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MLS Midseason Update: Surprises and Disappointments
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5/24/2025
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MLS midpoint of the season with some teams that promised to be the leaders faltering
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and nowhere to be seen. Let's start at the beginning with the MLS because I want to talk
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about the debacle that is happening in Miami because it is self-fulfilling prophecy that
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these teams bring this past their prime talent and build these super teams and they do not
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perform as they are expected. Chiba, Miami is in a crisis. They are not performing nearly as they
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are expected to. Do you expect them to turn it around for the second half of the tournament or
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are we seeing the biggest failure in Lionel Messi's career? You can bring all the stars in one but
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you know the rhythm of the league, everything in the league is different from before where a little bit
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of talent or a lot of talent and not a lot of movement will make a difference. Now we can see
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that hey you gotta you gotta play the teams that even if they don't have a big name they're gonna
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score on you they're gonna beat you they're gonna you know at the atletism the rhythm of the game
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etc etc. I think Miami men they have to do something it's messy you know it's the goat like they call
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them but I don't see how they're gonna turn this around bringing in more older players to be honest.
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That was the case this week in Chiba where Orlando went to Miami and scored three on them.
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0-3 was the final score. We are seeing a frustrated star that is starting to get confrontational with
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their referees. We see it in other teams. You know Atlanta drops 22 million dollars on a player
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second to last place in the Eastern Conference. Miami supposedly winning all the trophies this year
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probably will go empty-handed this season. Chiba, MLS is different and some of the teams are really
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doing it well like Philadelphia, like Cincinnati, you will say even LAFC, they are building these cohesive
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teams that are more about the collective than the individual. Now let's take this segue to talk about
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LAFC because it seemed like Cherundolo doesn't like winning big games. He likes to park the bus
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and lose the advantage. Those changes were crazy 2-2 and El Trafico. Marco Reus, the star of the matchday,
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scored two, saved the result for Galaxy that is still 14 games without winning to begin the season.
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Chiba, what was your take on this game? First of all, amazing derby. I think the biggest rivalry
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in the MLS, you know, it's not easy to say because Portland and Seattle, what they bring in the stands,
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the atmosphere that they bring in every game they play, it's also very, very, very good.
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But for everybody to name it and to call it the biggest rivalry in the MLS, I mean, you saw the
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passion in the stands, the passion in the field. It doesn't matter that Galaxy was in the last place
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and haven't won a single game. They play like a real rival against LAFC. They came out strong,
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they scored the first goal. I mean, you know, these are the type of games that you want to watch,
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that you want to witness. LAFC came back with Buanga scoring a golazo like always, Ordaz on fire,
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the Salvadorian-American, you know, is just bringing it. And that gets to the point of the older
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players, right? We have on the bench Oliver Giroud, that he's an amazing striker, but, you know,
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he doesn't feel with the speed of the team. And even though he's getting an out on me,
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he's still on the bench and he's not playing for LAFC. But going back to the game, you know,
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it was sad to see that again, one more time on big games, if Tic-Cherundolo cannot deliver,
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cannot deliver strategically, tactically, the changes that he did drop into the line of five,
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you can tell me that the midfielders got injured, but I mean, he just gave the way the game away.
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Galaxy never, I'll tell you this, if they would give us five more minutes to Galaxy,
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they would probably won the game. That's how bad it was.
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Now, Chiba, there were a lot of ties, but there were some crazy, crazy games
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like Toronto versus Montreal. Actually, Montreal versus Toronto, because Toronto went to Montreal,
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6-1 defeat. Bernadette, she got a hat trick. And it seemed like this team that is still
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way, way below in the standings is starting to show something interesting in the last few weeks.
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What do you think, Chiba?
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I mean, finally, Toronto, Toronto has to go back to their prime time where
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they played two back-to-back MLS finals against Seattle. You know, they have always tried to
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build a strong team. Unfortunately for them and for their fans, they haven't been able to deliver
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when it comes to that. And I feel good for the people in Toronto, and I hope that the team grows
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and they continue to start getting points so they can make it to the playoffs and give some hope and
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dreams to their fans.
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