MLS Playoffs 2023 Power Rankings: FC Cincinnati remains favorites with reigning champions LAFC hot on their tail
The race to win the MLS Cup is well and truly on, but which teams are looking strong, and whose hopes of a title are slipping away?
The 2023 MLS Playoffs are upon us, and the field this year feels as open as ever. There's no obvious winner, for sure, and, in a league defined by chaos, there will be plenty of teams feeling like they have a chance at winning silverware in early December.
Last year's champions, LAFC, are involved after winning arguably the best MLS Cup final we've ever seen. Their opponents in 2022, the Philadelphia Union, are as well as they look to shake off that historic defeat by winning one of their own.
In total, there are 16 teams left, although that number will shrink in the coming days. The first round is being played in a new best-of-three format before a familiar knockout battle begins in the quarterfinal round.
But who are the favorites, who are the dark horses and which teams should start looking toward next year already? GOAL has you covered...
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