Draft your MLS Cup contender roster for the 2026 playoffs. Create soccer fantasy leagues with the one-player-per-team rule.
The 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs feature 18 teams competing from late October through the MLS Cup final in early December. Draft your championship roster with one player per MLS team maximum.
Single-elimination matches from the Conference Semifinals onward. One bad result and your player's team is done. Every match matters.
The expanded playoff field means more teams, more matchups, and more strategic options. The one-per-team rule forces you to spread across the entire bracket.
A player on the MLS Cup finalist could play 5 or 6 matches. A Wild Card exit means just 1 game. Picking the right contenders is half the strategy.
No ads, no paywalls. Create a league, invite friends, and compete through the MLS Cup Playoffs at no cost.
Dates are placeholders. Exact schedule will be updated once MLS publishes the official 2026 playoff bracket.
The 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs are expected to begin in late October with the Wild Card round. The tournament runs through early December, ending with the MLS Cup final around December 6. Exact dates are pending the official 2026 MLS schedule.
Eighteen teams qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs: the top 9 from the Eastern Conference and the top 9 from the Western Conference. The expanded 18-team format was introduced in 2024.
The Wild Card round is a single match (seeds 8 vs 9 in each conference). Round One is a best-of-3 series between seeds 1 through 7 and the Wild Card winners. From the Conference Semifinals onward, every round is single elimination through to the MLS Cup final.
Players earn points for goals, assists, clean sheets, saves, and other match actions. The one-player-per-team rule means you cannot stack multiple players from the same MLS club, forcing strategic roster construction across the bracket.
Once a team is eliminated, their players stop scoring. Picking players from teams you expect to go deep is key. A player on an MLS Cup finalist could play 5 or 6 matches, while a Wild Card exit means just 1 game.
No. The one-player-per-team rule applies. If you draft a player from Inter Miami, you cannot draft any other Inter Miami player. This forces roster diversity across the playoff bracket.
Yes. Fantasy Playoffs is free to start. Create a league, invite friends, and compete through the MLS Cup Playoffs at no cost.
MLS Cup Playoff games are broadcast on Apple TV (MLS Season Pass), FOX, FS1, and select games on local broadcast networks in the United States.