MLS expands playoffs to 9 teams from each conference

Published February 21, 2023 2:35 PM

By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer

Major League Soccer is expanding its playoffs to include the nine top finishers from each of its two conferences, or 62% of the league’s teams. An opening “wild-card” round will feature matches between the eighth- and ninth-seeded teams in each conference at the stadium of the higher seed. The first round of matches will be a best-of-three series. The conference semifinals, finals and MLS Cup championship will all be single games, hosted by the higher seed.

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