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MLS Team of the Week: Altidore and Valdez Dazzle in Postseason
The home teams were thoroughly dominant during the opening two rounds of the Major League Soccer postseason.Three of the four home sides advanced out of the knockout round by a combined score of 9-6. Only the Montreal Impact were able to pull out a result on the road.
The results were even more lopsided on Sunday as Montreal, LA, Toronto and Seattle outscored their opponents 7-0 on home soil in the first leg of the conference semi-finals.
Seattle, led by unexpected hero Nelson Valdez, came closest to securing a spot in the next round, as they defeated FC Dallas 3-0 at CenturyLink Field.
We considered performances from both the knockout round and first leg of the conference semi-final round for our MLS Team of the Week.
Continue reading to see who fit into our best XI from the first week of the MLS play-offs.
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