MLS Decision Day: LAFC snatch top seed from LA Galaxy as playoffs fixed

• Galaxy cede top seed to LAFC in agonizing fashion
• Montreal and Atlanta vie for right to face Miami

After clinching MLS playoff berths with regular-season-ending wins on Saturday, CF Montreal and Atlanta United will square off in the Eastern Conference's wild-card match on Tuesday.

The winner of the contest in Montreal draws a tough assignment in East's quarter-finals: a best-of-three series against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, who set the league's single-season point record. A hat-trick from Messi lifted Miami past the New England Revolution on Saturday, giving Miami a 22-4-8 mark, good for 74 points.