MLS Cup 2009
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The 2009 MLS Cup was the championship match of the 2009 Major League Soccer season, the 14th season of the league. The final was played at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington (state) on November 22, 2009.[1] The match was contested by Eastern Conference champion Real Salt Lake and Western Conference champion Los Angeles Galaxy. Real Salt Lake won the game 5–4 in a penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw.[2] A penalty miss in the shoot-out from LA Galaxy striker Edson Buddle left Salt Lake defender Robbie Russell to score and give the club their first title in only their 5th season.[3] It was the second MLS Cup to match two Western Conference teams against each other. The crowd of 46,011 was the largest since the 2002 MLS Cup, when 61,316 witnessed the title game at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts.
ESPN televised the match in English and Galavisión in Spanish. This was the first time that the MLS championship match was televised on the cable network after the first thirteen were carried on ABC.
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