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Major League Soccer

Market opportunity

MLS playoff travel is starting to take shape

Nashville have clinched; the remaining field decides in the final weeks, setting the postseason travel map.

$48.0M

Possible yearly travel

3/5

Travel priority

—

Events each year

None

PIVOT connection

What sales should do next

Keep watching. Call when the playoff matchups are confirmed.

MLS playoff travel is starting to take shape
PIVOT market image

Time to sell

Locked

Oct – Dec 2026

Way in

New relationship

A clear reason for a first call

Why this can become business

Teams may have only a few days to book playoff travel. Late planning usually costs more.

Postseason charter & housing · North America

Read public source

Turn the opening into a conversation

The people who can move this forward.

2 people found on public pages

JJ

Jill Josephs

Vice President, Hospitality, Hotels & Meetings

Call first

Owns hotels and meetings for league events — the closest thing to a travel buyer.

BM

Beth Malafa

Vice President, Events

Call second

Runs league events, including the postseason moments that move people fast.

LO

League office

Name not published — look them up below

Good backup

Public route if the event team is heads-down in playoffs.

Best way in

No PIVOT connection. Go club by club, not league first.

How to reach out

Email a club operations manager.

Ready-to-send email

Subject: Postseason travel on short notice

Playoff travel gets decided in days, not weeks. We hold contingency room blocks in likely host markets so clubs are not pricing hotels the morning after a result. Worth a short call before the bracket sets?

If you call

Hi — I am calling about playoff travel contingency. Do you hold blocks in advance or book after the bracket?

If there is no reply

Follow up the day after a clinching result.

Every name comes from the organization's own public pages