MLS Cup Playoffs: It's Galaxy Vs. Revs For Marbles; Los Angeles Foils Seattle Again

At Seattle:

Juninho scored the series-winning goal in the 54th minute on Sunday night as the Los Angeles Galaxy, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to the Seattle Sounders, won Major League Soccer's Western Conference Final on away goals with the aggregate score at 2-2, spoiling goals from the Sounders' Brad Evans (26') and Clint Dempsey (32').

The Galaxy will host the New England Revolution in their ninth MLS Cup Final next Sunday at the StubHub Center in Carson, California (12:00 Noon Pacific Time, ESPN).

The Galaxy will look to become the first team to win five MLS Cup Finals while the Revs will look to win their first title, in this, their fifth Cup Final appearance.

MLS Cup Playoffs: Charlie Davies Scores Twice As Revs Oust Red Bulls To Reach First MLS Cup Final Since 2007

At Foxborough, Massachusetts:

Charlie Davies scored twice (41', 70') on Saturday as the New England Revolution gained a 2-2 home draw in the second match of their two-game Major League Soccer Eastern Conference playoff final with the New York Red Bulls and won the series 4-3 on aggregate.

The Revolution will play in their fifth MLS Cup Final next Sunday against the Los Angeles-Seattle series winner.  The Revs have come up empty in all four of their previous appearances (2002 and 2005 against the Los Angeles Galaxy; 2006 and 2007 against the Houston Dynamo).

MLS Cup Playoffs: Revs (On Road), Galaxy (At Home) Take Conference Final Series Openers

The Major League Soccer Cup Playoffs resumed on Sunday with the opening contest of each of the respective conference finals.

At Harrison, New Jersey:

Jermaine Jones scored the winning goal in the 86th minute as the New England Revolution took the opening match of the Eastern Conference Final 2-1 on the road over the New York Red Bulls.



At Carson, California:

Marcelo Sarvas scored the only goal of the match in the 52nd minute as the Los Angeles Galaxy bested the visiting Seattle Sounders 1-0 in game one of the Western Conference Final.

MLS Cup Playoffs: Scoreless Home Stalemate In Game Two Good Enough For Sounders As Seattle Eliminates Hoops For Shot At Galaxy

At Seattle:

A 0-0 Monday home deadlock against FC Dallas in the second match of their two-game Major League Soccer Western Conference semifinal series enabled the Seattle Sounders to advance on away goals with the aggregate score at 1-1. 

Here's the schedule for the MLS Cup conference finals:

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

At Harrison, New Jersey:

New York Red Bulls vs. New England Revolution, Game #1, Sunday, November 23 @ 10:30 AM Pacific Time (NBC)

At Foxborough, Massachusetts:

New England vs. New York, Game #2, Saturday, November 28 @ 12:00 Noon, PST (NBCSN)



WESTERN CONFERENCE:

At Carson, California:

Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders FC, Game #1, Sunday, November 23 @ 2:00 PM PST (ESPN)

At Seattle:

Seattle vs. Los Angeles, Game #2, Sunday November 30 @ 6:00 PM PST (ESPN)

The two conference final winners will meet in the MLS Cup Final at the home of the higher-seeded club on Sunday, December 7 @ 12:00 Noon Pacific Time on ESPN.

MLS Cup Playoffs: Revs Finish Off Shorthanded Crew, Get Red Bulls Next; Big Night For LD As Galaxy Vanquish RSL And Advance To West Final

Action in the Major League Soccer Cup Playoffs continued on Sunday with two games.

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

At Foxborough, Massachusetts:

Goals from Lee Nguyen (43'), Jose Goncalves, and Teal Bunbury carried the New England Revolution to a 3-1 game-two home victory over the nine-man Columbus Crew and a 7-3 two-game conference semifinal series aggregate victory.  The Revs will take on the New York Red Bulls in the Eastern Conference final.

WESTERN CONFERENCE:

At Carson, California:

Landon Donovan delivered a hat trick (11', 55', 72') as the Los Angeles Galaxy destroyed visiting Real Salt Lake 5-0 in game two of their conference semifinal series and took their series by that same score on aggregate.  The Galaxy will next take on the Seattle-Dallas winner in the Western Conference final.

MLS Cup Playoffs: Red Bulls Knock Out DC United Despite 2-1 Game-Two Road Defeat

At Washington:

Peguy Luyindula scored a critical goal in the 57th minute on Saturday as the New York Red Bulls, despite dropping a 2-1 road decision in game two of their Major League Soccer Cup Playoff Eastern Conference semifinal series with DC United, ousted the conference's top-seeded club 3-2 on aggregate, having finally ousted the capital city's club in MLS Cup playoff action on their fifth attempt.

MLS Cup Playoffs: Red Bulls Blank DC United 2-0 At Home In East Semi Series Opener; Sounders Gain West Semi Series-Opening 1-1 Road Draw With Hoops

Two games were played on Sunday as the Major League Soccer Cup Playoff continued.

EASTERN CONFERENCE;

At Harrison, New Jersey:

Bradley Wright-Phillips (40') and Peguy Luyindula (73') delivered the goals as the New York Red Bulls blanked visiting DC United 2-0 in the opening game of their two-match Eastern Conference semifinal series.  The New York MLS franchise has never advanced past DC in four previous playoff encounters.



WESTERN CONFERENCE:

At Frisco, Texas:

Osvaldo Alonso's equalizer in the 54th minute lifted the Seattle Sounders to a 1-1 Western Conference semifinal series-opening road draw with FC Dallas.  Michel successfully converted a penalty kick in the 34th minute for the Hoops.

MLS Cup Playoffs: Revs Take Command Of Series With Crew After Game-One Road Win; RSL And Galaxy Battle To 0-0 Draw In Series Opener In Utah

The Major League Soccer Cup Playoffs continued on Saturday as two conference semifinal series opened.

NOTE:  This is the first time that MLS will be using the away goals rule in their two-game conference semifinal and final series as a tie-breaker in the event the aggregate score were deadlocked after 180 minutes.

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

At Columbus, Ohio:

Charlie Davies scored twice (34', 78') while Chris Tierney (51') and Lee Nguyen (70') each added a goal as the New England Revolution took command of their two-match series with the Columbus Crew following their series-opening 4-2 road win.



WESTERN CONFERENCE:

At Sandy, Utah:

The opening match between Real Salt Lake and the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy ended in a 0-0 stalemate. Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo made six saves to keep RSL off the scoreboard. 

MLS Cup Playoffs: BWP's Late Double Stuns SKC, Leads Red Bulls Into Conference Semifinal Series With DC United

At Harrison, New Jersey:

Bradley Wright-Phillips scored twice late in the second half (77', 90') as the New York Red Bulls came from behind Thursday to dethrone defending champions Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in the Major League Soccer Eastern Conference knockout playoff match.

New York will host DC United in the opening match of an Eastern Conference two-game semifinal series on Sunday at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (Univision Deportes) with the return contest set for Washington on November 8 (11:30 AM Pacific Time, NBC).

MLS Cup Playoffs: Michel Delivers Late PK As Hoops Oust Caps In Knockout Match; Get Sounders Next

At Frisco, Texas:

Michel's penalty kick in the 84th minute carried FC Dallas To a 2-1 home victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in the Western Conference one-game knockout playoff as the Major League Soccer Cup Playoffs commenced on Wednesday.

The Hoops will next take on the newly-crowned Supporters' Shield winners, the Seattle Sounders in a two-game Western Conference semifinal series, which begins this coming Sunday at Frisco, Texas (6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, ESPN 2), with the return match to be played in Seattle on Monday, November 10 (7:30 PM Pacific Time, NBCSN).