The 2024 MLS Cup playoffs kick off on Tuesday following a marathon regular season, with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami the clear favorites to win the title.
Messi and Miami will meet the winner of Tuesday’s single elimination Eastern Conference wildcard between CF Montreal and Atlanta United.
The Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers will contest the West’s play-in on Wednesday, with the best of three game Round 1 series beginning with the Oct.
25 opener between the Herons and Atlanta/Montreal. All matches are available on Apple TV. Messi just led Miami to the greatest regular season in MLS’s 29-year history; the GOAT scored an 11-minute hat trick in Saturday’s campaign-ending comeback win over the New England Revolution, a victory that gave the Herons a league record 74 points.