The third MLS matchday was one that saw St. Louis City SC top the league getting three wins out of three to start the season. LAFC got their second win in as many weeks; Atlanta, Nashville, and Cincinnati to the east with seven points passing the 2022 eastern conference champions Philadelphia Union by a point.
MLS Matchday 3 Highlights
The matches came fast and furious last week, and they led to some thrilling fixtures. Starting off with a new eastern conference rivalry in Charlotte-Atlanta, and ending with a cross-conference Sunday night game with LAFC hosting New England. It's only been three weeks, but the cream is rising to the top in this MLS season.
Charlotte FC 0 - 3 Atlanta United
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKMo0CjPrzA
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 1 FC Dallas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqqcYWj7gLI
Toronto FC 1 - 1 Columbus Crew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hytk7C16zMQ
Philadelphia Union 1 - 0 Chicago Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w6WK4d-AjQ
FC Cincinnati 1 - 0 Seattle Sounders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI5PZAORr4E
NYCFC 1 - 0 Inter Miami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF2nx5KFDe0
DC United 1 - 1 Orlando City SC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94iHH7xy9lQ
Nashville SC 2 - 0 CF Montreal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tPhExk8xMc
Minnesota United 1 - 1 New York Red Bulls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEEJKUzQN7I
Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 LA Galaxy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pKwM_NdP7c
Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 Austin FC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW48uCAG31A
San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 0 Colorado Rapids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5QjudioY9g
Portland Timbers 1 - 2 St. Louis City SC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN_NTkKKxUA
LAFC 4 - 0 New England Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FER1u3kpF5k
Matchday 4 is today!
The fourth matchday of the season takes place today; 14 matches across eight hours of thrilling MLS play! Will there be any surprise results? Could we see St. Louis lose their first MLS game ever? Will the Concacaf champions Seattle best the double winning LAFC? Here's a look at the matches:
Seattle vs LAFC | 4 pm ET | March 18, 2023Orlando vs Charlotte | 7:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023Toronto vs Miami | 7:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023New England vs Nashville | 7:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023NYCFC vs DC | 7:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023Montreal vs Philadelphia | 7:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023Atlanta vs Portland | 7:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023New York vs Columbus | 7:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023Chicago vs Cincinnati | 8:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023Dallas vs Kansas City | 8:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023St. Louis vs San Jose | 8:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023Houston vs Austin | 8:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023Colorado vs Minnesota | 9:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023LA vs Vancouver | 10:30 pm ET | March 18, 2023
You can catch the action on Apple TV; there are always a selection of matches that are free to watch. The rest of the matches are housed in Apple TV's: MLS Season Pass subscription; an international platform where you can watch every MLS game with no blackouts, rewatch full matches, and get access to a whole lot of original MLS content.
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