Major League Soccer changed its playoff format yet again on Tuesday, after months of rumors and a lot of criticism from fans who liked how things were the last few years.
The two big changes are the expansion of the field from eight teams per conference to nine and changes to the format in the first two rounds.
The first round will now be one-game series with each conference’s No. 8 and No. 9 seeds, hosted by the No. 8. (And yes, it means 18 of MLS’s 29 teams will make the postseason.)
