The Fire – winners of two straight, scorers in 10 straight, conquerers of the Supporters’ Shield winners and the MLS Cup winners consecutively – are suddenly not beggars for scraps from the table.
Kevin Baxter asked why MLS had embraced an unpopular first-round playoff format—and got me thinking
The short answer is about “content” for Apple TV, but the analysis is more about the problems with this year’s format. That got me thinking about the MLS Cup Playoffs format I’d like to see.