Creating HTML Tables in Markdown

Hi -

I'm having trouble creating HTML tables inside of the markdown file (README.md) of my projects welcome screen.  The table renders fine when I place the HTML into a tool like MarkdownPad.

Does VSO not support HTML tables as part of its markdown parser?

Here is an example of the HTML that I'm using.

<table>
  <tr>
   <td>Day of Week</td>
   <td>Wednesday</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Year</td>
   <td>2015</td>
  </tr>
 </table>

Thanks

JTL