Major League Soccer today announced the schedule and broadcast details for the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs Round One Best-of-3 Series. All matches are available for free for Apple TV subscribers.
The Round One Best-of-3 Series includes a home-away-home configuration that guarantees at least one home game for all teams. Game 1 matches will be hosted by the higher seed. Game 2 matches will be hosted by the lower seed and as needed; the higher seed will host the decisive Game 3. If a match is tied at the end of regulation during the Wild Card and Best-of-3 Series matches, no extra time will be played, and teams will participate in penalty kicks to determine the winner. The first team to win two matches will advance to the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals.
Every match in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs will air on MLS Season Pass and will be made available for free for Apple TV subscribers.
Following the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs Eastern and Western Conference Wild Card matches on Oct. 22, Inter Miami CF will kick off Round One Best-of-3 Series play, as they host Nashville SC in a standalone match on Friday, October 24 (8 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass and Apple TV / FS1 / Fox Deportes / TSN / RDS).
Best-of-3 Series action continues on Sunday, Oct. 26 with a tripleheader highlighted by Supporters’ Shield winners the Philadelphia Union hosting Game 1 against either No. 8 Chicago Fire FC or No. 9 Orlando City SC at Subaru Park (5:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass and Apple TV / FS1 / Fox Deportes). Following that match will be a Western Conference clash between No. 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC and No. 7 FC Dallas (7:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass and Apple TV). The final match of the day will feature the winner of the Western Conference Wild Card game between No. 8 Portland Timbers and No. 9 Real Salt Lake traveling to Snapdragon Stadum to face the top seed in the Western Conference, San Diego FC, in their inaugural Audi MLS Cup Playoffs match (9:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass and Apple TV).
MacDailyNews Note: MLS Season Pass and Apple TV will broadcast every match of the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs. MLS Season Pass is available through the Apple TV app on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices, set-top boxes, and game consoles, as well as on the web at tv.apple.com. Fans can also access MLS Season Pass from the Apple TV app on Apple Vision Pro, where they can watch games alongside other apps in their physical space; within an Environment, so the screen feels 100 feet wide; and in Spatial Audio for an even more immersive viewing experience. Fans in more than 100 countries and regions can sign up for MLS Season Pass for $9.99 for the remainder of the season. For more information and to subscribe to MLS Season Pass visit: tv.apple.com.
To provide extensive coverage, MLS Countdown and MLS Wrap-Up in English and MLS La Previa and El Resumen in Spanish, will feature special edition 30-minute pre- and post-game shows providing in-depth analysis and highlights for the Wild Card matches and Round One Best-of-3 Series games.
In addition to matches on MLS Season Pass and Apple TV, select playoff games will also be available through FOX Sports in the U.S. (FS1 and FOX Deportes) and on TSN and RDS in Canada.
MLS Cup presented by Audi will take place Saturday, December 6 (2:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass and Apple TV, FOX, FOX Deportes, TSN, RDS).
For more information about the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs, visit www.MLSsoccer.com.
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