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The regular season is almost here again! No more closed door preseason games or speculation on which players are going start on opening day, we get to see for ourselves in less than a week’s time.
For Los Angeles Football Club, the boys will be back at the Banc on Sunday to kick off the season in earnest. LAFC’s roster has not changed a whole lot since the end of last year, and they are hoping a few minor tweaks will lead to a similarly good finish in the standings, and a few trophies along the way this time.
There has been a lot of movement and turnover in the league overall however, both with players and managers. So how are things going to play out this year? We at Angels on Parade tried to predict who finish in what spots in each conference.
Patrick Stoll
East:
2 Columbus Crew
8 NYCFC
11 Chicago Fire
12 Orlando City
West:
1 SKC (Shield)
2 LAFC
Patrick was also brave enough to pick his MLS cup winner, picking Sporting Kansas City to triumph over Columbus Crew in the final. (Alicia and I were not brave enough to pick a MLS Cup winner now, feel free to shame us accordingly)
Alicia Rodriguez
East:
1. New York Red Bulls
2. Atlanta United
3. D.C. United
4. Toronto FC
6. Philadelphia Union
7. NYCFC
8. Montreal Impact
9. Orlando City
10. Chicago Fire
11. New England Revolution
12. FC Cincinnati
West:
1. Sporting Kansas City
2. LAFC
3. Seattle Sounders
4. LA Galaxy
5. Portland Timbers
6. Houston Dynamo
7. Minnesota United
8. San Jose Earthquakes
9. FC Dallas
10. Vancouver Whitecaps
11. Colorado Rapids
12. Real Salt Lake
Alicia also has Sporting KC winning the Supporters’ Shield.
Ryan Goodwin
East:
1. Atlanta United
2. D.C. United
3. New York Red Bulls
4. Columbus Crew
5. NYCFC
6. Philadelphia Union
7. Montreal Impact
8. Orlando City
9. Toronto FC
10. Chicago Fire
11. New England Revolution
12. FC Cincinnati
West:
1. Sporting Kansas City
2. LAFC
3. Seattle Sounders
4. Portland Timbers
5. LA Galaxy
6. Minnesota United
7. Real Salt Lake
8. Colorado Rapids
9. San Jose Earthquakes
10. Houston Dynamo
11. FC Dallas
12. Vancouver Whitecaps
I have Atlanta United winning the Shield this year.
So, how close to reality will our predictions be? And will all of our predictions turn out to be wrong? Probably! But that’s what’s fun about it. Let us know where you think LAFC and the rest of the league will finish this year.