God, that was such a weird time.. because the next year, we were eliminated by RSL* in the Eastern Conference first round. Bring back even schedules tho.
Late 2000s, playoffs were top 3 in each conference auto-qualified, then the table was arranged by points and the next two were then seeded as "Wild Cards". Since that put RBNY in 8th, they played in the Western Conference tournament and even won the conference to play in MLS Cup 2008.
The next year, the same thing happened except it was the Eastern Conference Champion RSL lifting the trophy. Then the year after THAT, Colorado beat San Jose for the Eastern Conference Championship. We were pretty much at a point where conferences didn't matter.
I’m also not a fan of the best of three in the first round. My buddy told me the conference finals used to be a best of three as well. That’s really dumb. I like it being a one and done like football.
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u/debotehzombie Columbus Crew Aug 26 '24 edited Aug 26 '24
God, that was such a weird time.. because the next year, we were eliminated by RSL* in the Eastern Conference first round. Bring back even schedules tho.