Welcome to sdh's coverage of everything going on in MLS Next Pro. One side was crazy, the other side was not. We'll go over the action and what happened in the opening round of Pick your Opponent, and we'll see how well it worked. Some cases it did, some cases it didn't. Last week in a no Dilly, no deal, he's on an MLS Next Pro Chicago Fire and Orlando City b even after ninety minutes, Fire two to one in PKS
five to four. Saint Louis City SC two over l A FC two, and and that was a two to one win for the two seed in the West, Philadelphia Union two, the two seed in the East over NYCFC on a late goal, won that one one nil at Subaru Park. They advanced the Town over Houston Dynamo Dynamo Dose by the way, that was a two to one final. There Crown Legacy over Cincinnati FC Cincinnati two, and that's one of our matches of the week. Here's the highlights of how the eight made it through knocking off FC
Cincinnati two from Northern Kentucky University. Here's your highlights courtesy of our friends at MLS Next Pro and Apple TV.
Anchors the back line Brian Schafer.
In this three four to two one formation for FC Cincinnati, Aaron john He starts.
In the midfield on the right hand side eight goals. Tennis sists.
But now Kazar that is a well played ball by doonzag again, slows.
It down, taps it back. There's space here. Terrilla arcs this bowl around. Everybody step on. Cherrilla torches the threads.
FC Cincinnati have a breakthrough with eleven.
Minutes to you. Mirkovich brings it in a second bite at the apple.
Now flies this one across run into an equalizer.
Willian Sego Kisa latches on and the sub.
Near Kovich picks him out and the nineteen.
Year old from Ecuador to the middle of the field. It's Jorno taps it over.
Smalls, Smalls takes aim, Smalls treads the strings.
Tiger Smalls has brought Crown Legacy.
Back from one oh down to two to one up.
And stop it lead one mill after seventy nine minutes and the full time whistle blows.
It's a massive upset. In the Eastern Conference quarterfinal.
Columbus Crew two put six on Interer Miami two, winning that one six to two at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, North Texas sc beat the White Caps later than late three to two at Chuck Toaddo advance Tacoma Defiance four nil winners over Ventura County. And we mentioned FC Cincinnati two in Crown Legacy. Here was one of the Chuck matches in the West, All Caps in LAFC two. Here's your highlights once again courtesy of our friends at MLS, Next Pro and Apple TV.
Leading that charge on the Cybakai Joiner sixteen goals on the season, Joiners speed of front. Nineteen year old Hobby Hernandez had three goals this season heading into decision day against Tacoma. Hernandez, This is a good ball towards the near side. Nick Sullivan angles left. Sullivan, Oh wow, next Sullivant stores one ne La.
Some things are on here to the near side. Soul of it as the lone goal.
He chips it far side, off the volley, off the fingertips, Tina keep it in play. Whistle didn't blow mckeenne at the inline. Now clipping it towards the center, it scored it solely levels it up Glover navigating, he pushes forward to Climb ninety third minute. Here Climb finds Glover inside the box across the mouth of door.
Joiner the spit. Then that is the final whistle.
City park erupts st Rus is moving on to the Western conference centers.
So then that means that the news of the week is that it was calm in the West and then it was not so much in the East. So you had the one playing the seven, and that worked out for North Texas barely. So they advanced and they got to pick their opponent. They would pick Ta coma defiance the four who knocked off the five, so one verses four, So that meant that really Saint Louis City SC two had no choice. They knocked off the five seed in LAFC two and they get to play the town. So
it is one verses four and two verses three. In the West. Eastern conference was where your chaos was. Eight knocks off the one. Then you had the two win over NYC, the two and the six, three and seven seven works their way through with Crew two and then Chicago fired to as the four beats the five. So that meant that Philadelphia Union got the first choice and they chose Crown Legacy. Be careful what you wish for.
So eight knocks off one and now two gets the eight, which means it's four and seven Fire two hosting Crew two in round number two in the Eastern Conference semifinals. So one verses four, two verses three in the West, it is two verses eight and four verses seven in the East on Sunday at Saturday and Sunday, October twenty six and twenty seven. So here's your rundown of who's doing what when Saturday five o'clock Eastern Union two hosting Crown Legacy at Subaru Park. Sunday to Eastern Fire to
the four hosting Crew two at Seat Geek. That one once again is on Sunday, Western Conference one verses four at chalktaw eight thirty Eastern times. Saturday night Sunday at
five Eastern at City Park. It was it is going to be the two and the three is the town visits Saint Louis City too, So your matchups the high powered offense for Tacoma, it's going to get the number one defense in the Keeper of the Year and Michael Colodi Colode thirteen wins in the year, six clean sheets save percentage at seventy three point one Saint Louis City two all Caps looking for revenge when they go up against the Town in a rematch of the twenty twenty
three Conference quarters. The Town, who were then San Jose Earthquakes two, beat the host two nil in the last last year's postseason Union two are gonna avoid having a high seat get knocked off by the eight for the second straight round. Then you have a fire to and Golden Boot winner David Paraba going up against Crew two, runners up in twenty three Pro Cup champs in twenty two And that's how it's going to be on Apple TV and on MLS next with the MLS Next Pro.
So that's how you get to keep up with everything going on in MLS Next Pro. As we are now in the final four of the conference now in the conference semifinals, after you had your pick your opponent in the opening round. So that's where we are in MLS Next Pro. If you would follow along, connect with the MLS Next Pro on the two hundred and eighty character app and on Instagram and also follow along at mlsnextpro dot Com. A lot of goals scored upsets in the
east and it was chalking the west. We'll see what happens in MLS Next Pro in the round of four on each side Conference semifinals, and we'll let you know what happened early part of next week and get you ready for the conference finals and MLS Next Pro. That is the rundown of everything going on here in MLS Next Pro. Here at d SDCH network, I'm just John. If you can make it, make it go watch the
matches here in the conference semis. If you can't follow along on local providers all their social media for your favorite teams, AppleTV Mlsnextpro dot com For everybody here at SDH I'm just John. Thanks for dropping by. Enjoy the games in MLS Next Pro as we are in the conference semifinal round. Far space,