Every 2025 MLS playoff matchup, 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.
Inter Miami CF won the 2025 title from a regular season record of 19-7-8. 18 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 5 rounds. Every matchup below is taken from the MLS stats API; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card Round | Chicago Fire FC | 3-1 | Orlando City | October 22, 2025 |
| Wild Card Round | Portland Timbers | 3-1 | Real Salt Lake | October 22, 2025 |
| First Round | Philadelphia Union | 2-0 in games | Chicago Fire FC | October 26 to November 1, 2025 |
| First Round | FC Cincinnati | 2-1 in games | Columbus Crew | October 27 to November 8, 2025 |
| First Round | Inter Miami CF | 2-1 in games | Nashville SC | October 24 to November 8, 2025 |
| First Round | San Diego Football Club | 2-1 in games | Portland Timbers | October 26 to November 9, 2025 |
| First Round | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2-0 in games | FC Dallas | October 26 to November 1, 2025 |
| First Round | Los Angeles Football Club | 2-0 in games | Austin FC | October 29 to November 2, 2025 |
| First Round | New York City Football Club | 2-1 in games | Charlotte FC | October 28 to November 7, 2025 |
| First Round | Minnesota United FC | 2-1 in games | Seattle Sounders FC | October 27 to November 8, 2025 |
| Conference Semifinals | New York City Football Club | 1-0 | Philadelphia Union | November 23, 2025 |
| Conference Semifinals | Inter Miami CF | 4-0 | FC Cincinnati | November 23, 2025 |
| Conference Semifinals | San Diego Football Club | 1-0 | Minnesota United FC | November 24, 2025 |
| Conference Semifinals | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2-2, 4-3 on penalties | Los Angeles Football Club | November 22, 2025 |
| Conference Finals | Inter Miami CF | 5-1 | New York City Football Club | November 29, 2025 |
| Conference Finals | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3-1 | San Diego Football Club | November 29, 2025 |
| MLS Cup | Inter Miami CF | 3-1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | December 6, 2025 |
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.