DSS 2019 MLS Cup Playoff Roundtable: Western Conference

The 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs have arrived, and instead of giving you our thoughts on each team, we decided to reach out to our sister sites around the SB Nation soccer network for insight. We asked three simple questions: why their team will win MLS Cup, why it won’t win MLS Cup, and an under-the-radar X-factor for their team. (If you missed the Eastern Conference portion, click here.)

Why LAFC will win MLS Cup: They just wrapped up the best regular season in MLS history, and that has to count for something, right? LAFC have a terrific combination of a true team ethos, playing as one well-drilled machine, and a player capable of taking games himself in Carlos Vela, coming off the best season of…