When I was making out my run sheet for this column, I initially had Inter Miami vs. Sporting Kansas City for this slot.

As many “Cowlumbus” jokes I’ve made about the team from Ohio’s capital over the years, it is worth noting one thing: The Columbus metro area is actually about the same size as the Cincinnati metro area.

The Union were inconsistent earlier this year, but lately they have been getting good results against good teams, including last week’s 2-0 win over Minnesota.

Thank God it was a bye week. I usually don’t get geeked for international breaks, or whatever passes for international breaks in this league, but at least it gave us fans a week-long break from watching the steady procession of players onto the injury list.