The MLS season is not a sprint. As the old adage goes, it is certainly of the marathon variety. Stretching March all the way through the summer and into the fall, the league campaign is the greatest test of consistency and endurance of quality.
Unlike a cup competition, for instance, fleeting and fluctuating form is not rewarded. It is important that winning does not only happen when confidence is flowing as form is flying; in a league campaign, it is not necessarily the peaks that determine a side’s success but their ability to consistently perform at close to that best level.