- 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs
The 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs are the postseason to
Major League Soccer 's 2008 season, and will culminate withMLS Cup 2008 onNovember 23 ,2008 atThe Home Depot Center inCarson, California .Format
At season's end, the top three teams of each conference will make the playoffs; in addition, the next two highest point totals, regardless of conference, will also be in the playoffs. In the first round of this knockout tournament, aggregate goals over two matches determine the winners; the Conference Championships are one match each, with the winner of each conference advancing to
MLS Cup . In all rounds, draws will be broken with two 15-minute periods of extra time, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. Theaway goals rule is not used.tandings
The Conference standings are used to determine automatic berths to the MLS Cup Playoffs and
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup . The overall standings table determines wild card berths to the MLS Cup Playoffs, qualification for the SuperLiga, theCONCACAF Champions League , and the winner of theMLS Supporters' Shield .Conference standings
2 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the
CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through theCanadian Championship .
Should Toronto FC qualify for the Champions League through its MLS position, then the highest ranked team not already qualified will qualify.3 - Three additional Champions League berths will be awarded to the winner and runner up of
MLS Cup 2008 and the winner of the the 2008 U.S. Open Cup (D.C. United).
If any of those teams qualify for multiple berths, then the final berth(s) will be awarded to the highest overall finishing MLS team(s) not already qualified.Bracket
Round8-MLSformat
RD1=Conference Semifinals
RD2=Conference Finals
RD3=MLS Cup 2008
group1=Eastern Conference
group2=Western Conferenceteam-width=200px
RD1-seed1=E1
RD1-team1=Columbus Crew
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RD1-seed8=W3
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MLS Cup 2008
*MLS Cup Playoffs
*2008 Major League Soccer season
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