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MLS is, and has been, a league of stars. It's just the way that things are designed due to the league's salary cap. On most teams, there will be a few players in a different tax bracket than their team-mates, and getting those players firing is often the difference between success and failure in this league.Toronto FC are very much a team built on stars. They're the league's highest spenders, an ambitious club that has always created shockwaves by signing big names. Right now, though, they're the Eastern Conference bottom-feeders and one of their big-money stars let loose after another damning loss this weekend.It was a tough week for Toronto FC, but a good one for a potential Supporters' Shield favorite in FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta and co. continue to cook, making statement after statement by squeaking out close wins.<script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script>Those two teams, Cincy and TFC, are clear winners and losers, respectively. Here's a look at the other big takeaways from a chaotic MLS weekend:This page contains affiliate links. When you subscribe through the links provided, we may earn a commission.<a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">Sign up here for MLS Season Pass through Apple TV and watch every MLS match, including the playoffs!</a>

Federico Bernardeschi is fed up! MLS winners and losers as ex-Juventus star takes aim at Toronto FC boss Bob Bradley's tactics

<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/ferreira-balogun-usmnt-mls-fc-dallas-winners-losers/bltc374b9103a82323a" target="_self">A bit of a rehash from our midweek picks</a> but, after a Hell is Real derby win over the Columbus Crew, Cincy deserve it.
Last season, FC Cincinnati was good at turning losses into draws, and this season they're turning draws into wins. It happened again this weekend against the Crew when Roman Celentano made a heroic save in second-half stoppage time to seal the 3-2 win.<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Roman Celentano saves the game with this ridiculous save! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AllForCincy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AllForCincy</a> <a href="https://t.co/aIrBrtMCe8">pic.twitter.com/aIrBrtMCe8</a>— Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLS/status/1660097143556956160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Luciano Acosta, perhaps the MVP frontrunner, was at his best in this one, scoring two of the goals. Acosta is a player that can win you games on his own, and there will be plenty of times he does just that this season.
That win is their eighth in eight at home, as the club has turned their home field into a legitimate fortress. That's always a good start for a Supporters' Shield winner, and Cincy certainly has all the makings of that based on what we've seen.
Superstar attackers, good goalkeeping and, perhaps soon, a shiny DP striker after the big-money sale of Brenner. That last part is what's most interesting: this team can still get better. It feels like they will, too, as they somehow haven't looked as good as they did for stretches last season, despite their stellar record so far.
Up next are a series of road games that will serve as a real test of their credentials. Survive that and the trophy talk can really begin.

WINNER: FC Cincinnati

There are plenty of things to say about Toronto FC's disaster of a season, but star winger Federico Bernardeschi is the one that has said it best, so we'll let him take the lead here.“Sincerely, this team, this city, the fans, everybody don't deserve this, and I think maybe we need to change something," the Italian said. "We need to [have] a little bit more tactics. We need an idea of how we play because this is the real problem for me. It's impossible to play like this when we play without [an] idea. This is the big problem for me.”He continued: "We lose every game. We tie, we lose, we tie, we lose. Sometimes we win. But I can't believe this sincerely. This is no good for the young players. They need to get better, no? And grow up with an idea of football, and the players with personality, they need to help, help us to understand and follow the idea of football. But we need the idea of football. This is the real situation.”Yikes! You never want to hear one of your star player questioning just about everything the club is doing, do you? Well, that's exactly what Bernardeschi did, taking aim after TFC's 1-0 loss to Austin FC.It's an unflattering description of life under Bob Bradley, to say the least. Bradley is an American soccer legend, no doubt, but there's also no doubt about the fact that TFC have been very, very bad this season. They're last in the Eastern Conference, struggling with injuries, form and, apparently tactics. It's all a big mess.Is the clock ticking on Bradley? It's hard to be sure. He'll likely be given a chance to turn things around. However, as Bernardeschi said, something has to change. We'll have to wait and see what that is.

LOSER: Bob Bradley and Toronto FC

When just about everything imaginable goes to plan, you have to give credit to the one who made the plan. Bradley Carnell and St. Louis City SC beat the snot out of Sporting KC, kickstarting their new rivalry with a 4-0 win at CITYPARK. It was a one-sided beatdown, and a statement from MLS' newest team."Happy that the boys responded in a certain way that they took this almost personal," said Carnell. "They took it personal; what it means to St Louis and what it means to every individual who works for this club."There are plenty that will earn praise from this one, including goalscorers Indiana Vassilev, Nicholas Gioacchini and Eduard Lowen, but we're using this section to give Carnell his flowers. The South African coach hasn't been perfect, but he's been pretty close to it when it comes to establishing an identity for this club.He's tweaked his tactics, for sure, in recent weeks after some rough results, but his best work has been in getting players to buy into an overall idea of what this team is and could be. Just watch his postgame speech to get an idea of what Carnell has built so quickly:<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Our Home. Our Way. <a href="https://t.co/AO3CufgG7b">pic.twitter.com/AO3CufgG7b</a>— St Louis CITY SC (@stlCITYsc) <a href="https://twitter.com/stlCITYsc/status/1660322629356511234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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</center>After floundering a bit after their fantastic start, St. Louis find themselves third in the West. If Carnell can keep them there, it'll be one of the better expansion performances we've seen.

WINNER: Bradley Carnell

The Galaxy simply can't stay out of these columns, can they? Another week, another capitulation and, somehow, this may have been the worst of them all. A close game, a catastrophic Jonathan Bond error and then, 10 minutes later, a 3-0 D.C. United lead from nothing. It was a totally preventable disaster, much like this LA Galaxy season.This game, in many ways, was a summary of this season, one that started off the rails and has somehow gotten worse by the week. Even when they look good, which they did for large stretches of this one, they find a way to throw it all away in the most ridiculous way.With no signings incoming due to their summer transfer ban, there isn't much to look forward to for the Galaxy, which is a sad state for a team that is arguably MLS' biggest.A quick shoutout to D.C. United, though, as Wayne Rooney has them playing some pretty good soccer. They've gotten 14 points from their last seven, beating the teams they're supposed to beat along the way. And, unfortunately for the Galaxy, right now, they're a team that pretty much everyone else in the league will see as a team they're supposed to beat.

LOSER: LA Galaxy

One thing that makes MLS fun is the chaos. The level may not be as high as the top European leagues but, for whatever reason, the absolute insanity of it all is unmatched. Atlanta United's clash with the Chicago Fire is a good example of it all. It was a perfect MLS game, as long as you aren't a fan of either team involved.A recap: The Fire go down to 10 men and concede immediately to Andrew Gutman. Game over, right? Wrong. They storm back to score two more, putting Atlanta United into panic mode.Insert Giorgos Giakoumakis, who scored twice to make his case as the best striker in MLS. He now has eight goals in 527 minutes. That's a hell of a return.Now it's game over, right? Wrong again! Luiz Araujo gets sent off for Atlanta, teenage Georgios Koutsias scores in the 89th minute and, somehow, everyone walks out with a point.Atlanta will no doubt be disappointed, as they follow up a lopsided win over the Colorado Rapids with two dropped points. The Fire, meanwhile, technically threw away another lead, even if it came in tough circumstances.That's MLS for ya. Not for the faint of heart.

WINNER: The neutrals that watched Atlanta-Chicago

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