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MLS Eastern Conference: Xherdan Shaqiri struggles, DeAndre Yedlin off to Cincy & more on every team

We’re dissecting every MLS team in the Eastern Conference.

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Welcome back our new, two-part weekly MLS column here at Backheeled where we break down all 29 teams in the league.

It only took two matchdays of 2024 (three, if you use the league's data provider Sportec) for Inter Miami to turn into vintage 2011 Barcelona, for Nashville to roll back the clock to 2020, and for Lorenzo Insigne to remind us all that it wasn’t that long ago that he was one of the world’s elite players. There was a ton of action to get into in the Eastern Conference this week, so let’s dive right in.

To read up on the West, check out Joe’s rundown.

MLS Western Conference: A wild snow game, Pedro de la Vega’s position & more on every team
We’re dissecting every MLS team in the Western Conference.

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