The lack of TV coverage is frustrating for fans of the league in general. I don't really care who wins most of these games, but it would be nice to casually follow along with the playoffs.
I guess that's where MLS Live comes in, but in Canada and the US, any of the nationally-televised matches are blacked out anyway. So you would have to pay for both cable and MLS Live in order to (legally) see the playoffs properly.
I'm surprised that MLS doesn't consider streaming the playoffs live online in the absence of national television. Obviously it would cut into MLS Live subscriptions for the playoffs, but the possibility of more exposure would more than make up for it. If the matches are televised nationally, they'd be blacked out on MLS Live anyway, and if they're not, make the playoffs free for everyone online (except perhaps a local-region blackout to protect the local broadcaster).
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