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Anne M. Peterson | AP

MLS playoffs expand to 18 teams

LAFC celebrates its victory in last season’s Western Conference final. (John McCoy/AP)

Major League Soccer is expanding its playoffs to include the nine top finishers from each of its two conferences, 62% of the league’s teams.

An opening “wild card” round will feature matches between the eighth- and ninth-seeded teams in the Eastern and Western conferences at the stadium of the higher seed.

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