New York City FC’s 2018 campaign got off to a dream start, taking three points away from the notoriously stingy Sporting Kansas City defense in a 2-0 victory on the road. However, resting on what few laurels they have earned would be foolish. More so than any other American league, MLS is an experiment in chaos theory where in the best in the league could be ran off the pitch by the bottom feeders.
LA Galaxy — the most decorated club in MLS — had an uncharacteristically poor season last year, finishing dead last.