MLS Cup Playoffs 2018 - Conference Finals

I think it will lead to more games like leg 2 in SKC vs. Portland, which would be amazing. Too many first legs were either blowouts or teams trying not to give up too much before getting to leg 2. Often led to boring, unexciting footie for half the playoffs. 1 and done will force teams to go ham or at least offer more going forward, to create better games overall. Better games = more interest.

I don't know if it will necessarily decrease upsets, as home teams will be more likely to get beaten on the break if they don't do anything with their home field advantage.
I think the knockout rounds are great examples of what a 1-and-done bracket would look like. Knockout games are always a blast, so imagining a whole playoff like that would be awesome! And we can get the "upset odds" by just looking at mls's knockout round upset stats. It would change because there would be more seeds involved in these knockouts, but at the end of the day I don't think it'll change it too drastically.

and yeah better games = more interest = more people watching/spreading the word = more tv ops = more exposure = ...you get the point
 
Would have been interesting to see a one-game knockout between Atlanta and NJ in Red Bull Arena. The game played there last night wasn't representative because Atlanta was sitting back nursing its 3-goal lead.

I do think after those two games that the Five Stripes are the better team - they've raised their game considerably in the playoffs. Perhaps home field advantage or the luck of a single game series would have carried the Red Bulls through, however.
 
It's so bad. Gives the lower seed way too large an advantage. I feel like in Champions League where ostensibly there are no high seeds or low seeds it makes more sense. But in this competition, it just disadvantages the higher seed far too much.
Without the rule, I think its fair to say SKC vs Portland would have at least went in to extra time.
 
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Red Bull players are all now saying “I can’t wait until the rules change and we only have to play at home next year!”

Watch them finish in the 4 seed next year and not get a home game. Yeah, don’t assume you will get the #1 seed every year dingbats.
 
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Red Bull players are all now saying “I can’t wait until the rules change and we only have to play at home next year!”

Watch them finish in the 4 seed next year and not get a home game. Yeah, don’t assume you will get the #1 seed every year dingbats.
They’re losing Tyler Adams and BWP is gonna be a year older and slower.
 
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The fan that threw that object at Almiron should be banned from MLS matches for life.
I Zaprudered this whole thing for about 15 minutes. I’m convinced that guy was intending to gesticulate about the time wasting and whatever he had in his hand just slipped out. He immediately looked embarrassed and sheepish.