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MLS didn't go quite as sicko mode as this week of college football, but still, almost everybody in the league dropped points this week.

We're just three weeks away from the finish line, and just one from Nashville officially clinching the Supporters' Shield.

Just a few weeks left, and this is the big one.

Eighty percent of the year in the books!

The US men's national team survived a knife fight against Canada on Tuesday night, winning 1-0 thanks to a first-half goal from Justin Ellis – yet another goal in from a teenager during a window that's been dominated by the kids.

A month-and-a-half ago I gave you my 22 Under 22 tiers, with the big takeaway being that MLS rosters now are stuffed with more high-level talent than ever before, and that's largely because they're developing it.

The US men's national team beat Mexico 3-0 on Saturday night.

The US men's national team took a scrappy, back-and-forth 4-2 win over Chile on Tuesday night.

I almost feel bad moving teams around after results during the international break.

A programming note: I'm away visiting family til Monday, so there'll be no regular Sunday column this weekend, nor any react to the US/Peru game on Saturday.

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Eight(ish) games remain, the red line is looming, and half the league appears determined to make this as complicated as possible.

To answer the question in the headline, Sullivan lands really, really high on the list.

We've got almost three-quarters of the regular-season in the books, and this was one of the last handful of three-game weeks of the year.

The World Cup is over.

A belated happy Labor Day to all!

Just like that, the MLS Secondary Transfer Window is closed and the 2026 playoffs are barreling towards us.

This past weekend was the final matchday of the August grind – a month where just about everybody had some kind of "6 games in 24 days" stretch that tested depth/flexibility/resiliency/all of the above.

It was the final matchday before the end of the transfer/trade window.

There’s less than a week left in MLS’s summer trade/transfer window, which means we’re into the desperate hours.

Soccer doesn't let you buy your way out of development.

There’s less than two weeks left in the transfer window.

There’s less than two weeks left in the transfer window.

We're well and truly into the clausura now, as most teams are on 19 or 20 games played.

I'm back from Spain.

Let's start with a note: I'm preparing to go on a vacation – my first since my employment status changed – so will be no Sunday column next week.

Big week.