MLS playoffs bracket, schedule 2025: Fixtures, results as teams compete for MLS Cup

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The 2025 MLS Cup playoffs are now officially underway as the United States’ top soccer league gears up for its big finale.

Starting with the Wild Card round and continuing through the conference finals and MLS Cup, the 2025 playoffs brings the league’s stars together for a shot at this year’s title.

Last season’s champions, the LA Galaxy, will not be defending their crown after struggling through much of the 2025 regular season. Only a win on the final day of the regular season saw them avoid becoming the first team in MLS history to win the title and then finish last in their conference the following year.

and Inter Miami will aim for their first-ever playoff title, while Supporters’ Shield winners Philadelphia Union and Western Conference champions Vancouver Whitecaps will provide stiff competition.

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The 2025 MLS Cup playoff format will be played across the span of around six weeks and will determine the league’s ultimate champion for the season. Things got underway over

First up is the Wild Card round, which featured the eighth- and ninth-seeded teams from each conference facing off in a play-in game for the final two spots in Round 1.

Now those teams are determined, the best-of-three Round 1 will begin, with each game producing a winner. Each team hosts one match, and if necessary, a winner-take-all Game 3 will be played at the higher seed’s home field. The Wild Card winners will face the regular-season conference champions (Inter Miami and LAFC), while the rest of the Round 1 matchups are set based on regular-season standings.

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