The New York Times once opined that “chaos is the resting state of Major League Soccer,” a tendency that gets dialed up that much further in the postseason.

San Diego FC got a dose of that last weekend in their first-ever Audi MLS Cup Playoffs away match, a wild 2-2 affair at Portland ’s Providence Park decided by a penalty-kick shootout in front of the famed Timbers Army.

“I always knew this league was crazy from the outside, but when you're in it every single day, you really start to live it,” SDFC sporting director and general manager Tyler Heaps told MLSsoccer.com Thursday afternoon as his side prepare for Sunday’s must-win Game 3 of their Round One Best-of-3 Series with the Timbers at Snapdragon Stadium (9 pm ET | MLS Season Pass, Apple TV ).

“We are opposite teams, in my op

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