Many supporters, including myself, have found it pretty tough to get truly invested in Orlando City's recent Leagues Cup campaigns now matter how well we've been performing, and for pretty good reason.
Whether it's the inability of tournament organisers to stick to one logical format from one year to the next, the stupidity of playing 'away' matches in your own stadium, or the assumption that draws in the group stage must be decided on the night because 'entertainment', it's no wonder that Don Garber's lovechild is perennially mocked across social media and that viewing figures - both in-person and on Apple TV - continue to fall short of expectations.
But we haven't even got to the worst part yet. For a competition that's marketed as the true clash between Major League Soccer and Liga MX, it's pretty embarrassing that not one game has ever been played on Mexican soil over five official editions.
That, though, looks like it's about to change.
Addressing the elephant in the room?
Earlier this week, it was reported that tournament officials are "finalising the details to have Mexico host certain matches of the upcoming edition of the tournament."
Although it's still not clear at this stage which or how many games will be played across the border, this certainly represents a huge step in the right direction.
Of course, thanks to sizeable Mexican populations across Canada and the United States, travelling Liga MX clubs have never been shy of support in previous instalments of the competition. But not only is playing often in half-empty stadiums thousands of miles away from home a far cry from the deafening atmospheres of Estadio Azteca or El Volcán, the distances travelled to fulfil these fixtures have also served as a pretty unjust sporting disadvantage.
If these rumours are to be believed, then Leagues Cup may finally be able to claim the title of a fair shoot-out between the biggest clubs in North America (even if, of course, CONCACAF Champions Cup has been doing just that for over sixty years).
More Mexican away days? Bring it on.
This change is also fantastic news for Orlando fans, even if the potential loss of home advantage makes it trickier to progress to the latter stages of the competition.
I never made it to Monterrey when we, rather unluckily, were drawn to face Tigres two years in a row in continental play. It's one of my biggest regrets throughout my nine years following this club, but it looks like I won't be made to wait much longer to make up for that.
And it's not just the nearly century-old, 80,000-seater leviathans that would make for once-in-a-lifetime trips. As those of us who ventured some 3,000 miles to Langford, British Columbia two years ago found out, it's often those garden sheds of stadiums in completely random cities you'd never even dream of visiting that make a trip following Orlando so special.
Deep down, I'm still not entirely convinced that there's enough space in the schedule for a second continental competition, especially with the way this one's been artificially shoehorned into place at the expense of this country's most historic footballing institution, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. But, if this latest amendment plays out as hoped, then I'm willing to give Leagues Cup one final try.