Just a couple notes before we get into the games:
Team age and playing style are back using the 2025 numbers from my recent post
CCC has started up again, so that’s again going to provide some drag on the four surviving MLS teams
I haven’t updated spending categories yet for Houston’s signing of Ondrej Lingr or the Chicago Fire’s new U22 player, Djé D’Avilla.
The 2025 ratings and the top 90 players are currently frozen at the week I ran them (week 4 and week 5 respectively). I know that’s a bit lame, hoping to get this to rerun every week soon.
Important reminders: I know less about your favorite team than you do, but I’m hoping I can help you understand a little more about teams you don’t normally see play. If you’re new here and want to understand more about what the colored boxes mean and how I arrived at them, here’s the various articles:
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