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Main article: 2016 Major League Soccer season

2016 MLS Cup Playoffs
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Canada
Teams12
Defending championsPortland Timbers
(did not qualify)
Final positions
ChampionsSeattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Runner-upToronto FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)United States Jozy Altidore
(5 goals)
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The 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2016 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) began on October 26, and ended on December 10 with MLS Cup 2016, the 21st league championship match for MLS.[1] This is the 21st version of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season.

Twelve teams (the top 6 per conference) competed. The first round of each conference had the third-seeded team hosting the sixth seed while the fourth-seed hosted the fifth in a single match to determine who advanced to the Conference Semifinals. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed played the lowest remaining seed while the second played the next-lowest. The winners advanced to the Conference Finals. Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals were played as two-legged aggregate series. The winners advanced to the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the participant with the better record.

Ordinarily, the winner of MLS Cup 2016 would qualify for the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League. However, Toronto FC have already qualified through the 2016 Canadian Championship, and as a Canada-based team they would not be permitted to qualify through MLS in any event.[2] Had Toronto FC won the MLS Cup, that qualification place would have passed onto New York City FC (the highest-ranked U.S. team in the overall regular season table not already qualified).

The Seattle Sounders defeated Toronto FC 5–4 on penalties to win their first ever MLS Cup. The game ended scoreless after extra time.

It was the first time in the league's history that a Canadian MLS team competed in the MLS Cup.

Conference standings

The top 6 teams from each conference advance to the MLS Cup playoffs.

Bracket

Template:2016 MLS Cup Playoff Bracket

Knockout Round

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Eastern Conference
Toronto FC 3–1 Philadelphia Union
D.C. United 2–4 Montreal Impact
Western Conference
LA Galaxy 3–1 Real Salt Lake
Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City

Matches

Toronto FC3–1Philadelphia Union
Giovinco 15'
Osorio 48'
Altidore 85'		 Report Bedoya 73'
Attendance: 21,759
D.C. United2–4Montreal Impact
Neagle 90'
Kemp 90+4'		 Report Ciman 4'
Mancosu 43', 58'
Piatti 83'
Attendance: 12,773
Referee: Jair Marrufo
LA Galaxy3–1Real Salt Lake
Gordon 14'
Boateng 26', 34'		 Report Plata 21' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,124
Referee: Alan Kelly
Seattle Sounders FC1–0Sporting Kansas City
Valdez 88' Report
Attendance: 36,151
Referee: Ismail Elfath

Conference Semifinals

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Toronto FC 7–0 New York City FC 2–0 5–0
Montreal Impact 3–1 New York Red Bulls 1–0 2–1
Western Conference
LA Galaxy 1–1 (1–3 p) Colorado Rapids 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Seattle Sounders FC 4–2 FC Dallas 3–0 1–2

Matches

Toronto FC2–0New York City FC
Altidore 84'
Ricketts 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 28,220
New York City FC0–5Toronto FC
Report Giovinco 6', 20' (pen.), 90+1'
Altidore 30'
Osorio 50'
Attendance: 28,355
Referee: Kevin Stott

Toronto FC won 7–0 on aggregate.

Montreal Impact1–0New York Red Bulls
Mancosu 61' Report
Attendance: 15,027
Referee: Robert Sibiga
New York Red Bulls1–2Montreal Impact
B. Wright-Phillips 77' Report Piatti 51', 85'
Attendance: 24,314

Montreal Impact won 3–1 on aggregate.

LA Galaxy1–0Colorado Rapids
dos Santos 55' Report
Attendance: 24,487
Referee: Drew Fischer

1–1 on aggregate. Colorado Rapids won 3–1 on penalties.

Seattle Sounders FC3–0FC Dallas
Valdez 50'
Lodeiro 55', 58'		 Report
Attendance: 37,073
FC Dallas2–1Seattle Sounders FC
Akindele 25'
Urruti 56'		 Report Lodeiro 54'
Attendance: 14,878

Seattle Sounders FC won 4–2 on aggregate.

Conference Finals

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Montreal Impact 5–7 Toronto FC 3–2 2–5 (a.e.t.)
Western Conference
Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids 2–1 1–0

Matches

Montreal Impact3–2Toronto FC
Oduro 10'
Mancosu 12'
Oyongo 53'		 Report Altidore 68'
Bradley 73'
Attendance: 61,004
Referee: Juan Guzman
Toronto FC5–2 (a.e.t.)Montreal Impact
Cooper 37'
Altidore 45'
Hagglund 68'
Cheyrou 98'
Ricketts 100'		 Report Oduro 24'
Piatti 53'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo

Toronto FC won 7–5 on aggregate.

Seattle Sounders FC2–1Colorado Rapids
Morris 19'
Lodeiro 61' (pen.)		 Report Doyle 13'
Attendance: 42,774
Referee: Chris Penso
Colorado Rapids0–1Seattle Sounders FC
Report Morris 56'
Attendance: 17,695

Seattle Sounders FC won 3–1 on aggregate.

MLS Cup

Main article: MLS Cup 2016
Toronto FC0–0 (a.e.t.)Seattle Sounders FC
Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 36,045
Referee: Alan Kelly

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 United States Jozy Altidore Toronto FC 5
2 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 4
Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro Seattle Sounders
Italy Matteo Mancosu Montreal Impact
Argentina Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact
6 Ghana Emmanuel Boateng LA Galaxy 2
United States Jordan Morris Seattle Sounders
Ghana Dominic Oduro Montreal Impact
Canada Jonathan Osorio Toronto FC
Canada Tosaint Ricketts Toronto FC
Paraguay Nelson Valdez Seattle Sounders

References

  1. ^ "MLS announces broadcast schedule, format for Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs". Major League Soccer. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Kingston, Gary (August 25, 2015). "Whitecaps face fine balancing act in settling on Voyageurs Cup lineup". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "Playoffs". MLSsoccer.com.
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