"Don't like it," LAFC captain Aaron Long said after his team opened its best-of-three series with Vancouver. "We just don't like the best of three. I think both other options are better. Most of the guys go that way."
For much of its history, MLS used a two-leg, home-and-way format for the early rounds of its playoffs, with the winner advancing on aggregate goals. The unwieldy best-of-three format, on the other hand, fits like a square peg in a round hole.
Galaxy coach Greg Vanney agreed. "To be honest, I was always a big fan of the home and away and the aggregate score," he said.
The format the league is using this year is the third since 2018 and the 10th in the league's 29-year history. It is also, by far, the most confounding.
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