MLS Is Back Is Gone, Long Live MLS Is Back: Wednesday Freedom Kicks

Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty ImagesI’m writing this particular opening during halftime of the MLS Is Back final. Taylor Twellman and John Champion are interviewing Don Garber, with the Portland Timbers and Orlando City tied at a goal apiece. I feel like Mo Sizlack here, just putting in a placeholder here for the animators to fill in tomorrow morning.

So, what I’m saying here on Tuesday night is, congrats to your MLS Is Back champions, the Atlanta Falcons!

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Fast forward to Wednesday morning, thanks to the magic of animation and/or the internet, and we know that the Timbers won 2-1 thanks to a…