Through eight games, Minnesota hasn’t played a single team that started Saturday in the top half of the league standings. Fifteen points from eight matches is a playoff pace, but given the softness of the schedule and the number of struggling teams Minnesota has played, when the Loons look back later in the year, 15 points may seem like too few.

With its third draw in a row against in-form opposition, Toronto FC is no longer losing games. But it is still looking for its first win of the MLS season.