MLS is officially back from the Copa America break. With players fresh and well-rested after the two-week layoff, I thought we would see high-scoring, energetic games contested by teams desperate for a good start to the second half of the season; it was a reasonable assumption, considering the amount of goals we saw in week one.
But it was just the opposite. We saw just 20 goals combined between Saturday's eight matches, an average of 2.5 per game. Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela scored 12 total from the two Copa America quarterfinal matches that night, for comparison.