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Major League Soccer Monday rewind: Why is the Western Conference so much better than the East?

While American sports leagues have fluctuated between talent cycles since their respective inceptions, there are reasons to believe that Major League Soccer's Western Conference will reign supreme for at least the foreseeable future.

Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference is so bad that its first-place team, Montreal, would currently sit in eighth in the West.

The Eastern Conference is so bad that early-season frontrunner Toronto just lost at home to Vancouver, and Orlando allowed a staggering 34 shots in its loss to Kansas City on Sunday. The Eastern Conference is so bad that dumpster-fire Columbus is only three points off the postseason spots and six points out of first.