MLS Cup 2009

MLS Cup 2009
Real Salt Lake Los Angeles Galaxy
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Real Salt Lake won 5–4 on penalties
Date November 22, 2009
Venue Qwest Field, Seattle, WA
Man of the Match Nick Rimando
(Real Salt Lake)
Attendance 46,011

MLS Cup 2009, the 14th edition of Major League Soccer's championship match, was played between the Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake to decide the champion of the 2009 season. The final was played at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington on November 22, 2009.[1] Salt Lake won the game 5–4 in a penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw.[2] A penalty miss in the shoot-out from Los Angeles striker Edson Buddle left Salt Lake defender Robbie Russell to score and give the club their first title in only their fifth season.[3] It was the second MLS Cup to match two Western Conference teams against each other. The crowd of 46,011 was the largest since the 2002 MLS Cup, when 61,316 witnessed the title game at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts. 2009 marked Galaxy's 6th appearance in an MLS final; the most out of any other club in the league and extended to 9 in 2011, 2012, and 2014.

ESPN televised the match in English and Galavisión in Spanish. This was the first time that the MLS championship match was televised on the cable network after the first thirteen were carried on ABC. GolTV Canada showed the game in Canada

Road to the Final

Main article: 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs

Match details

Real Salt Lake
Los Angeles Galaxy
REAL SALT LAKE:
GK 18 United States Nick Rimando
DF 4Colombia Jámison Olave
DF 6 United States Nat Borchers
DF 3 United States Robbie Russell
DF 17 United States Chris Wingert
MF 11Argentina Javier Morales  22'
MF 5United States Kyle Beckerman (c)
MF 77Jamaica Andy Williams
MF 8Canada Will Johnson  14'  46'
FW 9Armenia Yura Movsisyan  75'
FW 10 United States Robbie Findley  64'
Substitutes:
MF 84United States Clint Mathis  22'
MF 20United States Ned Grabavoy  46'
FW 16Argentina Fabián Espíndola  75'
Manager:
United States Jason Kreis
LOS ANGELES GALAXY:
GK 1 Jamaica Donovan Ricketts  66'
LB 2 United States Todd Dunivant
CB 16 United States Gregg Berhalter
CB 4United States Omar Gonzalez  89'
RB 28United States Sean Franklin
RM 10United States Landon Donovan (c)
CM 23 England David Beckham
CM 33Trinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall  39'  79'
LM 18United States Mike Magee  41'
FW 14 United States Edson Buddle
FW 9United States Jovan Kirovski
Substitutes:
GK 12United States Josh Saunders  66'
MF 7United States Chris Klein  79'
DF 20United States A. J. DeLaGarza  89'
Manager:
United States Bruce Arena

Assistant referees:
United States C.J. Morgante
United States Rob Fereday
Fourth official:
United States Baldomero Toledo

Notes

  1. ↑ Sounders FC Public Relations (March 11, 2009). "Qwest Field to Host League’s 14th Championship Match on Sunday, November 22". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Salt Lake beat L.A. Galaxy to MLS title". CNN. November 23, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Salt Lake beat L.A. Galaxy to MLS title". ESPN. November 23, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.


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