MLS: The Official "Comb" Watch

Through Oct-21, the score reads: Wondo 26 - Chivas 22.

Am rooting for at least Wondo 28 - Chivas 22 come Oct-28.

 

Some quick notes following the conclusion of 2012 regular season:

1. The last comb of the season was:
   2012-10-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4-0 Chivas USA
   
2. On-going "Uncombed" Streaks:
   • Colorado: 234 games (2004-09-25 to 2012-10-27, 8+ seasons)
   • Houston: 197 Games (2006-04-02 to 2012-10-27, 7 full seasons)
   • Philadelphia: 98 Games (2010-03-25 to 2012-10-27, 3 full seasons)
   • Montreal: 34 Games (2012-03-11 to 2012-10-27, 1 full season)
     
     
3. The Final "Comb" Standings of 2012:
   
   Code:

   Rank SS#    Team    CF  CA  CD
   01    01    S.J.    2    0    2
   02    07    SEA.    2    0    2
   03    09    HOU.    1    0    1
   04    11    VAN.    1    0    1
   05    13    DAL.    1    0    1
   06    14    COL.    1    0    1
   07    15    PHI.    1    0    1
   08    05    RSL.    1    1    0
   09    08    L.A.    1    1    0
   10    04    N.Y.    0    0    0
   11    06    CHI.    0    0    0
   12    10    CLB.    0    0    0
   13    12    MTL.    0    0    0
   14    16    N.E.    0    0    0
   15    19    TOR.    0    0    0
   16    02    K.C.    0    1    -1
   17    03    D.C.    0    1    -1
   18    17    PTL.    0    1    -1
   19    18    CHV.    0    6    -6

4. "Combs %" = Number of Combs / Number of Games = 11 / 323 = 3.41%.
   (More on this for each of the past seasons...)

 

First Updates of 2013:

1. So far only 1 Comb on the opening week of the season: L.A. 4-0 Chicago.

2. Carrying 2012's form into 2013: Chivas were almost combed at HDC in the first game: Chivas 0-3 Columbus.

3. On-going "Uncombed" Streaks:

4. Who will be the "Combed" King of 2013?

 

Second Update of 2013:

• The First Comb for Chivas finally came with the 0-4 road loss to SKC on May-5:
  http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-05-05-SKC-v-CHV/stats

• It was only the 2nd comb of the season after L.A.'s 4-0 home win vs Chicago on Mar-3:
  http://aragon.ws/soccerdb/league/matchesAll.php?stageId=1547

• Just noticed that there is another "Brother Thread" on this topic at:
  https://www.bigsoccer.com/community/threads/the-blowout-comb-thread.1922805/page-2#post-25662638

 

Third Update of 2013:

• D.C. is the 3rd team to be blown away this season with the 0-4 home loss to Houston on May-8.
  
  
• The 2013 "Comb Standings" so far:

Code:

Rank SS#    Team    CF  CA  CD
01    03    HOU.    1    0    +1 [May-8: 4-0 D.C.]
02    04    K.C.    1    0    +1 [May-5: 4-0 Chivas]
03    08    L.A.    1    0    +1 [Mar-3: 4-0 Chicago]
--------------------------------
04    01    DAL.    0    0    0
05    02    N.Y.    0    0    0
06    05    MTL.    0    0    0
07    06    RSL.    0    0    0
08    07    PTL.    0    0    0
09    09    CLB.    0    0    0
10    10    PHI.    0    0    0
11    11    COL.    0    0    0
12    13    S.J.    0    0    0
14    14    VAN.    0    0    0
15    15    SEA.    0    0    0
13    16    TOR.    0    0    0
16    17    N.E.    0    0    0
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17    09    CHV.    0    1    -1 [Mar-3: 0-4 L.A.]
18    18    CHI.    0    1    -1 [May-5: 0-4 K.C.]
19    19    D.C.    0    1    -1 [May-8: 0-4 Houston]

 

Fourth Update of 2013:

• The blowout combs are coming thick and fast for the past 3 match days, S.J. (defending SS Winners no less) was the 4th team to be blown away this season with the 0-4 road loss to Seattle on May-11.
  
  
• The 2013 "Comb Standings" so far:

Code:

Rank SS#    Team    CF  CA  CD
01    03    HOU.    1    0    +1 [May-8: 4-0 D.C.]
02    04    K.C.    1    0    +1 [May-5: 4-0 Chivas]
03    10    L.A.    1    0    +1 [Mar-3: 4-0 Chicago]
04    14    SEA.    1    0    +1 [May-11: 4-0 S.J.]
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05    01    DAL.    0    0    0
06    02    N.Y.    0    0    0
07    05    MTL.    0    0    0
08    06    PTL.    0    0    0
09    07    RSL.    0    0    0
10    08    PHI.    0    0    0
11    09    COL.    0    0    0
12    12    CLB.    0    0    0
13    13    VAN.    0    0    0
14    16    N.E.    0    0    0
15    17    TOR.    0    0    0
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16    11    S.J.    0    1    -1 [May-11: 0-4 Seattle]
17    15    CHV.    0    1    -1 [Mar-3: 0-4 L.A.]
18    18    CHI.    0    1    -1 [May-5: 0-4 K.C.]
19    19    D.C.    0    1    -1 [May-8: 0-4 Houston]

 

Fifth Update of 2013:

• 2 "firsts" happened as L.A. combed Seattle 4-0 on May-26:
  1. L.A. became the first team to dish out multiple combs this season.
  2. Seattle became the first team to both dish out and received combs.
     
• The 2013 "Comb Standings" so far:

Code:

Rank SS#    Team    CF  CA  CD
01    08    L.A.    1    0    +2 [Mar-3: 4-0 Chicago, May-26: 4-0 Seattle]
02    05    K.C.    1    0    +1 [May-5: 4-0 Chivas]
03    06    HOU.    1    0    +1 [May-8: 4-0 D.C.]
04    13    SEA.    1    1    0 [May-11: 4-0 S.J., May-26: 0-4 L.A.]
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05    01    DAL.    0    0    0
06    02    N.Y.    0    0    0
07    03    MTL.    0    0    0
08    04    PTL.    0    0    0
09    07    RSL.    0    0    0
10    09    COL.    0    0    0
11    10    PHI.    0    0    0
12    11    CLB.    0    0    0
13    12    N.E.    0    0    0
14    15    VAN.    0    0    0
15    18    TOR.    0    0    0
--------------------------------
16    14    S.J.    0    1    -1 [May-11: 0-4 Seattle]
17    16    CHV.    0    1    -1 [Mar-3: 0-4 L.A.]
18    17    CHI.    0    1    -1 [May-5: 0-4 K.C.]
19    19    D.C.    0    1    -1 [May-8: 0-4 Houston]

 

Sixth Update of 2013:

• Another "first" happened as N.E. combed L.A. 5-0 on Jun-2:
  L.A. became the first side to give/receive Blowout Combs in successive weeks in successive seasons:
  
  2013-05-27 Seattle Sounders FC (H) 4 - 0 W
  2013-06-03 New England Revolution (A) 0 - 5 L

• The 2013 "Comb Standings" so far:

Code:

Rank SS#    Team    CF  CA  CD
01    08    L.A.    2    1    +1 [Mar-3: 4-0 Chicago, May-26: 4-0 Seattle, Jun-2: 0-5 N.E.]
02    05    K.C.    1    0    +1 [May-5: 4-0 Chivas]
03    06    HOU.    1    0    +1 [May-8: 4-0 D.C.]
04    12    N.E.    1    0    +1 [Jun-2: 5-0 L.A.]
05    13    SEA.    1    1    +0 [May-11: 4-0 S.J., May-26: 0-4 L.A.]
--------------------------------
06    01    DAL.    0    0    0
07    02    N.Y.    0    0    0
08    03    MTL.    0    0    0
09    04    PTL.    0    0    0
10    07    RSL.    0    0    0
11    09    COL.    0    0    0
12    10    PHI.    0    0    0
13    11    CLB.    0    0    0
14    15    VAN.    0    0    0
15    18    TOR.    0    0    0
--------------------------------
16    14    S.J.    0    1    -1 [May-11: 0-4 Seattle]
17    16    CHV.    0    1    -1 [Mar-3: 0-4 L.A.]
18    17    CHI.    0    1    -1 [May-5: 0-4 K.C.]
19    19    D.C.    0    1    -1 [May-8: 0-4 Houston]

 

Summary of Comb Counts/% for the Past Seasons:

Season	Combs	Games	%	Remarks
1996	10	160	6.25
1997	10	160	6.25
1998	12	192	6.25
1999	8	192	4.17
2000	9	192	4.69
2001	13	158	8.23	* Highest!
2002	6	140	4.29
2003	4	150	2.67
2004	4	150	2.67
2005	3	192	1.56	** Lowest..
2006	5	192	2.60
2007	8	195	4.10
2008	11	210	5.24
2009	8	225	3.56
2010	6	240	2.50
2011	8	306	2.61
2012	11	323	3.41
2013	6	128	4.69	*** Through Jun-2

To surpass the % record set in 2001, 21 more Blowout Combs are needed for the remainder of the season (for 27 Combs in total).

Quite unlikely that this will materialize (given that the most was 13, set in 2001 as well), though we'll never know...

 

Just dig-up some stats on the List of Past Champions that have been combed at least once during their respective regular seasons:

Regular Season Blowout Combs don't matter in MLS...

So does EPL...

 

It's been exactly a month, since the last Blowout Comb on Jun-2, "BORED"...

Looks like we won't be seeing new record number (13) or percentage (8.23%) of Blowout Combs in 2013...

 

Which of these next games shall most likely produce Blowout Combs?

Perhaps TFC vs Montreal, or FCD vs Chivas?

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

7:00PM EDT at BMO Field, Toronto FC Montreal​

8:30PM EDT at Toyota Park, Chicago San Jose​

9:00PM EDT at Sporting Park, Sporting KC Vancouver​

10:00PM EDT at Rio Tinto Stadium, Real Salt Lake Philadelphia​

10:00PM EDT at CenturyLink Field, Seattle D.C. United​

Thursday, July 4, 2013

9:00PM EDT at FC Dallas Stadium, FC Dallas Chivas USA​

9:30PM EDT at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Colorado New York​

10:30PM EDT at StubHub Center, LA Galaxy Columbus​

 

Another week (and 4 match-days in fact) passed without a Blowout Comb.

"BORED"...