And there you have it, the normal Major League Soccer season is coming to an end. Some teams only have five games left and hopes for a significant change, a boost or a change of fortune, whatever it may be, are beginning to be fulfilled. With an unwavering strength: the schedule.
Six points from a playoff spot may not sound like much, but it is this time of year. Where will the four points that will allow them to take the lead on the field come from?Hell, FC Cincinnati can also win the title. Fan shield until next weekend.
So how are the league’s 29 faring as the end of the normal season gets closer and closer?
Previous rating: 1
Cincy’s offense took forty-five minutes to get into the game, but they struggled to pull off an impressive draw in Philadelphia. Cincy has the comfort and confidence you’d expect from a team poised to win the Shield.
Previous rating: 3
During the half, the Union strongly claimed the name of the team in the league, but could not close the festival and had to settle for a point against Cincy.
Previous rating: 2
The Crew probably deserved to have won in Orlando, but the Lions finished superbly to take the 3 points. The result is rarely very worrying and the offense is vibrant, however, they opened up a little more than they would like and goalkeeper Patrick Schulte has missed a bit. As the playoffs approach, they will have to tighten more if they need to lift the Cup.
Previous rating: 7
Exploria Stadium was in an uproar, they entered a penalty shootout against an Eastern Conference opponent, Facundo Torres won in just 33 minutes and scored a winning timeout to beat the Crew. It was an unforgettable evening in Orlando.
Previous rating: 4
A break after the foreign break Nashville will have had 18 days between games in its next game.
Previous rating: 6
For most teams, beating the Galaxy is a rite of passage, but LAFC hasn’t been so lucky. Saying goodbye to their rivals this weekend is precisely what the Blacks and Browns needed to start a race that puts them back among the favorites.
Previous rating: 5
Trips to Los Angeles and Houston in the last two weeks, and they got them a point. When you pile up the problems they were given at the beginning of the season, all you have to do is watch things develop later, and that’s what City are doing in the direction of the most sensible seed in the West.
The Americas soccer team is wondering if it noticed Bruce Arena’s end in MLS after his resignation from the New England Revolution.
Previous rating: 9
We have yet to see if the Five Stripes can combine a defense smart enough to check their luck in the Cup, but the way they trashed Miami is another reminder that, since their wily summer signings came together, they have been given the offense to do so.
Previous rating: 11
The Sounders continue to play well, but they also do enough to deny them wins. He brought them back in a 1-1 draw against Dallas, and it’s just as simple to see how their season charges them, as they’re the ones who are crushed. barriers and accumulating victories. Where will this team go?
Previous rating: 8
Inter’s change of course revolves around Lionel Messi. There are many other adjustments that have also helped, but the way they have been smoked in Atlanta without the Argentine has made it clear that any good luck in Miami has a lot to do with Messi. The “DUH”.
Previous rating: 13
A seven-game road trip at the end of the season would increase the number of teams, but a win over TFC leaves the Caps with 3 wins and a draw in the first 4 games of their long road. If they can play well in the next 3 games, we are talking about a team that, rightly, will feel that it can do anything, besides make the playoffs.
Previous rating: 10
Somehow, getting clarity on Bruce Arena’s prestige solved nothing in New England, and a tumultuous week on and off the court ended with a loss to humble Colorado. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Revs fall into a free fall. However, let’s take a week or two to better understand where this team will be mentally and emotionally in the home stretch.
Previous rating: 14
The Dynamo’s goal faced St. Louis who deserved to be a winner. It’s a shame that they conceded a late goal and had to settle for a draw, but they came within one point of a playoff spot.
Previous rating: 12
We can say here that the Loons are a smart team that has all the ingredients, because they are, but it’s the middle of September, they haven’t had a long run of smart play yet and they only have one win in their last five. matches after losing at home to SKC. Possibly there wouldn’t even be a tiebreaker in Minnesota to get there.
It’s time to step on the gas, loons.
Previous rating: 15
The summer is past for the RSL, whose excellence in June and July gave way to difficulties after the Coupe des Ligues. A loss in San Jose, the third of their last four games.
Previous rating: 16
Age hasn’t been kind to goalie Tim Melia, however, he played a big role in Sporting’s win over Minnesota to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Previous rating: 19
A lot has changed in San Jose this season, but perhaps nothing has been as important as the signing of Daniel. Their remarkable comeback beat RSL 2-1.
Previous rating: 17
A home draw against Seattle was the worst result, but it wasn’t exactly an inspiring action and they have only one win since July 1. Now, they also sit below the playoff line.
Previous rating: 20
Taking a point in Charlotte was precisely what DC needed to stay some distance between them and their rivals for the last playoff spot in the East, but it’s possible they would have simply won that game and that little extra cushion in the standings would have been good.
Previous rating: 18
If the Crown wants to take the step and earn its first playoff berth, it wants to mind its own business at home. They didn’t do that against D. C. and they were very lucky to get a point.
Previous rating: 21
What’s worse than having a faulty template? What’s worse than having a movement list and a movement ban this summer? Watch your team succumb to a multitude of injuries. Oh, and the Galaxy also lost to LAFC. It’s been that kind of year for Greg Vanney and company.
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Previous rating: 22
A tie against Chicago allowed CFM to maintain a three-point lead at the playoff line. His efforts for a playoff spot probably wouldn’t come with Matko Miljević, or rather, scolding Matko Milojevic.
Previous rating: 25
Look who’s in playoff contention!A win against Austin boosted them because, thanks to the new format, it only takes two road wins all season to advance to a playoff spot.
Previous rating: 23
If you think Austin’s first part of the season has been tough, check out the tie in their last five games. Sure, they can still make the playoffs, but after their loss to Portland, would you bet on them?
Previous rating: 24
The Red Bulls arrived at the Hudson River Derby and necessarily executed their game plan, betting aggressively and disrupting everything their rivals sought to do. That was enough to earn them a 0-0 draw, which sums up their season pretty well.
Previous rating: 26
NYCFC cannot draw at home given how lousy they have behaved away from home. Unfortunately, that’s precisely what happened when the Red Bulls entered Yankee Stadium and turned things into a high-speed collision.
Previous rating: 27
The Fire have their own goalkeeper, as Chris Brady was once amazing. Unfortunately, they also can’t score goals and left Montreal with just one point when they needed three.
Previous rating: 28
The Rapids won a genuine game! Sure, he was up against a Revs team that had an exceptionally difficult week, however, it’s only his second win since May 6, so it doesn’t matter how it happened. Now, about this fan protest that is incredibly fair and long overdue. . .
Previous rating: 29
The Reds scored first against the Whitecaps, so they had an advantage. They didn’t wait for a result, but hey!