{"id":112685,"date":"2021-04-23T05:28:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T05:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=112685"},"modified":"2021-04-23T05:28:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T05:28:31","slug":"mls-this-weekend-tv-and-streaming-schedule-game-of-the-week-player-to-watch-power-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/mls-this-weekend-tv-and-streaming-schedule-game-of-the-week-player-to-watch-power-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS this weekend: TV and streaming schedule, game of the week, player to watch, power rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an action-packed opening weekend that featured someamazinggoals, Major League Soccer returns for Round 2.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend features a Western Conference heavyweight showdown Saturday&nbsp;between Los Angeles FC and the Seattle Sounders at Banc of California Stadium (6 p.m. ET on ESPN). Capping the weekend&#39;s slate of games will be a triumphant Javier &quot;Chicharito&quot; Hern&aacute;ndez returning to Los Angeles as his Galaxy take on the New York Red Bulls on Sunday (5:30 p.m. ET on FS1). After experiencing a nightmarish 2020 campaign, Chicharito put forth one of the more inspiring performances of the league&#39;s opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what you need to know for the second weekend of the 2021 MLS season:<\/p>\n<h2>MLS game of the week<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles FC vs. Seattle Sounders (Saturday, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)<\/strong> &#8211; Los Angeles is 5-4-1 all-time against the Sounders, but Seattle has knocked LAFC out of the MLS Cup Playoffs the past two seasons, including a 3-1 Sounders win last year. Both teams won their season opener last week, as Seattle proved to be capable of scoring without its injured star, Jordan Morris, defeating Minnesota United, 4-0. LAFC won against expansion team Austin FC, 2-0.<\/p>\n<h2>MLS player to watch<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Javier &quot;Chicharito&quot; Hern&aacute;ndez<\/strong> &#8211; The Los Angeles Galaxy&rsquo;s star center forward scored two goals against David Beckham&rsquo;s Inter Miami CF one week ago. In a span of just 11 minutes, the former Manchester United and Mexico striker equaled his goal tally from 2020. The Galaxy&nbsp;host the New York Red Bulls on Sunday (5:30 p.m. ET, FS1). Can Chicharito add to his scoring tally and put his previous woes behind him?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/04\/22\/USAT\/be599b54-beff-4778-9157-48ceaab586d5-USATSI_15924120_1.jpg?crop=1827,1167,x760,y0&amp;width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mls\/2021\/04\/22\/mls-schedule-how-watch-games-tv-streams-info-power-rankings\/7328277002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an action-packed opening weekend that featured someamazinggoals, Major League Soccer returns for Round 2. The weekend features a Western Conference heavyweight showdown Saturday&nbsp;between Los [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MLS this weekend: TV and streaming schedule, game of the week, player to watch, power rankings - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/mls-this-weekend-tv-and-streaming-schedule-game-of-the-week-player-to-watch-power-rankings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MLS this weekend: TV and streaming schedule, game of the week, player to watch, power rankings - Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After an action-packed opening weekend that featured someamazinggoals, Major League Soccer returns for Round 2. 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