After a week of depleted rosters due to the FIFA Window depleted teams, Week 6 sees a return to normal. Atlanta got a preview of life without Almada, as the Crew smashed the Five Stripes 6-1. Seattle brushed aside Sporting KC 4-1. Orlando got a smash and grab over the Union. St. Louis continued to roll along, as they thoroughly beat RSL 4-0 at altitude. Week 6 has a few interesting games on the slate. Atlanta look to rebound as the Red Bulls travel south in a possible playoff preview at the Benz. The Galaxy and Sounders square off in Tinseltown. St Louis looks to make 6 wins on the trot as Minnesota visits the Gateway City. The late night cap is an all Canadian affair as the Whitecaps welcome Montreal to the Cascadian coast. As usual all game times are eastern. National broadcasts & Free games are listed. All games can be viewed using MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. MLS N&A play by play threads are neutral spaces. Keep all rivalry-esque banter out of these parts. Bullying. personal attacks and/or trolling will not be tolerated. Saturday, April 1 ATL vs RNY 7:30PM FCC vs MIA 7:30PM FREE CBS vs RSL 7:30PM LAG vs SEA 7:30PM Fox / FREE NER vs NYC 7:30PM FREE ORL vs NSH 7:30PM PHL vs SKC 7:30PM TFC vs CHA 7:30PM FREE CHI vs DCU 8:30PM FCD vs POR 8:30PM FREE STL vs MNU 8:30PM COL vs LAX 9:30PM SJE vs HOU 10:30PM FREE VAN vs MTL 10:30PM
Philly is on a two game losing streak......just lost for the first time in nearly two season at home....they're ripe for the taking by SKC
Austin is the team with the bye this week. Four MLS teams remain unbeaten: St. Louis (5-0-0), Cincinnati (3-0-2), LAFC (3-0-1), Minnesota (2-0-2). Four MLS teams remain winless (all in the Western Conference): Vancouver (0-2-3), Los Angeles Galaxy (0-1-3), Kansas City (0-3-2), Colorado (0-3-2).
After the disaster on opening day the Rapids have only given up 4 goals in the last 4 games. Offense is the Rapids problem, not defense so much,
Below are the MLS Season Pass announcer assignments for Matchday 6 with the play-by-play talent listed first, followed by the match analyst. pic.twitter.com/mcaWiuYw6o— MLS Communications (@MLS_PR) March 28, 2023 Thx, Jay!
Brandt Bronico Suspended for this week: https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/charlotte-fc-midfielder-brandt-bronico-suspended-one-match
SKC are the walking wounded, 4 of their starters absent due to injury. PU is going to eat their collective lunches.
We have a trip to DC planned next month and its over a weekend that the Rapids are on the road, alas, so is DC.
Now that the USL season is on, and Sacramento Republic is scheduling home games earlier in the evening than before and making me have to leave home before any of the MLS games are over, I'm getting the most annoying problem with Apple TV sports: as far as I can tell it's impossible to turn off score spoilers in the browser, and the app isn't available for Windows PC.
And technically there's nothing I can do to make them lose me as a customer right now, because this season I'm getting MLS Season Pass free with my phone plan.
RSL starting 17 year old Homegrown Gavin Beavers in goal. Earned apparently; MacMath is on the bench. Also starting a draft pick up top and another out right.