MLS Cup 2007

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1 2 Total New England Revolution 1 0 1 Houston Dynamo 0 2 2
Goals	NE: Taylor Twellman 20' HOU: Joseph Ngwenya 61' HOU: Dwayne De Rosario 74'
Date	November 18, 2007
Stadium	Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
MVP	Dwayne De Rosario
National anthem	Plácido Domingo
Halftime show	Jimmy Eat World
Weather	Sunny 55°F
Attendance	39,859
TV in the United States
Network	ABC, ABCHD
Announcers	Dave O'Brien Eric Wynalda Rob Stone Julie Foudy Allen Hopkins
Network	TeleFutura
Announcers	Jorge Perez-Navarro Diego Balado
TV in Canada
Network	CBC Country Canada
Announcers	None (Simulcast of ABC)

The 2007 MLS Cup was the championship game of the 2007 Major League Soccer season, played on November 18, 2007 between the 2007 MLS Eastern Conference Champion New England Revolution and the 2007 MLS Western Conference Champion Houston Dynamo— a rematch of the 2006 MLS Cup final. For the second straight year, the Houston Dynamo defeated the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup.

Contents 1 MLS Cup 2 MLS Cup Playoffs 2.1 New England Revolution 2.2 Houston Dynamo 3 Bracket 3.1 MLS Cup 2007 3.2 Match details 4 Notes 5 References

[edit] MLS Cup

RFK Stadium, the home stadium for D.C. United, played host to the 2007 MLS Cup—the third time RFK Stadium hosted the championship game, and first since 2000.^[1] Plácido Domingo performed the national anthem and Jimmy Eat World performed "Big Casino" at halftime. ^[2]

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs

MLS adopted a new format for qualification into the playoffs. In 2007, the top two teams from each of the league's two conferences, followed by the next four teams with the highest number of points at the end of the regular season, qualified for the postseason, leading to the possibility of an uneven number of playoff teams from each conference. ^[3] This year, five teams qualified from the Eastern Conference, and only three teams from the Western Conference qualified, so the Kansas City Wizards, who have been assigned to the Western Conference playoffs, could have played a fellow Eastern Conference team in the final.

[edit] New England Revolution

For the fourth time in team history, third-straight, the New England Revolution became the Eastern Conference Champion. New England defeated the New York Red Bulls in the semifianls, advancing to the conference finals where they defeated the Chicago Fire.

[edit] Houston Dynamo

The Houston Dynamo, for the second consecutive year in the club's two-year history, won the Western Conference Championship. Their win came through their victories over in-state rival FC Dallas in the conference semifinals and the Kansas City Wizards in the conference championship game. The Dynamo advanced to a rematch against the Revolution , and the MLS Cup, for the second straight year.

[edit] Bracket

Main article: 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs

	Conference Semifinals						Conference Finals					MLS Cup 2007
	E1	D.C. United	0	2
	E4	Chicago Fire	1	2
							E4	Chicago Fire	0
	Eastern Conference
							E2	New England Revolution	1
	E2	New England Revolution	0	1
	E3	New York Red Bulls	0	0
												E	New England Revolution	1
												W	Houston Dynamo	2
	W1	Chivas USA	0	0
	W4	Kansas City Wizards1	1	0
							W4	Kansas City Wizards	0
	Western Conference
							W2	Houston Dynamo	2
	W2	Houston Dynamo	0	4
	W3	FC Dallas	1	1

[edit] MLS Cup 2007

2007-11-18 12:00 EST	New England Revolution	1 – 2	Houston Dynamo	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 39,859 Referee: Alex Prus
	Taylor Twellman  20'	Report	Joseph Ngwenya  61' Dwayne De Rosario  74'

[edit] Match details

New England Revolution

Houston Dynamo

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION: GK 1 Matt Reis DF 4 Avery John DF 6 Jay Heaps DF 13 Jeff Larentowicz DF 15 Michael Parkhurst MF 14 Steve Ralston 78' MF 18 Khano Smith 65' MF 21 Shalrie Joseph MF 27 Wells Thompson FW 11 Pat Noonan FW 20 Taylor Twellman  20' Substitutes: GK 12 Doug Warren DF 16 James Riley MF 22 Marshall Leonard MF 25 Andy Dorman 78' MF 29 Abdoulie Mansally MF 31 Sainey Nyassi FW 7 Adam Cristman Manager: Steve Nicol Man of the Match: Dwayne De Rosario[4] Assistant referees: Adam Wienckowski Rob Fereday Fourth official: Brian Hall

HOUSTON DYNAMO: GK 18 Pat Onstad DF 2 Eddie Robinson DF 5 Ryan Cochrane DF 16 Craig Waibel DF 24 Wade Barrett 57' MF 9 Brian Mullan MF 11 Brad Davis MF 14 Dwayne De Rosario  74' MF 30 Richard Mulrooney FW 21 Nate Jaqua FW 33 Joseph Ngwenya  61' 80' Substitutes: GK 1 Zach Wells DF 4 Patrick Ianni MF 7 Chris Wondolowski MF 17 Mike Chabala MF 22 Stuart Holden 80' MF 26 Corey Ashe FW 8 Paul Dalglish Manager: Dominic Kinnear

[edit] Notes

• The 2007 MLS Cup was the first time the final has been a rematch from the previous year.
• The Houston Dynamo are the first team to have back-to-back titles in the 2000s, and only the second team in MLS history after D.C. United.

[edit] References

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