Sunday, February 27, 2011

Armchair Analyst: Cup, Shield a perfect combo

Way, way back in the primordial ooze out from which MLS crawled, the league?s powers that be conceived of a format where the yearly campaign was merely a prelude to the playoffs. Eight of 10 teams qualified for the postseason, the regular-season champion wasn?t recognized outside of a No. 1 seed, and some fans threw a snit.

Traditionalists cried foul, making one of two arguments: that MLS should do things more like they?re done in Europe, the birthplace of the game (bad argument); or that the playoffs devalue regular-season accomplishments (good argument).

Sylvain Geboers Broc Glover Rui Goncalves Josh Grant Billy Grossi

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