MLS Announces Big Changes To Playoff Format Starting In 2019

When you’re writing a post for Hot Time using Vox Media’s proprietary content management system, you have to set a lead image. You can search for photos from several news wire services; USA Today usually has the best selection of MLS photos, and thus more relevant to the work we do at HTIOT.

Here’s what you get when you search “Chicago Fire playoffs.”

Which is to say: I realize how silly and futile it is to write about the MLS Cup Playoffs for a website that covers the Chicago Fire.