As MLS starts back up after the short Gold Cup break, MLS teams are preparing to start the second half of the season on the good foot. Before they do that, let's take a look back at the last few weeks of the first half of the season. Since there were so many games from the past three weeks of the MLS season, this edition of "This week around MLS" won't have the normal blurbs about the match. Instead, enjoy the highlights of all the games and get ready for the second half of the season! Here's This week around MLS, weeks 17, 18 & 19
Week 17:
D.C. United 2Atlanta United FC 1
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Minnesota United FC 3 Portland Timbers 2
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Colorado Rapids 1LA Galaxy 3
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Seattle Sounders FC 1Orlando City SC 1
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Toronto FC 2New England Revolution 0
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Houston Dynamo 1FC Dallas 1
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New York Red Bulls 0New York City FC 2
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Atlanta United FC 1Colorado Rapids 0
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Philadelphia Union 1D.C. United 0
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Columbus Crew SC 4Montreal Impact 1
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Minnesota United FC 2Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
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Chicago Fire 4Orlando City SC 0
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LA Galaxy 1Sporting Kansas City 2
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San Jose Earthquakes 2Real Salt Lake 1
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Portland Timbers 2Seattle Sounders FC 2
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Here's a look at the where everyone stood after week 17.
Standings
Here's a look at the goals, saves and team of the week from week 17.
Goals of the week
Saves of the week
Team of the week
Week 18:
New York City FC 3Minnesota United FC 1
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Real Salt Lake 0Orlando City SC 1
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Chicago Fire 4Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0
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FC Dallas 3Toronto FC 1
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Sporting Kansas City 1 Portland Timbers 1
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Montreal Impact 2D.C. United 0
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Columbus Crew SC 0Atlanta United FC 2
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Colorado Rapids 3 Houston Dynamo 1
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San Jose Earthquakes 2LA Galaxy 1
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Philadelphia Union 3New England Revolution 0
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Here's a look at the where everyone stood after week 18.
Standings
Here's a look at the goals, saves and team of the week from week 18.
Goals of the week
Saves of the week
Team of the week
Week 19:
Atlanta United FC 4San Jose Earthquakes 2
Highlights
Minnesota United FC 0Columbus Crew SC 1
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FC Dallas 4D.C. United 2
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Colorado Rapids 1Seattle Sounders FC 3
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LA Galaxy 2Real Salt Lake 6
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New England Revolution 2New York Red Bulls 3
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Orlando City SC 1Toronto FC 3
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Houston Dynamo 3Montreal Impact 1
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3New York City FC 2
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Portland Timbers 2Chicago Fire 2
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Sporting Kansas City 1Philadelphia Union 1
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Here's a look at the where everyone stood after week 19.
Standings
Here's a look at the goals, saves and team of the week from week 19.
Goals of the week
Saves of the week
Team of the week
Here's a look at all of the action that will come as the second half of the season starts in week 20:
Wednesday July 19th:
Montreal vs Philadelphia
NY Red Bulls vs San Jose
NYCFC vs Toronto
Minnesota vs Houston
LA vs Vancouver
Portland vs Salt Lake
Seattle vs DC
Friday July 21st:
Orlando vs Atlanta
Saturday July 22nd:
NYCFC vs Chicago
Minnesota vs NY Red Bulls
DC vs Houston
Toronto vs Colorado
Columbus vs Philadelphia
Montreal vs Dallas
New England vs LA
Salt Lake vs Kansas City
Sunday July 23rd:
Vancouver vs Portland
Seattle vs San Jose
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