Odds to win the MLS Cup: Messi's Inter Miami is favoured coming down the stretch

Inter Miami is +170 to win the MLS Cup. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP.

MLS is coming down the home stretch and Lionel Messi's Inter Miami is still the favourite to win it all.

The latest: Inter Miami made waves when it signed the Argentine national last season and they've only added to a stacked roster since. The Herons are +165 to win the MLS Cup. Toronto FC has risen to a 66-to-1 long shot.

Here are the latest MLS Cup odds.

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TeamOdds (Aug. 27)
Inter Miami+165
Los Angeles FC+600
Los Angeles Galaxy+700
FC Cincinnati+1,200
Columbus Crew+1,200
Real Salt Lake+2,000
Vancouver Whitecaps+2,000
New York Red Bulls+2,500
New York City FC+2,800
Charlotte FC+4,000
Colorado Rapids+4,000
Seattle Sounders+4,000
Toronto FC+6,600

Best MLS Cup odds

The favourite: Inter Miami (+170)

Inter Miami was one of the worst teams in MLS last season ... and then they got Messi.

It turns out that adding one of the greatest players of all time — if not the greatest — can fix a team. The side leads MLS in goals (58) with Luis Suarez in fourth place (14) and Messi tied for 14th (12).

Another thing worth noting is the squad's ability to get results at and away from home. Miami is 9-3-2 at home and 8-2-2 on the road.

That is something that will be valuable come playoff time.

If there's any weakness here, it's the defence. Miami has allowed 39 goals against, which is more than all but one Eastern Conference side currently in a playoff position.

Other MLS Cup choices

Best value: Columbus Crew (+1,200)

Columbus currently sits third in the Eastern Conference but has three games in hand and the highest goal differential in MLS (+25).

The reigning MLS Cup champs know how to win on the big stage and they're peaking at the right time.

Over the last 13 games, The Crew has won nine, lost three and drawn once. Two of those victories came against New York City FC and the New York Redbulls — the two sides just behind Columbus in the standings.

If Columbus were to win the three games it has in hand, these odds would shorten as the team would pass FC Cincinnati (+1,200) in the standings.

Toronto FC's odds

Odds to win MLS Cup: Toronto FC (+6,600)

TFC was nothing short of a disaster last season but the side has been a bit better this time around.

After starting the season well under new manager John Herdman, Toronto went on a nine-game winless streak (seven losses) before winning three of its last four.

What fans have been witnessing is an inconsistent team. It is one of only two squads inside the top eight of either conference to have a negative goal differential (-12). TFC opened the season with 80-to-1 odds that have tightened slightly.

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