2020 MLS Cup Playoff Schedule

MLS Cup

Major League Soccer has announced the schedule and broadcast details for the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs, which will kick off on Friday, November 20 and culminate in the league’s 25th championship match, 2020 MLS Cup, on Saturday, December 12 at 7 p.m. CT, live on FOX and UniMás. Minnesota United currently sits fifth in the table with 1.55 points per game. The Loons have already clinched their place in the postseason, but with a Decision Day win could move up the table to host a game – depending on other results around the league.


In an expansion of the postseason, 18 clubs will qualify for the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs. Seventeen postseason matches will be played after the November FIFA international window within a 22-day span from Noember. 20 through MLS Cup on December 12, including an MLS record 14 postseason matches played over the span of 13 days.


Building on the excitement of last season’s Audi MLS Cup Playoffs that saw the highest-scoring postseason in MLS history (4.1 goals per match), this year’s playoffs will once again feature single-game elimination matches hosted by the higher-seeded club.


All 17 games of the expanded postseason will be broadcast nationally in the U.S. on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes, FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes, and Univision’s UniMás and TUDN networks, in Canada on TSN and TVA Sports networks and in more than 190 countries around the world.


The Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs and 2020 MLS Cup broadcast schedule can be found below.


Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Schedule 
Subject to change All times Central.


Eastern Conference Play-In Round (2 games) 
(The lower-seeded advancing team will face the Eastern Conference No. 1 seed in Round 1, while the higher-seeded advancing team will face the Eastern Conference No. 2 seed.)


Friday, Nov. 20
(two games)


  • 5:30 p.m.         FS1/FOX Deportes.
  • 7:30 p.m.         ESPN2/ESPN Deportes



Eastern and Western Conference Round One (8 games) 
(Western Conference No. 1 vs. No. 8 seed, No. 2 vs No. 7 seed, No. 3 vs. No. 6 seed, Nov. 4 vs No. 5 seed. Eastern Conference No. 1 vs lower advancing Play-In Round seed, No. 2 vs. higher advancing Play-In Round seed, No. 3 vs. No. 6 seed, Nov. 4 vs No. 5 seed)


Saturday, Nov. 21
(two games)


  • 11:00 a.m. ET      UniMás/TUDN
  • 2:00 p.m. ET        UniMás/TUDN


Sunday, Nov. 22
(three games)


  • 3:00 p.m.              FS1/FOX Deportes
  • 6:30 p.m.         ESPN/ESPN Deportes
  • 9:00 p.m.            ESPN/ESPN Deportes


Tuesday, Nov. 24
(three games)


  • 5:00 p.m.              FS1/FOX Deportes
  • 7:00 p.m.              ESPN/ESPN Deportes
  • 9:30 p.m.       ESPN/ESPN Deportes


Eastern and Western Conference Semifinal (4 games)
(One single-elimination game, winners advance to Conference Final)


Sunday, Nov. 29
(two games)


  • 2:00 p.m.              ABC/ESPN Deportes
  • 7:00 p.m.              ESPN/ESPN Deportes


Tuesday, Dec. 1
(one game)


  • 5:30 or 8 p.m.   FS1/FOX Deportes


Wednesday, Dec. 2
(one game)


  • 5:30 or 8 p.m. FS1/FOX Deportes


Eastern and Western Conference Final (2 games)
(One single-elimination game, winners advance to MLS Cup)


Sunday, Dec. 6
(two games)


  • 2:00 p.m.              ABC/ESPN Deportes
  • 5:30 p.m.         FS1/FOX Deportes


2020 MLS Cup (1 game)
(Eastern Conference Champion vs. Western Conference Champion One single-elimination game that will crown the 2020 MLS Cup Champion.)


Saturday, Dec. 12

  • 7:00 p.m.              FOX, UniMás//TUDN, TSN, TVA Sports