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The regular season delivered four different kinds of Saturday night: Nashville SC beat FC Cincinnati 4-0, Minnesota United FC and Orlando City traded leads in a 3-3 draw, Vancouver Whitecaps FC overwhelmed Sporting Kansas City 3-0, and Houston Dynamo FC and San Jose Earthquakes finished 0-0. The results rewarded pressure, punished slow starts, and left one clean sheet as the entire argument.
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Houston Dynamo FC 0, San Jose Earthquakes 0: The clean sheet was the argument
Houston and San Jose created pressure without a finish, closing a 0-0 draw with a clean sheet on each side and more questions for both attacks.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3, Sporting Kansas City 0: The road trip became a statement
Vancouver Whitecaps FC scored three times before halftime, kept Sporting Kansas City scoreless, and turned a difficult road date into a full statement.
Minnesota United FC 3, Orlando City 3: Every lead was temporary
Orlando led twice and Minnesota led once, but neither team could keep the other from answering in a wild 3-3 draw at Allianz Field.
Nashville SC 4, FC Cincinnati 0: Mukhtar made the night louder
Nashville led only 1-0 at halftime, then scored three times after the break to turn FC Cincinnati's road ambition into a four-goal reality check.
Club América 1, Austin FC 1: Austin won the part that counts
Austin absorbed a 16-6 shot deficit, drew Club América 1-1, and won the shootout 6-5 after Myrto Uzuni repaired an own-goal setback.
Cruz Azul 1, Chicago Fire FC 2: Dithejane turned the finish
Chicago Fire FC answered Cruz Azul's late lead with a stoppage-time winner from Puso Dithejane, turning a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 Leagues Cup win.
New York City FC 1, Club Necaxa 2: Necaxa flipped the whole second half
New York City FC led 1-0 at halftime, but Club Necaxa scored twice after the break and finished with a 5-2 edge in shots on target.
Philadelphia Union 0, Santos Laguna 2: Santos made halftime unforgiving
Santos Laguna scored in the 48th and 51st minutes to beat Philadelphia Union 2-0 despite a 12-7 Union edge in shot attempts.