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2007 MLS playoffs

Every 2007 MLS playoff matchup, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.

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The race, continued

The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.

Seeds against finish

Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.

The bracket

Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.

What happened

Houston Dynamo FC won the 2007 title from a regular season record of 15-8-7. 8 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 3 rounds. Every matchup below is taken from the MLS stats API; nothing on this page is estimated.

Every matchup

RoundWon byResultOpponentPlayed
QuarterfinalsChicago Fire FC3-2 on aggregateD.C. UnitedOctober 25 to November 1, 2007
QuarterfinalsKansas City Wizards1-0 on aggregateChivas USAOctober 27 to November 3, 2007
QuarterfinalsHouston Dynamo FC4-2 on aggregateFC DallasOctober 27 to November 2, 2007
QuarterfinalsNew England Revolution1-0 on aggregateRed Bull New YorkOctober 27 to November 3, 2007
SemifinalsHouston Dynamo FC2-0Kansas City WizardsNovember 10, 2007
SemifinalsNew England Revolution1-0Chicago Fire FCNovember 8, 2007
MLS CupHouston Dynamo FC2-1New England RevolutionNovember 18, 2007

How “Seeds against finish” is drawn

The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.

The races that filled this bracket: Supporters' Shield