2009 Other Team's News (NRC), Thread 2

Real Salt Lake 2010 home kit, to be used starting next season:

 

After 7/11 games:

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[b]Standings[/b]										
Pos.	Team	Div.	W	D	L	Pld.	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HOU	West	9	4	4	17	22	12	10	31
2	SEA	West	7	7	3	17	26	16	10	28
3	CHV	West	8	3	5	16	19	13	6	27
4	CHI	East	6	7	3	16	23	20	3	25
5	TOR	East	7	4	6	17	24	26	-2	25
6	COL	West	6	6	4	16	23	20	3	24
7	DC	East	5	9	3	17	26	25	1	24
8	CLB	East	5	9	3	17	22	21	1	24
9	LA	West	5	9	3	17	19	18	1	24
10	RSL	West	5	5	6	16	23	18	5	20
11	KC	East	5	5	6	16	19	18	1	20
12	DAL	West	4	5	8	17	20	26	-6	17
[B][COLOR="Navy"]13	NE	East	4	5	5	14	15	21	-6	17[/COLOR][/B]
14	SJ	West	3	4	9	16	19	31	-12	13
15	NY	East	2	4	13	19	15	30	-15	10

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[b]Points-per-game[/b]				
Rank	Team	GP	Pts	PPG
1	HOU	17	31	1.824
2	CHV	16	27	1.688
3	SEA	17	28	1.647
4	CHI	16	25	1.563
5	COL	16	24	1.500
6	TOR	17	25	1.471
7	CLB	17	24	1.412
8	DC	17	24	1.412
9	LA	17	24	1.412
10	KC	16	20	1.250
11	RSL	16	20	1.250
[B][COLOR="Navy"]12	NE	14	17	1.214[/COLOR][/B]
13	DAL	17	17	1.000
14	SJ	16	13	0.813
15	NY	19	10	0.526

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[b]Playoff matchups[/b]		

[b]East[/b]		
(1) CHI	vs.	(3) DC
(2) TOR	vs.	(4) CLB


[b]West[/b]		
(1) HOU	vs.	(4) COL
(2) SEA	vs.	(3) CHV

 

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP6KXF-Og8c"]YouTube - Chicago Fire - Flares gone wrong[/ame]

Idiots.

 

They should have taken our advice....


PISS ON THE FIRE!

 

New Section 8 song?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM"]YouTube - Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"[/ame]

 

After 7/16 game:

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[b]Standings[/b]										
Pos.	Team	Div.	W	D	L	Pld.	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HOU	West	9	4	4	17	22	12	10	31
2	SEA	West	7	7	3	17	26	16	10	28
3	CHV	West	8	3	5	16	19	13	6	27
4	LA	West	6	9	3	18	22	19	3	27
5	CHI	East	6	7	3	16	23	20	3	25
6	TOR	East	7	4	6	17	24	26	-2	25
7	COL	West	6	6	4	16	23	20	3	24
8	DC	East	5	9	3	17	26	25	1	24
9	CLB	East	5	9	3	17	22	21	1	24
10	RSL	West	5	5	6	16	23	18	5	20
11	KC	East	5	5	6	16	19	18	1	20
12	DAL	West	4	5	8	17	20	26	-6	17
[B][COLOR="Navy"]13	NE	East	4	5	5	14	15	21	-6	17[/COLOR][/B]
14	SJ	West	3	4	9	16	19	31	-12	13
15	NY	East	2	4	14	20	16	33	-17	10

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[b]Points-per-game[/b]				
Rank	Team	GP	Pts	PPG
1	HOU	17	31	1.824
2	CHV	16	27	1.688
3	SEA	17	28	1.647
4	CHI	16	25	1.563
5	LA	18	27	1.500
6	COL	16	24	1.500
7	TOR	17	25	1.471
8	CLB	17	24	1.412
9	DC	17	24	1.412
10	KC	16	20	1.250
11	RSL	16	20	1.250
[B][COLOR="Navy"]12	NE	14	17	1.214[/COLOR][/B]
13	DAL	17	17	1.000
14	SJ	16	13	0.813
15	NY	20	10	0.500

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[b]Playoff matchups[/b]		

[b]East[/b]		
(1) CHI	vs.	(3) DC
(2) TOR	vs.	(4) COL*


[b]West[/b]		
(1) HOU	vs.	(4) LA
(2) SEA	vs.	(3) CHV

 

Sure hope we can do something positive with those games in hand. Win them and were right near the top of the table. Keep our same winning percentage and were toast.

 

I can agree there is hope we'll see better play but not that we're suddenly going to win every game. We just don't have the talent/depth in the offensive positions. 1.2 ppg may become 1.4, is that enough?

 

Of the 4 teams we've beaten, only one (DC) has more points than us. I like that we're playing better, and we are healthier, but we've yet to find out exactly how good we are.

 

Actually, I meant 1.4 ppg from this point on. I believe you just worked out what we'd have to do to average 1.4 ppg for the entire season (true?). I think your analysis shows we'd have to get 25 pts out of 15 games which is about 1.7 ppg from this point on. IOTW, I think we strongly agree. A healthier REV team with EJ added (and Twellman out) is not going achieve that, I believe. It is just extremely unlikely to happen, even if Twellman comes back and plays consistently (doubtful IMHO).

My point, and you are outing my "negativity," is that if we play 1.4 to 1.5 ppg the rest of the way, we'll still average out pretty low overall (1.35 ish). That would still leave us approximately 10th in a single table and out of the playoffs. Maybe some of those teams are set to make a dramatic drop; we almost have to count on it.

I still don't think this team has the depth it needs at forward/AM and is marginal on the wings. The age/health/form of EJ, Ralston, and SJ will be key. Even if EVERYONE else got healthy, we are immediately back to a "bad injury situation" if one of those three goes down.

 

This is one of the greatest things ever.

Anyone know the record for worst PPG season? If this isn't it, it has to be close.

 

Circling back to the earlier point, having drawn twice against that sorry lot didn't seem all that bad at the time, but wow, can you really deny thinking that we should have 4 more points right now?

Actually, one of the Mutt games we were all set to lose, so maybe we need to be happy with the three-day-old bologna sandwich from a Greyhound station vending machine that we have and not insist on pheasant under glass.

 

I pretty much agree. One possible mitigating factor is that three of the teams in front of us in the east (Columbus, Toronto & DC) are in the CCL, and DC is staring down two more USOC matches as well. If they wear down a bit and begin to drop points, that could help.

Points against Columbus and Toronto are essential. TFC play the two match CCL play-in against Puerto Rico sandwiched around their match at Gillette. That will help.

 

Are you talking about RBNY? We beat them 4-0, and drew 1-1...we play them again, BTW

 

DOH! Um, well, uh, I was thinking of the draw down there, and um, ah, never mind...

 

Trade Sends Atiba Harris to FC Dallas For Saragosa


FC Dallas have announced that they have completed a trade that will send Brazilian Midfielder Marcelo Saragosa to Real Salt Lake in exchange for Forward Atiba Harris.