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Want a good laugh in a month? Here are our MLS Playoffs predictions

Leander Schaerlaeckens

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.