MLS Playoff Thursday & More

MLS Melodrama: Playoff Formats Ah, it's that time of year again.

No, I don't mean that the first MLS playoff series of the opening round between D.C. United and the Chicago Fire concludes at 4:30 p.m. today on ESPN2, although there's that, too. (The Fire leads 1-0 in the total goals two-game series, by the way).

I meant that as predicted here with lower seeds holding 1-0 leads in three of the four series over opponents who finished higher in the regular season standings (as United did over the Fire), cue the annual angst over the MLS playoff format.

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100 Percent Soccer @ Nov 1, 2007 1:13 PM EDT | Blog Profile