{"id":865127,"date":"2025-08-14T21:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/if-the-audi-2025-mls-cup-playoffs-started-today\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:14:05","slug":"if-the-audi-2025-mls-cup-playoffs-started-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/if-the-audi-2025-mls-cup-playoffs-started-today\/","title":{"rendered":"If the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs started today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<header role=\"banner\">\n<div>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\" title=\"Major League Soccer\" data-tracking-click=\"{\"navigationType\":\"primary navigation\",\"navigationSelection\":\"Major League Soccer\",\"navigationPosition\":0,\"navigationCategory\":null,\"clickLocation\":\"header\"}\" data-click-event-name=\"navigation-click\">\n              <picture>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Major League Soccer\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mlssoccer.com\/image\/upload\/v1736288054\/assets\/crest\/MLS_CREST_1C_RGB_WHI_NO_BKGD_68x68_1_2_rwknik.png\">\n              <\/picture>\n            <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>  <main role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\"><\/p>\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n            <picture><source media=\"(min-width:1024px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" ><source ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer 25-IfThePlayoffsStartedToday-MD29\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mlssoccer.com\/image\/private\/t_editorial_landscape_8_desktop_mobile\/f_png\/mls\/r3tc0w9eo1pbujdrheu1.png\"><\/picture>\n          <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>With just two months left in the regular season, the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs are fast approaching.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Below are the would-be matchups and qualifiers if the postseason started today.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n          <picture><source media=\"(min-width:1024px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" ><source ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer 25-Playoffs-started_4x5-MD29\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mlssoccer.com\/image\/private\/t_keep-aspect-ratio-e-mobile\/f_auto\/mls\/mby6w4wmtfqidl6lpb1x.jpg\"><\/picture>\n        <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Wild Card<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>New York City (No. 8) vs. Chicago (No. 9)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Round One<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Philadelphia (No. 1) vs. Wild Card winner<\/li>\n<li>Cincinnati (2) vs. Charlotte (7)<\/li>\n<li>Nashville (3) vs. Miami (6)<\/li>\n<li>Orlando (4) vs. Columbus (5)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Wild Card<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Colorado (No. 8) vs. San Jose (No. 9)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Round One<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>San Diego (No. 1) vs. Wild Card winner<\/li>\n<li>Vancouver (2) vs. Austin (7)<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota (3) vs. Portland (6)<\/li>\n<li>Seattle (4) vs. LAFC (5)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n          AUDI 2025 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>MLS Cup presented by Audi will be played Dec. 6, while the playoffs begin Oct. 22 with Wild Card matches.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Seeds 1-7 in each conference qualify for the Round One Best-of-3 series.<\/li>\n<li>Seeds 8-9 in each conference qualify for the Wild Card matches.<\/li>\n<li>Seeds 10-15 in each conference do not qualify for the postseason.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/main><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/if-audi-2025-mls-cup-playoffs-started-today-scenarios-matchups-clinch-eliminated\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Margarete Guillemette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer With just two months left in the regular season, the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs are fast approaching. Below are the would-be matchups and qualifiers if the postseason started today. Wild Card New York City (No. 8) vs. Chicago (No. 9) Round One Philadelphia (No. 1) vs. Wild Card winner Cincinnati (2) vs. Charlotte [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27102,2005,25622],"tags":[18916,9990],"class_list":{"0":"post-865127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-playoffs","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-started","10":"tag-playoffs","11":"tag-started"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}