Can your team win MLS Cup? Sure, why not? It could happen. It probably won’t, though – better to get that out of the way now.
No matter what happened in Week 1, all 23 clubs and their fans ought to be able, in their more optimistic moments, to convince themselves that somehow, someway this could be the year. Not that it will be, just that it’s within the realm of somewhat reasonable possibility. That’s parity for you, and I’ll take it any day over Bayern winning the Bundesliga by Christmas or Manchester City laying waste to the Premier League.
In MLS, you’ve just got to make the playoffs, as the conventional wisdom goes, and then anything can happen with a difference maker or two and some well-timed good fortune. You’ve got to be good, of course, but the Toronto FCs of the league aren’t always the ones bathing in confetti every December.
So why can your team win MLS Cup, even though they almost certainly won’t? You know, because math. I’ll do my best to give you hope, in 100 words or less because it’s Friday.
