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How To Watch The MLS Cup

Updated on 2023-12-04 By Dennis Restauro

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The Columbus Crew and LAFC will play for the 2023 MLS Cup at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, December 9th, at 3:50 PM ET. You can stream the MLS Cup on Apple TV+ with their coverage starting at 3:00 PM ET. You don’t need a subscription for MLS Season Pass for this game. You just need an Apple TV+ subscription, which costs $9.99 per month after a 1-week trial, and you can cancel at any time.

MLS Cup

Game Date and Time: Saturday, December 9th, at 3:50 PM ET

Where To Watch: You can watch on the Apple TV+ app on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and other supported devices with a subscription to Apple TV+. You can also watch the game on Fox using a free trial to any of the following services:

  • DIRECTV STREAM– offers a 5-day-free trial
  • fuboTV – provides a 1-week free trial
  • YouTube TV –  offers a 1-week free trial

For more information, see our guides on How To Stream Fox and our Apple TV+ Review.

The game is also on FOX Deportes in Spanish in the US. You can watch the game in Canada on TSN and RDS.

How The MLS Playoffs Work

The Following 18 MLS teams have made it to the postseason. Click on any team for their postseason schedule.

  • EASTERN CONFERENCE
    • (1) FC Cincinnati
    • (2) Orlando City SC
    • (3) Columbus Crew
    • (4) Philadelphia Union
    • (5) New England Revolution
    • (6) Atlanta United
    • (7) Nashville SC
    • (8) New York Red Bulls
    • (9) Charlotte FC
  • WESTERN CONFERENCE
    • (1) St. Louis City SC
    • (2) Seattle Sounders FC
    • (3) LAFC
    • (4) Houston Dynamo FC
    • (5) Real Salt Lake
    • (6) Vancouver Whitecaps FC
    • (7) FC Dallas
    • (8) Sporting Kansas City
    • (9) San Jose Earthquakes

The 8th and 9th seeds in each conference will play in the wildcard round on October 25. The winner of each game will advance to the first round, where teams are paired by seed and play a best-of-three series. After round one, teams will play knockout matches for the semifinals, conference finals, and championship matches.

Round one: Oct. 28-Nov. 12

Conference semifinals: November 25-26

Conference Finals: December 2

MLS Cup Final: December 9 at 4:00 PM ET

About The Author

Dennis Restauro

Dennis started Grounded Reason in 2014 to share his expertise in streaming devices, streaming services, local networking, and cutting the cord on cable TV. His expertise has been leveraged by The Washington Post, Forbes, Kiplinger, The Fiscal Times, podcasts, and other media. Dennis has spent over 25 years working in technology for the public and the private sector as a systems administrator and enterprise systems architect. Dennis is a graduate of Towson University with a degree in Computer Science. See Dennis on LinkedIn.

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