I just want to say that the MLS playoff format and schedule is fucking stupid. I'm as hardcore a fan as MLS has and I stopped giving a shit weeks ago.
MLS Playoffs 2017 - Conference Finals
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I agree, but I'd also like to hear your idea on an improvement. I know it's been discussed before, but I always like seeing the topic reignite as every now and again a truly interesting idea emerges.
The only remotely viable one I've seen is to drop the home and away leg stuff and make it fully single elimination. Doing so also has the benefit of making your final position in the league table really mean something.
You have to change the format so you condense the playoffs between the October break and the November break.
JGarrettLieb 's idea is the only one that works IMHO.
Agree. That's the most viable and simple option. I'm sure it was discussed at the time, but earlier this year (maybe around summer) SUM/MLS sent out a big survey regarding playoff format and schedule. I responded to the survey in line with what you said (but used lots more words and arguments there). I do think they're legitimately going to change it very soon. If not for 2018, maybe for 2019. If not for the fans, then because FOX and ESPN have to hate it just as much as we do.
MLS needs to have MLS Cup end before the November international break.
So I’m the only one watching? Cool.
Bradley a traffic cone in midfield. Jozy doing his big game pout and shove routine. Steffen saves a penalty.
VAR botched multiple times.
MLS Playoffs. It’s FAN-tastic.
Bradley a traffic cone in midfield. Jozy doing his big game pout and shove routine. Steffen saves a penalty.
VAR botched multiple times.
MLS Playoffs. It’s FAN-tastic.
Toronto deserves to go through, but they're just so miserable between the whining, plus Bradley and Altidore, I really hope the Crew can snatch one here.
Well, TFC certainly left the door open for Crew throughout the game... Crew just couldn't finish their multiple opportunities. When push came to shove, one team had depth and difference-making DPs, and the other didn't.
At least no one can say that this game was fixed, that was absolutely shocking defense by Toronto and should have been penalized much more.
How many tap in opportunities did Columbus have in the last 15 minutes, 8?
How many tap in opportunities did Columbus have in the last 15 minutes, 8?
Hot Take: I really don't like the Viking Clap anymore feels so played out in the MLS saw it on Wedsenday and now today. It looks and sounds cool but just feels played out
In fairness to the bitchass Seattle fans, they've been doing it for at least 4-5 years.
Hope they win again, despite my disdain. Like them way more than any team with zbradley and Altidore. Those two guys are among my most disliked players in the entire world. By among, I mean locked into 1 & 2.
Feel the same way about JA & MB, but selfishly I’m rooting for Toronto. Opens up that CCL spot for combined wins over the 17 & 18 seasons. The category NYCFC currently holds the lead over all American teams.
I despise the Seattle fans more than the Toronto players.
Plus I hate it when a team is meh all season then dominates the playoffs.
Plus last year they won without even one damn SOG.
Plus I want a chance at CCL as Adam noted.
Plus I want the West fans to shut up about how the East never wins.
Plus I hate it when a team is meh all season then dominates the playoffs.
Plus last year they won without even one damn SOG.
Plus I want a chance at CCL as Adam noted.
Plus I want the West fans to shut up about how the East never wins.
Agree with you that it is way over-used in MLS now. But...
This is very true. I went to a Sounders game back in 2012 and this was a big thing there. Plus the way that that stadium is structured, the sound carries so well. Was back for the Copa America game against Ecuador last summer and the boom boom clap was pretty awesome.
There was an article on the MLS website about how both Toronto and Seattle have been doing it for years. Not their fault it has caught on the way it has, and I bet they will be doing it long after others leave it be.
If I'm honest I didn't even like the Thunderclap when I heard Iceland doing it for the first time at the WC, when everyone else was creaming themselves over how OMGWTFAMAZEBALLS it was. It just feels like a lazy attempt at substituting for actual atmosphere. Anyone can clap in sequence. Not everyone can come up with a top football song and belt it out with 10,000 other fans.
I took a group of four new fans to a game to get them engaged with NYCFC. We lost. To New Jersey. By 7 goals.
Their fandom lasted about 45 minutes.
About 30 minutes longer than I lasted in last year's historic first home playoff game. Didn't even had time to finish my beer, and I was headed back to catch TWD in real time.
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