Was I the only one that found it strange seeing Salt Lake win the MLS Cup? I suppose given how they did in the regular season I wasn’t, but I wonder if many others find the system flawed because that can happen? Salt Lake came in 8th in a 15 table league — in football terms we call that mid-table mediocrity — yet went on to be crowed champions. Their coach even referred to them as ‘the best team in the MLS’. The course over the last month maybe, but over the course of the season? I don’t think so.

The MLS is set up in such a way that over 50% of its teams make the playoffs. From there it is seeded 1st v 8th and so on in a two-legged knockout competition over two rounds before the final two teams meed in a one off final game at a neutral venue.

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I sat up late last night as the MLS Cup game went into extra time, rooting for LA to come up with the goods and win the trophy. It would make for quite a story, Beckham returning from Milan this season as the villan only to help take his team to glory winning back the fans. In his third MLS season after joining the worst team in the league it would be quite the achievement for Backham’s CV, but it wasn’t to be and Salt Lake upset the odds to take the championship on penalties.

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Toronto FC’s season may be over for me but the MLS season is still running with the MLS cup down to its final four teams as of this past weekend. David Beckham and his La Galaxy are still in the hunt and take on Houston Dynamo in the Western Final while Real Salt Lake will play Chicago in the other final. The winners of course will meet in the MLS Cup Final. Should Beckham win it would certainly justify LA’s move to get him a few years ago as back then they were the worst team in the MLS. Beckham is taking it serious, he has just pulled out of the England Squad in order to play these big games.

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