If Columbus wins or ties New England tomorrow RSL will be the #7 seed and we will face Chicago in the first round of the Playoffs. While if New England wins, we will be the #8 seed and face Columbus.
Also sounds like the match will be on Halloween Night!!
Ok we got a couple little details wrong in posting last night.
First, tickets for RSL’s home Playoff match next week are CURRENTLY on sale to the general public. Head on over to RioTintoStadium.com to snag your tix. Sorry, another correction. We’re having technical issues at the above linked site, so you can either head over to RealSaltLake.com or call our ticketing staff at 801.727.2700 to get your tickets now…
Second, we had stated that RSL would be the #7 overall seed and occupy the #3 seed in the Eastern Conference if Columbus and New England played to a draw today. In that case we were counting ourselves as the #3 seed in the East with New England taking the #4 seed, based on the fact that we win the tiebreak with NE/DC/COL in that case. Well, we missed the fact that wildcard teams moving brackets (in our case moving to the Eastern Conference side of the bracket) cannot be seeded ahead of any team playing in their natural bracket. In other words, we cannot be the #3 seed in the East if New England qualifies.
Therefore, if New England wins or draws with Columbus, we will be the #4 seed in the East and will face the Crew in the first round. If Columbus wins, Colorado would then qualify and occupy the #8 seed with us moving up to the #7.
Hopefully that helps and makes sense to everyone…
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