ST. LOUIS — St. Louis CITY SC will play the Sporting Kansas City in the first round of the Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs.
Sporting Kansas City beat San Jose 4-2 in penalty kicks Wednesday night in the Western Conference Wild Card match.
Kansas City and San Jose qualified for the playoffs as the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds in the Western Conference. Kansas City had a record of 12-14-8 while San Jose had a record of 10-10-14.
Sporting Kansas City began their season with a 10-game winless streak before turning their season around and qualifying. The Earthquakes clinched a berth in the playoffs after winning 3-0 over Austin FC on Decision Day.
St. Louis CITY SC won the Western Conference title and will be the No. 1 seed. They finished their historic inaugural season with a record of 17-12-5, a total of 56 points. 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.
Here's the schedule for Round One:
- Game 1: 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at CityPark
- Game 2: 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at Children's Mercy Park
- Game 3 (if necessary): 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at CityPark
CITY SC won two of three matches against Sporting Kansas City this season. Both of the wins came at CityPark. They won both matches against San Jose in the regular season.
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