MLS Week 17 review: The biggest takeaways from mid-World Cup MLS

What happened and what it means in MLS Week 17, highlighted by a Philly win and FC Dallas loss.

The World Cup is taking most of our soccer attention at the moment, but MLS, always perfectly willing to play through international windows, perseveres. Ten games took place this weekend.

Here’s what happened in all of them:

Philadelphia smash Vancouver, 4-0

Don’t look now, but the Trust the Process Union are locked into sixth place in the Eastern Conference for the next week, at least. With Orlando City SC falling into turmoil and the Chicago Fire seemingly far off from true contention (Nemanja Nikolic has taken a step down; more on them in a bit), things are looking up in Philly.

The Union, as has…