Each Knockout Round winner will face its respective conference leader – D.C. United in the Eastern Conference and Seattle Sounders FC in the Western Conference – in a two-leg, aggregate goals Conference Semifinal series. The second- and third-place teams in each conference also will square off in the Conference Semifinals – Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake and New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew.
The Conference Championships also will be decided by two-leg aggregate goals series, with the winners advancing to MLS Cup 2014 on December 7 at the home venue of the finalist with the most points in the regular season.
Below is the MLS Cup Playoffs schedule with live national television broadcasts (subject to change).
(Home teams listed first):
· FC Dallas vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Wed., Oct. 29, 9:00 p.m. ET (TSN1, MLS Live, MLS Direct Kick)
· New York Red Bulls vs. Sporting Kansas City – Thurs., Oct. 30, 8:00 p.m. ET (ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, TSN2)
Eastern Conference Semifinals
First Leg (Home teams listed first):
· Columbus Crew vs. New England Revolution – Sat., Nov. 1, 4:00 p.m. ET (UDN, MLS Live, MLS Direct Kick)
· New York Red Bulls or Sporting Kansas City vs. D.C. United – Sun., Nov. 2, 4:00 p.m. ET (UDN, MLS Live, MLS Direct Kick)
Second Leg (Home teams listed first):
· D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls or Sporting Kansas City – Sat., Nov. 8, 2:30 p.m. ET (NBC)
· New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew – Sun., Nov. 9, 5:00 p.m. ET (ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, TSN2)
Western Conference Semifinals
First Leg (Home teams listed first):
· Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy – Sat., Nov. 1, 8:00 p.m. ET (NBCSN, RDS2)
· FC Dallas or Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Seattle Sounders – Sun., Nov. 2, 9:00 p.m. ET (ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, TSN2)
Second Leg (Home teams listed first):
· LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake – Sun., Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, TSN2, RDS2)
· Seattle Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas or Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Mon., Nov. 10, 10:30 p.m. ET (NBCSN, UDN, TSN2, RDS2)
Conference Championships
First Leg:
· Teams TBD – Sun., Nov. 23, 1:30 p.m. ET (NBC)
· Teams TBD – Sun., Nov. 23, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes)
Second Leg:
· Teams TBD – Sat., Nov. 29, 3:00 p.m. ET (NBCSN, UDN, TSN2, RDS2)
· Teams TBD– Sun., Nov. 30, 5:00 p.m. OR 9:00 p.m. ET (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, RDS2)
MLS Cup 2014
Sunday, December 7 (hosted by finalist with best regular season record)
· 3:00 p.m. ET (ESPN, Univision, TSN, and RDS networks) Site TBD
Key to television networks:
NBCSN = NBC Sports Network
UniMas (Spanish)
UDN = Univision Deportes Network (Spanish)
TSN & TSN2 = in Canada (English)
RDS & RDS2 = in Canada (French)