How the hell are they gonna do this?

probably by scoring more or as many goals as the other team idk

So. Yeah. Could be a tough one. 

It’s not impossible though. Let’s lay out a pathway for this…

Both sides regress to the mean

First and foremost, we have to talk about the diverging paths Atlanta and Miami took this year. Miami overperformed their underlying numbers by a historic amount even if you take Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez out of the picture. Atlanta United…did not do that. 

Yes, Messi and Suárez are still going to have their moments. That’s inevitable. But,