Amid the playoff push, Columbus Crew supporters are fighting to keep their MLS club, which is planning to move to Austin after the 2018 MLS season. In a league that plays most regular season matches on weekends, only four of the 16 playoff games over 37 days leading to MLS Cup will fall on the weekends. This fall, MLS was dark on the weekend of Nov. 10-12 because of the FIFA window, dark this past weekend and dark again this coming weekend. But MLS is aching to appeal to a broader audience, and sports fans look for, and stumble upon, televised sports on weekends, not weekdays. Following a first-round upset at Atlanta, the fifth-seeded Crew eliminated New York City FC in the two-leg conference semifinals.

Source: Washington Post November 21, 2017 12:30 UTC