On Wednesday, the road to the MLS Cup trophy will get underway with the wildcard round. The Chicago Fire , Orlando City SC , Portland Timbers , and Real Salt Lake will all look to make it to the first round proper of the playoffs. Once there, in the Western Conference, the winner of Portland and Salt Lake will face San Diego FC , while in the East, the winner between the Fire and Orlando will face the Supporters' Shield winners, the Philadelphia Union .
The wildcard round is a one-match, winner-take-all round before the first round moves to a best-of-three game format. The higher seed will host the first match before the second match is played away, with the third match, if needed, returning to single knockout matches for the remainder of the playoffs.
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