Philly.com · Oct 26, 2017
A guide to the 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs: Teams, dates, seeding, format
The Seattle Sounders won Major League Soccer’s championship in 2016.Here is a look at the 2017 MLS Cup Playoff format:
The 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs will consist of four rounds: The knockout round, the conference semifinals, the conference finals and MLS Cup.
The top two seeds in each conference were given a bye through to the conference semifinals.
The Timbers will face the lowest-seeded winner from the two Western Conference knockout games taking place this week. The No. 3 Vancouver Whitecaps will host the No. 6 San Jose Earthquakes Wednesday, while the No. 4 Houston Dynamo will host No. 5 Sporting Kansas City Thursday.