MLS Cup 2014

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MLS Cup 2014
Event MLS Cup
LA Galaxy New England Revolution
2 1
After extra time
Date December 7, 2014
Venue StubHub Center, Carson, CA
Most Valuable Player Robbie Keane
(LA Galaxy)
Referee Mark Geiger
Attendance 27,000
Weather Cloudy

MLS Cup 2014 was the 19th edition of MLS Cup, the match that determined the champion of Major League Soccer's 2014 season. It is also the last MLS Cup to be held before the league's rebranding in 2015. The Western Conference Champions LA Galaxy played the Eastern Conference Champions New England Revolution. The match was held at the Galaxy's home field of the StubHub Center in Carson, California, as the Galaxy were awarded home advantage by finishing the regular season with more points than the Revolution. The Galaxy won 2–1 after Overtime, winning their fifth MLS Cup title and also sending all-time USA national team goal scoring leader Landon Donovan into retirement with his sixth MLS Cup crown.[1]

It was a record sixth time that the MLS Cup was held at the StubHub Center, and the first time in two years that the venue has hosted the MLS Cup. The Galaxy returned to the MLS Cup for the first time since 2012, when they became the third club to win the championship in back-to-back seasons. It was the first time since 2007 that the Revolution reached the MLS Cup final. The two clubs had met twice before in the MLS Cup final: in 2002 and in 2005; the Galaxy defeated New England 1–0 after Overtime in both finals. New England Revolution became the first club to lose five MLS Cups.

Going into the match, the Galaxy had earned a berth into the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League regardless of the result; New England could only do so by winning the Cup. Since the Seattle Sounders won both the U.S. Open Cup and the Supporters Shield, the Galaxy had secured a berth into the Champions League as the Supporters Shield runner-up. Had New England won the match, they would have entered as the MLS Cup champion representative. Instead, Real Salt Lake will go to the Champions League.

Road to the final

For more details on this topic, see 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Both teams finished second in their respective conferences at the end of the regular season. The Galaxy convincingly defeated Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference semifinals by an aggregate score of 5–0. They then advanced past Seattle Sounders FC and to MLS Cup 2–2 on aggregate due to the away goals tiebreaker, as the Galaxy had 1 away goal to Seattle's 0. New England knocked out the Columbus Crew 7–3 on aggregate after dominating both legs of the Eastern Conference semifinals before narrowly besting the New York 4–3 over the two legs to reach MLS Cup.

New England Revolution Round LA Galaxy
Eastern Conference
Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts.
D.C. United 3417985237+1559
New England Revolution 34171345146+555
Columbus Crew 341410105242+1052
New York Red Bulls 341310115550+550
Sporting Kansas City 34141374841+749
 Regular season
Western Conference
Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts.
Seattle Sounders FC 34201046550+1564
LA Galaxy 34177106937+3261
Real Salt Lake 34158115439+1556
FC Dallas 34151274242054
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34141194538+750
Opponent Result Legs Playoffs Opponent Result Legs
Columbus Crew 7–3 4–2 away; 3–1 home Conf. Semifinals Real Salt Lake 5–0 0–0 away; 5–0 home
New York Red Bulls 4–3 2–1 away; 2–2 home Conference Finals Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 (a) 1–0 home; 1–2 away

Tournament Bracket

East Knockout
   
E4 New York Red Bulls 2
E5 Sporting Kansas City 1
West Knockout
   
W4 FC Dallas 2
W5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup 2014
                                     
E1  D.C. United 0 2 2  
E4  New York Red Bulls 2 1 3  
  E4  New York Red Bulls 1 2 3  
Eastern Conference
  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 1 0 1  
  W1  Seattle Sounders FC 0 2 2
Western Conference
  W2  LA Galaxy (a) 1 1 2  
W2  LA Galaxy 0 5 5
W3  Real Salt Lake 0 0 0  

Match

LA Galaxy
New England Revolution
GK 18Panama Jaime Penedo
RB 20Guam A. J. DeLaGarza
CB 4 United States Omar Gonzalez
CB 22Brazil Leonardo
LB 14United States Robbie Rogers  82'  91'
RM 24Sweden Stefan Ishizaki  91'
CM 8 Brazil Marcelo Sarvas  113'
CM 19Brazil Juninho  96'
LM 10United States Landon Donovan   45+1'
CF 7 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane (c)   92'
CF 11United States Gyasi Zardes
Substitutes:
GK 12United States Brian Rowe
DF 2 United States Todd Dunivant
DF 21United States Tommy Meyer
DF 33United States Dan Gargan  91'
MF 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Baggio Husidić  96'
MF 34United States Kenney Walker
FW 9 United States Alan Gordon   113'  91'
Manager:
United States Bruce Arena

GK 22United States Bobby Shuttleworth
RB 2 United States Andrew Farrell  62'
CB 5 United States A. J. Soares
CB 23Portugal José Gonçalves (c)
LB 8 United States Chris Tierney
DM 6 United States Scott Caldwell  58'
DM 13United States Jermaine Jones  113'
RW 10United States Teal Bunbury
LW 11United States Kelyn Rowe
AM 24United States Lee Nguyen  90+1'
CF 9 United States Charlie Davies  72'
Substitutes:
GK 18United States Brad Knighton
DF 25United States Darrius Barnes
DF 30United States Kevin Alston
MF 12Wales Andy Dorman  90+1'
MF 16Japan Daigo Kobayashi  58'
FW 7 United States Patrick Mullins  72'
FW 14Uruguay Diego Fagúndez
Manager:
United States Jay Heaps

MLS Cup MVP:
Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)

Assistant referees:
Peter Manikowski (United States)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Fourth official:
Armando Villarreal (United States)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall[2]
LA Galaxy New England Revolution
Goals scored 2 1
Total shots 16 16
Shots on target 6 6
Saves 6 4
Corner kicks 3 3
Fouls committed 20 14
Offsides 4 1
Yellow cards 5 2
Red cards 0 0

LA Galaxy

Main article: 2014 LA Galaxy season

New England Revolution

References

  1. ↑ Carlisle, Jeff (December 7, 2014). "Three Points: Los Angeles vs. New England". ESPN FC. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Boxscore – Player statistics". Major League Soccer. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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