As the May fixtures kick off, the World Cup break in MLS is starting to sneak up on everyone, with just four league games in three weeks to go until the league takes its summer pause.

With that, clubs are trying to rack up the points in the limited remaining time to put themselves in a good spot heading into the break. For Canada's three MLS teams this weekend, results were a mixed bag.

Here's a look at what stuck out in each of their games on matchday 11.

What happens when it doesn't work?

CF Montréal are a side that are looking to jump up the standings after a brutal start to the year, but had been in better form in their two matches heading into Saturday.

The same thing could be said about Atlanta, which makes this a pretty interesting matchup to see who can continue their momentum forward.

Typically, when a team is winning games, it's important to try to gauge how sustainable these results are. Obviously, football has a level of randomness to the sport, but more often than not, when you play well in a manner that can consistently tilt the field to control games, you'll win more often than you lose.

The Impact's last two weeks of home wins were a good thing, but there were definitely questions raised about its sustainability, especially going on the road.

Sitting back and holding about 35 percent of possession is a tough way to win games, because it requires many things to go right.

Firstly, you need absolute defensive solidity and homogeneity between the lines in order not to let the opposition have any easy chances at goal through possession. Saba Lobjanidze's opener exposed this for Montréal, as their lines got jumbled and there was too much space between the midfield and backline.

Secondly, there can't be many individual errors on the ball, as turnovers lead to scrambles that lead to chances against. This happened on both the second and third Atlanta goals, and that kind of was the game. There were too many errors for Montréal, and the hosts took their chances.

Also, when a team that wants to score on the counter goes down in a match, it allows their opponents to sit back and give them the ball later on. Atlanta basically did this from the 3-1 goal onward, and the bleu-blanc-noir had no real solutions to break down a set block with the ball.

Philippe Eullaffroy has definitely improved his side's chances with and without the ball, but there are still some ways to go if they want to really compete for a spot in the top nine of the conference.

The importance of disruption

Toronto FC entered Saturday's match against Supporters' Shield leaders San Jose with 10 players out through injury. Add to that the fact that Walker Zimmerman clearly wasn't close to fully fit, only playing the final seconds of stoppage time in this one, and Lazar Stefanovic limped off right before the half, and this team has been decimated by injury.

The silver lining is always seeing what other players can do with the opportunity. Kobe Franklin has settled into playing some good football at right back in recent weeks, while Markus Cimermancic had a very solid performance in midfield in his first start of the season.

Micah Chisholm and Antone Bossenberry wouldn't be playing with the first team at all if everyone were fit, but both of them didn't look out of place in the second half of this one.

TFC have struggled for wins, especially since Djordje Mihailovic's injury. But, they've been able to grind out draws, some good and some bad, despite being shorthanded most nights.

San Jose, of course, wasn't at full strength either. Timo Werner missed out due to a muscle injury, and Niko Tsakiris went off injured early in the second half, which really slowed down their creativity through midfield.

What the Earthquakes have been really good at this season is having hard-drilled, direct offensive patterns that lead to them creating a ton of very good chances through pullbacks and movement in the box. They're also a very good defensive team from the front, and they press very well.

That's led by big striker Preston Judd, who scored off a set piece. But, Toronto managed to keep their opponents pretty quiet at open play in this one.

That comes from disruption. Being able to know the patterns their opponents are building and jumping in the spots to not allow them to progress the ball through the channels they're looking to. Even just getting a foot on it and it going out to touch resets an attacking play and lets you get back into position.

TFC did a good job of this, and while they struggled to create too much on their own outside of some Dániel Sallói individual magic and a few set pieces, they were able to keep their very good opponents mostly off the board.

In terms of teams positioning themselves well heading into the break, if Toronto can just stay afloat in the playoff race, they'll look to be in a good spot come July when the majority of their injured list will be back healthy.

Something missing

The Vancouver Whitecaps probably played well enough to beat the LA Galaxy this weekend.

By the stats, the xG was 2.61-1.38, shots 19 (six on target) - 7 (two) in favour of Vancouver, and they held the majority of possession and field tilt in this match.

But the Galaxy didn't break at the back, and potentially a bit of fortune in some misses from the visitors, and they managed to hold on for a point.

This is probably a chance missed for the Whitecaps to gain some ground in the Shield race, as all of LAFC, Nashville, Seattle and the aforementioned San Jose each also dropped points this weekend.

But, they couldn't do so, and maybe missing Thomas Müller was the reason why. The final ball just seemed a bit off, and while Mathías Laborda scored on a set piece, the ability to just be that killer in open play just wasn't quite there.

That's where the German legend elevates this team the most, and why his illness held the 'Caps back this weekend.

But, once again, they still played very well, and are right in there in the Shield race, a trophy they'll surely be targeting the rest of the way. With four more pretty tough road matches to go before the break, it'll be a good test to see exactly how good Vancouver really is.