Expected Goals: Upcoming Milestones for Matchday 16

LAFC on the Brink of 100 Regular-Season Wins

One of the league’s most successful teams since entering the league in 2018, LAFC has accomplished a substantial amount in only six full seasons of MLS play – taking home an MLS Cup title (2022), two Supporters’ Shields (2019, 2022), and three individual Golden Boot presented by Audi awards. On Saturday, the club will have an opportunity to further carve its place into the record books as they eye the century mark in regular-season wins.

With a win against Atlanta United at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (7:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass on Apple TV), LAFC would become the fastest team to reach 100 regular-season wins in MLS history (excluding the shootout era). The club would surpass the Seattle Sounders, who accomplished the feat in 206 games after recording their 100th victory on May 16, 2015. Ironically, Atlanta is also sitting on 99 regular season wins in 239 matches and would become the third-fastest to do so by winning at home.

FC Cincinnati Keeps on Winning

The defending Supporters’ Shield champions FC Cincinnati have picked up where they left off during the 2023 season, entering Matchday 16 as winners of six consecutive matches and sitting in second place in the league-wide table with 30 points (9-2-3). Powered by the reigning Landon Donovan MLS MVP Luciano ‘Lucho’ Acosta (seven goals, nine assists), the club is in the conversation to become the first repeat Supporters’ Shield winners since the LA Galaxy in 2010-11.

With a win against Toronto FC on Saturday night (7:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass on Apple TV), Cincinnati would become just the fourth team in MLS history (excluding the shootout era) to win seven consecutive matches in the same season and the first to do so since the 2022 LAFC team that captured both the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup. The longest single-season winning streak in the post-shootout era is owned by the 2018 Seattle Sounders, who won nine consecutive games from July 21 to Sept. 15, 2018.

Loons Living Large Away from Home

Minnesota United FC has been off to a sizzling start to 2024 and currently owns one of the league’s top records away from home, winning four of their first five road games of the season. The Loons sit just two games behind their club record for road wins (six in both 2022 and 2023) and will look to join some exclusive company on Saturday night against the Colorado Rapids (9:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass).

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