Photo Marjorie Elzey We have vague memories of a headline temporarily flashing past our eyes on the MLS NEXT Pro website Sunday evening after Decision Day had finished in the east. It said the details of which eastern conference teams would be playing which and when in the first round […]
Author: Tim Jones
The current Supporters’ Shield competition and a related speculation
Photo Ryan McElroy Inter Miami’s 5-3 loss Tuesday night to Chicago Fire FC changed the Philadelphia Union’s chances of winning the 2025 Supporters’ Shield. Philadelphia no longer must win out. Words and a chart follow. Were Philadelphia to earn four more points with a win and a draw, they would […]
Three points: C Sullivan, Westfield, & the Shield
Three points on Monday night. What if City group were to move Cavan Sullivan? Westfield’s scores at his World Cup, and The Supporters’ Shield race.
Philadelphia Union “Maximum points” chart
A “max points” chart for MLS’s eastern conference enables discovery of the upper and lower limits of possible playoff seeding.
Match report: Toronto FC II 1 – 2 Philadelphia Union II
Union II came from behind to defeat Toronto FC II for the third time this season, secure at least one home playoff game, and keep the pressure on NY Red Bull II for first place in the eastern conference of MLS NEXT Pro.
Union II’s “Maximum possible points”
A “max pts” chart brings MLS NEXT Pro’s eastern conference playoff picture into as much focus as is currently possible.