posted by kidpurple
October 29, 2006
The 2nd quarterfinal of the night was a good one. This game had it all, a red card, a penalty kick, a pissed off coach, a late goal, some bench clearing shenanagains after the final whistle, the end of the season for one team, a come from behind, and best of all it had some good exciting soccer!
Houston got their first goal on a PK in the 2nd half. After seeing the replay I think it was a fair PK but that was not my initial thought. Chivas seemed to go back into a defensive shell in the 2nd half being up by one goal on the aggregate, thats never a good idea. The game seemed to be headed for extra time, but then in stoppage time Brian Ching put in the game winning goal. I’m surprised there were no more cards issued after the final whistle.
posted by kidpurple
October 29, 2006
The New York Red Bulls are not impressed with DC United according to a quote from one of the Red Bulls recently. DC United didn’t beat the Red Bulls in every meeting between the two teams this season, they did play the Red Bulls to a tie one more than one occassion, and all the games that were not even were won by DC United.
From what I saw today there is no reason anyone should be impressed with DC United, but they did all they had to do to go on to the Eastern Conference finals vs the New England Revolution. They’ll probably continue to do just what they need to do to get the MLS Cup in a few weeks. Who cares if NY is impressed or not?
posted by kidpurple
October 29, 2006
I liked the idea of a single table so here are the final standing for the year with the single table. I wonder if the single table will become a reality next year with the addition of Toronto FC?
| team |
gp |
w |
l |
t |
pts |
gf |
ga |
+/- |
| y – D.C. United |
32 |
15 |
7 |
10 |
55 |
52 |
38 |
14 |
| y – FC Dallas |
32 |
16 |
12 |
4 |
52 |
48 |
44 |
4 |
| x – New England |
32 |
12 |
8 |
12 |
48 |
39 |
35 |
4 |
| x – Chicago |
32 |
13 |
11 |
8 |
47 |
43 |
41 |
2 |
| x – Houston |
32 |
11 |
8 |
13 |
46 |
44 |
40 |
4 |
| x – Chivas USA |
32 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
43 |
45 |
42 |
3 |
| x – Colorado |
32 |
11 |
13 |
8 |
41 |
36 |
49 |
-13 |
| Los Angeles |
32 |
11 |
15 |
6 |
39 |
37 |
37 |
0 |
| Real Salt Lake |
32 |
10 |
13 |
9 |
39 |
45 |
49 |
-4 |
| x – New York |
32 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
39 |
41 |
41 |
0 |
| Kansas City |
32 |
10 |
14 |
8 |
38 |
43 |
45 |
-2 |
| Columbus |
32 |
8 |
15 |
9 |
33 |
30 |
42 |
-12 |
posted by kidpurple
October 28, 2006
Earlier I watched as the Chicago Fire looked like they would cruise into the Eastern Conference semi-finals when they went up 2-0 on aggregate vs the New England Revolution. The Revolution fought back and scored 2 goals to force overtime and eventually a shoot out. Thiago and Guerrero both missed PK’s for the Fire before Taylor Twellman stepped up and scored the game winner. Revolution advance to the semi-finals.
I have not been able to watch the FC Dallas/Colorado Rapids 2nd leg in Dallas tonite, but I’ve been following online. Seems Clint Mathis scored a late goal in extra time to force a shootout, then took and made the first PK. Finally on the 6th shot, Pablo Mastroeni hit the game winning goal to send the Rapids into the Western Conference semi-finals.
posted by kidpurple
October 28, 2006
I’m taking over this website and I will keep it very familar, a personal blog about the MLS. You may not always get an un-biased opinion here, but I will sometimes try.
