The 2005 MLS Cup

MLS Cup

The MLS Cup is the championship match of Major League Soccer, the highest tier of professional soccer in the United States and Canada. As the final match of the MLS Cup playoffs, the winner is crowned the season champion in the same manner as other North American sports leagues...

was the championship game of the 2005 Major League Soccer season

Major League Soccer 2005 season

The 2005 Major League Soccer season was the tenth season of MLS, which began on April 2, 2005, and concluded on November 13, 2005 with a second MLS Cup victory for the Los Angeles Galaxy.-Changes from 2004 Season:...

. It was played on November 13, 2005 at the new soccer-specific stadium

Soccer-specific stadium

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, Pizza Hut Park

Pizza Hut Park

Pizza Hut Park is a soccer-specific stadium with a 21,193-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenant is Major League Soccer team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb...

 in Frisco

Frisco, Texas

Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...

, Texas

Texas

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. In a rematch of the 2002 final

MLS Cup 2002

The 2002 MLS Cup was the championship game of the 2002 Major League Soccer season. The game was played on October 20, 2002, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The Los Angeles Galaxy beat the host New England Revolution 1-0 in the second overtime on a sudden-death goal from regular...

, the Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy

The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 again beat the New England Revolution

New England Revolution

The New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...

 1-0 in overtime, this time on a goal from Guillermo Ramírez

Guillermo Ramírez

Guillermo "El Pando" Ramírez Ortega is a Guatemalan football midfielder. He most recently played for C.D...

. This was the second time the Galaxy won a title, again beating the New England Revolution and again with an overtime goal from a Guatemalan player.


Lineups:
Los Angeles Galaxy:
Kevin Hartman, Chris Albright, Ugo Ihemelu, Tyrone Marshall, Todd Dunivant, Cobi Jones (Ednaldo da Conceicao),
Paulo Nagamura, Peter Vagenas, Ned Grabavoy (Guillermo Ramírez), Landon Donovan, Herculez Gomez (Alan Gordon)

New England Revolution:
Matt Reis, Jay Heaps, Michael Parkhurst, Joe Franchino, James Riley (Ryan Latham), Clint Dempsey,
Daniel Hernandez (Andy Dorman), Sharlie Joseph, Steve Ralston, Taylor Twellman, Pat Noonan (Jose Cancela)

Most Valuable Player:
Guillermo Ramírez

Guillermo Ramírez

Guillermo "El Pando" Ramírez Ortega is a Guatemalan football midfielder. He most recently played for C.D...

(L.A. Galaxy)