2025 MLS playoffs conference finals preview: Who makes MLS Cup?

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Now that the Philadelphia Union, FC Cincinnati, LAFC and Minnesota United FC are splitting time between the couch and the golf course, MLS is down to its final four.

Inter Miami CF are peaking at the right time, New York City FC caused another upset, the Vancouver Whitecaps won a star-studded shootout, while San Diego FC's magical inaugural season continued. That sets up this year's conference finals: Miami vs. NYCFC, and San Diego vs. Vancouver.

So how will Saturday's matchups go down? ESPN asked Lizzy Becherano and Jon Arnold to assess the postseason forms of our final four, and asked them -- along with the rest of our U.S. soccer staff -- to predict who will move on to…