Comments on: Monday Kicker: Dogging The West http://wvhooligan.com/2008/08/25/monday-kicker-dogging-the-west/ A look at Major League Soccer (MLS) through the eyes of a MLS writer and fan. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:57:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: henryo http://wvhooligan.com/2008/08/25/monday-kicker-dogging-the-west/comment-page-1/#comment-11963 henryo Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:32:50 +0000 http://wvhooligan.com/?p=1831#comment-11963 My guess is the "conf-top-3-qualify" policy will continue next season (as opposed to "top-2-qualify" in 2007), so that no conf will completely dominate the other during playoffs. (Imagine if only "top-2-in", West could be fielding just 2 teams for playoffs vs 6 from the East, diminishing playoffs interests of Western fans) My guess is the “conf-top-3-qualify” policy will continue next season (as opposed to “top-2-qualify” in 2007), so that no conf will completely dominate the other during playoffs.

(Imagine if only “top-2-in”, West could be fielding just 2 teams for playoffs vs 6 from the East, diminishing playoffs interests of Western fans)

]]> By: TheUltra http://wvhooligan.com/2008/08/25/monday-kicker-dogging-the-west/comment-page-1/#comment-11961 TheUltra Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:59:33 +0000 http://wvhooligan.com/?p=1831#comment-11961 I think with the league about to be unbalanced again with Seattle Joining I say next season would be a good time to test out the single table idea and see how it goes again. That or we could just go back to the Play off format we had last year and stick with it Conference Champs get in and the remaining 6 are taken from the rest of the top eight. To me that seemed like the fairest system yet devised that still gives us conference scheduling with a single table style draw for the play offs. I think with the league about to be unbalanced again with Seattle Joining I say next season would be a good time to test out the single table idea and see how it goes again.

That or we could just go back to the Play off format we had last year and stick with it Conference Champs get in and the remaining 6 are taken from the rest of the top eight.

To me that seemed like the fairest system yet devised that still gives us conference scheduling with a single table style draw for the play offs.

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