A hater’s guide to the MLS Cup Playoffs

Well, it finally happened. The Seattle Sounders aren’t in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since joining the league. Autumn without a rooting interest in the playoffs can be tough, but the Sounders missing the playoffs means we can enjoy the postseason in the best way possible: as a hater. I crunched the numbers, did the science, and came up with how hateable each team is on a scale.

Western Conference

I don’t need to remind you what happened last year. But here it is anyway: RSL knocked Seattle out of the playoffs on penalties in a game that was so hilariously lopsided that RSL didn’t even attempt a shot until the penalty shootout. David Ochoa isn’t on the roster anymore, but the…