{"id":933186,"date":"2026-09-10T13:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/matchday-25-how-nashville-sc-can-clinch-playoffs-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:17:12","slug":"matchday-25-how-nashville-sc-can-clinch-playoffs-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/matchday-25-how-nashville-sc-can-clinch-playoffs-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchday 25: How Nashville SC can clinch playoffs | 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/nashville-sc\/\">Nashville SC<\/a> can clinch an Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs spot when they visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/toronto-fc\/\">Toronto FC<\/a> on Wednesday night during Matchday 25 (7:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/toronto-fc-vs-nashville-sc\/umc.cse.75e4a556i11c7spem07b3taqb?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000%2Ctvs.sbd.4000\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The following scenarios are in play for the Supporters&#8217; Shield and Eastern Conference leaders.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Nashville <strong>will clinch a berth<\/strong> in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs if:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>\u274c Nashville win at Toronto\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> New York City lose\/draw vs. New England\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> New York lose\/draw at LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> Philadelphia lose\/draw vs. Cincinnati <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Nashville win at Toronto\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> New York City lose vs. New England\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> New York lose at LAFC <strong>AND<\/strong> Orlando lose\/draw at Atlanta <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Nashville win at Toronto <strong>AND<\/strong> New York City lose vs. New England\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> Philadelphia lose\/draw vs. Cincinnati\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> Orlando lose\/draw at Atlanta <strong>or&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u274c Nashville win at Toronto <strong>AND<\/strong> New York City lose vs. New England <strong>AND<\/strong>\u00a0New York lose at LAFC\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> Columbus lose\/draw\u00a0at D.C.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong>\u00a0Nashville\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/torvsnsh-09-09-2026\/\">lost<\/a> at Toronto<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/matchday-25-how-nashville-sc-can-clinch-playoffs\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Sharie Latson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Nashville SC can clinch an Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs spot when they visit Toronto FC on Wednesday night during Matchday 25 (7:30 pm ET | Apple TV). The following scenarios are in play for the Supporters&#8217; Shield and Eastern Conference leaders. Nashville will clinch a berth in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119564,4450,2005],"tags":[119563,6562],"class_list":["post-933186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-matchday","category-nashville","category-soccer","tag-matchday","tag-nashville"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933186","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=933186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}