MLS Cup 2013 (original) (raw)

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2013 edition of the MLS Cup

Football match

MLS Cup 2013
Event MLS Cup
Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake 1 1
After extra timeSporting Kansas City won 7–6 on penalties
Date December 7, 2013
Venue Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas, US
Most Valuable Player Aurélien Collin(Sporting Kansas City)[1]
Referee Hilario Grajeda
Attendance 21,650
Weather Sunny, 22 °F (−6 °C)[2]
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MLS Cup 2013, the 18th edition of Major League Soccer's championship match, was a soccer match which took place on Saturday, December 7, 2013, between Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. The soccer match was to decide the winner of the 2013 season. Sporting KC were making their third appearance in the competition's final, having won in 2000 and losing in 2004. RSL were appearing in their second final, having won their only other in 2009.

It was the first MLS Cup final to be held at Sporting Park and the second time the championship match was not held at a predetermined neutral site. Sporting Kansas City won the right to host the match by besting Real Salt Lake in the regular season standings. This was the first time Kansas City hosted an MLS Cup final and the second final hosted at Sporting Park, the other being the 2012 U.S. Open Cup final.

The game was the coldest MLS match ever and was tied 1–1 after regulation time and extra time.[3] The penalty shootout was won 7–6 by Sporting Kansas City, ending with the longest shootout in MLS Cup history at ten rounds.[4]

Both teams qualified for the playoffs by finishing in the top five of their respective conferences at the end of the regular season. Sporting Kansas City then beat New England Revolution and Houston Dynamo to reach the final, while Real Salt Lake knocked out defending champions Los Angeles Galaxy and Portland Timbers.

Sporting Kansas City Round Real Salt Lake
Eastern Conference Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts. New York Red Bulls 34 17 9 8 58 41 +17 59 Sporting Kansas City 34 17 10 7 47 30 +17 58 New England Revolution 34 14 11 9 49 38 +11 51 Houston Dynamo 34 14 11 9 41 41 0 51 Montreal Impact 34 14 13 7 50 49 +1 49 Regular season Western Conference Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts. Portland Timbers 34 14 5 15 54 33 +21 57 Real Salt Lake 34 16 10 8 57 41 +16 56 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 15 11 8 53 38 +15 53 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 12 7 42 42 0 52 Colorado Rapids 34 14 11 9 45 38 +7 51
Opponent Result Legs Playoffs Opponent Result Legs
New England Revolution 4–3 1–2 away; 3–1 home Conf. Semifinals Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 0–1 away; 2–0 home
Houston Dynamo 2–1 0–0 away; 2–1 home Conference Finals Portland Timbers 5–2 4–2 home; 1–0 away

The 2013 Cup was the first-ever small media market cup, with both Kansas City and Salt Lake City outside of the Top 10 media markets in the US (Kansas City is #28 and Salt Lake City is #32).[5] The tickets for the match were the highest price for the MLS Cup in the past five years, coming in at an average of $302 on the secondary market. This made it the highest priced sports event in the Kansas City area in four years, with the exception of the 2012 MLB All-Star Game.[6]

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| GK 1 Denmark Jimmy Nielsen (c) RB 7 United States Chance Myers CB 78 France Aurélien Collin Yellow card 35' CB 5 United States Matt Besler LB 15 United States Seth Sinovic RM 6 Brazil Paulo Nagamura CM 20 Spain Oriol Rosell downward-facing red arrow 8' LM 10 United States Benny Feilhaber Yellow card 103' RW 8 United States Graham Zusi CF 14 England Dom Dwyer downward-facing red arrow 72' LW 17 United States C. J. Sapong Substitutes: GK 18 United States Eric Kronberg MF 37 United States Jacob Peterson DF 23 Argentina Federico Bessone FW 16 Argentina Claudio Bieler upward-facing green arrow 72' DF 3 United States Ike Opara FW 9 United States Teal Bunbury DF 13 Kenya Lawrence Olum upward-facing green arrow 8' Manager: United States Peter Vermes | | GK 18 United States Nick Rimando RB 2 United States Tony Beltran CB 6 United States Nat Borchers CB 28 United States Chris Schuler LB 17 United States Chris Wingert Yellow card 24' downward-facing red arrow 72' DM 5 United States Kyle Beckerman (c) Yellow card 100' RM 21 United States Luis Gil downward-facing red arrow 87' LM 20 United States Ned Grabavoy AM 11 Argentina Javier Morales ST 15 Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío Yellow card 44' ST 10 United States Robbie Findley downward-facing red arrow 112' Substitutes: DF 7 Jamaica Lovel Palmer upward-facing green arrow 72' DF 44 United States Brandon McDonald GK 24 United States Jeff Attinella MF 12 United States Cole Grossman FW 8 Ecuador Joao Plata upward-facing green arrow 112' MF 26 Colombia Sebastián Velásquez upward-facing green arrow 87' FW 13 Colombia Olmes García Manager: United States Jason Kreis | | 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As MLS Cup finalists, both teams were supposed to be qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. Sporting Kansas City (the champion) was to be placed in pot A, and Real Salt Lake (the runner-up) was to be placed in pot B. However, on December 13, 2013, CONCACAF accepted the US Soccer/MLS proposal to change the qualification rules, so that the spot reserved for the MLS Cup runner-up is instead awarded to the regular season conference winner that is not the Supporters' Shield champion, the Portland Timbers. Sporting Kansas City was not affected by this change.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Aurelien Collin named Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP after scoring equalizer, netting in shootout". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  2. ^ MLS Communications Department; Elias Sports Bureau (February 23, 2024). "2024 Fact and Record Book". Major League Soccer. p. 159. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Kaplan, Jonathan. "Recap: MLS Cup champions Sporting KC prevail in 10-round penalty shootout after 1–1 draw". Sportingkc.com. Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  4. ^ "Sporting Kansas City vs. Real Salt Lake". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. ^ Borg, Simon. "SmorgasBorg: First-ever small-market MLS Cup a badge of honor for league, supporter5". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  6. ^ Lawrence, Jesse. "Sporting KC Tickets For MLS Cup Are Most Expensive Cup Tickets In Last Five Years". Forbes.com. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  7. ^ McDowell, Sam (December 7, 2013). "Sporting KC captures franchise's second MLS Cup in thrilling penalty-kick shootout". The Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "Portland Timbers headed to 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League after USSF rule change approved". MLSsoccer.com. December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.