During Decision Day on Saturday:

• Six teams vie for the Western Conference's final three Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs spots.
• Five teams vie for home-field advantage in the Round One Best-of-3 Series.

LA will clinch a berth in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs if:

1. ❌ LA win at Salt Lake or…
2. ❌ LA draw at Salt Lake AND Seattle lose/draw vs. LAFC or…
3. ❌ LA draw at Salt Lake AND Portland lose/draw at Austin or…
4. ❌ LA draw at Salt Lake AND Colorado lose/draw at Dallas or…
5. ❌ Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Portland lose at Austin AND Colorado lose at Dallas or…
6. ❌ Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Portland lose at Austin AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose or…
7. ❌ Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose or…
8. ❌ Portland lose at Austin AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose

UPDATE: LA lost 2-1 at Salt Lake.

Portland will clinch a berth in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs if:

1. ✅ Portland win at Austin or…
2. ❌ Portland draw at Austin AND Colorado lose at Dallas or…
3. ❌ Portland draw at Austin AND Seattle lose/draw vs. LAFC or…
4. ❌ Salt Lake lose vs. LA AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose or…
5. ❌ Portland draw at Austin AND Colorado draw at Dallas AND Portland win tiebreaker over Colorado or…
6. ❌ Colorado lose at Dallas AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Salt Lake lose vs. LA AND Portland win tiebreaker over Colorado or…
7. ❌ Colorado lose at Dallas AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose AND Portland win tiebreaker over Colorado or…
8. ❌ Colorado lose at Dallas AND Salt Lake lose vs. LA AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose AND Portland win tiebreaker over Colorado

UPDATE: Portland won 2-0 at Austin.

Colorado will clinch a berth in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs if:

1. ❌ Colorado win at Dallas or…
2. ❌ Colorado draw at Dallas AND Portland lose at Austin or…
3. ❌ Colorado draw at Dallas AND Seattle lose/draw vs. LAFC or…
4. ❌ Salt Lake lose vs. LA AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose or…
5. ❌ Colorado draw at Dallas AND Portland draw at Austin AND Colorado win tiebreaker over Portland or…
6. ❌ Portland lose at Austin AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Salt Lake lose vs. LA AND Colorado win tiebreaker over Portland or…
7. ❌ Portland lose at Austin AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose AND Colorado win tiebreaker over Portland or…
8. ❌ Portland lose at Austin AND Salt Lake lose vs. LA AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose AND Colorado win tiebreaker over Portland

UPDATE: Colorado lost 3-1 at Dallas.

Seattle will clinch a berth in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs if:

1. ✅ Seattle win vs. LAFC AND LA lose/draw at Salt Lake or…
2. ❌ Seattle win vs. LAFC AND Portland lose/draw at Austin or…
3. ✅ Seattle win vs. LAFC AND Colorado lose/draw at Dallas or…
4. ❌ Seattle draw vs. LAFC AND Portland lose at Austin AND Colorado lose at Dallas or…
5. ❌ Seattle draw vs. LAFC AND Portland lose at Austin AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose or…
6. ❌ Seattle draw vs. LAFC AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose or…
7. ❌ Seattle draw vs. LAFC AND Portland lose at Austin AND Seattle win tiebreaker over Minnesota or…
8. ❌ Seattle draw vs. LAFC AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Seattle win tiebreaker over Minnesota

UPDATE: Seattle won 2-1 vs. LAFC.

Salt Lake will clinch a berth in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs if:

1. ❌ Salt Lake win vs. LA AND Portland lose/draw at Austin or…
2. ✅ Salt Lake win vs. LA AND Colorado lose/draw at Dallas or…
3. ❌ Salt Lake win vs. LA AND Seattle lose/draw vs. LAFC or…
4. ❌ Salt Lake draw vs. LA AND Portland lose at Austin AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose or…
5. ❌ Salt Lake draw vs. LA AND Portland lose at Austin AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC or…
6. ❌ Salt Lake draw vs. LA AND Portland lose at Austin AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC or…
7. ❌ Salt Lake draw vs. LA AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Minnesota lose/draw vs. San Jose AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC

UPDATE: Salt Lake won 2-1 vs. LA.

Minnesota will clinch a berth in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs if:

1. ❌ Minnesota win vs. San Jose AND Portland lose at Austin AND Colorado lose at Dallas or…
2. ❌ Minnesota win vs. San Jose AND Portland lose at Austin AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC or…
3. ❌ Minnesota win vs. San Jose AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Seattle lose vs. LAFC or…
4. ❌ Minnesota win vs. San Jose AND Portland lose at Austin AND Seattle draw vs. LAFC AND Minnesota win tiebreaker over Seattle or…
5. ❌ Minnesota win vs. San Jose AND Colorado lose at Dallas AND Seattle draw vs. LAFC AND Minnesota win tiebreaker over Seattle

UPDATE: Minnesota won 3-1 vs. San Jose, but did not qualify for the playoffs due to other results.

Chicago will clinch home-field advantage in the Round One Best-of-3 Series if:

1. ❌ Chicago win vs. Columbus or…
2. ✅ Charlotte lose/draw at Miami

UPDATE: Chicago lost 4-3 vs. Columbus, but Charlotte drew 3-3 at Miami.

Charlotte will clinch home-field advantage in the Round One Best-of-3 Series if:

1. ❌ Charlotte win at Miami AND Chicago lose/draw vs. Columbus

UPDATE: Charlotte drew 3-3 at Miami.

San Jose will clinch home-field advantage in the Round One Best-of-3 Series if:

1. ❌ San Jose win/draw at Minnesota or…
2. ✅ Houston win/lose vs. St. Louis or…
3. ❌ Houston draw vs. St. Louis AND San Jose win tiebreaker over Houston

UPDATE: San Jose lost 3-1 at Minnesota and clinched home-field due to other results.

St. Louis will clinch home-field advantage in the Round One Best-of-3 Series if:

1. ✅ St. Louis win/draw at Houston

UPDATE: St. Louis won 1-0 at Houston.

Houston will clinch home-field advantage in the Round One Best-of-3 Series if:

1. ❌ Houston win vs. St. Louis or…
2. ❌ Houston draw vs. St. Louis AND San Jose lose at Minnesota AND Houston win tiebreaker over San Jose

UPDATE: Houston lost 1-0 vs. St. Louis.