Regular season matches are often swiftly forgotten, but one MLS rivalry provides big stars and big teams that meet expectations time and time again
In this sport, things tend not to live up to the hype. Cup finals are often cagey, sloppy affairs between two teams trying not to lose. Prodigies fall just as rapidly as they rise as the weight of expectation tends to be too much. Transfers falter and stars leave on unceremonious terms, while coaches come and go faster than many can explain.
But, on occasion, there are those times that expectations are met.