By Staff Writer: James Schryver
This past week of MLS Cup soccer, teams have moved on from the Best of Three round and eight teams remain in the Semi-final round.
In the Western Conference, No. 2 Seattle Sounders, No. 3 Los Angeles FC, No. 4 Houston Dynamo FC, and No. 8 Sporting Kansas City have all moved on to the Semi-final round. Seattle won their third game against Dallas to advance. LAFC won immensely in two games against the Vancouver Whitecaps to advance. Houston advanced after their last two games went to penalty shootouts, where they narrowly missed being knocked out. Finally, Sporting KC won in their first two games to move on.
No. 2 Seattle will be playing No. 3 LAFC on 11/26 at 7:30 pm at Lumen Field in Seattle. No. 4 Houston is going to be playing No. 8 Sporting KC on 11/26 at 5:00 pm at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston.
In the Eastern Conference, No. 1 Cincinnati FC, No. 2 Orlando City FC, No. 3 Columbus Crew, and No. 4 Philadelphia Union all remain. Cincinnati FC, Orlando City FC, and the Philadelphia Union all won their first two games in the Round of Three. The Columbus Crew was the only team in the East that played all three games and came out on top to advance.
No. 1 Cincinnati FC will be playing No. 4 Philadelphia Union on 11/25 at 6:00 pm at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati. No. 2 Orlando City FC is playing No. 3 Columbus Crew on 11/25 at 3:30 pm at Exploria Stadium in Orlando.
The winners of each of these games will move on to the Conference Final. All games can be viewed with MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.