{"id":874229,"date":"2025-09-19T23:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/matchday-35-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:12:11","slug":"matchday-35-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/matchday-35-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchday 35: Who can clinch playoffs or be eliminated? | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>This weekend during Matchday 35:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Seven teams can clinch an Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs spot.<\/li>\n<li>Four teams can be eliminated from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Columbus <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Columbus win vs. Toronto <strong>AND<\/strong> New York lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Columbus draw vs. Toronto <strong>AND<\/strong> New York lose at Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LAFC <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>LAFC win\/draw vs. Salt Lake <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>San Jose lose\/draw vs. St. Louis<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Miami <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Miami win vs. D.C. <strong>AND<\/strong> New York lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Miami draw vs. D.C. <strong>AND<\/strong> New York lose at Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Nashville <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Nashville win at Orlando <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>New York lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>New York City <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>New York City win vs. Charlotte <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>New York lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Orlando <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Orlando win vs. Nashville <strong>AND<\/strong> New York lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Seattle <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Seattle win at Austin <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Seattle draw at Austin <strong>AND<\/strong> Colorado lose at Dallas <strong>AND<\/strong> Salt Lake lose\/draw at LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> San Jose lose\/draw vs. St. Louis<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LA <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>be eliminated<\/strong> from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>LA lose\/draw vs. Cincinnati <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>San Jose win vs. St. Louis <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dallas win vs. Colorado <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Salt Lake win at LAFC<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>New England <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>be eliminated<\/strong> from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>New England lose\/draw at Philadelphia <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Chicago win at Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kansas City <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>be eliminated<\/strong> from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Kansas City lose\/draw vs. Vancouver <strong>AND<\/strong> San Jose win vs. St. Louis <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kansas City lose\/draw vs. Vancouver <strong>AND<\/strong> Salt Lake win at LAFC <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kansas City loss vs. Vancouver <strong>AND<\/strong> Dallas win vs. Colorado<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>St. Louis <strong>will<\/strong> <strong>be eliminated<\/strong> from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>St. Louis lose\/draw at San Jose <strong>or\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Salt Lake win at LAFC<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/matchday-35-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-2025\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Margherita Pingree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer This weekend during Matchday 35: Seven teams can clinch an Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs spot. Four teams can be eliminated from Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs contention. Columbus will clinch a berth in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs if: Columbus win vs. Toronto AND New York lose\/draw at Montr\u00e9al or\u2026 Columbus draw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93075,119564,2005],"tags":[96424,119563],"class_list":{"0":"post-874229","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\/874229","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=874229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}