[4] Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC and the Tampa Bay Rowdies were the first teams to clinch a playoff berth which they both achieved on September 3 and subsequently both lost in the first round.

[5] Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC won the regular season and were eliminated in the Conference Quarterfinals by Detroit City FC.

[6] The Charleston Battery and Phoenix Rising FC advanced to the Final after failing to make the postseason the previous year.

[7] The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs which was in a single-elimination, fixed bracket format.

All playoff matches were streamed live on ESPN+ except the Championship final on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, and Sirius XM FC.