News: 2019 MLS new playoff format

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  1. staudio

    staudio Member+

    Mar 7, 2008
    Marin
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/12/13/2019-mls-playoff-structure

    just hoping quakes will be part of it.....

    The Bracket
    In 2019, 14 of the league's 24 teams will qualify for the postseason, up from 12 in 2018.

    Only one team per conference will be given a first-round bye, while the higher-seeded clubs will host all matches, further emphasizing regular season excellence.

    Furthermore, there will be no reseeding, so if the No. 7 seed upsets the No. 2 seed, they'll still play the winner of No. 3 vs. No. 6 irrespective of the other results.

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  2. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    No third place game? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
     
  3. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
    san jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Red Bulls advance to the Cup final if this format were in place in 2018.
     
  4. markmcf8

    markmcf8 Member+

    Oct 18, 1999
    Vancouver, WA, USA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    #4 markmcf8, Dec 18, 2018
    Last edited: Dec 18, 2018
    As I said elsewhere ...

    I have to elaborate.

    With so many teams making the playoffs, the owners, GM's, and honchos of various kinds can pretend that they had a successful season because "we made the playoffs." It would be much better if only three teams from each conference made the playoffs. Team 2 plays Team 3 in a home and home series. Winner plays home and home against Team 1 (who got a bye on the first round). That makes the playoffs short, and it forces every team to try harder to be more competitive. It also makes the US Open Cup more worthy because many teams will feel they have a better chance at that than MLS Cup.

    With fourteen of twenty-four teams making the playoffs, it's harder to miss than to make it. This lowers the competitive bar. It's crap.

    GO Quakes!!

    - Mark
     
  5. davez

    davez Member+

    Aug 10, 2000
    Mountain View, CA
    And with the new format, there is virtually no chance of a home playoff game for the Quakes, unless any of you think we are positioned to finish in the Top 4 in the West.
     
  6. Earthshaker

    Earthshaker BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 12, 2005
    The hills above town
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Welcome to the NHL!
     
  7. Earthshaker

    Earthshaker BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 12, 2005
    The hills above town
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How many people thought after the 2011 season that we would kick ass in 2012?
     
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  8. bobby_guzman

    bobby_guzman Member+

    Oct 24, 2014
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And the NBA :) In fact, within 2 years the NHL will go back to being a 50% playoff league, and in 4 years MLS will probably be a 50% playoff league as well.

    So the NBA would still have highest playoff percentage if they don't expand in 4 years.
     
  9. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
    san jose
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    Not to mention the lowest variation in participation rate in the final. Four straight years of Curry vs. LeBron would be pretty boring if I were paying attention, which I'm not because Buffalo hasn't had a team since 1978.
     
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  10. bsman

    bsman Member+

    May 30, 2001
    MadCity
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    I’m tempted to puckishly opine that a “NQR” in the title might be moot, based on recent (and not-so-recent) history. upload_2018-12-18_15-55-45.gif
     
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  11. Earthshaker

    Earthshaker BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 12, 2005
    The hills above town
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well played.
     
  12. Ultan

    Ultan Member

    Jul 1, 2013
    Pacifica
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    It effectively means, for the foreseeable future, we're not going to have a home playoff game to get excited about.

    We're pretty much at a point where an entire generation hasn't seen us win a play off game at home...
     
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  13. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
    san jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    And yet the re-born Quakes have won two playoff games on the road (NY 2010 and LA 2012), which suggests the new format favors us. :)
     
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  14. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In both the old and new formats, only the top 4 in the conference were guaranteed a home game.
     
  15. Ultan

    Ultan Member

    Jul 1, 2013
    Pacifica
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    I like your thinking!!
     
  16. hc897

    hc897 Member+

    May 3, 2009
    San Jose, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Definitely in favor of going to single elimination, and of finishing before December, but if they are only going to shorten the playoff timetable, it means they haven't added any breathing room into the regular schedule, so the blight of midweek games and multiple game weeks continues.

    The only way to alleviate things now would be to reduce the number of regular season games, which I'd be in favor of, since the teams don't all play each other an equal number of times, anyway.
     

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