The rampant parity in MLS makes for a lot of “how did this happen?” results. Week 21 saw some of that, but there felt like more of a rhyme to the reason for the six 3-0 or 4-0 games — bad teams getting rude awakenings and better teams making a statement to the league on how good they can be on their day.
FC Dallas’s 4-0 home loss to Vancouver on Saturday night was not that. It was random, weird and without immediate explanation. Dallas, one of the league’s best teams, was playing a full-strength lineup and didn’t even play that bad.