Miami has had a strange year thus far. Messi has been by far playing at an MVP level, coming out of the break tied for league lead in goals, finding the back of the net 18 times. Yet, they have had to recover from a sluggish start, winning six of their past seven games.

It felt like the Philadelphia Union made a pretty big statement about the gap between the best teams in the league and the chasing pack. Orlando City made a statement as well – that they’re probably in that second group,