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Things we learned from MLS 2017, Week 1: Houston is hot in March

It's only Week One, but we can still take a lesson or two from the opening weekend of MLS 2017.

1. It's hard being an Expansion team, especially in the 82nd minute

The two newest clubs in MLS - the Uniteds of Atlanta and Minnesota - had broadly similar experiences in their first games in the league: everything was going more or less OK until the 82nd minute.

For Minnesota, Christian Ramirez scored in the 79th minute against Portland, trimming the Timbers' lead to 2-1 and setting up a late bid for at least a point for the visiting United.