Cannon at QPR, five points in MLS
Tuesday’s soccer news starts with Reggie Cannon joining Queens Park Rangers as a free agent. Cannon had been without a club since ending his contract with Boavista, where he played in 30 Primeira Liga games last season. The move makes him the 6th USMNT player in the Championship this season, joining Daryl Dike at West Brom, Lynden Gooch at Stoke City, Duane Holmes at Preston North End, Josh Sargent at Norwich City, and Haji Wright at Coventry City.
Queens Park Rangers is one of the two London clubs in the Championship alongside Millwall and one of the 13 London clubs in the top four divisions of English pro soccer. They play their home games at Loftus Road in West London and have been in the Championship since 2014-15 after spending a season in the Premier League. Last season, QPR finished 20th in the Championship tied with 19th-place Rotherham United.
This season, QPR is in 19th-place after eight games with eight points. They drew 0-0 at Birmingham City last Friday and split the points at home to Swansea City on September 19. They host Haji Wright’s Coventry City on Saturday.
Moving to Major League Soccer, the unbalanced schedule has teams already playing anywhere from 29-31 games after 34 matchdays. That’s enough for two teams to know that their playoff chances are over, with Toronto in the East and the Colorado Rapids in the West falling out of contention.
Toronto lost 3-0 at NYCFC on Sunday, their third loss in a row and their 11th out of their last 12 games. That has them with 22 points from 30 games played, ten points behind 14th-place Inter Miami. The East is quite close, with Miami five points out of the final playoff spot on 29 games played.
Colorado lost 3-2 at Portland, their second in a row and fifth out of their last six games. That has them on 22 points from 29 games played, 12 behind the 13th-place LA Galaxy. Just like the East, five points separates 13th-place from the final playoff spot.
