Soon after it was announced that he would serve as the head referee for the MLS Cup 2012 final.

It was the first MLS Cup in which players from both teams were allowed to wear their primary uniforms.

The winner of each conference will play for the MLS Cup, the league championship.

The United would become the first club to win the MLS Cup this year.

Colorado won the MLS Cup for the first time in 2010.

Colorado won the 2010 MLS Cup 2-1 after extra time.

Since they won the MLS Cup again in 2007.

They renewed the tradition during their run to the 2011 MLS Cup.

They started in 1998 and won an MLS Cup in that year.

The 2007 MLS Cup was the first time the final has been a rematch from the previous year.