MLS >4th-6th March 2017

[gogetta]

Saturday 4 March 2017	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
	Portland Timbers v Minnesota United (02:30 GMT)	1.65	4	6.3	101.48 %
	Columbus Crew v Chicago Fire (19:00 GMT)	1.72	4	5.75	100.53 %
	Los Angeles Galaxy v FC Dallas (21:00 GMT)	2.4	3.38	3.2	102.50 %
	Real Salt Lake v Toronto FC (21:30 GMT)	2.22	3.44	3.52	102.52 %
	Colorado Rapids v New England Revolution (23:00 GMT)	1.85	3.5	5	102.63 %
	Sunday 5 March 2017	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
	DC United v Sporting Kansas City (00:00 GMT)	2.06	3.45	4	102.53 %
	Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders (01:30 GMT)	2.6	3.4	2.9	102.36 %
	San Jose Earthquakes v Montreal Impact (03:00 GMT)	2.08	3.6	3.88	101.63 %
	Orlando City v New York City FC (22:00 GMT)	2.4	3.5	3.1	102.50 %
	Monday 6 March 2017	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
	Atlanta United FC v New York Red Bulls (00:30 GMT)	2.9	3.38	2.6	102.53 %
	Vancouver Whitecaps v Philadelphia Union (02:30 GMT)	1.96	3.75	4.4	100.41 %

[vasilli07]

My 1st week shortlist

Portland Timbers -0.5 or -1

Toronto DNB

Orlando DNB

Atlanta United DNB

[vasilli07]

Portland Timbers -1 2.18 @ marathonbet

The 2015 MLS Cup winners has a poor campaign last season as they failed to even qualify for the playoffs. They have kept most of their key players. Darlington Nagbe failed transfer to Celtic is a blessing for them. Minnesota is a expansion team and like all expansion teams in the past, they are likely to struggle. They didn't even sign any DP players.

[vasilli07]

Toronto FC DNB 2.2 @ marathonbet

Real Salt Lake was inconsistent and poor last season but they managed to squeak into the playoffs by finishing in 6th spot. In the playoffs, they were outplayed and lost 3-1 to LA Galaxy. Out went all time assists leader Javier Morales to FC Dallas and in came 22 year old Slovakian Albert Rusnak from Groningen as replacement. It remains to be seen if he can replicate the high standard set up his predecessor.

Toronto FC suffered a heart breaking pk defeat to Seattle Sounders in the MLS cup finals. They dominated the game but the brilliance Stefan Frei in the game and pk shootout stopped them from claiming their 1st MLS cup. They made minimal changes to their team. The most notable addition is former Cruz Azul midfielder Victor Vazquez. According to scout report, he is a player who can unlock defences with his vision and passes.

Toronto FC should be fielding almost the same team which started the MLS finals in December last year so chemistry shouldn't be too much of an issue for them. As for RSL, Albert Rusnak could need time to adapt. Captain Kyle Beckerman is fit again but he misses the full preseason so he may not be as match fit. Defender Aaron Maund will be out as well so veteran David Horst is likely to play. Their defence will be more physical but will be slower too. Given the problems that RSL may have in defence, I do like Toronto chances tomorrow.

[Icongene]

Atlanta played well and should really have scored one or two more. Red Bulls showed up for the final 15 minutes and managed to win the game. Very poor overall from them though. The (h) side should be just fine when they settle in and get to know each other. Great support tonight that will prove vital as the year goes on.

[StevieDay1983]

Thanks for getting this up @gogetta! Will start getting a regular thread up every week for these games now the season has started!