Welcome back our two-part weekly MLS column here at Backheeled where we break down all 29 teams in the league.
I’ve got the East. The artist formerly known as Joe In Cleats has the West (he seems like a Nike Tiempo kind of guy, IMO). It wasn’t a banner week for DP strikers, but we got real referees back and there was that fox in Toronto. So all around, a net positive.
To read up on the West, check out Joe’s rundown.
MLS Western Conference: Driussi shines for Austin, Colorado’s set pieces & more on each team
We’re dissecting every MLS team in the Western Conference.
Joseph Lowery
Atlanta United
Result: 3-0 win vs. Chicago Fire
Atlanta’s attack is flying, and it doesn’t really feel like they’ve got out of second gear – they’ve had two of the five biggest single-game xG outputs in MLS this season.
