The Love Affair With MLS Cup Playoff Penalty Shootouts Is Backfiring

Through three years of an MLS Cup Playoff format that appears intended to encourage penalty tiebreaks, most of them are being ...
Palm Beach Post

MLS playoffs schedule, bracket, odds, how to watch wild card matches

The Supporters' Shield-winning Philadelphia Union (Eastern Conference) and San Diego FC (Western Conference) are the top seeds in their respective conferences. Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will look ...
Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Crew to face Hell is Real rival FC Cincinnati in MLS Cup playoffs first round

The Crew are set to start the 2025 MLS Cup playoffs against their Hell is Real rival, FC Cincinnati. On the final day of the regular season, the Crew jumped from the No. 9 to the No. 7 seed in the ...
Yahoo! Sports

MLS Cup Playoffs format, bracket: What to know for penalty kicks, extra time

The 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs are upon us, and the league's postseason 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. Over the ...