Every 2019 MLS playoff match, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Seattle Sounders FC won the 2019 title from a regular season record of 16-10-8. 14 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every match below is taken from the MLS stats API; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockout Round | Atlanta United | 1-0 | New England Revolution | October 19, 2019 |
| Knockout Round | Seattle Sounders FC | 4-3 | FC Dallas | October 19, 2019 |
| Knockout Round | Philadelphia Union | 4-3 | Red Bull New York | October 20, 2019 |
| Knockout Round | Real Salt Lake | 2-1 | Portland Timbers | October 19, 2019 |
| Knockout Round | LA Galaxy | 2-1 | Minnesota United FC | October 20, 2019 |
| Knockout Round | Toronto FC | 5-1 | D.C. United | October 19, 2019 |
| Conference Semifinals | Los Angeles Football Club | 5-3 | LA Galaxy | October 24, 2019 |
| Conference Semifinals | Toronto FC | 2-1 | New York City Football Club | October 23, 2019 |
| Conference Semifinals | Atlanta United | 2-0 | Philadelphia Union | October 24, 2019 |
| Conference Semifinals | Seattle Sounders FC | 2-0 | Real Salt Lake | October 23, 2019 |
| Conference Finals | Seattle Sounders FC | 3-1 | Los Angeles Football Club | October 29, 2019 |
| Conference Finals | Toronto FC | 2-1 | Atlanta United | October 30, 2019 |
| MLS Cup | Seattle Sounders FC | 3-1 | Toronto FC | November 10, 2019 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.