So… your favorite team might not be in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs. Or maybe you’re just resigned to your team coming up short and need a backup. Perhaps you’re new to this whole thing (welcome) and are looking for a club to rally behind. We’ve got you covered. Your perfect bandwagon team is out there. All you need …
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And so, with the conclusion of Decision Day, Major League Soccer’s 30th regular season is in the books. Let’s do our usual thing: In place of my typical Sunday night column, following Decision Day we look at where everybody stands heading into the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. As usual, these teams are mostly in the order of what I think …
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The iconic No. 10 tallied 3g/1a during Saturday’s 5-2 Decision Day victory at Nashville, giving him 48 goal contributions this year – narrowly shy of Carlos Vela’s MLS-record 49 for LAFC in 2019. Now, Messi looks poised to become the league’s first-ever back-to-back Landon Donovan MLS MVP winner, following a historic 2024 campaign that helped Miami claim that year’s Supporters’ …
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The Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs field is set! After Decision Day, 18 teams – nine across both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference – have qualified for the postseason and will start the journey to MLS Cup presented by Audi on Dec. 6. The single-elimination Wild Card games (No. 8 vs. No. 9) are set for Wednesday, Oct. 22. …
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The 2025 MLS season won’t end quite how a half-dozen Eastern Conference clubs had planned back in February. Though as of publication, we don’t know exactly which half-dozen. Two spots are left for FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake, the Colorado Rapids and San Jose Earthquakes. That means two of those teams will see their vacations start on Sunday, and we …
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The 2025 MLS season won’t end quite how a half-dozen Eastern Conference clubs had planned back in February. The New York Red Bulls ran out of gas just as the calendar flipped to autumn; the five others we’re about to talk through never really got the engine started. Injuries, midseason shakeups, defensive lapses at the worst possible moments… it was …
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You may have seen that Luis Diaz has touched down in Germany to sign for Bayern Munich from Liverpool FC. He rode in the team manager’s black Audi Q8 (you’ll see why this is important in a bit) instead of the red Audi that Bayern normally uses to transport its new signings. The red Audi in question is a Mk …
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First offered in a passenger car by Mercedes-Benz back in 1974, the five-cylinder engine has always been a bit of an automotive oddball. The unconventional configuration eventually gained a foothold in the 1980s with manufacturers who needed a transversely mounted motor that was narrower than a V6 but wanted something smoother and more powerful than an inline-four. For a time, …
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