Wilco Will Love You, Baby.

-When will the MLS change their playoff system? And I don't want this blurb to devolve into a bitter fan complaining about a system that he/she feels is unmeasurably flawed just because his/her team that he/she fanatically supports--and who happened to be the best team in the league per regular season standings--was just upset by the last seed in the entire playoffs and whose regular season road record was 2-11-2. Like, I just don't want that. But in a league where more than HALF of the teams qualify for the postseason, when does a "home-field advantage" actually become just that? The Columbus Crew just played Real Salt Lake (the team with the horrendous road record) in a two-legged, aggregate semi-finals that gave Real a home game and provided loads of traveling in an "Eastern" Conference semi-final. Real won the first meeting and was able to carry that momentum into Columbus' home game, winning the aggregate series 4-2. Now, all credit to Robbie Findlay and Andy Williams. Top notch stuff on their parts to perform when called upon. But there should have never been a Real home game in the first place. There should have been one game, winner-take-all at Columbus. If this were a perfect world, Columbus would already be champions with a single table format. But with an Americanized playoff system for MLS, Columbus suffered mightily from a format that rewards mediocrity and turns its back on the cream-of-the-crop.

-Also, check this:

God Is Love,

Rev Rub