Which MLS playoff series will be the most entertaining to watch?
Forget late December — the MLS Cup playoffs are the most wonderful time of the year. Rueter’s prediction: LAFC in two games Greg Vanney’s LA Galaxy clung to conference supremacy for most of the season, only for the Houston Dynamo to play spoiler with a last-gasp winner on Decision Day. Rueter’s prediction: LA Galaxy in two games Throughout the season, the Eastern Conference hierarchy has largely been defined by Miami, Columbus and Cincinnati. Like last year, however, Houston doesn’t have a true force in the final third — no Dynamo player scored more than 6 goals from the run of play this season. Rueter’s prediction: Columbus Crew in two games My preseason pick to make MLS Cup, Real Salt Lake has navigated another season of having key players leave midseason and finished top-three in the West.
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