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As football fans worldwide now know, when the calendar turns to November it means it is time for playoffs - MLS style. The question the world wants to know is will the LA Galaxy's reign of terror be stopped? Here at IMOTGP we have the predictions!

WILD-CARD ROUND

EAST - NEW ENGLAND 3, DC UNITED 0

United was hammered over the weekend to drop into the knockout round and its only hope is if the Revs are intimidated by RFK Stadium. The coaching matchup is one to watch - Ben Olsen v. Jay Heaps - both are infinitely smarter than the USMNT coach.

MONTREAL 3, TFC 1

Didier Drogba is looking to become the first player to win the English Premier League and the MLS Cup in the same year. We think he'll take the first step and give Golden Boot winner Sebastian Giovinco the boot.

WEST - SEATTLE 2, LA GALAXY 1 - extra time

This is being billed as the greatest knockout game ever in the history of MLS. On one side, you have Steven Gerrard, Gio Dos Santos and Robbie Keane. On the other you have US star Deuce Dempsey, Oba Martins and Andres Ivanschitz. We'll take the Sounders and their 12th man in a squeaker.

SPORTING KC 2, PORTLAND 0

We say experience counts in a matchup like this and Benny Feilhaber will return from the doghouse and drag his side to a victory over a Timbers squad that IMOTGP believes is overrated.

QUARTERFINALS

MONTREAL OVER COLUMBUS 

Drogba will likely be too tough for a high-scoring Crew team that has choke written all over them.

NEW ENGLAND OVER NEW YORK

The Revs are a Red Bulls nemesis. Expect New York to get someone sent off in the first leg and fall short at home in the second as the evil Revs get through.

SPORTING KC OVER DALLAS

Kansas City routed Dallas twice this year and has the better side, no matter what the table says. Expect FCD to wear the dunce cap, as usual, with ridiculous blunders.

SEATTLE OVER VANCOUVER

The 'Caps were throttled by the Sounders in the CONCACAF Champions League decider and will end up on the wrong side of this matchup again in an anti-climactic rout.

CONFERENCE FINALS

MONTREAL OVER NEW ENGLAND

Expect the Impact to use a raucous crowd in the second leg to slip by a Revs team that will be on fumes at that point. Jermaine Jones will be sent off and announce he will move next to China.


SPORTING KC OVER SEATTLE

Peter Vermes' side will stroll into MLS Cup by beating a Seattle team that won't have Dempsey after the aging vet gets injured playing for the U.S. in a World Cup qualifier in Trinidad.

MLS Cup - SPORTING KC wins it all!

Canada will host the league's showpiece event for the second time after Colorado beat FCD in Toronto in 2010. This time, Sporting KC will complete the double by adding to their U.S. Open Cup with their second MLS Cup in three years. Are they the real MLS dynasty?

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