For the first time since 2003, the league’s top two teams are facing off in MLS Cup. It’s not just two good teams either, LAFC and the Philadelphia Union both have arguments for being among the best regular-season teams in MLS history.
Both teams finished with 67 points, a total that has only been eclipsed by five other teams in MLS history. In a truly just world, the Union would have actually won the Shield based on their +46 goal-difference — the second-best mark in league history behind LAFC’s 2019 campaign — but they lost the tiebreaker, which is total wins.