MLS Playoffs: Your Predictions

Finally, the match ups have been set and the post season is set to begin. Soccer Source is curious to its readers predictions and invites them to comment here. Questions to consider: Can D.C. be stopped? Will New England recover the form they seem to have lost this past month? Who will prevail in the Texas derby shootout? Does Kansas City have a chance? Does Red Bulls? Who is poised to repeat Houston's run from 2006? Will people still pay attention without Beckham's participation? For the uninitiated (readers outside North America and self-proclaimed Euro/soccer snobs closer to home), the first round is laid out below. To purchase tickets, visit the MLS Web site. For Red Bulls tickets, you can also participate in the contests that run for another 48 hours. (Soccer Source is not affiliated with MLS or Red Bulls).

• DC United vs. Chicago Fire (First leg: at Chicago this Thursday, Oct. 25. Second: at D.C., Nov. 1)
• New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls (at New York, Oct. 27; at New England, Nov. 3)
• Houston Dynamo vs. FC Dallas (at Dallas, Oct. 27; at Houston, Nov. 2)
• Chivas vs. Kansas City (at K.C., Oct. 27; at Chivas, Nov. 3)
  

The winners of the first two series (D.C. or Chicago, New York or New England) face off in the semis, with the same happening in the lower part of the bracket (Houston or Dallas versus Chivas or Kansas City). Personally I view D.C. as the heavy favorite to win the whole thing.