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After a wild final day of the season that saw Los Angeles FC secure the top seed in the Western Conference and Inter Miami set the single-season points recordand a wild-card round that saw Atlanta and Vancouver advance, the MLS Cup playoffs are well and truly underway. The top seeds in both conferences have fallen and so far the playoffs have prevailed.
Atlanta United was among the biggest surprises by shockingly eliminating Inter Miami, but the Seattle Sounders also pulled off an impressive upset by beating Los Angeles FC. Parity is alive and well in MLS as the Conference finals matches are almost set. Check out the results of the play-off matches so far:
Wildcard results
Tuesday October 22
Montreal 2, Atlanta United 2
Wednesday October 23
Vancouver Whitecaps 5, Portland Timbers 0
MLS Playoff Bracket
MLS Cup Playoff Schedule
Eastern Conference Round 1 Best-of-3 Series
No. 1 Inter Miami CF vs. No. 9 Atlanta United
October 25: Inter Miami 2, Atlanta 1
November 2: Atlanta 2, Inter Miami 1
November 9: Inter Miami 2, Atlanta 3
No. 2 Columbus crew vs. No. 7 New York Red Bulls
October 29: RBNY 1, crew 0
November 3: RBNY 2, Crew 2 (RBNY wins and advances 5-4 on penalties)
No. 3 FC Cincinnati vs. No. 6 New York City FC
October 28: FCC 1, NYCFC 0
November 2: NYCFC 3, FCC 1
November 9: FCC 0, NYCFC 0 (NYCFC wins and advances 6-5 on penalties)
No. 4 Orlando City SC vs. No. 5 Charlotte FC
October 27: Orlando 2, Charlotte 0
November 1: Charlotte 0, Orlando 0 (Charlotte wins on pins 3-1)
November 9, 6 p.m.: Orlando 1, Charlotte 1 (Orlando wins to make it 4-1 on penalties)
Western Conference Round 1 Best-of-3 Series
No. 1 LAFC vs. No. 8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
October 27: LAFC 2, Whitecaps 1
November 3: Whitecaps 3, LAFC 0
November 8: LAFC 1, White Caps 0
No. 2 LA system vs. No. 7 Colorado Rapids
October 26: Galaxy 5, Rapids 0
November 1: Rapids 1, Galaxy 4
No. 3 Real Salt Lake vs. No. 6 Minnesota United FC
October 29: Minnesota 0, RSL 0 (Minn win over PKs, 5-4)
November 2, 9 p.m.: Minnesota 1, RSL 1 (Minn wins at PKs, 3-1)
No. 4 Seattle Sounders FC vs. No. 5 Houston Dynamo FC
October 28: Sounders 0, Dynamo 0 (Sea win on PKs, 5-4)
November 3: Dynamo 1, Sounders 1 (Sea win and advance 7-6 on penalties)
Conference semi-finals
November 23, 5:30 PM: RBNY 2, NYCFC 0
November 23, 10:30 PM: Seattle Sounders 2, LAFC 1
November 24, 3:30 PM: Orlando vs. Atlanta United
November 24, 6:00 PM: LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota
Final of the conference
Saturday November 30 – Sunday December 1
MLS Cup presented by Audi
Saturday, December 7, 4:00 PM ET