[MLS PLAYOFFS: Making a List] Thursday’s exit of the LA Galaxy, coached by Bruce Arena, and the Seattle Sounders, coachedby Sigi Schmid, marked a changing of the guard. For the first time since 2007, neither of the deans of MLS coaches will be coaching a team in the MLS conferencefinals. And for the first time ever, all four conference finalists are coached by former MLS players.

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