On Thursday afternoon, Major League Soccer conducted the draw for the MLS is Back Tournament which will commence on July 8th. With the four conference finalists, Orlando City for hosting and Real Salt Lake for being the next-best team in last year’s regular season the six seeded teams, the draw was conducted, with the Western Conference featuring three groups with four teams each and the Eastern Conference featuring three groups, two with four teams and one with six.
Here are three takeaways from the draw.