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The playoffs featured a new format from previous years with an expanded field of 18 teams—the top nine teams from each conference. The top seven teams in each conference automatically qualify for round one while the eighth and ninth-placed teams in each conference contested a single wild card match for the right to play the No. 1 seed in their conference, with only a penalty shoot-out ...
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 ...
The current format was introduced in 2023, and consists of several rounds. After a wild-card round, the remaining 16 teams play in a best-of-three, home-away-home format for the first round.
New York Red Bulls forward Tom Barlow (74) breaks forward as FC Cincinnati midfielder Júnior Moreno (93) defends in the first half of an MLS first-round playoff game, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, at ...
Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One [f] 7 Seattle Sounders FC: 34 14 9 11 41 32 +9 53 Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 [g] 8 Los Angeles FC: 34 14 10 10 54 39 +15 52 9 Houston Dynamo FC (U) 34 14 11 9 51 38 +13 51 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One and U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 [h] 10 ...
The MLS playoffs are down to just four teams, with the LA Galaxy, Seattle Sounders, Orlando City and New York Red Bulls battling to win MLS Cup.
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The new MLS playoff format is finding near-universal disdain from players and fans, but the league's revenue ambitions are driving the changes.