re: MLS - Magical Late Scoring

It's just the style of most teams around the league and that is reflected in the games, especially the good teams. They normally play fairly open and don't pack 10 men behind the ball (unless they are playing at Sporting Park, or are Houston). Some teams are just shitty defensively, like Portland, but they also possess many quality players going forward that can provide a magical goal, like Diego Valeri.

Both Seattle and RSL play great football and they always put on a good show against each other.

Another factor is the parity in the league and that most teams are pretty even, and so there isn't a whole lot of bunkering generally (as I said before). There aren't 3/4/5 dominant teams that are going to control every game they play in, thus forcing every other team to try to sit back and only grab a point against.

It's fun.