Infographics of MLS Cup history
The 20th MLS season comes to an end Sunday, Dec. 6, at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, as the Columbus Crew and Portland Timbers battle for MLS Cup (4 p.m. ET; ESPN, UniMas, RDS, TSN). The match will join MLS lore and the 19 title games that have come before it, and to commemorate that, MLS has joined forces with statistical outfit Opta and four artists to re-analyze every MLS Cup and present the results or key moments from those matches in a special, data-driven, graphical way.
Infographics of MLS Cup history
1996 — LA Galaxy vs. D.C. United
1997 — D.C. United vs. Colorado Rapids
1998 — Chicago Fire vs. D.C. United
1999 — LA Galaxy vs. D.C. United
2000 — Kansas City Wizards vs. Chicago Fire
2001 — San Jose Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy
2002 — LA Galaxy vs. New England Revolution
2003 — Chicago Fire vs. San Jose Earthquakes
2004 — D.C. United vs. Kansas City Wizards
2005 — New England Revolution vs. LA Galaxy
2006 — Houston Dynamo vs. New England Revolution
2007 — New England Revolution vs. Houston Dynamo
2008 — Columbus Crew vs. New York Red Bulls
2009 — Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy
2010 — FC Dallas vs. Colorado Rapids
2011 — LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo
2012 — LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo
2013 — Sporting Kansas City vs. Real Salt Lake
2014 — LA Galaxy vs. New England Revolution
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