Your regularly scheduled Audi MLS Cup Playoffs programming will be back in juuusssttt a moment, but first there’s a teensy international break to get through.

It’s an important one, though.

Multiple national teams (featuring multiple MLS players) are on the verge of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup or missing out entirely. There's a lot on the line. Gabon & Cameroon begin playoff run

It’s a playoff for a shot at a playoff.

Nine teams from Africa have already qualified by virtue of winning their qualifying groups.

FYI, that’s: Algeria, Cape Verde (Hi, Steven Moreira ), Egypt, Ghana (Hi, Joseph Paintsil ), Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia.

Now, the top four second-place finishers from the group stage will face off in a playoff for the right to advanc

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