2017 MLS Cup Playoffs

Tournament statisticsMatches played17Goals scored34 (2 per match)Attendance453,781 (26,693 per match)Top goal scorer(s) Clint Dempsey
(3 goals)

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.^[1] 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.

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

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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

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

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Columbus Crew won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Seattle Sounders FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

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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

Toronto FC won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Seattle Sounders FC won 5–0 on aggregate.

MLS Cup

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

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