Want a good laugh in a month? Here are our MLS Playoffs picks
We here at FC Yahoo are nothing if not fully cognizant of our own shortcomings, failures and limitations. So when we bring you our picks for something as famously fickle as the MLS Playoffs, we do it largely to provide you with ammunition to throw in our faces in a few weeks.
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OK, we’re not going to put this off any longer. Here’s what we think will happen. No, really.
Joe Lago, FC Yahoo editor:
EASTERN CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND
3 Toronto FC over 6 Philadelphia Union
4 D.C. United over 5 Montreal Impact
WESTERN CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND
3 L.A. Galaxy over 6 Real Salt Lake
4 Seattle Sounders over 5 Sporting K.C.
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
1 New York Red Bulls over 4 D.C. United
3 Toronto FC over 2 NYCFC
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
4 Seattle Sounders over 1 FC Dallas
2 Colorado Rapids over 3 L.A. Galaxy
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
3 Toronto FC over 1 New York Red Bulls
WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
4 Seattle Sounders over 2 Colorado Rapids
MLS CUP FINAL
3 Toronto FC over 4 Seattle Sounders
MLS Cup Man of the Match: Sebastian Giovinco
Alex Baker, FC Yahoo columnist:
EASTERN CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND
3 Toronto FC over 6 Philadelphia Union
4 D.C. United over 5 Montreal Impact
WESTERN CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND
3 L.A. Galaxy over 6 Real Salt Lake
5 Sporting K.C. over 4 Seattle Sounders
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
1 New York Red Bulls over 4 D.C. United
2 NYCFC over 3 Toronto FC
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
1 FC Dallas over 4 Seattle Sounders
2 Colorado Rapids over 3 L.A. Galaxy
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
1 New York Red Bulls over 2 NYCFC
WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
1 FC Dallas over 2 Colorado Rapids
MLS CUP FINAL
1 New York Red Bulls over 1 FC Dallas
MLS Cup Man of the Match: Sacha Kljestan
Leander Schaerlaeckens, FC Yahoo columnist:
EASTERN CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND
3 Toronto FC over 6 Philadelphia Union
5 Montreal Impact over 4 D.C. United
WESTERN CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND
3 L.A. Galaxy over 6 Real Salt Lake
4 Seattle Sounders over 5 Sporting K.C.
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
1 New York Red Bulls over 4 D.C. United
3 Toronto FC over 2 NYCFC
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
1 FC Dallas over 4 Seattle Sounders
3 L.A. Galaxy over 2 Colorado Rapids
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
1 New York Red Bulls over 3 Toronto FC
WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
3 Los Angeles Galaxy over 1 FC Dallas
MLS CUP FINAL
3 L.A. Galaxy over 1 New York Red Bulls
MLS Cup Man of the Match: Giovani Dos Santos
Ryan Bailey, FC Yahoo columnist:
EASTERN CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND
3 Toronto FC over 6 Philadelphia Union
5 Montreal Impact over 4 D.C. United
WESTERN CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND
3 L.A. Galaxy over 6 Real Salt Lake
4 Seattle Sounders over 5 Sporting K.C.
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
1 New York Red Bulls over 4 D.C. United
3 Toronto FC over 2 NYCFC
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
1 FC Dallas over 4 Seattle Sounders
3 L.A. Galaxy over 2 Colorado Rapids
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
1 New York Red Bulls over 3 Toronto FC
WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
1 FC Dallas over 3 Los Angeles Galaxy
MLS CUP FINAL
1 FC Dallas over 1 New York Red Bulls
MLS Cup Man of the Match: Carlos Ruiz
LOL.