Tuesday, 30 October 2018

Beware Wayne Rooney and D.C. United, while LAFC could go far: MLS knockout round preview

Go through MLS decision day with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy as they took the early lead, but saw their playoff hopes dashed by the Dynamo. Wayne Rooney's goalscoring form and presence since joining DC United has got coaches, teammates and pundits alike in awe of his impact. Ashley Cole, Romain Alessandrini and Sebastian Lletget discuss what went wrong after they fell short in their quest to reach the MLS Cup playoffs. Ask any manager about the value of momentum heading into the playoffs and they'll tell you without exception that they'd prefer to be playing well rather than not. So what to make, then, of the eight qualifiers for the knockout round? Over the last five games of the regular season, only D.C. United had a better than .500 record. In fact, D.C. was stellar, taking 13 out of a possible 15 points. The rest have experienced some hiccups (or worse) over the past month, though when you expand the time...

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