MLS Cup 2009

MLS Cup 2009
Real Salt Lake Los Angeles Galaxy
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Real Salt Lake won 5–4 on penalties
Date November 22, 2009
Venue Qwest Field, Seattle
Man of the Match Nick Rimando
(Real Salt Lake)
Attendance 46,011
Weather Cloudy and 45 °F (7 °C)

MLS Cup 2009 was the 14th edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS). The match took place on November 22, 2009, at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington, and was contested between the Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake.

Real Salt Lake won the match 5–4 in a penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw.[1] A penalty miss in the shoot-out from Los Angeles striker Edson Buddle left Salt Lake defender Robbie Russell to score and give the club their first title in only their fifth season.[2] It was the second MLS Cup to match two Western Conference teams against each other. The crowd of 46,011 was the largest since the 2002 MLS Cup, when 61,316 witnessed the title game at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts. 2009 marked Galaxy's 6th appearance in an MLS final; the most out of any other club in the league and extended to 9 in 2011, 2012, and 2014.

ESPN televised the match in English and Galavisión in Spanish. This was the first time that the MLS championship match was televised on the cable network after the first thirteen were carried on ABC. GolTV Canada showed the game in Canada

Venue

Qwest Field was announced as the venue for the MLS Cup on March 11, 2009, a week before Seattle Sounders FC played their inaugural match at the stadium.[3] Qwest Field became the eighth stadium to host the MLS Cup.[3]

Qwest Field was built for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League in 2003, but was designed with soccer in mind. It hosted several international friendly matches, as well as part of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, prior to becoming the home stadium of the Seattle Sounders.[3] Due to the use of Qwest Field as the MLS Cup venue, the Seattle Seahawks schedule was modified to include three away games in November.[4]

Road to the final

Match details

Real Salt Lake
Los Angeles Galaxy
REAL SALT LAKE:
GK 18 United States Nick Rimando
DF 4Colombia Jámison Olave
DF 6 United States Nat Borchers
DF 3 United States Robbie Russell
DF 17 United States Chris Wingert
MF 11Argentina Javier Morales  22'
MF 5United States Kyle Beckerman (c)
MF 77Jamaica Andy Williams
MF 8Canada Will Johnson YC 14'  46'
FW 9Armenia Yura Movsisyan  75'
FW 10 United States Robbie Findley  64'
Substitutes:
MF 84United States Clint Mathis  22'
MF 20United States Ned Grabavoy  46'
FW 16Argentina Fabián Espíndola  75'
Manager:
United States Jason Kreis
LOS ANGELES GALAXY:
GK 1 Jamaica Donovan Ricketts  66'
LB 2 United States Todd Dunivant
CB 16 United States Gregg Berhalter
CB 4United States Omar Gonzalez  89'
RB 28United States Sean Franklin
RM 10United States Landon Donovan (c)
CM 23 England David Beckham
CM 33Trinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall YC 39'  79'
LM 18United States Mike Magee  41'
FW 14 United States Edson Buddle
FW 9United States Jovan Kirovski
Substitutes:
GK 12United States Josh Saunders  66'
MF 7United States Chris Klein  79'
DF 20United States A. J. DeLaGarza  89'
Manager:
United States Bruce Arena

Assistant referees:
United States C.J. Morgante
United States Rob Fereday
Fourth official:
United States Baldomero Toledo

Notes

  1. ↑ "Salt Lake beat L.A. Galaxy to MLS title". CNN. November 23, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Salt Lake beat L.A. Galaxy to MLS title". ESPN. November 23, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 "MLS Cup 2009 awarded to Seattle" (Press release). Major League Soccer. March 11, 2009. Archived from the original on March 13, 2009. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ O'Neil, Danny (April 15, 2009). "Seahawks bumped from '09 prime time". The Seattle Times. p. C3.


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