Major League Soccer · 2026
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Nashville SC v Chicago
1st against 5th — the sort of game that moves the gap by two results, not one.
What is being decided1 · A 8-point cushion at the top
The title, the European places, and the fight at the bottom.
Running hot, and living on luck4 · Nashville SC are 18.2 points ahead of their xG
Runs worth naming, and the clubs whose results have drifted from their underlying numbers.
Overperforming
Nashville SC are 18.2 points ahead of their xG
54 points from an expected 35.8. That gap is finishing and fine margins rather than chance creation, and it is the kind of lead that historically shrinks rather than holds.
Points54Expected35.8xG for35.5Underperforming
CF Montréal are 11.0 points short of their xG
21 points from an expected 32.0. The chances are being created; they are not being taken. On the same underlying numbers this is the profile that tends to improve.
Points21Expected32.0xG for34.9Form
Orlando City have won 4 of their last 5
6th on 34 points, and the run has taken them there.
FormW D W W WPosition6thForm
Philadelphia Union have won 4 of their last 5
7th on 33 points, and the run has taken them there.
FormD W W W WPosition7th
Games that move the table2 · Chicago v Vancouver
The people who decide it3 · Bruno Damiani
Players in form, and the dugouts under pressure.
Player
Bruno Damiani
4 goals and 0 assists for Philadelphia, 2.4 involvements per 90. Ahead of their expected goals by 2.4. Over the last 39 of 372 matches.
Goals4Assists0Per 902.4Player
Cavan Sullivan
2 goals and 2 assists for Philadelphia, 2.4 involvements per 90. Over the last 39 of 372 matches.
Goals2Assists2Per 902.4Player
Christian Ramirez
2 goals and 1 assist for Austin FC, 2.0 involvements per 90. Over the last 39 of 372 matches.
Goals2Assists1Per 902.0
These are assembled, not written. Every sentence is built from numbers in the loaded season — the metrics under each story are the ones it was derived from — so a claim here can be checked rather than trusted. Nothing on this page is generated prose.