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Since 2023, the top nine teams from each of the Eastern and Western Conference qualify for the playoffs, playing in separate brackets. [2] [3] [4] The wild-card round, conference semifinals, conference finals, and the MLS Cup are single-match eliminations hosted by the team with the better regular season record, while round one is a best-of-3 series with the higher seeds hosting the odd ...
[1] [2] The playoffs tournament is organized by the league at the end of the regular season in a format which is similar to other professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, but unlike most soccer leagues. [3] The league also awards the Supporters' Shield to teams that have the most points during the regular
The Heisman Trophy in American college football shows a player anticipating delivering a stiff-arm fend.. The stiff-arm fend (also known as a hand off or fend off in rugby league and rugby union, sometimes as a don't argue in Australian rules football, or a stiff arm or straight arm in American football) is a tactic employed by the ball-carrier in many forms of contact football.
The 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2021 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th edition of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the post-season championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top soccer league in the United States and Canada. The tournament culminated the 2021 MLS regular season.
The trophy was described as "spatula-like". [21] [22] It was replaced in 2023 by a new trophy designed by Tiffany & Co. for the league as part of a sponsorship agreement. The second trophy, made of 24-karat gold and sterling silver, depicts a soccer ball atop a vertical base between two curved handles, similar to the FIFA Women's World Cup ...
The USL Championship final is the post-season championship match of the USL Championship, the second tier of professional men's soccer in the United States. The winner is crowned champion in the same manner as in other North American sports leagues (i.e. via a playoff following a regular season).
Philadelphia Eagles' A.J. Brown speaks during an NFL football news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, ahead of Super Bowl LIX against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Portland Timbers had previously won the MLS Cup in 2015 and finished as runners-up in 2018 under new manager Giovanni Savarese. [10] During the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, the club finished as champions of the MLS is Back Tournament in Florida and third in the Western Conference, [11] but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by FC Dallas in a penalty shootout. [12]