Playoffs · 2013

The 2013 playoffs.

Sporting Kansas City beat Real Salt Lake in MLS Cup 2013. Nineteen clubs; the top five in each conference qualified in fully separate brackets, unchanged from 2012.

Final

Western Conference

Knockout roundSingle match

Conference semifinalsTwo legs, aggregate

Conference finalsTwo legs, aggregate

Two legsNov 10 · Nov 24

1Portland202

2Salt Lake415

RSL won 5–2 on aggregate

Two legsNov 2 · Nov 7

1Portland235

4Seattle123

POR won 5–3 on aggregate

One matchOct 30

4Seattle2

5Colorado0

SEA won 2–0

Two legsNov 3 · Nov 7

2Salt Lake022

3LA Galaxy101

RSL won 2–1 on aggregate

Eastern Conference

Knockout roundSingle match

Conference semifinalsTwo legs, aggregate

Conference finalsTwo legs, aggregate

Two legsNov 9 · Nov 23

2Sporting KC022

4Houston011

SKC won 2–1 on aggregate

Two legsNov 2 · Nov 6

2Sporting KC134

3New England213

SKC won 4–3 on aggregate

Two legsNov 3 · Nov 6

1Red Bulls213

4Houston224

HOU won 4–3 on aggregate

One matchOct 31

4Houston3

5Montreal0

HOU won 3–0

MLS Cup

Dec 7

One matchDec 7

E2Sporting KC1(7)

W2Salt Lake1(6)

SKC won 7–6 on penalties after 1–1

2013 championSporting Kansas City

MLS Cup 2013

Sporting Kansas City over Real Salt Lake.

1–1(7–6 hosted by sporting kansas city as the finalist with the better regular-season record; ten-round shootout.)

Venue: Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas
Attendance: 21,650
MVP: Aurélien Collin
Field: 10 of 19 clubs

The format

How 2013 worked.

Nineteen clubs; the top five in each conference qualified in fully separate brackets, unchanged from 2012. The 4th and 5th seeds met in a single knockout match at the 4th seed, the winner facing the No. 1 seed; conference semifinals and finals were two-legged aggregate series with the higher seed hosting the second leg, and MLS Cup a single match hosted by the finalist with the better regular-season record. Ties went to extra time then penalties; no away-goals rule.

Format unchanged from 2012.

01Knockout roundSingle matchOct 30 – Oct 31
02Conference semifinalsTwo legs, aggregateNov 2 – Nov 7
03Conference finalsTwo legs, aggregateNov 9 – Nov 24
04MLS CupSingle matchDec 7

Seeding: Top five per conference by points, seeded 1–5 within the conference; the 4 v 5 knockout winner met the No. 1 seed and the 2 and 3 seeds met each other. No cross-conference series.
Hosting: Knockout match hosted by the 4th seed; higher seed hosted the second leg of each two-legged series; MLS Cup hosted by the finalist with the better regular-season record (Sporting Kansas City, 59 pts v Real Salt Lake 56).
Ties: Aggregate goals over two legs; if level after the second leg, 30 minutes of extra time then penalty kicks. Neither the away-goals rule nor golden goal was used. Single matches (knockout round, MLS Cup) went to extra time then penalties.

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Match sheets · 2013

Every 2013 playoff match, in order.

Each one has its own page. The whole 2013 season is on the 2013 season page.