San Jose have goalkeeping problems, the Whitecaps are defending in a unique way and Miami are given a helping hand
A crackdown on footballers time-wasting – including by feigning injury – is to make its top-flight debut this weekend.
Even with the weight of the world's every expectation on his shoulders at all times, Lionel Messi always seems to deliver.
For all of Major League Soccer's growth, for all its stated global ambition, it still lags on its own continent.