MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs 2021: Club-By-Club Results

With the inaugural MLS NEXT season officially in the books, SoccerWire has compiled a club-by-club breakdown of how the postseason played out.

Real Salt Lake (U15), Weston FC (U16), Orlando City SC (U17) and Chicago Fire (U19) captured the first-ever MLS NEXT Cup championships. Philadelphia Union (U15), Tampa Bay United (U16), PDA (U17) and Solar SC (U19) earned second place finishes after advancing all the way to the finals.

Five total clubs accomplished the impressive feat of qualifying for the MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs across all four age groups: Atlanta United FC, Cedar Stars Academy – Bergen, Force SC, Indiana Fire Academy and Tampa Bay United.

An additional 12 clubs were represented in 3-of-4 age groups for the postseason: ALBION SC San Diego, Barca Residency Academy, Bethesda SC, Chicago Fire, IMG Academy, LAFC Academy, New England Revolution, PDA, Real Colorado, Sacramento Republic, Sockers FC and Solar SC.

See below for a complete look at how each MLS NEXT club fared in the 2021 playoffs.

MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs 2021	U15	U16	U17	U19
ALBION SC San Diego	Qualified	Quarterfinalist	Round of 16
Atlanta United	Round of 16	Round of 16	Qualified	Qualified
Austin FC	Quarterfinalist
Baltimore Armour		Round of 16		Qualified
Barca Residency Academy	Qualified	Qualified		Round of 16
Beachside of Connecticut		Round of 16		Qualified
Bethesda SC		Qualified	Round of 16	Qualified
Blau Weiss Gottschee		Qualified
Cedar Stars Academy – Bergen	Round of 16	Qualified	Qualified	Quarterfinalist
Chargers Soccer Club				Qualified
Charlotte FC			Round of 16
Chicago FC United		Qualified		Round of 16
Chicago Fire FC	Qualified		Round of 16	Champion ?
Colorado Rapids			Quarterfinalist	Qualified
D.C. United	Quarterfinalist
De Anza Force	Qualified	Round of 16	Qualified	Round of 16
FC Cincinnati				Quarterfinalist
FC Dallas	Quarterfinalist		Quarterfinalist
FC Delco		Semifinalist	Qualified
FC Greater Boston Bolts		Qualified		Qualified
Florida Rush Soccer Club		Qualified		Qualified
IMG Academy		Qualified	Qualified	Qualified
Indiana Fire Academy	Qualified	Qualified	Qualified	Round of 16
Inter Miami CF	Qualified
Jacksonville FC		Quarterfinalist		Qualified
L.A. United Futbol Academy		Qualified		Qualified
LA Galaxy	Round of 16		Quarterfinalist
LA Surf Soccer Club	Qualified	Round of 16
Los Angeles Football Club	Round of 16		Quarterfinalist	Round of 16
Metropolitan Oval			Qualified
Miami Rush Kendall SC				Qualified
Michigan Wolves	Qualified	Qualified
Murrieta Surf Soccer Club	Qualified
New England Revolution	Semifinalist		Qualified	Round of 16
New York City FC	Round of 16		Qualified
Nomads		Qualified
Oakwood Soccer Club	Qualified		Qualified
Orlando City SC	Qualified		Champion ?
PA Classics	Qualified
Philadelphia Union	Finalist ?		Round of 16
Phoenix Rising FC	Qualified	Quarterfinalist
PDA		Semifinalist	Finalist ?	Quarterfinalist
Portland Timbers	Qualified			Round of 16
Real Colorado	Round of 16	Round of 16	Qualified
Real Salt Lake	Champion ?
RSL Arizona		Quarterfinalist	Round of 16
Sacramento Republic	Round of 16		Semifinalist	Semifinalist
Saint Louis FC		Qualified	Qualified	Qualified
San Antonio FC		Round of 16
San Jose Earthquakes	Semifinalist		Round of 16
SC Del Sol				Qualified
Seacoast United		Qualified
Seattle Sounders FC			Semifinalist
Shattuck-St. Mary’s			Round of 16	Qualified
Sockers FC Chicago	Quarterfinalist	Round of 16		Round of 16
Solar Soccer Club		Qualified	Qualified	Finalist ?
Sporting Kansas City	Qualified			Quarterfinalist
Tampa Bay United Rowdies	Qualified	Finalist ?	Qualified	Qualified
Total Futbol Academy	Round of 16		Qualified
Vardar Soccer Club		Qualified	Qualified
Weston FC		Champion ?