Season in a sentence: Biggest question for all 22 MLS teams
How will each team fare in Major League Soccer this season? We attempt to figure it out in one sentence, because that's all you have time to read.
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United: Gerardo Martino's Latin-heavy team is set to test the waters in MLS in the club's inaugural campaign, but will early hype and on-paper talent outweigh the pressure and woes of expansion?
Chicago Fire: Dax McCarty and Nemanja Nikolic bring their skills to the Windy City but will they bring enough new wind for Veljko Paunovic's struggling side?
Columbus Crew SC: Ola Kamara will take personal pleasure in outscoring his predecessor of the same name but if his scoring exploits hit a roadblock, can Gregg Berhalter's side survive the long slog of the regular season?
D.C. United: All eyes will be on Ian Harkes as he embarks on his rookie MLS campaign, but can he carry the weight of both the Hermann Trophy and his own father's legacy on his shoulders?
Montreal Impact: Didier Drogba is now long forgotten for Montreal, but has the club transitioned past his influence enough to stand on its own two feet?
New England Revolution: As their Eastern Conference opposition grows in stature and skill, how can Robert Kraft's poorly-funded other team truly compete?
New York City FC: Patrick Vieira has quietly replaced star power with what he hopes is consistency and quality in key positions, but can NYCFC take yet another step forward or stumble back to regroup with new faces?
New York Red Bulls: Instability is the defining feature of the Red Bulls' camp these days, but can this team shed the drama of turnover and thrive without McCarty or relieved sporting director Ali Curtis?
Orlando City: Jason Kreis will be tested to his limits as he works to fix Orlando City, but can he find success before Kaka calls it quits?
Philadelphia Union: How in the world will the Philadelphia Union's bare-bones strike force compete against the big-money front lines across MLS?
Toronto FC: Can Toronto FC get a redo and actually win the $%&#ing MLS Cup this time?
Western Conference
Colorado Rapids: There's no way the Colorado Rapids can do well again this year, too ... right?
FC Dallas: Balancing MLS with CONCACAF Champions League play should make for a fun - if potentially tiring - opening stanza in 2017 but can Dallas survive with so much on its plate?
Houston Dynamo: Can new head coach Wilmer Cabrera make Erick "Cubo" Torres great again?
LA Galaxy: Does Giovani Dos Santos have enough star power to give the LA Galaxy a chance at competing this season, even without the direction of Bruce Arena?
Minnesota United: If MLS did operate with promotion and relegation, would Minnesota United ever be promoted back after this season?
Portland Timbers: Could Sebastian Blanco become the second best player named "Sebastian" in the league?
Real Salt Lake: Can Luis Silva and Albert Rusnak adequately replace Javier Morales and Juan Manuel Martinez for Real Salt Lake?
San Jose Earthquakes: Can the Quakes fight for the MLS Cup, media attention, and relevancy at the same time, especially when the former doesn't necessarily guarantee the latter?
Seattle Sounders: Is Clint Dempsey truly back?
Sporting Kansas City: Will Sporting Kansas City thrive within its own model of squad building, youth focus, and team-first play or is Peter Vermes' side still stuck in the middle of a transitional cycle?
Vancouver Whitecaps: Can Fredy Montero and, by extension, Brek Shea, recapture the glory of his first stints in MLS this time around?