On Wednesday, the road to the MLS Cup trophy will get underway with the wildcard round. The Chicago Fire, Orlando City SC, Portland Timbers, and Real Salt Lake will all look to make it to the first round proper of the playoffs. Once there, in the Western Conference, the winner of Portland and Salt Lake will face San Diego FC, while in the East, the winner between the Fire and Orlando will face the Supporters’ Shield winners, the Philadelphia Union.
The wildcard round is a one-match, winner-take-all round before the first round moves to a best-of-three game format. The higher seed will host the first match before the second match is played away, with the third match, if needed, returning to single knockout matches for the remainder of the playoffs.
Let’s take a look at the schedule and scores:
MLS Playoff scores and schedule
All times eastern, all matches available on MLS Season Pass
Wild Card — Wednesday, Oct. 22
- Chicago Fire 3, Orlando City 1
- Portland Timbers 3, Real Salt Lake 1
Round One — Oct. 24 – Nov. 9
Game One
Friday, Oct. 24
- (3) Inter Miami vs. (6) Nashville SC, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 26
- (1) Philadelphia Union vs. (8) Chicago Fire, 5:30 p.m.
- (2) Vancouver Whitecaps vs. (7) FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
- (1) San Diego FC vs. (8) Portland Timbers, 9:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 27
- (2) FC Cincinnati vs. (7) Columbus Crew, 6:45 p.m.
- (4) Minnesota United vs. (5) Seattle Sounders, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 28
- (4) Charlotte FC vs. (5) NYCFC, 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 29
- (3) LAFC vs. (6) Austin FC, 10:30 p.m.
Game two
Saturday, Nov. 1
- (5) NYCFC vs. (4) Charlotte FC, 3:30 p.m.
- (8) Chicago Fire vs. (1) Philadelphia Union, 5:30 p.m.
- (6) Nashville SC vs. (3) Inter Miami, 7:30 p.m.
- (7) FC Dallas vs. (2) Vancouver Whitecaps, 9:30 p.m.
- (8) Portland Timbers vs. (1) San Diego FC, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 2
- (7) Columbus Crew vs. (2) FC Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.
- (6) Austin FC vs. (3) LAFC, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 3
- (5) Seattle Sounders vs. (4) Minnesota United, 10:30 p.m.
Game three (if necessary)
Friday, Nov. 7
- (2) Vancouver Whitecaps vs. (7) FC Dallas
Saturday, Nov. 9
- (1) Philadelphia Union vs. (8) Chicago Fire
- (2) FC Cincinnati vs. (7) Columbus Crew
- (3) Inter Miami vs. (6) Nashville SC
- (3) LAFC vs. (6) Austin FC
- (4) Minnesota United vs. (5) Seattle Sounders
Sunday, Nov. 9
- (1) San Diego FC vs. (8) Portland Timbers
Conference Semifinals — Saturday, Nov. 22- Sunday, Nov. 23
Conference Finals — Saturday, Nov. 29 – Sunday, Nov. 30
MLS Cup Final — Saturday, Dec. 6
