Every 2013 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 same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Sporting Kansas City won the 2013 title from a regular season record of 17-10-7. 10 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every matchup below is taken from the MLS stats API; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockout Round | Seattle Sounders FC | 2-0 | Colorado Rapids | October 30, 2013 |
| Knockout Round | Houston Dynamo FC | 3-0 | Impact de Montréal | October 31, 2013 |
| Conference Semifinals | Houston Dynamo FC | 4-3 on aggregate | Red Bull New York | November 3 to November 6, 2013 |
| Conference Semifinals | Sporting Kansas City | 4-3 on aggregate | New England Revolution | November 2 to November 6, 2013 |
| Conference Semifinals | Portland Timbers | 5-3 on aggregate | Seattle Sounders FC | November 2 to November 7, 2013 |
| Conference Semifinals | Real Salt Lake | 2-1 on aggregate | LA Galaxy | November 3 to November 7, 2013 |
| Conference Finals | Sporting Kansas City | 2-1 on aggregate | Houston Dynamo FC | November 9 to November 23, 2013 |
| Conference Finals | Real Salt Lake | 5-2 on aggregate | Portland Timbers | November 10 to November 24, 2013 |
| MLS Cup | Sporting Kansas City | 1-1, 7-6 on penalties | Real Salt Lake | December 7, 2013 |
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.