MLS Playoffs: Preparing for the Quarterfinal Climax

by Brian StrausFiled under: MLSDavid Beckham will spend the spring in Milan and Tom Soehn preemptively dumped Kevin Payne and D.C. United. The timing on each announcement may have been a bit surprising, but the end result certainly was not. So with those issues out of the way, it's time to focus on the second legs of the MLS Cup quarterfinals, and what we learned last week that may have been a little less inevitable.The most intriguing developments certainly occurred in Utah, where Real Salt Lake's 1-0 defeat of Columbus left the champion Crew with 90 minutes to save their season and raised serious questions about coach Robert Warzycha's sanity.MLS Playoffs: Preparing for the Quarterfinal Climax originally appeared on Fanhouse Soccer Blog on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:41:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments