The MLS playoffs are seven games old, but the format of the competition is continuing to generate discussion. Starting this year, in an effort to increase the number of games it could offer on ...

Major League Soccer announced a new playoff format on Tuesday, which will see 18 total teams make the postseason, an increase of two teams per conference. That’s just half of the change.

Major League Soccer has frequently tinkered with its playoff format. The Galaxy and LAFC aren't fans, calling for a return to aggregate scoring. MLS playoff format a source of frustration for LAFC ...

Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs Format. Qualification: Seeds 1-7 in each conference will automatically qualify for the Round One Best-of-3 series.

Previous iterations of the MLS playoffs had a home-and-away format, with two games per round and a winner based on aggregate score across both games. Aggregation, while complicated, ...

When Major League Soccer announced a massive overhaul to its playoff format in February, the general response seemed to be something along the lines of: OK, whatever.. For a league in which ...

The new MLS playoff format is finding near-universal disdain from players and fans, but the league's revenue ambitions are driving the changes.

FC Cincinnati needs four more wins to claim the MLS Cup. Why the playoff format changed. Pat Noonan, FC Cincinnati players weigh in on the new format. FC Cincinnati won its first playoff game of ...

MLS has expanded the playoff format to nine teams per conference, up from seven teams. Under the new format, the #8 and #9 seeds will play a single elimination game determining who will play the ...

The previous MLS format — with an all single-elimination bracket — shorter relative to its regular season than three of the four North American sports, with no team’s schedule lengthened by ...

New 2023 MLS playoff format. The MLS playoffs received an overhaul this year, with the previous format scrapped.This time nine teams from each conference will reach the postseason, with seeds Nos ...

Major League Soccer has frequently tinkered with its playoff format. The Galaxy and LAFC aren't fans, calling for a return to aggregate scoring.