Every 2015 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.
Portland Timbers won the 2015 title from a regular season record of 15-11-8. 12 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 | Portland Timbers | 2-2, 7-6 on penalties | Sporting Kansas City | October 29, 2015 |
| Knockout Round | D.C. United | 2-1 | New England Revolution | October 28, 2015 |
| Knockout Round | Impact de Montréal | 3-0 | Toronto FC | October 29, 2015 |
| Knockout Round | Seattle Sounders FC | 3-2 | LA Galaxy | October 28, 2015 |
| Conference Semifinals | FC Dallas | 3-3 on aggregate, 4-2 on penalties | Seattle Sounders FC | November 1 to November 8, 2015 |
| Conference Semifinals | Red Bull New York | 2-0 on aggregate | D.C. United | November 1 to November 8, 2015 |
| Conference Semifinals | Portland Timbers | 2-0 on aggregate | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | November 1 to November 8, 2015 |
| Conference Semifinals | Columbus Crew | 4-3 on aggregate | Impact de Montréal | November 1 to November 8, 2015 |
| Conference Finals | Portland Timbers | 5-3 on aggregate | FC Dallas | November 22 to November 29, 2015 |
| Conference Finals | Columbus Crew | 2-1 on aggregate | Red Bull New York | November 22 to November 29, 2015 |
| MLS Cup | Portland Timbers | 2-1 | Columbus Crew | December 6, 2015 |
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.