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2018 edition of the MLS playoffs
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2018 MLS Cup Playoffs Tournament details Country United States Dates October 31 – December 8 Teams 12 Defending champions Toronto FC Final positions Champions Atlanta United FC Runner-up Portland Timbers Semifinalists Tournament statistics Matches played 17 Goals scored 52 (3.06 per match) Attendance 494,421 (29,084 per match) Top goal scorer(s) Josef Martínez Diego Valeri ← 2017 2019 →
The 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2018 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) began on October 31 and ended on December 8 with MLS Cup 2018 , the 23rd league championship match for MLS. This was the 23rd version of the MLS Cup Playoffs , the tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. Twelve teams, the top six of each conference, competed in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
The first round of each conference had the third-seeded team hosting the sixth seed while the fourth-seed hosted the fifth seed in a single match to determine who advanced to the Conference Semifinals. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed played the lowest remaining seed while the second played the next-lowest. The winners advanced to the Conference Finals. Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals were played as a two-legged aggregate series. The winners advanced to the MLS Cup, a single match hosted by the participant with the better regular season record which was played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta .
Toronto FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, but failed to qualify for the playoffs. Atlanta United FC won their first MLS Cup title.
Qualified teams
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Conference standings
The top six teams from each conference advanced to the MLS Cup playoffs.
Eastern Conference
Source: MLS
Western Conference
Source: MLS
Bracket
Knockout round
Summary
Matches
October 31, 2018 (2018-10-31)21:30 EDT CDT ) Toyota Stadium , Frisco, Texas Attendance: 10,297Referee: Alan Kelly
October 31, 2018 (2018-10-31)19:00 EDT Yankee Stadium , New York, New York Attendance: 15,153Referee: Robert Sibiga
November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)20:00 EDT Audi Field , Washington, D.C. Attendance: 20,600Referee: Allen Chapman
November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)22:30 EDT PDT ) Banc of California Stadium , Los Angeles, California Attendance: 22,000Referee: Mark Geiger
Conference semifinals
Summary
Matches
November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)15:00 EST MAPFRE Stadium , Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 12,892Referee: Nima Saghafi
November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11)19:30 EST Red Bull Arena , Harrison, New Jersey Attendance: 22,789Referee: Alan Kelly
New York Red Bulls win 3–1 on aggregate.
November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)19:30 EST Yankee Stadium , New York, New York Attendance: 19,198Referee: Kevin Stott
November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11)17:30 EST Mercedes-Benz Stadium , Atlanta, Georgia Attendance: 70,526Referee: Mark Geiger
Atlanta United win 4–1 on aggregate.
November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)17:30 EST (14:30 PST ) Providence Park , Portland, Oregon Attendance: 21,144Referee: Ted Unkel
November 8, 2018 (2018-11-08)22:30 EST (19:30 PST ) CenturyLink Field , Seattle, Washington Attendance: 39,452Referee: Jair Marrufo
Tied 4–4 on aggregate. Portland Timbers win 4–2 on penalties. November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)22:00 EST (20:00 MST ) Rio Tinto Stadium , Sandy, Utah Attendance: 14,045Referee: Baldomero Toledo
November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11)15:00 EST (14:00 CST ) Children's Mercy Park , Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,918Referee: José Carlos Rivero
Sporting Kansas City win 5–3 on aggregate. Conference finals
Summary
Matches
November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)17:00 EST Mercedes-Benz Stadium , Atlanta, Georgia Attendance: 70,016Referee: Kevin Stott
November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29)19:30 EST Red Bull Arena , Harrison, New Jersey Attendance: 22,137Referee: Jair Marrufo
Atlanta United win 3–1 on aggregate.
November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)19:30 EST Providence Park , Portland, Oregon Attendance: 21,144Referee: Robert Sibiga
November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29)21:30 EST Children's Mercy Park , Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,091Referee: Mark Geiger
Portland Timbers win 3–2 on aggregate.
MLS Cup
Main article: MLS Cup 2018
December 8, 2018 (2018-12-08)8:00 p.m. EST Mercedes-Benz Stadium , Atlanta , GeorgiaAttendance: 73,019Referee: Alan Kelly
Top goalscorers
MLS Cup Playoffs Best XI
References
"Audi 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs schedule revealed, final to be played on Dec. 8" . mlssoccer.com . Major League Soccer . September 8, 2018. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.Baer, Benjamin (November 11, 2018). "Red Bull Arena or Mercedes-Benz Stadium to host 2018 MLS Cup" . MLSsoccer.com . Retrieved November 12, 2018.
"Playoffs Top Scorers" . Major League Soccer .Boehm, Charles (December 11, 2018). "Team of the Audi 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs: Who made the postseason Best XI?" . MLSSoccer.com . Retrieved December 12, 2018.
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