Defending champ Colorado played its most impressive game of the year to pound New York, 4-1, and the Revs and FC Dallas each posted a win and a tie on the road in Week 19. Three teams - Seattle, FCD, and Toronto FC - start Concacaf Champions League play this week to further congest a busy schedule.

The friendlies are piling up thick and fast, and so far, so are the embarrassing losses for MLS teams, which is not the sole reason they are of only passing interest, at least to me.