If a number of teams that don't win end up winning, and Austin puts a whuppin' on Vancouver, they'll lead the Shield race tonight! (Listen to the cold open to find out how.)
It's a battle of top-tier West teams that many don't know quite enough about. Here's a better look at the conference-leading Whitecaps.
Surprisingly, the Whitecaps are the best team in the West. But Austin FC's been a bit of a surprise as well.
Austin FC has done what seven of nine playoff teams have done the last two seasons ... but they've also done this very thing while missing the playoffs.
Nico Estévez told the media, "Humans desire always what they don't have," in case you needed perspective on a frustrating draw that still progresses Verde toward a playoff place.
If you were waiting for the proverbial dam to burst for Austin FC attackers in this match, know you're going to have to wait a little longer.
Ahead of tonight's match with Portland, we check in with a Timbers expert about a missing forward, a replacement star, and a manager we're sort of obsessed with.
There's something that March 8 and April 26 have in common, and that's how we start this week's Emergency Podcast.
Everyone's defending well for Austin FC, according to one of its best defenders, and that's making him happy.
It's still early in 2025, but Austin FC's goals are coming from a different place than they have in past seasons.
Austin FC got their third straight win on Sunday, and added to its impressive tally of minutes defending a one-goal lead.
Mytro Uzuni got his first goal in Verde, and that's all the visitors needed at Energizer Park on Sunday. (It's like 6-3 never happened.)
