Previous ranking: 18
SKC have turned things around in a big way of late, but getting full points at home had proven elusive. That wasn’t the case on Saturday, as Sporting scored three in 20 minutes to roll past Vancouver and give the Cauldron plenty to sing about.
Previous ranking: 12
The Quakes’ winless streak is now four matches, but they were very fortunate it didn’t include one more loss, because VAR handed them a point against the Galaxy.
Previous ranking: 16
Bitten by the high line again and then unable to generate much even once Nashville went down to 10 men, D.C. learned just how far off the top teams they are.
Previous ranking: 17
The Timbers barely have a good enough attack to support a defense that mostly plays all right. They definitely don’t have the attack to rescue a defense that got torn apart by Minnesota.
Previous ranking: 21
A win in Toronto extended their road unbeaten streak to 10 games. If they could get the schedule makers to get rid of all their home games, they’d be an MLS Cup contender.
Previous ranking: 19
RBNY played well in Columbus, but the scoreboard didn’t show it. When things are going bad, luck wants nothing to do with you either.
Previous ranking: 20
The first game of the post-Bob Bradley era did not go well. The Reds were lucky to only concede once to RSL, but it was a convincing loss to RSL all the same at BMO Field in their first match under Terry Dunfield.
Previous ranking: 22
CFM were only beaten by Matías Pellegrini’s great goal, which did not do a pretty good defensive performance justice. The problem is their attack was putrid and NYCFC not only hadn’t won in 11 games overall, they hadn’t won away all season. Not being able to create any chances at all against that team in Montréal is rough.
Previous ranking: 23
The Rapids’ set-piece defending was shoddy on one goal, they couldn’t handle pretty basic transition play on another and their attack created next to nothing. It was a pretty non-existent display in St. Louis.
Previous ranking: 25
The Pigeons snapped the longest winless streak in MLS at 11 games with a win over Montréal. And now they have a six-match unbeaten streak that is the second-longest in the league. The whiplash is strong with this one.
Previous ranking: 24
It was hot and humid, and the Fire were on their way to a loss in Orlando, so Arnaud Souquet did what many of us would have done in that situation: kicked out a dude, got a second yellow card and got a head start on getting the hell out of there.
Previous ranking: 26
All the momentum of their back-to-back 3-0 wins over their Texas rivals disappeared in Miami. Austin managed a point, but drawing lowly Inter might as well be a loss.
Previous ranking: 28
The Galaxy had a late penalty kick to win the California Clásico, until the referee consulted VAR and decided that it didn’t matter how Jonathan Mensah had fouled Daniel Aguirre because Mensah eventually got some of the ball. Nothing is going LA’s way this season.
Previous ranking: 27
The Crown haven’t won since May, so while it was nice for them to get the week off, they could probably do with another.
Previous ranking: 29
Inter’s bet on a Josef Martínez bounce-back hasn’t gone too poorly, which makes it all the more surprising that they are this bad. At least Martínez’s goal against Austin was good enough for a draw.
