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Editor's Note: Armchair Analyst Matt Doyle provided a tactical preview for both Conference Finals. With the Seattle Sounders knocking off LAFC in the Western Conference Final, that leaves one more ticket to 2019 MLS Cup. Who takes it? Atlanta United or Toronto FC? Eastern Conference Final Atlanta United vs. Toronto

LOS ANGELES — All that LAFC achieved in this most remarkable of seasons, in which they ran away with the Supporters' Shield with immense style and grace, didn't mean much in the Western Conference Final against the Seattle Sounders on Tuesday night — which they lost 3-1 — and that calls for

LOS ANGELES – All season long, teams have been trying to figure out how to accomplish what the Seattle Sounders did on Tuesday night. Playing in the Western Conference Final of the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs against LAFC at Banc of California Stadium, the Sounders were tasked with slowing

LOS ANGELES -- It was deja vu. Diego Rossi scooted into space facing the opponents goal. He looked up to see the newly substituted Adama Diomande sneaking into the six-yard box. The Uruguayan DP whipped the cross toward Dio’s head. But this wasn’t the 68th minute against the LA Galaxy,

LOS ANGELES — Recently crowned 2019 MLS Supporter’s Shield Champions LAFC have plenty of obvious factors that explain their success on the field.  There’s the roster, which includes Best XI candidates all over the field, including a potential Landon Donovan MVP-winning performance from Carlos Vela. There’s the coaching staff, led by Bob Bradley and a team

By the end of tonight, we'll know one of the two participants in 2019 MLS Cup. We might even know where the game will be played.  LAFC host the Seattle Sounders tonight (10 pm ET | ESPN, TSN, TVAS) in the Western Conference Final of the Audi 2019 MLS Cup

LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday night, the Seattle Sounders will visit Banc of California Stadium as the latest team to try to beat the side that set or tied nearly every MLS record in the books in 2019 (10 pm ET | ESPN in US; TSN1/5, TVAS in Canada). There are many,

Top Things to Know about MLS this Week MLS Nets Highest-Scoring Postseason Yet: On average, 4.2 goals-per-game have been scored through Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals. Even if all three remaining games end scoreless, this postseason will reach at least a 3.23 goals against average, which eclipses the

"We're not afraid of them," Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer told reporters on Sunday.  It's the exact answer you would expect a coach to give. It's the right emotional message to a team. You can never enter a game with doubt. It's the manager's job to inspire belief and confidence. But the

TUKWILA, Wash. – Banc of California Stadium hasn’t been a particularly friendly visiting venue for Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei. In his first trip there in LAFC’s inaugural season, in the stadium opener, Frei had a free kick from Laurent Ciman knuckle under his fingertips in second-half stoppage time for

LOS ANGELES – The last time LAFC goalkeeper Tyler Miller played in a Western Conference Final, he wore black. Of course, back in 2017, the rest of his teammates donned rave green.   With Stefan Frei out with a hamstring strain, Miller helped the Seattle Sounders defeat the Houston Dynamo, 2-0,

TUKWILA, Wash. – The Seattle Sounders know where they stand going into Tuesday’s Western Conference Final against LAFC at Banc of California Stadium (10 pm ET | ESPN in US; TSN1/5, TVAS in Canada) and it certainly isn’t as the odds-on favorite. The Sounders are taking on an LAFC side that

TUKWILA, Wash. – How do you stop LAFC’s juggernaut attack? Pretty much no MLS team has been able to answer that question in 2019, and the Seattle Sounders’ season now depends on it. When the Sounders take on the Black & Gold in the Western Conference Final at Banc of

It took 24 years, but the old guard of Major League Soccer are excluded from the Conference Finals stage of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time ever.  That's a striking observation made by SoccerAmerica's Paul Kennedy, who's covered the league since its inception and took note of

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ex-US national teamer Benny Feilhaber, a midfielder for Sporting Kansas City, joins MLSsoccer.com as a guest columnist throughout the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs. Feilhaber has played in a World Cup and Olympics and he has won an MLS Cup, a Gold Cup and two Open Cups. Now

And then there were four. With the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs conference semifinals, and that mad, unforgettable night in Los Angeles in the rearview mirror, just 90 minutes separate Atlanta United, LAFC, Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC from a place at MLS Cup on Nov. 10. Each potential matchup

LOS ANGELES – As Thursday night’s Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Semifinal inched toward the end of regular time, the chants of confidence rang out. Olé…Olé……Olé…Ole´…OLÉ! For the first time since LAFC were up three goals against the LA Galaxy way back on March 31, 2018, the Black

LOS ANGELES – The primary talking point following the LA Galaxy's loss Thursday night in the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Semifinals concerned Zlatan Ibrahimovic, naturally, and whether he'll return for a third Major League Soccer campaign in 2020. There was nothing new said, of course, just that there

Emotions were riding high during a wild El Trafico derby which saw the No. 1 seed LAFC beat their rivals LA Galaxy 5-3 to advance to the Western Conference Final. Those emotions did not die down after the final whistle. During a postgame flash interview with ESPN's Sebastian Salazar, LAFC head

And then there were four, as the MLS Cup contenders in 2019 have officially been whittled down to the final quartet. Ahead of the Conference finals next week, which teams still standing are on top and which are playing with house money? With a voting panel of one this time,

LOS ANGELES — The LA Galaxy knew they would eventually be beaten by LAFC, that it had to happen one day. They just weren't ready for it yet. Major League Soccer's best derby — is there really any question about that now? — offered up a classic in Thursday night's Western Conference semifinal,

LOS ANGELES -- When the whistle finally blew Thursday night after LAFC’s enthralling 5-3 knockout of the visiting Galaxy, Carlos Vela took a moment to himself. The MLS’s new goal king and leading MVP candidate — who’s two goals and an assist helped torpedo Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the rest of the Carson

Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs  – Western Conference Final Los Angeles Football Club vs. Seattle Sounders FC Banc of California Stadium – Los Angeles October 29 – 10:00 PM ET TV: ESPN, TSN, TVAS, ESPN Deportes It's the upstarts vs. the old hands in the Western Conference Final on the Audi 2019