Your regularly programmed MLS The programming is coming back this weekend again, with the schedule of playoffs just at the corner of the street and the thirty clubs in action on Saturday evening.
Things remain tight in all areas to the east and west, clubs fighting for the premium conference real estate while the additional drama continues to take place through the race for the supporters shield.
Here are our five essential games to connect this weekend, in what should be another wild ride.
Charlotte vs inter miami
Although it would not be a MLS Matchday without a kind of ode to Lionel Messi and Inter MiamiThis could be all about a Charlotte holding in some of their best forms of the 2025 season.
Blitz in the east of the end, the crown put pressure for one of the first two places of the conference while the Herons must be wary of sliding further behind the head of the peloton despite enjoying four games in hand on those around them.
With Charlotte Benefiting from one of the best home records in MLSThe men of Javier Mascherano could certainly get out of the wrong side of a result which could prove to be damaging to the conclusion of the regular season.
Cincinnati vs nashville
It was difficult to go for both Cincinnati And Nashville lately, with the two outfits working only four and three points respectively in their last five MLS Outings.
Despite their difficulties, 2025 will hardly be defined with the recent navigation on the Mines field, as a cinky and Nashville are always in place with all the chances of ending in positions coveted in the table.
And this was also a delicate luminaire for both sides, with a 3-8-3 tête-à-tête recording and little separation of the pair in the table overall. It should be entertaining whatever the result, but will it be Evander or Sam Surridge to pass it up for both sides?
Colorado vs Houston
Barely a glamorous element of MLS The standards, Colorado and Houston have everything to play in all matches from now until the conclusion of the season.
The rapids, for the moment, be positioned to potentially reach the MLS Cutting the playoffs via a slot machine, but continue to look over their shoulder with several clubs, including dynamo, breathing in the neck and at a time of strike.
The competition between the two is strongly biased in favor of Colorado in historical terms, however, and with the bonus of a domestic confrontation, they certainly want their chances against a team of Houston which, although difficult to beat, has only been accompanied by a single victory during recent outings.
Vancouver vs Philadelphia
The Vancouver track through the 2025 season has been largely to remember from the main club of Canada, but the hopes of capturing the supporters’ shield are a distant memory of the previous months.
However, home conflict against Philadelphia, leader of the league, still offers a title on Saturday evening.
The union is seated at the top of the league pile and redesigned to its best after winning consecutive victories in recent weeks while enjoying a five -point cushion in the East. They will try to steal a step on the side of the whites which need maximum points if they have a chance to guarantee the advantage at home in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs.
San Diego vs Minnesota
Search at the start of the 2025 season, and little, if necessary, would have thought of both San Diego and Minnesota would be two of the most formidable teams of MLS.
But after months of compilation of evidence, it is difficult to claim that one or the other club is not the real deal, the newcomers of the SDFC League fighting for the best honors in the West and in the shield of supporters, while the humans have turned into a favorite of neutral fans in its own right.
Led by the new star of the Anders Dreyer league, San Diego Could have the advantage in the match after the leader of Minnesota, Tani Oluwaseyi, jumped at the opportunity to join Villarreal. No longer boasting of an attacker who has exceeded the club’s goals and helps the charts, loon fans will hope that their black horse grow in the playoffs does not rush with a groan.
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