It’s in the title, folks. Every week during the MLS season, Backheeled will dive into the biggest Winners and Losers from around the league. This week, a hot dog legend reappeared when the world needed him most, Cavan Sullivan made his first start, a hot-streak continued, and more.
On a serious note before we start: our best wishes to Stefan Frei, who left Sunday's 1-1 draw between the Seattle Sounders and the Columbus Crew in an ambulance after taking a knee to the head late in the match.
"Stefan is being evaluated for a head and neck injury," Brian Schmetzer said postgame. "He got hit pretty hard. We're in the early stages of that evaluation. As soon as we get a definitive, a real, good clarity on the extent of the injury, we'll give you more. I don't want to speculate. He is going to the hospital, but he is fine. He was alert when he was loaded onto the ambulance…I'm very happy for our medical staff because they did a good job to be careful. We can't underestimate that type of stuff."
A scary moment to end the Crew game with Seattle goalie Stefan Frei going down.
— Adam King (@AdamKing10TV) July 7, 2025
Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer says "just stop the game", Wilfried Nancy agrees and tells the ref to end the game.
This is so much bigger than 3 points, the MLS community is praying for Frei: pic.twitter.com/NDVnoW7tqC
Get well soon, Stefan.
Winner: Logan “Hot Dog” Farrington
Last year, Logan Farrington became an MLS cult hero and earned himself a brand-new nickname when he started tossing $1 hot dogs into the Toyota Stadium stands after an FC Dallas win.
It wouldn’t be 1$ Glizzy Night without Logan “Big Dawg” “Hot Dog” Farrington. pic.twitter.com/zsyrr3bztx
— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) July 18, 2024
This year, he lived up to his “Hot Dog” moniker by scoring Dallas’ lone goal in their Fourth of July matchup with Minnesota United. On the day where hot dogs take center stage on the grill, the 23-year-old striker took center stage in front of the home crowd. You can take the $1 hot dogs out of the Farrington’s hands, but you can’t take the hot dogs out of his soul:
