If you used the brief World Cup respite on Wednesday to catch any Major League Soccer action, you saw some exciting games. Both Texas teams staged extremely late comebacks to earn points against two of the league’s best: Houston came from two goals down in extra time to draw with LAFC, then Dallas flipped the script on Atlanta — Philadelphia Union’s upcoming opponents — to nab a 3-2 win.
In both matches, a center back made a key error that led to a goal. First, Laurent Ciman inexplicably sat far behind the rest of his defense then fluffled at a chance to slow down Mauro Manotas.