MLS Cup 2013

{{short description|2013 edition of the MLS Cup}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use American English|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox football match |title = MLS Cup 2013 |image = 200px |event = MLS Cup |team1 = Sporting Kansas City |team1score = 1 |team2 = Real Salt Lake |team2score = 1 |details = After extra time Sporting Kansas City won 7–6 on penalties |date = December 7, 2013 |stadium = Sporting Park |city = Kansas City, Kansas, US |referee = Hilario Grajeda |weather = Sunny, {{convert|22|°F|°C|0}}<ref name="FARB">{{cite web |author1=MLS Communications Department |author2=Elias Sports Bureau |date=February 23, 2024 |title=2024 Fact and Record Book |page=159 |url=https://mlssoccer.app.box.com/s/xvks2sfia70gsowb4qyh61c7ytqpbnht |publisher=Major League Soccer |ref={{sfnref|Major League Soccer|2024}} |accessdate=December 12, 2024}}</ref> |man_of_the_match1a = Aurélien Collin (Sporting Kansas City)<ref name="mlscupmvp">{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/07/aurelien-collin-named-volkswagen-mls-cup-mvp-after-scoring-equalizer-netting|title=Aurelien Collin named Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP after scoring equalizer, netting in shootout|date=December 7, 2013|work=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer|access-date=December 7, 2013|archive-date=December 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209155436/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/07/aurelien-collin-named-volkswagen-mls-cup-mvp-after-scoring-equalizer-netting|url-status=dead}}</ref> | man_of_the_match1aname = Most Valuable Player |attendance = 21,650 |previous = 2012 |next = 2014 }} '''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.

MLS Cup 2013 was the coldest match in league history, with a recorded temperature of {{convert|22|°F|°C|0}} at kickoff, and broke a record set two weeks earlier by Kansas City in the Eastern Conference Final.<ref name=Coldest>{{cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Jonathan|title=Recap: MLS Cup champions Sporting KC prevail in 10-round penalty shootout after 1–1 draw|url=http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2013/12/recap-mls-cup-champions-sporting-kc-prevail-10-round-penalty-shootout-after-1-1-draw|work=Sportingkc.com|publisher=Sporting Kansas City|access-date=December 8, 2013|archive-date=December 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210035336/http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2013/12/recap-mls-cup-champions-sporting-kc-prevail-10-round-penalty-shootout-after-1-1-draw|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lalas |first=Greg |date=November 23, 2013 |title=Sporting KC-Houston Dynamo was the coldest MLS match ever |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/sporting-kc-houston-dynamo-was-coldest-mls-match-ever |work=MLSsoccer.com |accessdate=February 16, 2025}}</ref> The match was tied 1–1 after regulation time and extra time. The penalty shootout was won 7–6 by Sporting Kansas City, ending with the longest shootout in MLS Cup history at ten rounds.<ref name="Coldest"/><ref name="golazo">{{cite web|url=http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-12-07-sporting-kansas-city-vs-real-salt-lake/recap|title=Sporting Kansas City vs. Real Salt Lake|date=December 7, 2013|work=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer|access-date=December 7, 2013|archive-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908000614/http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-12-07-sporting-kansas-city-vs-real-salt-lake/recap|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Road to the final== {{further|2013 MLS Cup Playoffs}} 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.

{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;" |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf;" !colspan=3 style="width:1*"|Sporting Kansas City !Round !colspan=3 style="width:1*"|Real Salt Lake |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !colspan=9|Eastern Conference |- ! style="width:175px;"|Team !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GP | Games played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| W | Wins}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| L | Losses}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| T | Ties}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts. | Points}} |- |align=left|New York Red Bulls |34||17||9||8||58||41||+17||'''59''' |- |align=left|'''Sporting Kansas City''' |'''34'''||'''17'''||'''10'''||'''7'''||'''47'''||'''30'''||'''+17'''||'''58''' |- |align=left|New England Revolution |34||14||11||9||49||38||+11||'''51''' |- |align=left|Houston Dynamo |34||14||11||9||41||41||0||'''51''' |- |align=left|Montreal Impact |34||14||13||7||50||49||+1||'''49''' |} | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Regular season | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !colspan=9|Western Conference |- ! style="width:175px;"|Team !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GP | Games played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| W | Wins}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| L | Losses}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| T | Ties}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts. | Points}} |- |align=left|Portland Timbers |34||14||5||15||54||33||+21||'''57''' |- |align=left|'''Real Salt Lake''' |'''34'''||'''16'''||'''10'''||'''8'''||'''57'''||'''41'''||'''+16'''||'''56''' |- |align=left|Los Angeles Galaxy |34||15||11||8||53||38||+15||'''53''' |- |align=left|Seattle Sounders FC |34||15||12||7||42||42||0||'''52''' |- |align=left|Colorado Rapids |34||14||11||9||45||38||+7||'''51''' |} |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#c1e0ff;" |Opponent |Result |Legs | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Playoffs |Opponent |Result |Legs |- |New England Revolution |4–3 |1–2 away; 3–1 home | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Conf. Semifinals |Los Angeles Galaxy |2–1 |0–1 away; 2–0 home |- |Houston Dynamo |2–1 |0–0 away; 2–1 home | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Conference Finals |Portland Timbers |5–2 |4–2 home; 1–0 away |}

==Pre-match==

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).<ref name="Small Market Cup">{{cite web|last=Borg|first=Simon|title=SmorgasBorg: First-ever small-market MLS Cup a badge of honor for league, supporter5|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/11/25/smorgasborg-first-ever-small-market-mls-cup-badge-honor-leagues-supporters|work=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer|access-date=November 26, 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Ticket Value">{{cite web|last=Lawrence|first=Jesse|title=Sporting KC Tickets For MLS Cup Are Most Expensive Cup Tickets In Last Five Years|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jesselawrence/2013/11/30/sporting-kc-tickets-for-mls-cup-are-most-expensive-championship-game-tickets-in-last-five-year/|work=Forbes.com|access-date=December 2, 2013}}</ref>

==Match==

===Details=== {{football box |date = December 7, 2013 |time = 3:00 p.m. CST |team1 = Sporting Kansas City |score = 1–1 |aet=yes |report = http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-12-07-sporting-kansas-city-vs-real-salt-lake/recap |team2 = Real Salt Lake |goals1 = * Collin {{goal|76}} |goals2 = * Saborío {{goal|52}} |stadium = Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas |attendance = 21,650<ref name="kcstarmlscup2013report">{{cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/07/4677256/sporting-kc-captures-franchises.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213195802/http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/07/4677256/sporting-kc-captures-franchises.html |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |title=Sporting KC captures franchise's second MLS Cup in thrilling penalty-kick shootout |last=McDowell |first=Sam |date=December 7, 2013 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |access-date=December 7, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |referee = Hilario Grajeda |penalties1= * Bieler {{pengoal}} * Nagamura {{pengoal}} * Besler {{penmiss}} * Feilhaber {{pengoal}} * Zusi {{penmiss}} * Sinovic {{pengoal}} * Sapong {{pengoal}} * Olum {{penmiss}} * Myers {{pengoal}} * Collin {{pengoal}} |penaltyscore=7–6 |penalties2= * {{penmiss}} Saborío * {{penmiss}} Grabavoy * {{pengoal}} Beckerman * {{pengoal}} Plata * {{pengoal}} Morales * {{pengoal}} Schuler * {{pengoal}} Beltran * {{penmiss}} Velásquez * {{pengoal}} Borchers * {{penmiss}} Palmer }} {| style="width:92%;" |- |{{Football kit | pattern_la = _SPORTING_13h | pattern_b = _SPORTING_13h | pattern_ra = _CHIVASUSA_13a | pattern_sh = _SPORTING_11h | pattern_so = _3_stripes_black | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = 9DBCD9 | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = 9DBCD9 | title = Sporting Kansas City }} |{{Football kit | pattern_la = _RSL_12 | pattern_b = _RSL_12h | pattern_ra = _RSL_12h | pattern_sh = _RSL_12h | pattern_so = _RSL | leftarm = FFC20E | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = B20000 | title = Real Salt Lake }} |}

{| style="width:100%;" |- |style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|DEN}} Jimmy Nielsen (c) |- |RB ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Chance Myers |- |CB ||'''78'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} Aurélien Collin || {{yel|35}} |- |CB ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Matt Besler |- |LB ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Sinovic |- |RM ||'''6'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo Nagamura |- |CM ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} Oriol Rosell || || {{suboff|8}} |- |LM ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Benny Feilhaber || {{yel|103}} |- |RW ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Zusi |- |CF ||'''14''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Dom Dwyer || || {{suboff|72}} |- |LW ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|USA}} C. J. Sapong |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |GK ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Kronberg |- |MF ||'''37''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} Jacob Peterson |- |DF ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Bessone |- |FW ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} Claudio Bieler || || {{subon|72}} |- |DF ||'''3'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Ike Opara |- |FW ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} Teal Bunbury |- |DF ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|KEN}} Lawrence Olum || || {{subon|8}} |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Vermes |} |valign="top"| | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK ||'''18''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Rimando |- |RB ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Beltran |- |CB ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} Nat Borchers |- |CB ||'''28'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Schuler |- |LB ||'''17''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Wingert || {{yel|24}} ||{{suboff|72}} |- |DM ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Beckerman (c) || {{yel|100}} |- |RM ||'''21''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} Luis Gil || || {{suboff|87}} |- |LM ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Ned Grabavoy |- |AM ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Morales |- |ST ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|CRC}} Álvaro Saborío || {{yel|44}} |- |ST ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Robbie Findley || || {{suboff|112}} |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |DF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|JAM}} Lovel Palmer || || {{subon|72}} |- |DF ||'''44'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Brandon McDonald |- |GK ||'''24''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Attinella |- |MF ||'''12''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} Cole Grossman |- |FW ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|ECU}} Joao Plata || || {{subon|112}} |- |MF ||'''26'''||{{flagicon|COL}} Sebastián Velásquez || || {{subon|87}} |- |FW ||'''13''' ||{{flagicon|COL}} Olmes García |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Kreis |} |}  {| style="width:50%; font-size:90%;" | '''MLS Cup MVP:''' {{flagicon|FRA}} Aurélien Collin (Sporting Kansas City)<ref name="mlscupmvp"/>

'''Assistant referees:''' Paul Scott (United States) Bill Dittmar (United States) '''Fourth official:''' Ismail Elfath (United States) |style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"| '''Match rules''' *90 minutes. *30 minutes of extra time if necessary. *Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. *Seven named substitutes. *Maximum of three substitutions. |}

===Statistics=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center" |+Overall<ref name=Coldest /> |- ! scope="col" style="width:100px;"| ! scope="col" style="width:70px;"| {{nowrap|Sporting Kansas City}} ! scope="col" style="width:70px;"| {{nowrap|Real Salt Lake}} |- |scope=row|Goals scored | 1 | 1 |- |scope=row|Total shots | 24 | 12 |- |scope=row|Shots on target | 5 | 2 |- |scope=row|Saves | 1 | 4 |- |scope=row|Corner kicks | 9 | 1 |- |scope=row|Fouls committed | 19 | 21 |- |scope=row|Offsides | 4 | 3 |- |scope=row|Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |- |scope=row|Red cards | 0 | 0 |}

==Post-match==

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.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Portland Timbers headed to 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League after USSF rule change approved |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/portland-timbers-headed-2014-15-concacaf-champions-league-after-ussf-rule-change |work=MLSsoccer.com |access-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

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