If you’re already longing for meaningful matches a few days after MLS Cup 2025 presented by Audi, there’s (1) good news and (2) licensed professionals willing to talk through ways to create healthier attachments in relationships.

We’ll focus on the first part.

We’re less than a couple of months away from nine MLS teams competing in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup . And last night, we found out each team’s path to the CCC Final. Some paths are clearer than others.

Let’s go from the gentlest walk (1) to the teams running through a gauntlet (9).

How MLS teams qualified

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LA Galaxy

The Galaxy are getting a much-needed chance to reintegrate Riqui Puig at a slower tempo. They’ll face Panama’s Sporting San Miguelito in Round One, then Jamaica’s Mountain Pleasant in the Round of 16

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