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MLS Week 1: First impressions of all 24 teams

By Christopher Dodson

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 3: Los Angeles FC's head coach Bob Bradley prior to Los Angeles FC's MLS match against Sporting Kansas City at the Banc of California Stadium on March 3, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles FC won the match 2-1 (Photo by Shaun Clark/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 3: Los Angeles FC's head coach Bob Bradley prior to Los Angeles FC's MLS match against Sporting Kansas City at the Banc of California Stadium on March 3, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles FC won the match 2-1 (Photo by Shaun Clark/Getty Images) /
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HARRISON, NJ – SEPTEMBER 22: Michael Bradley #4 of Toronto FC during the Major League Soccer match between Toronto FC and New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena on September 22, 2018 in Harrison, NJ, USA. The Red Bulls won the match with a score of 2 to 0. (Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)
HARRISON, NJ – SEPTEMBER 22: Michael Bradley #4 of Toronto FC during the Major League Soccer match between Toronto FC and New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena on September 22, 2018 in Harrison, NJ, USA. The Red Bulls won the match with a score of 2 to 0. (Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images) /

Toronto FC

Micheal Bradley was the league’s most valuable player Opening Week, bagging a brace and generally commanding the midfield spaces. There aren’t many people who would have predicted that before the weekend got underway.

The fact that Bradley had to score twice to secure Toronto the victory, however, is concerning. With Sebastian Giovinco and Victor Vazquez exiting in the offseason, and Jozy Altidore predictably still recovering from his latest injury, attacking ingenuity and creativity is difficult to find within the squad.

This may have been the best team in MLS just a couple of years ago, but the squad looks a little bare. The DP signing of Alejandro Pozuelo will help, obviously. But he must hit the ground running for this Toronto team to be a player in the East this season.

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