Orlando Sentinel · Feb 13, 2020
FiveThirtyEight projects LAFC to win Supporters’ Shield, MLS Cup
Seattle Sounders midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro tackles Los Angeles FC defender Tristan Blackmon in the first half on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Wash. (Bettina Hansen/Seattle Times/TNS)Los Angeles FC are the odds-on favorites to win the 2020 MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield, according to FiveThirtyEight’s first statistical projections for the coming Major League Soccer season.
FiveThirtyEight — which is affiliated with ABC News and uses hard data and statistical analysis as the backbone of its sports, politics and economics content — curates results projections for most professional sports leagues, including domestic and international soccer.