Filed under: MLS, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, New York Red Bulls, San Jose Earthquakes
After playing 30 matches over the course of seven months, eight MLS teams now find themselves just four games away from the league title.
It's like having the eight leading runners in a marathon restart the race 10 yards from the finish line. Absolutely anything can happen, and previous MLS Cup tournaments suggest that it probably will.
In each of the past two years, the eighth seed has advanced to the championship game. In 2008, the New York Red Bulls shocked the Houston Dynamo in the first round, won the Western Conference crown and were defeated by Columbus in the final. Last year, Real Salt Lake turned the tables on the Crew before winning both the Eastern Conference and MLS Cup on penalties. RSL managed just one goal over the 240 minutes of semifinal and final play, yet walked away with the title.
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Source: http://soccer.fanhouse.com/2010/10/25/mls-eastern-playoff-preview-the-sprint-to-the-cup-begins/
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