Is MLS' new best-of-three playoff format working?

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When Major League Soccer announced a massive overhaul to its playoff format in February, the general response seemed to be something along the lines of: OK, whatever.

For a league in which tinkering with everything that can be tinkered with has always been central to its identity, the new structure also just represented the status quo: In MLS, always expect change.

That's why there is no reason to believe this year's format -- which we'll get to -- needs to be committed to memory. It will be around for a year, maybe a few, then something else will come along and the conversation about the merits of the competitive format will be reset.

Rinse, repeat.

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