MLS Playoffs 2010 News

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MLS Owners Play It Safe With Expanded Playoffs, Increasingly Irrelevant Final

TORONTO -- No wonder the stands at BMO Field were two-thirds empty by the time Colorado Rapids captain Pablo Mastroeni lifted the trophy (very) late Sunday night. No wonder ESPN's ratings for the MLS Cup Final plunged 44% from least year's to the lowest level since 1998. You can't expect fans to care who wins the title...

Colorado Rapids' 'Dirty Desire to Win' Leads to First MLS Title

TORONTO -- The Colorado Rapids' dramatic run through the MLS Cup playoffs presents a convincing argument for the power of intangibles in sports. No one could argue that they were the league's best team this year. The Rapids finished the regular season 12-8-10, good for fifth in the Western Conference and seventh overall....

Colorado Rapids Claim First MLS Cup Title With Overtime Defeat of FC Dallas

TORONTO -- A hard-fought, disjointed, rough-and-tumble MLS Cup final was decided in overtime in the most appropriate fashion -- by a fortunate bounce. Colorado Rapids forward Macoumba Kandji, who was acquired midseason from the New York Red Bulls and entered Sunday's game eight minutes into overtime, had a spring in his...

More Than a Trophy at Stake as Struggling Franchises Meet in MLS Cup Final

TORONTO -- Every championship game promises glory. Every championship game promises the opportunity to make history, to fulfill ambition and to command attention and respect the following year. But how many promise survival? We're not talking about survival in a Mayan ceremonial ballgame kind of way. But we do mean it...

MLS Commissioner Promises Changes in Competition Format

TORONTO -- A convoluted playoff format that produced a farcical Eastern Conference championship game featuring two Western Conference teams was the final straw for MLS commissioner Don Garber, who said Saturday afternoon that there will be slight modifications to the league's competition format next year and...