MLS First Round Playoff Upset Rankings, Salary Release Nuggets + Tata Martino & MLS Openings

MLS First Round Playoff Upset Rankings, Salary Release Nuggets + Tata Martino & MLS Openings

Author: Kickback Soccer Media October 30, 2025 Duration: 1:27:58

The first cycle of MLS playoffs are in the books finally! Tom & Gass jump in to recap what they saw and set the scale on who has the best chance to turn an upset. It is one of Soccerwise's favorite weeks of the year for two reasons as the MLSPA salary dumps are out alongside the playoffs so they dig through all the news. And finally the buzz around some of the biggest coach openings in MLS with Tata talking to Atlanta, STL picking up options, and more.

5:00 NYCFC Away Win In Charlotte & Past Upsets

13:10 MIN Long Throw Over SEA

23:00 Cincy Surviving Hell For Now

31:55 LAFC Veteran Steel Outlasts Austin

45:10 Did Chicago Waste Their Chance In Philly

49:10 More Belief In Portland Or Dallas?

56:00 Sam Sarver Wins MLSNP MVP

58:50 MLSPA Salary Dump Headlines

1:10:00 Tata Martino Going Home To ATL?

1:18:00 STL Lacking Sporting Direction

1:22:20 RBNY Path Forward


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