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MLS Winners and Losers: Sorensen’s Vancouver Whitecaps soar, Atlanta United search for answers & more

The 'Caps just might be the best team in MLS, a wild trade changed the East, and Ronny Deila is searching for answers.

Design: Peyton Gallaher

It’s in the title, folks. Every week during the MLS season, Backheeled will dive into the biggest Winners and Losers from around the league. This week, Brad Stuver caught a mouse, Jesper Sorensen furthered his Coach of the Year case, a couple of stars returned, and more.

Winner: Brad Stuver, Mouse Catcher

Behold, a goalkeeper who can stop more than just shots on target:

Did Brad Stuver’s mouse hunt, aided by the eagle-eyed and quick-pointing Brendan Hines-Ike, have the dramatic flair of the Philadelphia Union staffers banding together to catch Racquinho the raccoon last season? No. But is there something to be said for the efficiency of Stuver’s operation here? You bet.

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