Ten weeks into the 2019 Major League Soccer season seems like a good stage to draw some rather meaningful conclusions about these teams. Past seasons are becoming increasingly less significant, and the results of the teams this year carry a greater influence on assessing their actual qualities.
MLS is as competitive as ever, and despite some sleeping giants hinting at a resurgence during the second half of the season, it is some of the smaller guys that are flourishing, no less than the Houston Dynamo who are right in the race for the top spot in the West.