Hall 1.

LA GALAXY:

  • Josh Saunders, Todd Dunivant, Sean Franklin, Omar Gonzalez, Tommy Meyer, David Beckham (Marcelo Sarvas 90), Juninho (Michael Stephens 76), Mike Magee, Christian Wilhelmsson (Edson Buddle 74), Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Donovan, Keane 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Keane 2)
  • FOULS: 17
  • (Wilhelmsson 5)
  • OFFSIDE: 3
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Saunders 5

Misconduct Summary:

  • HOU – Bobby Boswell (caution hard foul) 64
  • LA - Landon Donovan (caution time wasting) 92+
  • HOU - Tally Hall (caution hard foul) 93+

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Referee's Assistants: Daniel Belleau, Darren Clark

4th Official: Hilario Grajeda

Attendance: 30,510. Weather: Raining, 66 degrees

Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP: Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)

MLS CUP 2011 - November 20, 2011

The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.)

LA GALAXY 1, HOUSTON DYNAMO 0

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • LA--Donovan (Keane, Beckham) 72

HOUSTON DYNAMO:

  • Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Jermaine Taylor, Geoff Cameron, Bobby Boswell, Danny Cruz (Colin Clark 78), Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo, Corey Ashe (Je-Vaughn Watson 84), Calen Carr (Carlo Costly 66), Brian Ching.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Moffat 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 (Cruz 1)
  • FOULS: 13 (Hainault 4)
  • OFFSIDE: 5
  • CORNER KICKS: 1
  • SAVES: Hall 2

LA GALAXY:

  • Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Omar Gonzalez, A.J. DeLaGarza, Landon Donovan, Mike Magee, Juninho, David Beckham, Adam Cristman (Chris Birchall 57), Robbie Keane.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Donovan 5)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Donovan 2)
  • FOULS: 10 (Cristman 3);
  • OFFSIDE: 2
  • CORNER KICKS: 7
  • SAVES: Saunders 1

Misconduct Summary:

  • HOU – Bobby Boswell (caution intentional handball) 13
  • HOU – Andrew Hainault (caution reckless foul) 74
  • LA – Adam Cristman (caution reckless foul) 40
  • LA – David Beckham (caution reckless foul) 82
  • LA -- Landon Donovan (caution time wasting) 94+

Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry, Peter Manikowski

4th Official: Hilario Grajeda.

Attendance: 30,281. Temperature: 53 degrees and Raining.

MLS CUP 2010 -- November 21, 2010

BMO Field (Toronto, Ont.)

COLORADO RAPIDS 2, FC DALLAS 1 (OT)

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • DAL – Ferreira (Chavez, Benitez) 35
  • COL – Casey (unassisted) 57
  • COL – own goal (John) 107

FC DALLAS:

  • Kevin Hartman, Jair Benitez, Ugo Ihemelu, George John, Jackson Goncalves (Zach Loyd 33), Dax McCarty, Marvin Chavez (Eric Avila 105), Brek Shea (Jeff Cunningham 64), Daniel Hernandez, David Ferreira, Atiba Harris.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Atiba Harris, David Ferreira, Dax McCarty 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (David Ferreira 2)
  • FOULS: 11 (Atiba Harris 4)
  • OFFSIDES: 4 (David Ferreira 2)
  • CORNER KICKS: 5 (David Ferreira 5)
  • SAVES: 5 (Kevin Hartman 5)

COLORADO RAPIDS:

  • Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Anthony Wallace (Julien Baudet 92+), Brian Mullen, Pablo Mastroeni, Jeff Larentowicz, Jamie Smith (Wells Thompson 90), Omar Cummings (Macoumba Kandji 98), Conor Casey.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 7 (Mastroeni, Cummings 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Larentowicz, Mullen, Casey 1)
  • FOULS: 16 (Casey 5)
  • OFFSIDES: 0
  • CORNER KICKS: 1 (Smith 1)
  • SAVES: 5 (Matt Pickens 5)

Misconduct Summary:

  • COL – Anthony Wallace (caution reckless tackle) 41
  • COL – Jamie Smith (caution reckless tackle) 51
  • COL – Conor Casey (caution reckless foul) 84
  • DAL – Jair Benitez (caution reckless foul) 84

Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Referee’s Assistants: C.J. Morgante, Craig Lowry

4th Official: Silviu Petrescu

Attendance: 21,700. Weather: Clear, 43 degrees

Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP: Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids)

MLS CUP 2009 - November 22, 2009

Qwest Field (Seattle, Wash.)

REAL SALT LAKE 1, LOS ANGELES GALAXY 1 (OT)

(Real win on penalty kicks 5-4)

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • LA -- Magee (Donovan, Beckham) 41
  • RSL -- Findley (unassisted) 64

PENALTY-KICK SHOOTOUT:

  • LA -- David Beckham (Goal)
  • RSL -- Clint Mathis (Goal)
  • LA -- Gregg Berhalter (Goal)
  • RSL -- Robbie Findley (Goal)
  • LA -- Jovan Kirovski (Saved)
  • RSL -- Kyle Beckerman (Saved)
  • LA -- Landon Donovan (High)
  • RSL -- Ned Grabavoy (Goal)
  • LA -- Mike Magee (Goal)
  • RSL -- Andy Williams (Saved)
  • LA -- Chris Klein (Goal)
  • RSL -- Chris Wingert (Goal)
  • LA -- Edson Buddle (Saved)
  • RSL -- Robbie Russell (Goal)

REAL SALT LAKE:

  • Nick Rimando, Robbie Russell, Nat Borchers, Jamison Olave, Chris Wingert, Andy Williams, Kyle Beckerman, Javier Morales (Clint Mathis 22), Will Johnson (Ned Grabavoy 46), Robbie Findley, Yura Movsisyan (Fabian Espindola 75).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Findley 5)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Findley 2)
  • FOULS: 19 (Espindola 4);
  • OFFSIDES: 8 (Findley 6)
  • CORNER KICKS: 4
  • SAVES: 2 (Rimando 2)

LOS ANGELES GALAXY:

  • Donovan Ricketts (Josh Saunders 66), Sean Franklin, Gregg Berhalter, Omar Gonzalez (A.J. DeLaGarza 89), Todd Dunivant, David Beckham, Mike Magee, Chris Birchall (Chris Klein 79), Jovan Kirovski, Edson Buddle, Landon Donovan.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Donovan 3, Magee 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 tied with 1)
  • FOULS: 22 (Beckham 4, Kirovski 4)
  • OFFSIDES: 5 (Buddle 3)
  • CORNER KICKS: 7
  • SAVES: 3 (Ricketts 2)

Misconduct Summary:

  • RSL -- Will Johnson (caution Tactical Foul) 14
  • LA -- Chris Birchall (caution Reckless Tackle) 39

Referee: Kevin Stott

Referee's Assistants: C.J. Morgante, Rob Fereday

4th Official: Baldomero Toledo

Attendance: 46,011. Weather: Cloudy and 45 degrees

Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP: Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

MLS CUP 2008 - November 23, 2008

The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.)

COLUMBUS CREW 3, NEW YORK RED BULLS 1

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • CLB - Moreno (Schelotto) 31
  • NY - Wolyniec (Richards) 51
  • CLB - Marshall (Schelotto) 53
  • CLB - Hejduk (Schelotto, Gaven) 82

COLUMBUS CREW:

  • William Hesmer, Frankie Hejduk, Chad Marshall, Danny O'Rourke, Gino Padula, Eddie Gaven (Steven Lenhart 93+), Brian Carroll, Brad Evans, Robbie Rogers, Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Andy Iro 91+), Alejandro Moreno.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Moreno 3, Rogers 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Moreno 2)
  • FOULS: 13
  • (Schelotto 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 4
  • CORNER KICKS: 6
  • SAVES: 0
  • CAUTIONS: Padula 68

NEW YORK RED BULLS:

  • Danny Cepero, Chris Leitch, Diego Jimenez, Carlos Mendes, Kevin Goldthwaite, Dane Richards, Luke Sassano (Jorge Rojas 78), Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Dave van den Bergh, Juan Pablo Angel, John Wolyniec (Macoumba Kandji 82).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Angel 2, Wolyniec 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 (Wolyniec 1)
  • FOULS: 11 (Leitch 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 4
  • SAVES: Cepero 3
  • CAUTIONS: Leitch 4

Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Referee's Assistants: Greg Barkey, Kermit Quisenberry

4th Official: Mark Geiger

Attendance: 27,000

Weather: 68 degrees and cloudy.

Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP: Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Columbus Crew)

MLS CUP 2007 -- November 18, 2007

RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.)

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2, NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1

SCORING SUMMARY

  • NE -- Twellman (Ralston, Joseph) 20
  • HOU -- Ngwenya (De Rosario) 61
  • HOU -- De Rosario (Davis, Waibel) 74

HOUSTON DYNAMO:

  • Pat Onstad, Wade Barrett, Ryan Cochrane, Eddie Robinson, Craig Waibel, Brad Davis, Dwayne De Rosario, Brian Mullan, Richard Mulrooney, Nate Jaqua, Joseph Ngwenya (Stuart Holden 80).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Ngwenya 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (De Rosario 2, Ngwenya 2)
  • FOULS: 15
  • (Mullan 5)
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Onstad 7
  • CAUTIONS: Barrett 57

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION:

  • Matt Reis, Jay Heaps, Avery John, Michael Parkhurst, Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Larentowicz, Steve Ralston (Andy Dorman 78), Khano Smith, Wells Thompson, Pat Noonan, Taylor Twellman.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Noonan 5, Twellman 5)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (3 tied with 2)
  • FOULS: 15
  • (John 4)
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 4
  • SAVES: Reis 5
  • CAUTIONS: Smith 65

Referee: Alex Prus

Referee's Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Rob Fereday

4th Official: Brian Hall

Attendance: 39,859

Temperature: 55 and Cloudy.

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo)

MLS CUP 2006 -- November 12, 2006

Pizza Hut Park (Frisco, Texas)

HOUSTON DYNAMO 1, NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 (OT)

(Dynamo win on penalty kicks 4-3)

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • NE -- Twellman (Smith) 113
  • HOU -- Ching (Mullan) 114

Penalty kick shootout:

  • HOU -- Kelly Gray (Goal)
  • NE -- Shalrie Joseph (Goal)
  • HOU -- Stuart Holden (Goal)
  • NE -- Matt Reis (Goal)
  • HOU -- Dwayne De Rosario (Goal)
  • NE -- Pat Noonan (Wide Right)
  • HOU -- Brad Davis (Saved)
  • NE -- Taylor Twellman (Goal)
  • HOU -- Brian Ching (Goal)
  • NE -- Jay Heaps (Saved)

HOUSTON DYNAMO:

  • Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Ryan Cochrane (Kelly Gray 102), Eddie Robinson, Wade Barrett, Brian Mullan, Dwayne De Rosario, Adrian Serioux (Stuart Holden 114), Brad Davis, Brian Ching, Paul Dalglish (Alejandro Moreno 81).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 15 (Davis 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Ching 2)
  • FOULS: 24 (Davis 6)
  • OFFSIDE: 5
  • (Ching 4)
  • CORNER KICKS: 10 (Davis 9)
  • SAVES: 5 (Onstad 5)
  • CAUTIONS: Davis 23, Cochrane 99, Waibel 103

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION:

  • Matt Reis, Jay Heaps, Michael Parkhurst, Avery John, Andy, Dorman (Clint Dempsey 62), Steve Ralston, Daniel Hernandez (Jeff Larentowicz 111), Shalrie Joseph, Joe Franchino (Khano Smith 53), Pat Noonan, Taylor Twellman.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 15 (Twellman 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Twellman 3)
  • FOULS: 20 (John 5, Dempsey 5)
  • OFFSIDE: 1 (Noonan 1)
  • CORNER KICKS: 10 (Ralston 9)
  • SAVES: 3 (Reis 3);
  • CAUTIONS: Franchino 16

Referee: Jair Marrufo

Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry, Nate Clement

4th Official: Kevin Stott

Attendance: 22,427

Weather: Sunny, 61 degrees

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)

MLS CUP 2005 - Sunday, November 13

Pizza Hut Park (Frisco, Texas)

LOS ANGELES GALAXY 1, NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 0 (OT)

  • LA -- Ramirez (unassisted) 107+

LOS ANGELES GALAXY:

  • Kevin Hartman, Chris Albright, Ugo Ihemelu, Tyrone Marshall, Todd Dunivant, Cobi Jones (Ednaldo da Conceicao 109), Paulo Nagamura, Peter Vagenas, Ned Grabavoy (Guillermo Ramirez 66), Landon Donovan, Herculez Gomez (Alan Gordon 119).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 25 (Gomez 9)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Donovan 4)
  • FOULS: 27 (Gomez 6);
  • OFFSIDES: 1 (Gomez 1)
  • CORNER KICKS: 7 (Donovan 7)
  • SAVES: 2 (Hartman 2)
  • CAUTIONS: Dunivant 33, Nagamura 56, Marshall 69, Gomez 78, Albright 81

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION:

  • Matt Reis, Jay Heaps, Michael Parkhurst, Joe Franchino, James Riley (Ryan Latham 105), Clint Dempsey, Daniel Hernandez (Andy Dorman 90), Shalrie Joseph, Steve Ralston, Taylor Twellman, Pat Noonan (Jose Cancela 64).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (4 tied with 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Cancela 1, Heaps 1)
  • FOULS: 24 (Dempsey 5)
  • OFFSIDES: 5 (Twellman 3)
  • CORNER KICKS: 7 (Ralston 4)
  • SAVES: 8 (Reis 7);
  • CAUTIONS: Hernandez 15, Franchino 22, Joseph 37, Riley 54, Heaps 76

Referee: Kevin Stott

Referee's Assistants: Chris Strickland, Greg Barkey

4th Official: Ricardo Valenzuela

Attendance: 21,193

Weather: Sunny, 75 degrees

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Guillermo Ramirez (Los Angeles Galaxy)

MLS CUP 2004 – Sunday, November 14

The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.)

D.C. UNITED 3, KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 2

  • KC -- Burciaga (unassisted) 6
  • DC -- Eskandarian (Carroll) 19
  • DC -- Eskandarian (unassisted) 23
  • DC -- own goal (Zotinca) 26
  • KC -- Wolff (penalty kick) 58

D.C. UNITED:

  • Nick Rimando, Bryan Namoff, Ryan Nelsen, Mike Petke, Earnie Stewart (Brandon Prideaux 82), Brian Carroll, Christian Gomez (Joshua Gros 59), Ben Olsen, Dema Kovalenko, Jaime Moreno, Alecko Eskandarian (Freddy Adu 65).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Eskandarian 3, Gomez 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Eskandarian 2)
  • FOULS: 15 (Stewart 3)
  • OFFSIDES: 2 (Eskandarian 1, Olsen 1)
  • CORNER KICKS: 4 (Gomez 2)
  • SAVES: 4 (Rimando 2)
  • CAUTIONS: Stewart 55, Namoff 72, Olsen 89
  • EJECTIONS: Kovalenko 57

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS:

  • Bo Oshoniyi, Alex Zotinca (Diego Walsh 82), Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Jose Burciaga Jr., Khari Stephenson (Igor Simutenkov 46), Diego Gutierrez, Kerry Zavagnin, Jack Jewsbury (Matt Taylor 66), Josh Wolff, Davy Arnaud.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (4 tied with 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Conrad 2)
  • FOULS: 13 (Arnaud 3, Gutierrez 3)
  • OFFSIDES: 1 (Arnaud 1)
  • CORNER KICKS: 5 (Burciaga Jr. 3)
  • SAVES: 2 (Oshoniyi 2)
  • CAUTIONS: Gutierrez 33

Referee: Michael Kennedy

Referee's Assistants: Nathan Clement, Kermit Quisenberry

4th Official: Abiodun Okulaja

Attendance: 25,797

Weather: Clear, 81 degrees

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Alecko Eskandarian (D.C. United)

MLS CUP 2003 – Sunday, November 23

The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.)

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4, CHICAGO FIRE 2

  • SJ -- Ekelund (unassisted) 5
  • SJ -- Donovan (Walker) 38
  • CHI -- Beasley (Williams) 49
  • SJ -- Mulrooney (Waibel) 50
  • CHI -- own goal (Roner) 54
  • SJ -- Donovan (De Rosario, Mullan) 71

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES:

  • Pat Onstad, Eddie Robinson, Troy Dayak, Craig Waibel (Chris Roner 51), Jeff Agoos, Brian Mullan, Ronnie Ekelund, Richard Mulrooney, Manny Lagos (Ian Russell 70), Landon Donovan, Jamil Walker (Dwayne De Rosario 60).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (3 tied with 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (3 tied with 2)
  • FOULS: 14 (Eddie Robinson 3)
  • OFFSIDES: 3 (3 tied with 1)
  • CORNER KICKS: 3 (Richard Mulrooney 2)
  • SAVES: 9 (Pat Onstad 8)

CHICAGO FIRE:

  • Zach Thornton, Jim Curtin (Nate Jaqua 81), Evan Whitfield, Carlos Bocanegra, Orlando Perez (Kelly Gray 46), Andy Williams (Justin Mapp 70), Chris Armas, Jesse Marsch, DaMarcus Beasley, Ante Razov, Damani Ralph.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Ante Razov 8)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 10 (Ante Razov 4)
  • FOULS: 17 (Jesse Marsch 4, Ante Razov 4)
  • OFFSIDES: 4 (Damani Ralph 2, Ante Razov 2)
  • CORNER KICKS: 13 (Andy Williams 7)
  • SAVES: 4 (Zach Thornton 4)

Referee: Brian Hall

Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry, Darren Engers

4th Official: Noel Kenny

Attendance: 27,000

Weather: Sunny-and-71-degrees

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Landon Donovan (San Jose Earthquakes)

MLS CUP 2002 – Sunday, October 20

Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)

LOS ANGELES GALAXY 1, NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 0 (OT)

  • LA -- Ruiz (Marshall, Albright) 113

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION:

  • Adin Brown, Carlos Llamosa (Rusty Pierce 92+), Joe Franchino, Daouda Kante, Jay Heaps, Leo Cullen, Daniel Hernandez, Steve Ralston, Brian Kamler (Winston Griffiths 90), Taylor Twellman, Wolde Harris (Alex Pineda Chacon 76)
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Harris 2, Hernandez 2, Twellman 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 (Pineda Chacon 1);
  • FOULS: 24 (Hernandez 4, Twellman 4)
  • OFFSIDE: 0
  • CORNER KICKS: 5
  • SAVES: Brown 6;
  • CAUTIONS: Franchino 25, Llamosa 60
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 48%

LOS ANGELES GALAXY:

  • Kevin Hartman, Alexi Lalas, Danny Califf, Tyrone Marshall, Ezra Hendrickson, Sasha Victorine, Mauricio Cienfuegos (Peter Vagenas 61), Simon Elliott, Cobi Jones, Alejandro Moreno (Chris Albright 67), Carlos Ruiz
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Ruiz 9)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Ruiz 5)
  • FOULS: 18 (Califf 3, Elliott 3, Jones 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 5
  • CORNER KICKS: 6
  • SAVES: Hartman 1
  • CAUTIONS: Elliott 95
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 52%

Referee: Kevin Terry

Assistant Referees: Greg Barkey, Richard Eddy

Attendance: 61,316

Weather: Sunny, 56 degrees

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Carlos Ruiz (Los Angeles Galaxy)

MLS CUP 2001 – Sunday, October 21

Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 2, LOS ANGELES GALAXY 1 (OT)

Scoring Summary:

  • LA -- Hernández (Vanney, Hartman) 21
  • SJ -- Donovan (Russell, Mulrooney) 43
  • SJ -- DeRosario (Ekelund, Ibsen) 96

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES:

  • Joe Cannon, Jimmy Conrad, Troy Dayak, Jeff Agoos, Wade Barrett, Ian Russell (Zak Ibsen 82), Richard Mulrooney, Ronnie Ekelund, Ramiro Corrales, Ronald Cerritos (Dwayne DeRosario 85), Landon Donovan
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Mulrooney 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Ekelund 1, DeRosario 1, Donovan 1);
  • FOULS: 13 (Ekelund 3, Conrad 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 3
  • CORNER KICKS: 13
  • SAVES: Cannon 1;
  • CAUTIONS: Conrad 28, Ekelund 78, Ibsen 83
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION
  • PERCENTAGE: 52%

LOS ANGELES GALAXY:

  • Kevin Hartman, Ezra Hendrickson, Danny Califf, Greg Vanney, Paul Caligiuri (Adam Frye 53), Simon Elliott, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Peter Vagenas, Sasha Victorine (Brian Mullan 75), Luis Hernandez, Cobi Jones
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Jones 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Jones 1, Hernandez 1)
  • FOULS: 14 (Califf 3)
  • OFFSIDE: 2
  • CORNER KICKS: 5
  • SAVES: Hartman 1
  • CAUTIONS: Caligiuri 48, Califf 76
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 48%

Referee: Kevin Stott

Assistant Referees: Roger Itaya, Daniel Wilson

Attendance: 21,626

Weather: Partly Cloudy, 68

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Dwayne De Rosario (San Jose Earthquakes)

MLS CUP 2000 – Sunday, October 15

RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.)

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 1, CHICAGO FIRE 0

Scoring Summary:

  • KC -- Molnar (Klein) 11

CHICAGO FIRE:

  • Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown, Carlos Bocanegra, Tenywa Bonseu, Peter Nowak (Lubos Kubik 83), Diego Gutierrez (DaMarcus Beasley 70), Chris Armas, Jesse Marsch (Josh Wolff 59), Dema Kovalenko, Hristo Stoitchkov, Ante Razov
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Stoitchkov 4, Razov 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 10 (Razov 3)
  • FOULS: 17 (Brown 4)
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 8
  • SAVES: Thornton 2
  • CAUTIONS: Kovalenko 47, Bonseu 76;
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 58%

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS:

  • Tony Meola, Chris Klein (Francisco Gomez 89), Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Preki (Uche Okafor 74), Matt McKeon, Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Henderson, Mo Johnston, Miklos Molnar
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 6 (Preki 2, Molnar 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Molnar 2)
  • FOULS: 26 (McKeon 5, Molnar 5)
  • OFFSIDE: 5
  • CORNER KICKS: 2
  • SAVES: Meola 10
  • CAUTIONS: Johnston 48, Garcia 58, Meola 76
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 42%

Referee: Paul Tamberino

Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry, George Vergara

Attendance: 39,159

Weather: Sunny, 77 degrees

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Tony Meola (Kansas City Wizards)

MLS CUP 1999 – Sunday, November 21

Foxboro Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)

D.C. UNITED 2, LOS ANGELES GALAXY 0

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • DC -- Moreno (Lassiter) 19
  • DC -- Olsen (unassisted) 48+

D.C. UNITED:

  • Tom Presthus -- Carey Talley, Eddie Pope, Carlos Llamosa (Diego Sonora 74'), Jeff Agoos Richie Williams, Ben Olsen, John Maessner, Marco Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno, Roy Lassiter (Geoff Aunger 87).
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 11
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 5
  • FOULS: 22
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 4;
  • SAVES: 1
  • CAUTIONS: Olsen 53, Talley 69, Sonora 76
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION
  • PERCENTAGE: 56%

LOS ANGELES GALAXY:

  • Kevin Hartman, Ezra Hendrickson, Paul Caligiuri, Robin Fraser (Steve Jolley 9 [Zak Ibsen 80]), Greg Vanney. Danny Pena (Simon Elliott 73), Clint Mathis, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Roy Myers, Cobi Jones, Carlos Hermosillo.
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 7
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 2
  • FOULS: 18
  • OFFSIDE: 6
  • CORNER KICKS: 6
  • SAVES: 3
  • CAUTIONS: Jones 24, Myers 90
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 44%

Referee: Tim Weyland

Referee's Assistants: Nathan Clement, Craig Lowry

4th Official: Brian Hall

Attendance: 44,910

Weather: 63 degrees, sunny.

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Ben Olsen (D.C. United)

MLS CUP 1998 – Sunday, October 25

Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.)

CHICAGO FIRE 2, D.C. UNITED 0

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • CHI -- Podbrozny (Nowak, Razov) 29
  • CHI -- Gutierrez (Nowak) 45

D.C. UNITED:

  • Tom Presthus, Eddie Pope, Jeff Agoos, Carlos Llamosa (Mike Slivinski 81), Tony Sanneh (A.J. Wood 70), Marco Etcheverry, John Harkes, Richie Williams, Ben Olsen, Roy Lassiter, Jaime Moreno
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Lassiter 6, Etcheverry 6)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Lassiter 3)
  • FOULS: 8 (Lassiter 2, Sanneh 2, Etcheverry 2)
  • OFFSIDE: 1
  • CORNER KICKS: 12
  • SAVES: Presthus 1;
  • CAUTIONS: Sanneh 25, Etcheverry 33
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 52%

CHICAGO FIRE:

  • Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown, Lubos Kubik, Francis Okaroh, Diego Gutierrez, Chris Armas, Jesse Marsch, Jerzy Podbrozny, Peter Nowak (Josh Wolff 79), Rom an Kosecki (Frank Klopas 56), Ante Razov (Tom Soehn 74)
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Podbrozny 2, Razov 2, Gutierrez 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Podbrozny 2);
  • FOULS: 27 (Razov 5)
  • OFFSIDE: 5
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Thornton 8
  • CAUTIONS: Razov
  • 31, Gutierrez 50, Marsch 60
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 48%

Referee: Kevin Terry

Referee's Assistants: Chip Reed, Laszlo Nagy

Attendance: 51,350

Weather: Partly Cloudy, 74 degrees, Sunny.

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Peter Nowak (Chicago Fire)

MLS CUP 1997 – Sunday, October 26

RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.)

D.C. UNITED 2, COLORADO RAPIDS 1

SCORING SUMMARY:

  • DC -- Moreno (Sanneh, Vaudreuil) 37
  • DC -- Sanneh (Harkes, Williams) 68
  • COL-- Paz (Patino, Kmosko) 75

COLORADO RAPIDS:

  • Marcus Hahnemann, Chris Martinez (Adrian Paz 59), Steve Trittschuh, Peter Vermes, Matt Kmosko, Marcelo Balboa, Sean Henderson (Ross Paule 81), Chris Henderson, Paul Bravo (Wolde Harris 27), David Patino, Steve Rammel
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Henderson 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 10 (Balboa 3)
  • FOULS: 14 (Rammel 5);
  • OFFSIDE: 8
  • CORNER KICKS: 6
  • SAVES: Hahnemann 6
  • CAUTIONS: Balboa 86
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 47%

D.C. UNITED:

  • Scott Garlick, David Vaudreuil, Eddie Pope, Carlos Llamosa, Jeff Agoos, Richie Williams, Tony Sanneh, John Harkes, Marco Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno, Raul Diaz Arce
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Sanneh 4)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Moreno 2, Sanneh 2, Etcheverry 2);
  • FOULS: 14 (Moreno 4, Pope 4)
  • OFFSIDE: 9
  • CORNER KICKS: 10
  • SAVES: Garlick 9;
  • CAUTIONS: Garlick 20
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 53%

Referee: Brian Hall

Referee's Assistants: Steve Olson, Greg Barkey

Attendance: 57,431

Weather: Rain, 46 degrees

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Jaime Moreno (D.C. United)

MLS CUP 1996 – Sunday, October 20

Foxboro Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)

D.C. UNITED 3, LOS ANGELES GALAXY 2 (OT)

Scoring Summary:

  • LA -- Hurtado (Cienfuegos) 5
  • LA -- Armas (unassisted) 56
  • DC -- Sanneh (Etcheverry) 73
  • DC -- Medved (unassisted) 81
  • DC -- Pope (Etcheverry) 94

D.C. UNITED:

  • Mark Simpson, Clint Peay, Eddie Pope, Jeff Agoos, Mario Gori (Shawn Medved 70), Richie Williams, John Maessner (Tony Sanneh 59), John Harkes, Marco Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno, Raul Diaz Arce
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Diaz Arce 3)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Medved 2)
  • FOULS: 16 (Etcheverry 4);
  • OFFSIDE: 5
  • CORNER KICKS: 7
  • SAVES: Simpson 2
  • CAUTIONS: Etcheverry 39, Peay 53;
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 47%

LOS ANGELES GALAXY:

  • Jorge Campos, Mark Semioli, Robin Fraser, Greg Vanney, Arash Noamouz, Jorge Salcedo (Curt Onalfo 77), Chris Armas, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Cobi Jones, Harut Karapetyan (Ante Razov 76), Eduardo Hurtado
  • TOTAL SHOTS: 6 (Hurtado 2)
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Hurtado 2)
  • FOULS: 20 (Noamouz, A. 5);
  • OFFSIDE: 6
  • CORNER KICKS: 3
  • SAVES: Campos 4
  • CAUTIONS: Hurtado 41, Noamouz, A. 74;
  • EJECTIONS: none
  • POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 53%

Referee: Esse Baharmast

Referee's Assistants: Paul Tamberino, Steve Olson

Attendance: 34,643

Weather: Rain, 44 degrees, Windy

Honda MLS Cup MVP: Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United)