MLS Cup 2016

MLS Cup 2016
Event MLS Cup
Toronto FC Seattle Sounders FC
Date December 10, 2016
Venue BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Referee Alan Kelly[1]

MLS Cup 2016 will be the 21st edition of MLS Cup, the championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS), to be contested between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada. The final will be the first time that a Canadian team contests the MLS Cup as well as the first time the game will be contested between MLS expansion teams; this will be the second cup to be held at BMO Field, the first being MLS Cup 2010. It will be the first final since 2008 to feature two teams making their first appearance in MLS Cup, and the first time features two MLS expansion teams.

Road to the final

For more details on this topic, see 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Toronto FC Round Seattle Sounders FC
3rd place in Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 New York Red Bulls 34 57
2 New York City FC 34 54
3 Toronto FC 34 53
4 D.C. United 34 46
5 Montreal Impact 34 45
Source: MLS
 Regular season 4th place in Western Conference
Pos Team Pld Pts
2 Colorado Rapids 34 58
3 LA Galaxy 34 52
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 48
5 Sporting Kansas City 34 47
6 Real Salt Lake 34 46
Source: MLS
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg MLS Cup Playoffs Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Philadelphia Union 3–1 (H) Knockout Round Sporting Kansas City 1–0 (H)
New York City FC 7–0 2–0 (H) 5–0 (A) Conference Semifinals FC Dallas 4–2 3–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
Montreal Impact 7–5 2–3 (A) 5–2 (a.e.t.) (H) Conference Finals Colorado Rapids 3–1 2–1 (H) 1–0 (A)

Venue

BMO Field was confirmed as the host of MLS Cup 2016 after Toronto FC won the Eastern Conference Championship, leaving them as the highest remaining seed. The stadium was renovated prior to the 2016 season, adding additional seats and a roof to cover the stands at a cost of $150 million.[2] Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the owners of BMO Field and Toronto FC, spent C$7 million on pitch maintenance for the 2016 season.[3]

During the season, a temporary upper grandstand was built in the south end, originally to accommodate a larger crowd for the Canadian Football League's 104th Grey Cup. The club subsequently confirmed that the temporary seats would be made available to soccer fans if Toronto qualified for any playoff games that took place after the CFL championship game (specifically, the Eastern Conference Final and the MLS Cup).[4] With the temporary seats, the stadium's capacity in its soccer configuration is about 36,000.[5]

Broadcasting

The 2016 final will be broadcast by Fox Sports on terrestrial television in the United States, for the first time since 2008. The match will also be carried by UniMás in Spanish within the United States. In Canada, the match will be broadcast in English by TSN and in French by RDS.[6]

Match

Details

References

  1. ↑ "PRO names Alan Kelly man in the middle for 2016 MLS Cup Final". MLSsoccer.com. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ Larson, Kurtis (May 5, 2016). "'A whole new stadium': Take a look at renovated BMO Field ahead of Toronto FC home opener". National Post. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Armstrong, Laura (November 26, 2016). "BMO Field's grass whisperer silences skeptics". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ Davidson, Neil (November 30, 2016). "Toronto FC and Montreal Impact take to BMO Field in bid for MLS Cup final". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ Armstrong, Laura (November 29, 2016). "TFC knows the score, and 1-0 would be just fine". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "MLS Cup set for Primetime on FOX, UniMás, TSN and RDS, December 10" (Press release). Major League Soccer. September 6, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
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