Major League Soccer today announced the schedule and broadcast details for the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs, which will kick off on Friday, Nov. 20 and culminate with the league’s 25th championship match, 2020 MLS Cup, on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 5:00 p.m. PT (FOX, UniMás, TSN, and TVA Sports).
In an expansion of the postseason, 18 clubs will qualify for the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs. Seventeen single-elimination matches will be played after the November FIFA international window within a 22-day span from Nov. 20 through 2020 MLS Cup on Dec. 12, including an MLS record 14 postseason matches played over the span of 13 days.
All 17 games of the expanded postseason will be broadcast nationally in the U.S. on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes, FOX/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 Pacific.
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)
- 3:30 p.m. - FS1/FOX Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports .
- 5:30 p.m. - ESPN2/ESPN Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
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)
- 9 a.m. - UniMás/TUDN, TSN, TVA Sports
- 12 p.m. - UniMás/TUDN, TSN, TVA Sports
Sunday, Nov. 22 (three games)
- 1 p.m. - FS1/FOX Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
- 4:30 p.m. - ESPN/ESPN Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
- 7 p.m. - ESPN/ESPN Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
Tuesday, Nov. 24 (three games)
- 3 p.m. - FS1/FOX Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
- 5 p.m. - ESPN/ESPN Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
- 7:30 p.m. - ESPN/ESPN Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
Eastern and Western Conference Semifinal (4 games)
(One single-elimination game, winners advance to Conference Final)
Sunday, Nov. 29 (two games)
- 12 p.m. - ABC/ESPN Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
- 5 p.m. - ESPN/ESPN Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
Tuesday, Dec. 1 (one game)
- 3:30 or 6 p.m. - FS1/FOX Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
Wednesday, Dec. 2 (one game)
- 3:30 or 6 p.m. - FS1/FOX Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
Eastern and Western Conference Final (2 games) (One single-elimination game, winners advance to MLS Cup)
Sunday, Dec. 6 (two games)
- 12 p.m. - ABC/ESPN Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
- 3:30 p.m. - FS1/FOX Deportes, TSN, TVA Sports
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
- 5 p.m. - FOX, UniMás//TUDN, TSN, TVA Sports
For more information about Audi 2020 MLS Cup playoffs, please reference the 2020 MLS Competition Guidelines. For 2020 Regular Season Standings, please visit www.MLSsoccer.com/Standings.
