SANDY, UT - APRIL 28: Players of Real Salt Lake and of Toronto FC and officials stand during the National Anthem before an MLS soccer game April 28, 2012 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. Real Salt Lake beat Toronto FC 3-2. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
SANDY, UT - APRIL 28: Players of Real Salt Lake and of Toronto FC and officials stand during the National Anthem before an MLS soccer game April 28, 2012 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. Real Salt Lake beat Toronto FC 3-2. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
FS1 Kicks Off Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs with Seattle Sounders-Sporting KC Knockout Match
FOX Sports, home of the 2016 MLS Cup, kicks off the Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs with the streaking No. 4 seed Seattle Sounders hosting No. 5 seed Sporting KC in a single-game knockout round match on Thursday, Oct. 27, beginning at 10:00 PM ET on FS1.
The Seattle Sounders defeated Real Salt Lake, 2-1, at CenturyLink Field Sunday, earning the club its eighth straight postseason berth and home-field advantage in the knockout round match. Sporting KC’s 2-0 home victory the same day against the San Jose Earthquakes secured a club-record sixth straight playoff appearance.
The 2016 MLS Cup will be FOX Sports’ first presentation of the championship event, set to air on the FOX broadcast network in prime time on Saturday, Dec. 10, beginning at 7:30 PM ET. This marks the first time since 2008 that the MLS Cup will air live on English-language network television.
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