MLS Cup Final 2021: date, tickets, where to watch, and odds for the finalists

Many teams were left on the road and only the strongest teams made it to the MLS Cup Final 2021. And everything is ready to see the clash between the 2 best teams of the season.  

So far, the first finalist is the Portland Timbers, who are awaiting the winner of the match between Philadelphia Union and NYCFC. 

MLS Cup Final 2021: The date of the most important match of the year

It will be next Saturday, December 11, when the winners of the East and West conference finals will face each other for the MLS title. 

The final, as required by the rules, will be played at the home of the team that accumulated the most points among the conference champions. 

Therefore, this match will be played at Providence Park, the home of the Portland Timbers, where everything is ready to receive the conference champions. 

Where to buy tickets for the MLS Cup Final 2021? 

Tickets for the MLS Grand Final can be purchased through Seatgeek, the league's official ticketing partner. 

Even through the website you can activate alerts to purchase tickets for upcoming MLS matches. 

Where to watch the MLS Cup Final 2021?

The match will be broadcast live on national television, including ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes, FS1, FOX Deportes, Univision, UniMas and TUDN, as well as on MLSsoccer.com and the MLS app. In Canada, matches will be broadcast on TSN and TVA Sports.

What are the odds for the finalists?

For the third time in the club's history, the Portland Timbers made it to the MLS Cup, this time courtesy of Chilean Felipe Mora and Colombian Santiago Moreno. 

With a 2-0 scoreline, the Timbers are the Western Conference champions and of course, earned their ticket to the MLS Cup Final 2021. 

Portland was crowned conference champion in front of more than 20,000 fans at Providence Park and now comfortably awaits the winner of the Eastern Conference. 

The Timbers looked dominant throughout the match and, with the help of Colombian brothers Yimmi and Diego Chará on the flanks, and aided by Paraguayan winger Christian Paredes, subdued the opposing defense. 

Real Salt Lake City could barely withstand the Timbers' onslaught for five minutes. 

Even with their starting goalkeeper David Ochoa, Portland had little difficulty scoring the first goal through Felipe Mora, who took advantage of a poor clearance by the RSL defense. 

The final wound was inflicted by Santiago Moreno, in the 61st minute of play, when he took advantage of a powerful shot from outside the area. 

The ball first hit the base of the right post, and then went into the goal guarded by David Ochoa, the Mexican-American goalkeeper called up by Mexico for its next match against Chile.  

So Portland's chances of winning the MLS Cup are very high, considering they beat RSL even without Sebastian Blanco, their star player, due to injury.

The Timbers now comfortably await the winner of the match between NYCFC and Philadelphia Union, which will be played this afternoon at Subaru Park. 

But the big favorite for this matchup is NYCFC, after defeating Atlanta United 2-0 in the quarterfinals of their conference, with goals from Taty Castellanos and Alexander Callens. 

And in the conference semifinals they defeated the New England Revolution, first tying them 2-2 in regular time and then beating them in the penalty shootout with a score of 5-3. 

For their part, Philadelphia Union defeated New York RB in the first instance with a score of 1-0, with a goal by Jakob Glesnes.

They then eliminated Nashville SC in a 2-0 penalty shootout, after tying them 2-2 in regular time.