Major League Soccer has drafted the road map leading to Decision Day and the start of the expanded (or bloated) MLS Cup playoffs scheduled to kick off in mid-November, adding nine regular season matches to the schedule of most clubs. A few teams will require an extra game or two to compensate for earlier hiccups.
Decision Day will take place Nov. 8. At that point, each team will have played a regular season comprising 23 games, including the three group-stage contests played in July at the MLS is Back Tournament. Clubs currently have fixtures in place through this weekend, at which point most will have played 14 regular season games.