NEW YORK - Major League Soccer (MLS) today announced a 29 team 34 game playoff system that will follow the 34 game season currently played by the 29 teams in the league.

“We want to give the fans what they want,” stated Don Garber, the commissioner of Major League Soccer, “and that’s to give us more of their money.”

Sources indicate that the Major League Soccer regular season will seed teams for the 34 game playoff which will ultimately finish with a 34 team knock out round.

“The MLS Championship game will be a best of seven series and will start two days after the start of the 2024 training camp,” stated one league insider. “The winner will have an additional 6 hours to notify players that will not be returning for the season that has already begun.”

Major League Soccer stated that the 34 game playoffs will be available for an additional subscription on Apple TV that current subscribers of the MLS package can purchase for a discount of $99.

“Every game will be available without blackouts and you can watch your team play in the MLS Playoffs for only an additional $99, which does not include the championship best of seven series,” stated Garber.

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the league changes the deciding game of the 7 game MLS Championship to a Royal Rumble with each team in the league playing until all its players are carded or injured.