With less than a month to go until the start of the 2017 MLS season, teams across the league are getting closer to finalizing their rosters for opening day.
With that in mind, we can start to project what the competition for an Eastern Conference spot in next season’s playoffs will look like. Split into two parts for length’s sake, here are the teams set to battle it out with Toronto FC as they bid to return to the MLS Cup final.
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The good: Atlanta has been one of, if not the most aggressive expansion team in MLS history, dropping $10 million on two DPs and bringing in a number of other established players both from within MLS and abroad.