Sunday's opener in Bridgeview was one of tremendous highs and teeth-gnashing lows.
So, to be clear, this post will not make any mention of Ethan White or Frederic Brillant.
To repeat: we will completely refrain from mentioning how apocalyptically terrible White and Brillant were at the back over the course of Sunday's 4-3 affair at Toyota Stadium.
No. Instead, we're here to celebrate Tommy McNamara and Mix Diskerud. The former bossed his way to a spot in the new season's first MLS Team of the Week, while both of these enterprising men are nominated for the league's Goal of the Week prize.