By surfing the playoff expansion trend, MLS has devalued the regular season
by Tom Dart from US news | The Guardian on (#6FREC)
MLS has upped the playoff teams from 14 to 18 and added a best-of-three format. But what is a boon for the postseason has belittled the rest of the year
Not even the most gifted medium could divine much of a big-game aura from a match between sides in 10th and 11th place in MLS's Western Conference. Yet there is a potential playoff spot riding on the result of Sporting Kansas City v Minnesota United on Saturday.
It is the last weekend of the regular season: Decision Day, in league marketing-speak. It will be Thank-A-Commish-Day in Kansas City or Minnesota should either of these mediocre teams still harbor dreams of lifting the MLS Cup at the final whistle.
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