ESPN "For the first time in 19 years, the top teams in each of Major League Soccer's conferences have reached the MLS Cup final. Both teams are aiming for their first league title, and the respective paths the organizations took couldn't have been more different. Philadelphia..." November 03
The Athletic "Competitive balance is the defining quality of MLS. Nothing else — not expansion, not the exploding valuations of its franchises, not the level of play, not the amount of fan interest — does as much to set the tone of the league as the idea that every team, every season should have..." August 17