Not quite - we play them at home every 5 years (and away every 5 years) but on average we do one or the other every 2.5.
There are currently 15 teams in the East, we play 3 of them at home every year, 3 on the road every year.
That assumes no format change next year which appears impossible with the addition of San Diego.
I anticipate MLS will reduce the number of West vs East games to 2 home and 2 away starting in 2025, so we would only see every east team at Prov Park every 7.5 years with such a change and potentially delay Miami by another year. Only 4 opposite conference games would let each West (and East) team play 28 in conference games which is exactly each team in your conference twice -- so the question is do they keep the "2 rivals x 3 games" or move to fewer opposite conference games. They do better marketing rivalries than San Jose vs Charlotte, so I suspect it will be the East matchups that go.
Only having 14 teams in the West has allowed us to play everyone twice (26 fixtures, plus 2 "rivalries" three times for games 27 and 28, and then 3 East teams at home, 3 on the road for 34).
Not quite - we play them at home every 5 years (and away every 5 years) but on average we do one or the other every 2.5.
There are currently 15 teams in the East, we play 3 of them at home every year, 3 on the road every year.
That assumes no format change next year which appears impossible with the addition of San Diego.
I anticipate MLS will reduce the number of West vs East games to 2 home and 2 away starting in 2025, so we would only see every east team at Prov Park every 7.5 years with such a change and potentially delay Miami by another year. Only 4 opposite conference games would let each West (and East) team play 28 in conference games which is exactly each team in your conference twice -- so the question is do they keep the "2 rivals x 3 games" or move to fewer opposite conference games. They do better marketing rivalries than San Jose vs Charlotte, so I suspect it will be the East matchups that go.
Only having 14 teams in the West has allowed us to play everyone twice (26 fixtures, plus 2 "rivalries" three times for games 27 and 28, and then 3 East teams at home, 3 on the road for 34).