Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox football tournament season with unknown parameter "num_titles"
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 October 28 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 regular season 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]
^ ab"MLS announces partnership with Audi, including presenting sponsorship of MLS Cup Playoffs". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
^"Armchair Analyst: Ranking the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoff teams, 1-through-12". MLSsoccer.com.
^"Audi MLS Cup Playoffs 101: Everything you need to know about the postseason". MLSsoccer.com.
^Kingston, Gary (August 25, 2015). "Whitecaps face fine balancing act in settling on Voyageurs Cup lineup". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
^"Portland Timbers' Diego Valeri Scores Fastest Goal In MLS Cup History (Video)". NESN. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
and 28 Related for: 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs information
The MLSCup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLSCupPlayoffs. The game is held in November or December...
the MLSCupPlayoffs, a five-round knockout competition contested by the top nine teams from each of the league's two conferences. The playoffs tournament...
MLSCupPlayoffs, which was contested by the top eighteen teams based on their regular season records. Columbus won 2–1 and clinched their third MLS Cup...
MLSCup 2022 was the 27th edition of the MLSCup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS) at the conclusion of the 2022 MLSCupPlayoffs. The...
2016 MLSCupPlayoffs (branded as the 2016 Audi MLSCupPlayoffs for sponsorship reasons) began on October 26, and ended on December 10 with MLSCup 2016...
MLSCup2015 was the 20th edition of the MLSCup, the championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS). The soccer match was to determine the champion of...
The 2014 MLSCupPlayoffs (branded as the 2014 MLSCupPlayoffs presented by AT&T for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth post-season tournament culminating...
MLSCup 2021 was the 26th edition of the MLSCup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS) at the conclusion of the 2021 MLSCupPlayoffs. The...
MLSCup 2020 was the 25th edition of the MLSCup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), and was played at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio...
broadcast the MLSCup, which is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLSCupPlayoffs. The MLSCup Final was...
MLSCup 2008 was the 13th edition of the MLSCup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS). The soccer match took place on November 23, 2008...
participate in the MLSCupPlayoffs in October and November, which concludes with the MLSCup championship game in early December. The 2023 playoff format includes...
took place on December 8, 2018. It was the final match of the 2018 MLSCupPlayoffs and was contested by Atlanta United FC and the Portland Timbers at...
MLSCup 2014 was the 19th edition of the MLSCup, the match that determined the champion of Major League Soccer's 2014 season. The LA Galaxy of the Western...
MLSCup 2019 was the 24th edition of the MLSCup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), and took place on November 10, 2019, at CenturyLink...
first Canadian team to qualify for the MLSCupPlayoffs. The Whitecaps have won three Canadian Championships, in 2015, 2022 and 2023. Vancouver also competes...
Portland Timbers from 2013 until 2017. He won MLSCup in 2015 with Portland and 2020 with Columbus. In addition to MLS, he coached the United States U-23 team...
the playoffs to MLSCup 2002, where they lost to the Galaxy again, this time 1–0 on a golden goal by Carlos Ruiz. Held at Gillette Stadium, the Cup final...
again made the playoffs, advancing in three rounds, defeating archrival Seattle in the semifinals along the way, and made the MLSCup where they lost...
MLSCup 2017 was the 22nd edition of the MLSCup, the championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), contested between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC on...
The franchise has won the MLSCup in 2000 and 2013, the Supporters' Shield in 2000, and the U.S. Open Cup in 2004, 2012, 2015, and 2017. The club also...
make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record. Teams that made the MLSCupPlayoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are...
MLSCup 2016 was the 21st edition of the MLSCup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), played on December 10, 2016. The soccer match was...
Global Information
Kei Kamara