By Jorge Hernandez
20 Oct 2024, 16:14 PM EDT
The regular season of the MLS came to an end and we already have the 14 teams classified for the quarterfinals plus the 4 wild cards who will seek to get into the last two places to compete for the American league championship.
The race towards the title is led by Inter Miami, a team thatand undisputedly governed the MLS and the Eastern Conferenceand the LAFC, which snatched the lead in the Western Conference from the Galaxy at the last minute. They got number 1 in each bracket and will face number 8, which will emerge from each wild card duel.
MLS Wild Card Games
The action for these last places in the playoffs begins on Tuesday with the Eastern Conference wild card duel, between Montreal FC and Atlanta Unitedwhile in the Western Conference, the next day, the faces will be seen Vancouver Whitecaps and the Portland Timbers. This will be a single game in direct edition
The winner of the first duel will play the quarterfinals against Inter Miami and the winner of the second will face LAFC in the same instance.
The MLS quarterfinal matches
In addition to those mentioned above, the duels that have already been defined are:
In the Eastern Conference:
Columbus Crew vs. New York Red Bulls
FC Cincinnati vs. New York City FC
Orlando City vs. Charlotte F.C.
In the Western Conference:
LA Galaxy vs. Colorado Rapids
Real Salt Lake vs. Minnesota United
Seattle Sounders vs. Houston Dynamo
All these games will be played between Friday, October 25 and Tuesday, October 29.
In the quarterfinals, or first round, the duels will be played in two of three gamesalternating venues between those involved and starting in the stadium of the team that has obtained the most points in the regular season; If a third duel is necessary, it will be played at the home of the host in the first. Whoever wins two games advances to the next round.
The conference semifinals and final will be a single game in the stadium of the highest ranked team.
Finally, the match for the MLS Cup It will be played in December between the champion of the Eastern Conference and the champion of the Western Conference, the local team will be the team with the best performance in the regular season.
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