Seattle Sounders

The last three MLS Cup winners and LAFC, hailed as perhaps the greatest team in U.S. soccer history, will vie for Major League Soccer's top honor.

The same can’t be said after his first season in the U.S. playing for the LA Galaxy, after being eliminated from playoff contention in the final regular-season game of last season. For that reason alone, Zlatan is back to avenge not only himself but the most successful club in MLS history.

Once the Knockout Round victors are determined, both teams will kick off in Conference Championships, which will begin Nov. 4, with the Conference Finals kicking off Nov. 25 and the MLS Cup set to take place Dec. 8.

Precourt’s decision to move the Crew isn’t controversial so much because of its literal and immediate implications but more because of its lasting impact on shifting the values of America’s soccer culture – especially after the U.S. men’s national team failed to qualify for last summer’s World Cup.