{"id":930435,"date":"2026-08-29T08:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/if-the-audi-2026-mls-cup-playoffs-started-today-matchday-23-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T08:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:18:26","slug":"if-the-audi-2026-mls-cup-playoffs-started-today-matchday-23-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/if-the-audi-2026-mls-cup-playoffs-started-today-matchday-23-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"If the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs started today: Matchday 23 | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Soccer<br \/>\n          If the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs started today: Matchday 23<br \/>\n        <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Just over two months remain in the regular season, bringing the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs picture into view.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the would-be matchups and qualifiers if the postseason started today.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Wild Card<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Red Bull New York (No. 8) vs. Orlando City (No. 9)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Round One<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Nashville SC (No. 1) vs. Wild Card winner<\/li>\n<li>Inter Miami CF (No. 2) vs. New York City FC (No. 7)<\/li>\n<li>Chicago Fire FC (No. 3) vs. FC Cincinnati (No. 6)<\/li>\n<li>New England Revolution (No. 4) vs. Charlotte FC (No. 5)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Wild Card<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Real Salt Lake (No. 8) vs. Portland Timbers (No. 9)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Round One<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Vancouver Whitecaps FC (No. 1) vs. Wild Card winner<\/li>\n<li>Houston Dynamo FC (No. 2) vs. Colorado Rapids (No. 7)<\/li>\n<li>LAFC (No. 3) vs. St. Louis CITY SC (No. 6)<\/li>\n<li>San Jose Earthquakes (No. 4) vs. FC Dallas (No. 5)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>MLS Cup presented by Audi will be played Dec. 18, while the playoffs begin Nov. 18 with Wild Card matches.<\/p>\n<p>Decision Day, the final day of the 2026 regular season, is set for Nov. 7.<\/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>All games can be watched on <a href=\"https:\/\/soc.cr\/4anADkS\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/playoffs\/2025\/news\/if-audi-2026-mls-cup-playoffs-started-today-matchups-scenarios-teams-qualified\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Zonia Schroeder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Soccer If the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs started today: Matchday 23 Just over two months remain in the regular season, bringing the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs picture into view. Below are the would-be matchups and qualifiers if the postseason started today. Wild Card Red Bull New York (No. 8) vs. Orlando City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":930436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27102,2005,25622],"tags":[18916,9990],"class_list":["post-930435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-playoffs","category-soccer","category-started","tag-playoffs","tag-started"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930435","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=930435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}