{"id":867712,"date":"2025-08-24T23:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/matchday-30-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:11:58","slug":"matchday-30-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/matchday-30-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchday 30: Who can clinch playoffs or be eliminated? | MLSSoccer.com"},"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 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<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>This weekend during Matchday 30:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/san-diego-fc\/\">San Diego FC<\/a> can become the first team to clinch an Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs spot.<\/li>\n<li>Two teams can be eliminated from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/san-diego-fc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<figure>\n              <picture><source media=\"(min-width:1024px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" ><source ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer San Diego FC logo\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mlssoccer.com\/image\/upload\/t_thumb_squared\/f_auto\/v1748261519\/assets\/logos\/mls-clubs\/Club_Logo-San_Diego_nwpyul\"><\/picture>\n            <\/figure>\n<p>          <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>San Diego <strong>will clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>\u2705 San Diego win\/draw vs. Portland <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u2705 Dallas lose\/draw vs. LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> Austin lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al <strong>AND<\/strong> Colorado lose\/draw at LA <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u2705 Dallas lose\/draw vs. LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> Austin lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al <strong>AND<\/strong> Salt Lake lose\/draw vs. Minnesota <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u2705 Dallas lose\/draw vs. LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> Colorado lose\/draw at LA <strong>AND<\/strong> Salt Lake lose\/draw vs. Minnesota <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Dallas lose\/draw vs. LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> San Jose lose at Houston <strong>AND<\/strong> Colorado lose\/draw at LA <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Dallas lose\/draw vs. LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> San Jose lose at Houston <strong>AND<\/strong> Salt Lake lose\/draw vs. Minnesota <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Dallas lose\/draw vs. LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> San Jose draw at Houston <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Colorado lose\/draw at LA <strong>AND<\/strong> San Jose draw at Houston <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Salt Lake lose\/draw vs. Minnesota <strong>AND<\/strong> San Jose draw at Houston <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u2705 Houston lose vs. San Jose <strong>AND<\/strong> Austin lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al <strong>AND<\/strong> Colorado lose\/draw at LA <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u2705 Houston lose vs. San Jose <strong>AND<\/strong> Austin lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al <strong>AND<\/strong> Salt Lake lose\/draw vs. Minnesota <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u2705 Houston lose vs. San Jose <strong>AND<\/strong> Colorado lose\/draw at LA <strong>AND<\/strong> Salt Lake lose\/draw vs. Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> San Diego <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2025\/matches\/sdvspor-08-23-2025\/\">drew vs.<\/a> Portland.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/d-c-united\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<figure>\n              <picture><source media=\"(min-width:1024px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" ><source ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer D.C. United logo\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mlssoccer.com\/image\/upload\/t_thumb_squared\/f_auto\/v1747500504\/assets\/logos\/mls-clubs\/Club_Logo-D.C_t03ekm\"><\/picture>\n            <\/figure>\n<p>          <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>D.C. <strong>will be eliminated<\/strong> from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>\u2705 D.C. lose\/draw vs. Miami <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Chicago win at Philadelphia <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c New York win at Charlotte<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/cf-montreal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<figure>\n              <picture><source media=\"(min-width:1024px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" ><source ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer CF Montr\u00e9al logo\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mlssoccer.com\/image\/upload\/t_thumb_squared\/f_auto\/v1747755806\/assets\/logos\/mls-clubs\/Club_Logo-Montreal_beeqnh\"><\/picture>\n            <\/figure>\n<p>          <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Montr\u00e9al <strong>will be eliminated<\/strong> from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>\u274c Montr\u00e9al lose\/draw vs. Austin <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Chicago win at Philadelphia <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c New York win at Charlotte<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/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\/matchday-30-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-2025\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Margarett Grumbles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer This weekend during Matchday 30: San Diego FC can become the first team to clinch an Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs spot. Two teams can be eliminated from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention. San Diego will clinch a berth in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if: \u2705 San Diego win\/draw vs. Portland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93075,119564,2005],"tags":[96424,119563],"class_list":{"0":"post-867712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-clinch","8":"category-matchday","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-clinch","11":"tag-matchday"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867712","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=867712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}