Who are the contenders starting?

[MLS SPOTLIGHT] As MLS moves into the home stretch, 12 teams are solidly in contention for playoff berths. What’s the makeup of their typical starting lineup?How many Americans are they starting? How many players have been acquired in 2012? And how many have been acquired since the season started? A few of the findings: less than half the starters areAmericans, and only slightly more than a quarter of the starters not in MLS last season are Americans, underscoring the reliance of MLS’s top teams on imports.