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Seattle win 5-4 on penalties

Seattle Sounders beat Toronto FC on penalties to clinch MLS Cup

Seattle Sounders win the MLS Cup for the first time in their history after beating Toronto FC 5-4 in a penalty shootout.

By Giuseppe Labellarte, Reporter

Published: December 11 2016 | 09:23

Last updated: December 16 2016 | 11:08

Seattle Sounders have won the MLS Cup for the first time after overcoming Toronto FC on penalties in Saturday night's final at the BMO Field.

The hosts, who had home advantage because of their better record over the course of the MLS season, nearly took the lead after two minutes.

A one-two between Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco put the United States international through on goal, but his left-footed shot whizzed just wide of Stefan Frei's goal.

The Italian combined with Altidore once again minutes later as he dragged a pass towards the penalty spot, but the Seattle defence cleared the ball to safety.

Neither side managed to break the deadlock in 120 minutes of football, although Toronto created several chances, while Sounders failed to register a single a shot on target.

A late Frei save from Altidore's looping header allowed the Sounders to get penalties and, after Michael Bradley and Alvaro Fernandez each missed in the first five kicks, it was left to Roman Torres to score the winning shot.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21