Previous ranking: 10
Austin FC’s 0-0 draw with the Portland Timbers extends the club’s unbeaten run to four matches, but fans who saw the team’s early-season struggles to create scoring chances will have concerns that the trend is re-emerging.
Previous ranking: 11
No team has scored more goals (15) than Orlando City this season, but they couldn’t find the back of the net in a scoreless stalemate with the Philadelphia Union. It was their first clean sheet of the year, but now coach Oscar Pareja needs to figure out how to put it all together.
Previous ranking: 13
It was from the penalty spot, granted, but Eric Choupo-Moting scored for the second match in a row in a 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire. Getting their biggest offseason addition in an attacking rhythm would be great news for the Red Bulls.
Previous ranking: 12
LAFC is another team looking toward the Concacaf Champions Cup, and it showed as they fell flat in a 1-0 loss to the Houston Dynamo. Next up: Another CCC duel with Inter Miami.
Previous ranking: 14
While a 1-1 home draw with FC Dallas may not get the alarm bells ringing in Georgia‘s capital, a deeper look might. The team struggled for creativity and needs one of its big-money players (Miguel Almirón, Emmanuel Latte Lath, Mateusz Klich, Alexey Miranchuk) to start proving they’re a genuine difference-maker.
Previous ranking: 15
Nashville captain Walker Zimmerman is out of the hospital after a concerning kick to the head. Before his departure, things were looking good for Nashville, but two late goals meant a 2-1 loss to Charlotte FC.
Previous ranking: 16
The Sounders went into the locker room down 3-0 at halftime to San Diego FC, and that ended up being the final score too, with the Sounders unable to break through no matter what they tried. Is it time to start worrying about what this team may look like in this summer’s Club World Cup?
Previous ranking: 20
While unable to get a road win, FC Dallas fought back to secure a 1-1 draw against Atlanta United on Saturday. The Luciano Acosta–Petar Musa connection is starting to work; now if could only stop falling behind.
Previous ranking: 19
The Timbers held the possession edge in a 0-0 draw with Austin FC, but didn’t get the same scoring spark they’d received from Brazilian winger Antony in each of the previous two weeks, failing to score for the first time since March 8.
Previous ranking: 17
Already with three road wins to their credit this year, the Fire took the lead on Saturday but couldn’t hold on and fell to the New York Red Bulls, 2-1. There were good signs in defeat, though, with Gregg Berhalter’s squad creating more danger than the Red Bulls and ending up ahead on xG — something they can build on this week.
Previous ranking: 18
NYCFC manager Pascal Jansen made the international sign for “Things went very wrong for us from the start” with a pair of 40th-minute changes against Minnesota United, but even that was too late to salvage what ended as a 2-1 defeat.
Previous ranking: 22
Josef Martínez scored a hat trick, and other key players got in the goals as well as the Quakes enjoyed a 6-1 romp over D.C. United — 29 years to the day after the first-ever MLS match took place in Northern California. After the match, manager Bruce Arena noted there’s still plenty to improve, but Sunday looked like a lot of fun.
