2022 MLS Cup Playoffs

2022 MLS Cup Playoffs
	File:2022 MLS Cup Playoffs logo black.png
Country	United States; Canada
Dates	October 15 – November 5
Teams	14
Champions	Los Angeles FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Philadelphia Union
Matches played	13
Goals scored	41 (3.15 per match)
Attendance	263,192 (20,246 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sebastián Driussi; Maximiliano Moralez; (3 goals each)
← 2021	2023 →

The 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th edition of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the post-season championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top soccer league in the United States and Canada. The tournament culminated the 2022 MLS regular season. The tournament began on October 15 and concluded with MLS Cup 2022 on November 5, 16 days before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.^[1]

New York City FC entered the playoffs as the defending MLS champions, but were eliminated in the conference finals by the Philadelphia Union. Los Angeles FC entered as Supporters' Shield winners and won their first MLS Cup, defeating the Philadelphia Union in a penalty shoot-out. The 2022 playoffs marked the first since 2008 where no teams from the Pacific Northwest region (including 2021 finalist Portland Timbers) qualified; Seattle Sounders FC failed to qualify for the first time in their MLS history, snapping a league-record thirteen-year playoff streak.^[2] Austin FC and FC Cincinnati reached the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in 2022.

Qualified teams

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Conference standings

The top seven teams in the Eastern and Western Conference qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs, with the conference champions receiving first round byes. A green background denotes teams that qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts

Source: MLS

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts

Source: MLS

Bracket

First round October 15–17		Conference semifinals October 20, 23		Conference finals October 30		MLS Cup November 5

		Philadelphia Union	1			Philadelphia Union	3 (0)
New York Red Bulls	1	FC Cincinnati	0			Los Angeles FC (p)	3 (3)
FC Cincinnati	2			Philadelphia Union	3
				New York City FC	1
		New York City FC	3
New York City FC	3	CF Montréal	1
Inter Miami CF	0

		Los Angeles FC	3
CF Montréal	2	LA Galaxy	2
Orlando City SC	0			Los Angeles FC	3
				Austin FC	0
		FC Dallas	1
		Austin FC	2

Note: The higher seeded teams hosted matches, with the MLS Cup host determined by overall points.

First round

The second through fourth seeded teams in each conference hosted the first round matches. The top seeds in each conference received a bye to the Conference semifinals.

Eastern Conference

New York Red Bulls v FC Cincinnati

October 15
12:00 p.m. EDT

New York Red Bulls	1–2	FC Cincinnati
Morgan 48'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/rbnyvscin-10-15-2022/	Acosta 74' (pen.) Vázquez 86'

Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 17,113
Referee: Alex Chilowicz

CF Montréal v Orlando City SC

October 16
8:00 p.m. EDT

CF Montréal	2–0	Orlando City SC
Koné 68' Mihailovic 90+9' (pen.)	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/mtlvsorl-10-16-2022/

Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 19,619
Referee: Ismail Elfath

New York City FC v Inter Miami CF

October 17
7:00 p.m. EDT

New York City FC	3–0	Inter Miami CF
Pereira 63' Moralez 69' Héber 90+2'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/nycvsmia-10-17-2022/

Citi Field
Attendance: 18,066
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Western Conference

LA Galaxy v Nashville SC

October 15
12:00 p.m. PDT

LA Galaxy	1–0	Nashville SC
Araujo 60'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/lavsnsh-10-15-2022/

Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 22,280
Referee: Armando Villarreal

Austin FC v Real Salt Lake

October 16
2:00 p.m. CDT

Austin FC	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Real Salt Lake
Driussi 31', 90+4' (pen.)	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/atxvsrsl-10-16-2022/	Córdova 3', 15' (pen.)
	Penalties
*Driussi Fagúndez Rigoni	3–1	* Silva Brody Ojeda Schmitt

Q2 Stadium
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Victor Rivas

FC Dallas v Minnesota United FC

October 17
8:30 p.m. CDT

FC Dallas	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Minnesota United FC
Quignon 64'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/dalvsmin-10-17-2022/	Reynoso 53'
	Penalties
*Jara Lletget Hedges Ferreira Velasco	5–4	* Reynoso Trapp Arriaga Benítez García

Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 19,096
Referee: Ted Unkel

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

Philadelphia Union v FC Cincinnati

October 20
8:00 p.m. EDT

Philadelphia Union	1–0	FC Cincinnati
Flach 59'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/phivscin-10-20-2022/

Subaru Park
Attendance: 19,289
Referee: Timothy Ford

CF Montréal v New York City FC

October 23
1:00 p.m. EDT

CF Montréal	1–3	New York City FC
Mihailovic 85'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/mtlvsnyc-10-23-2022/	Moralez 6' Héber 45+3' Talles Magno 61' (pen.)

Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 19,619
Referee: Drew Fischer

Western Conference

Los Angeles FC v LA Galaxy

October 20
7:00 p.m. PDT

Los Angeles FC	3–2	LA Galaxy
Bouanga 23', 80' Arango 90+3'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/lafcvsla-10-20-2022/	Grandsir 44' Joveljić 85'

Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,305
Referee: Allen Chapman

Austin FC v FC Dallas

October 23
7:00 p.m. CDT

Austin FC	2–1	FC Dallas
Djitté 26' Driussi 29'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/atxvsdal-10-23-2022/	Velasco 65'

Q2 Stadium
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Joseph Dickerson

Conference finals

The higher-seeded teams in each conference hosted the matches.

Eastern Conference

Philadelphia Union v New York City FC

October 30
8:00 p.m. EDT

Philadelphia Union	3–1	New York City FC
Carranza 65' Gazdag 67' Burke 76'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/phivsnyc-10-30-2022/	Moralez 57'

Subaru Park
Attendance: 19,770
Referee: Allen Chapman

Western Conference

Los Angeles FC v Austin FC

October 30
12:00 p.m. PDT

Los Angeles FC	3–0	Austin FC
Arango 29' Urruti 62' (o.g.) Opoku 81'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/lafcvsatx-10-30-2022/

Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,175
Referee: Armando Villarreal

MLS Cup 2022

The highest-ranked team remaining in the overall table (Los Angeles FC) hosted the match.

Los Angeles FC v Philadelphia Union

November 5, 2022
1:00 p.m. PDT

Los Angeles FC	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Philadelphia Union
Acosta 28' Murillo 83' Bale 120+8'	https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/lafcvsphi-11-05-2022/	Gazdag 59' Elliott 85', 120+4'
	Penalties
*Tello Bouanga Hollingshead Ilie	3–0	* Gazdag Martínez Wagner

Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,384
Referee: Ismail Elfath

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Sebastián Driussi	Austin FC	3
1	Maximiliano Moralez	New York City FC	3
3	Cristian Arango	Los Angeles FC	2
	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC
	Sergio Córdova	Real Salt Lake
	Jack Elliott	Philadelphia Union
	Héber	New York City FC
	Dániel Gazdag	Philadelphia Union
	Djordje Mihailovic	CF Montréal

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2022 MLS Cup Playoffs

Contents

Qualified teams

Conference standings

Bracket

First round

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

MLS Cup 2022

Top goalscorers

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