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Main article: 2017 Major League Soccer season 2017 edition of the MLS playoffs

Football tournament season

2017 MLS Cup Playoffs
Tournament details

Country	United States Canada
Dates	October 25 – December 9
Teams	12
Defending champions	Seattle Sounders FC
Final positions
Champions	Toronto FC (1st title)
Runner-up	Seattle Sounders FC
Semifinalists	Columbus Crew SC Houston Dynamo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	34 (2 per match)
Attendance	453,781 (26,693 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Clint Dempsey (3 goals)
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The 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) began on October 25 and ended on December 9 with MLS Cup 2017, the 22nd league championship match for MLS. This is the 22nd version of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. Twelve teams, the top six of each conference, compete in the MLS Cup Playoffs.

The first round of each conference has the third-seeded team hosting the sixth seed while the fourth-seed hosts the fifth seed 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 plays the next-lowest. The winners advance to the Conference Finals. Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals are played as a two-legged aggregate series. The winners advance to the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the participant with the better regular season record.

Conference standings

The top six teams from each conference advance to the MLS Cup playoffs. Chicago and Portland won seeding tiebreakers over Atlanta and Seattle, respectively, based on total wins.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Toronto FC	34	69
2	New York City FC	34	57
3	Chicago Fire	34	55
4	Atlanta United FC	34	55
5	Columbus Crew	34	54
6	New York Red Bulls	34	50
7	New England Revolution	34	45
8	Philadelphia Union	34	42
9	Montreal Impact	34	39
10	Orlando City SC	34	39
11	D.C. United	34	32

Source: MLS

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Portland Timbers	34	53
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	53
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	52
4	Houston Dynamo	34	50
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	49
6	San Jose Earthquakes	34	46
7	FC Dallas	34	46
8	Real Salt Lake	34	45
9	Minnesota United FC	34	36
10	Colorado Rapids	34	33
11	LA Galaxy	34	32

Source: MLS

Bracket

Knockout round			Conference semifinals					Conference finals					MLS Cup December 9 – Toronto, Ontario

			E5	Columbus Crew	4	0	4
October 26 – Atlanta, Georgia
			E2	New York City FC	1	2	3
E4	Atlanta United FC	0 (1)

E5	Columbus Crew (p)	0 (3)
								E5	Columbus Crew	0	0	0
Eastern Conference
								E1	Toronto FC	0	1	1



			E6	New York Red Bulls	1	1	2
October 25 – Bridgeview, Illinois
			E1	Toronto FC	2	0	2 (a)
E3	Chicago Fire	0

E6	New York Red Bulls	4
													E1	Toronto FC	2

													W2	Seattle Sounders FC	0



			W4	Houston Dynamo	0	2	2
October 26 – Houston, Texas
			W1	Portland Timbers	0	1	1
W4	Houston Dynamo (a.e.t.)	1

W5	Sporting Kansas City	0
								W4	Houston Dynamo	0	0	0
Western Conference
								W2	Seattle Sounders FC	2	3	5



			W3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0
October 25 – Vancouver, British Columbia
			W2	Seattle Sounders FC	0	2	2
W3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	5

W6	San Jose Earthquakes	0

Knockout round

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Eastern Conference
Chicago Fire (E3)	0–4	New York Red Bulls (E6)
Atlanta United FC (E4)	0–0 (1–3 p)	Columbus Crew SC (E5)
Western Conference
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3)	5–0	San Jose Earthquakes (W6)
Houston Dynamo (W4)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sporting Kansas City (W5)

Matches

October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)20:30 EDT (19:30 CDT)

Chicago Fire	0–4	New York Red Bulls
	Report	Wright-Phillips 7' Kljestan 11' Royer 70' Verón 87'

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IllinoisAttendance: 11,647Referee: Ismail Elfath

October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)19:00 EDT

Atlanta United FC	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew SC
	Report
Penalties
Gressel González Pirez Villalba Larentowicz	1–3	Higuaín Manneh Hansen Jahn

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GeorgiaAttendance: 67,221Referee: Allen Chapman

October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)22:30 EDT (19:30 PDT)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	5–0	San Jose Earthquakes
Montero 33' Techera 57' Waston 64' Mezquida 78', 80'	Report

BC Place, Vancouver, British ColumbiaAttendance: 21,083Referee: José Carlos Rivero

October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)21:30 EDT (20:30 CDT)

Houston Dynamo	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sporting Kansas City
Elis 94'	Report

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TexasAttendance: 14,126Referee: Mark Geiger

Conference semifinals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastern Conference
New York Red Bulls (E6)	2–2 (a)	Toronto FC (E1)	1–2	1–0
Columbus Crew SC (E5)	4–3	New York City FC (E2)	4–1	0–2
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4)	2–1	Portland Timbers (W1)	0–0	2–1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W3)	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC (W2)	0–0	0–2

Matches

October 30, 2017 (2017-10-30)19:00 EDT

New York Red Bulls	1–2	Toronto FC
Royer 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Vázquez 8' Giovinco 72'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New JerseyAttendance: 18,107Referee: Drew Fischer November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)15:00 EST

Toronto FC	0–1	New York Red Bulls
	Report	Wright-Phillips 53'

BMO Field, Toronto, OntarioAttendance: 29,974Referee: Chris Penso

2–2 on aggregate. Toronto FC won on away goals.

October 31, 2017 (2017-10-31)20:00 EDT

Columbus Crew SC	4–1	New York City FC
Kamara 6' Artur 58' Meram 69' Afful 90+3'	Report	Villa 78'

MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, OhioAttendance: 14,416Referee: Alan Kelly November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)17:00 EST

New York City FC	2–0	Columbus Crew SC
Villa 16' (pen.) Struna 53'	Report

Yankee Stadium, New York, New YorkAttendance: 23,246Referee: Kevin Stott

Columbus Crew won 4–3 on aggregate.

October 29, 2017 (2017-10-29)20:30 EDT (17:30 PDT)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC
	Report

BC Place, Vancouver, British ColumbiaAttendance: 27,837Referee: Kevin Stott November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)22:30 EDT (19:30 PDT)

Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Dempsey 56', 88'	Report

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WashingtonAttendance: 39,587Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Seattle Sounders FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

October 30, 2017 (2017-10-30)21:30 EDT (20:30 CDT)

Houston Dynamo	0–0	Portland Timbers
	Report

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TexasAttendance: 15,169Referee: Robert Sibiga November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)19:30 EST (16:30 PST)

Portland Timbers	1–2	Houston Dynamo
Asprilla 39'	Report	Remick 43' Manotas 77'

Providence Park, Portland, OregonAttendance: 21,144Referee: Ismail Elfath

Houston Dynamo won 2–1 on aggregate.

Conference finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastern Conference
Columbus Crew SC (E5)	0–1	Toronto FC (E1)	0–0	0–1
Western Conference
Houston Dynamo (W4)	0–5	Seattle Sounders FC (W2)	0–2	0–3

Matches

November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)20:00 EST

Columbus Crew SC	0–0	Toronto FC
	Report

MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, OhioAttendance: 21,289Referee: Robert Sibiga November 29, 2017 (2017-11-29)19:30 EST

Toronto FC	1–0	Columbus Crew SC
Altidore 60'	Report

BMO Field, Toronto, OntarioAttendance: 30,392Referee: Jair Marrufo

Toronto FC won 1–0 on aggregate.

November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)22:00 EST (21:00 CST)

Houston Dynamo	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC
	Report	Svensson 11' Bruin 42'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TexasAttendance: 22,661Referee: Chris Penso November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)22:30 EST (19:30 PST)

Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	Houston Dynamo
Rodríguez 22' Dempsey 57' Bruin 73'	Report

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WashingtonAttendance: 45,298Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Seattle Sounders FC won 5–0 on aggregate.

MLS Cup

Main article: MLS Cup 2017 December 9, 2017 (2017-12-09)4:00 p.m. EST

Toronto FC	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC
Altidore 67' Vázquez 90+4'	Report

BMO Field, Toronto, CanadaAttendance: 30,584Referee: Allen Chapman (United States)

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders FC	3
2	Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC	2
	Will Bruin	Seattle Sounders FC
	Nicolás Mezquida	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Daniel Royer	New York Red Bulls
	Víctor Vázquez	Toronto FC
	David Villa	New York City FC
	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls
9	Harrison Afful	Columbus Crew SC	1
	Artur	Columbus Crew SC
	Alberth Elis	Houston Dynamo
	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC
	Ola Kamara	Columbus Crew SC
	Sacha Kljestan	New York Red Bulls
	Justin Meram	Columbus Crew SC
	Fredy Montero	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Víctor Rodríguez	Seattle Sounders FC
	Andraž Struna	New York City FC
	Gustav Svensson	Seattle Sounders FC
	Cristian Techera	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Gonzalo Verón	New York Red Bulls
	Kendall Waston	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

References

"Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs schedule revealed, final to be played on Dec. 9". Major League Soccer. August 23, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
"Playoffs". Major League Soccer.

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