[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] Only once in the past five seasons has there been an MLS Cup without either Los Angeles or Real Salt Lake — they actually met in the2009 title game when the playoff format permitted such an occurrence — and which of them will survive to make at run at this year’s title game is a toss-up.

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