The higher seed are home for the first and — if necessary — third games of the series.The winners advance to the conference semifinals, with that round joining the conference final and MLS Cup Final as single-elimination matches at the home of the higher seed.

Dayne St. Clair made one save before getting some help from the post twice after the Loons and Seattle played to a scoreless draw through 90 minutes.

Daniel Ríos found the net in the first half, Thomas Müller and Kenji Cabrera scored in the second and the Vancouver Whitecaps blanked FC Dallas 3-0 in a best-of-three first-round opener of the MLS Cup

Find out how to watch the highly-anticipated MLS Cup playoff game between the Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati, including TV channel and streaming.

A battle of in-state rivals in the postseason begins on Monday night, as FC Cincinnati plays host to the Columbus Crew in Game 1 of their first-round matchup in the Major League Soccer Cup Playoffs.

The 2025 MLS playoffs can feature as many as 33 playoff games over 46 days from the wild-card matches on Oct. 22 to MLS Cup on Dec. 6.

With Chicago and Portland taking care of business, MLS's 2025 playoff bracket is complete. Here's the full schedule and road to MLS Cup

Two very strong Major League Soccer squads open up their first-round series on Monday night, as Minnesota United plays host to the Seattle Sounders in Game 1 of the MLS Cup Playoffs. These two clubs finished very close to each other in the Western Conference standings, and it could lead to a thrilling best-of-three series.

Major League Soccer suspended two players for a "potential violation of league rules" before their opening matches in the MLS Cup Playoffs this week.

Is it Messi's time? Will some of MLS's high-profile newcomers win it all? Or will there be an unexpected champ? Our writers have their say

The Union seek to become the first team since 2022 to win the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup in the same season.