There are just seven games left in USL's 2016 playoffs, and four of them will be played between October 7 and October 9.
New York Red Bulls II and Rochester Rhinos kick off the USL's playoff weekend with an Eastern Conference semifinal on October 7. If NYRB II loses, that ends the team's interest in the post-season.
But if the Red Bulls still have a presence in the USL playoffs after October 7, then there is cause to be alert to what happens thereafter.
As with the last round of playoff games, NYRB II's primary ambition is to get the USL Cup final - and to be able to host that match, as was initially promised by the league's rules of competition.