
The month of May always brings chaos to the MLS schedule. It’s when teams get their first taste of double matchweeks, shoehorned into other competitions including the Concacaf Champions Cup, U.S. Open Cup and Canadian Championship.
It was another double matchweek for the final few days of the month. Yet, it didn’t include every team playing two games in MLS. Instead, several matches were postponed to allow LAFC to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup, with a 2–1 win over Club América. A day later, Vancouver Whitecaps fell short in the Champions Cup final against Cruz Azul.