Earthquakes Fall 3-1 at Minnesota After Leading at Halftime ▶
San Jose led 1-0 at the break, then allowed three second-half goals, the last in stoppage time, at Allianz Field.
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Earthquakes finished 4th in the Western Conference
52 points. Regular season complete; Round One opponent: 5. Houston.
52 points. Regular season complete; Round One opponent: 5. Houston.
Round One matchups
| Round One (best of 3) | |
|---|---|
| 1. Vancouver | vs Wild Card winner (8. Seattle / 9. Salt Lake) |
| 2. Dallas | vs 7. Portland |
| 3. St. Louis | vs 6. LAFC |
| 4. San Jose | vs 5. Houston |
| Wild Card (one match) | 8. Seattle vs 9. Salt Lake |
Final Western Conference seeding.
How the MLS Cup Playoffs work
The top nine teams in each conference make the playoffs. Seeds 1 through 7 go straight to Round One, a best-of-three series where the higher seed hosts Games 1 and 3. Seeds 8 and 9 play a single Wild Card match, and the winner faces the 1 seed. Round One pairs 1 vs. the Wild Card winner, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5. After that, the conference semifinals, conference finals and MLS Cup are single matches.
There are no draws in the playoffs. In Round One, a match that's level after 90 minutes goes straight to a penalty shootout, with no extra time, and the shootout winner takes that game. In every other round, a level match gets 30 minutes of extra time, then penalties.
Where to watch: MLS matches stream on Apple TV (MLS Season Pass); some national matches also air on TV. Channels for each match are listed above once announced.
Latest Earthquakes coverage
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Quakes Can't Find the Net, Fall 3-0 to FC Dallas ▶
A scoreless game turned into a blowout in the final 10 minutes as Petar Musa and Santiago Moreno buried San Jose late at Toyota Stadium.
Earthquakes draw Nashville SC 1-1 on Preston Judd's 70th-minute header ▶
San Jose outshot Nashville 14-6 at PayPal Park, but only 2 of those shots hit the target, and it left with a point instead of three.
Times Eastern. Updated daily.