MLS Cup 2023 Odds and Favourites
We have reached the business end of the 2023 Major League Soccer season and the MLS Cup is in view for the remaining teams. We have reached the Conference semi-finals and there are 8 teams remaining in the competition. The Conference semi-finals are played as a one-off match, meaning some teams have a home advantage, with FC Cincinnati being one of the teams who will be playing at home.
According to many sites on a list of offshore sportsbooks, FC Cincinnati has odds of +260 to win the MLS Cup, making them the favourites. FC Cincinnati finished top of the Eastern Conference with 69 points and lost only 5 games during the 34 match regular season. FC Cincinnati also topped the overall MLS regular season standings and were crowned the 2023 MLS Supporters’ Shield champions. FC Cincinnati met New York Red Bulls in Round One of the playoffs and beat them 3-0 at home. Now they come up against Philadelphia Union, who finished 14 points behind FC Cincinnati in the regular season. Orlando City is probably the only team who could stop FC Cincinnati reaching the MLS Cup Final this season, as they beat FC Cincinnati 1-0 at TQL Stadium.
Orlando City are on offer at +800 and one of the reasons they are out at that price is because they are in the same half of the draw as FC Cincinnati. Orlando City have been in great form and going into their Conference semi-final against Columbus Crew, Orlando City have won 6 matches on the spin. They have lost only 1 of their last 13 MLS games and that makes them a dangerous opponent in the playoffs.
The sportsbooks believe Los Angeles FC have a fantastic chance of making the MLS Cup Final and they are the second favourites at +350 in the betting. Los Angeles FC must travel to Seattle Sounders FC in the Conference semi-finals having comfortably beat Vancouver Whitecaps 5-2 at home and 1-0 away in Round One of the playoffs. Los Angeles FC are the defending MLS Cup champions and are aiming to become only the fourth team in the history of the competition to win the trophy back-to-back. Los Angeles have the 2023 top goal scorer in their ranks and Denis Bouanga could fire them all the way to another MLS Cup success.
Next in the betting, we come to Columbus Crew at +600. They finished third in the MLS Eastern Conference table, 12 points behind FC Cincinnati and have a tough looking away fixture against Orlando City, who are in good form. Columbus Crew have struggled to win recent away MLS games and that means they could find it tough to progress from the Conference semi-finals.
The other teams in the MLS Cup 2023 odds include Seattle Sounders at +750, Philadelphia Union at +850, Houston Dynamo at +1200, and Sporting Kansas City at +2200. FC Cincinnati are the favourites at +260 and rightly so thanks to their performance in the regular season and the fact they will host all the games through to the final, should they make it. However, Orlando City are also worth considering at odds of +800 to win the 2023 MLS Cup.