Bracket Buster: Conference semifinals decimate 2016 Bracket Challenge field

Did your 2016 Bracket Challenge selection survive the weekend? If so, well done. If not, chin up -- you're hardly alone.


The Conference Semifinal stage proved a bracket buster, as only 31 perfect brackets still remain from the 20,000 brackets originally submitted. Only 4,000 perfect brackets remained after the Knockout Round. 


Of the 31 perfect brackets, here are the MLS Cup finals they predicted, with the Seattle Sounders proving the most popular finalist of a field that also includes the Colorado Rapids in the West, with Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact remaining in the East.


  • SEA vs TOR (15 brackets)
  • SEA vs MTL (7 brackets)
  • COL vs TOR (5 brackets)
  • COL vs MTL (4 brackets)


And here are the MLS Cup champions predicted by the 31 perfect brackets: 


  • Seattle Sounders (14 brackets)
  • Toronto FC (11 brackets)
  • Montreal Impact (5 brackets)
  • Colorado Rapids (1 bracket)