MLS Cup 2015
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| Event | MLS Cup | ||||||
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| Date | December 6, 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, Ohio | ||||||
| Most Valuable Player |
Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers) |
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| Referee | Jair Marrufo | ||||||
| Attendance | 21,747 | ||||||
| Weather | Partly Cloudy and 46 °F (8 °C) | ||||||
MLS Cup 2015 was the 20th edition of MLS Cup, the championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS). The match was to determine the champion of MLS' 2015 season. The championship was contested on December 6, 2015 between the Columbus Crew SC and the Portland Timbers at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, with the latter winning 2–1 and earning a berth into the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.
The Timbers' Diego Valeri scored the fastest goal in MLS Cup history at 27 seconds after Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark miscontrolled his defender's back-pass. Portland doubled their lead in the seventh minute with a goal by Rodney Wallace, and although Columbus got a goal back through Kei Kamara in the 18th minute, the Timbers held on for their first MLS Cup championship. It was the first men's professional sports championship for a team from Portland, Oregon since the Portland Trail Blazers won the 1977 NBA championship.
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Portland opened up the scoring early as midfielder Diego Valeri swiped the ball out from under Columbus goalkeeper Steve Clark and flicked the ball into the back of the net with one touch at the 27-second mark. It was the fastest ever goal scored in an MLS Cup match. The Timbers kept the pressure on, and when the assistant referee failed to call a ball out of bounds after it drifted across the sideline and several Crew players stopped playing, Portland midfielder Darlington Nagbe capitalized, passing to forward Lucas Melano to set the table for a goal by left winger Rodney Wallace that put Portland on top 2–0 in the seventh minute.
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