ST. LOUIS — St. Louis CITY SC versus Sporting Kansas City.
The two teams will continue their rivalry in the Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs, all starting on Sunday, Oct. 29.
CITY SC will be making their playoff debut during their inaugural season and Sporting KC making their first playoff appearance since 2021. It's the best of three.
Here's the full schedule:
- Match 1: 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at CityPark
- Match 2: 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at Children's Mercy Park
- Match 3 (if necessary): 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at CityPark
The teams played each other three times this season with the home team winning each match.
CITY SC won both matches at CITYPARK by scoring four goals in each, becoming the first team to score four goals on multiple occasions in a single season against Kansas City since 1999.
St. Louis CITY SC won the Western Conference title and will be the No. 1 seed. The team finished its historic inaugural season with a record of 17-12-5, 56 points overall. They tied the record for second-most points by an expansion team in league history, just missing out on the record set by Los Angeles FC with 57 in 2018.
Sporting Kansas City began its season with a 10-game winless streak before turning it around and qualifying as the No. 8 seed. The team finished the season with a 12-14-8 record overall.
KC beat San Jose 4-2 in penalty kicks to win the Western Conference Wild Card match, advancing to face CITY SC.
Sporting KC are 3-8-6 in road games this season, scoring 18 goals but conceding 30 in those matches.
CITY SC has won 11 home matches this season, tied for the second-most by an expansion team in MLS history. In nine of the 11 matches, St. Louis scored three or more goals.
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