Remember when New York Red Bulls II clinched the 2016 USL regular season title? It was a time for celebration, as recorded by the official RBNY website:
As USL Regular Season Champions, New York has clinched home-field advantage throughout the 2016 USL Playoffs.
Home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. What does that mean exactly? Well, back in March, mlssoccer.com's primer on USL made it very clear:
The top eight teams from each conference will advance to the 2016 USL Playoffs, with four weeks of postseason action set to crown the league’s next champion.