There are 9 league games this week. San Jose gets the bye. Saturday, April 5 Portland v. Seattle 2:00 pm NBCSN Montreal v. New York 3:00 pm Chicago v. Philadelphia 4:00 pm Columbus v. Toronto 5:00 pm Vancouver v. Colorado 5:30 pm DC United v. New England 6:00 pm Houston v. Dallas 7:00 pm Kansas City v. Salt Lake 7:30 pm Sunday, April 6 Chivas USA v. Los Angeles 2:00 pm UniMas The top league games based on the current standings are FCD @ HOU, RSL @ SKC, and TFC @ CLB.
KC v RSL is probably the match I'm most looking forward too from the bunch. That'll be a heck of a game. Despite my sarcasm the Crew/TFC game is probably second...not because of the dumb trophy but because the Crew are looking mighty good so far and while I think TFC is a playoff team, I don't think they're running away with anything. A win over Seattle at this point doesn't mean much. Not until the Sounders actually, y'know...string a few wins together. They were god awful 2nd half last year and don't look much better so far. DC/NE is an interesting one. Another change for DC to gel and show they're different and a NE team in a funk.
My rooting interests: Timbers over Sounders, easy Impact over Red Bulls, kick 'em when they are down Fire over Union, meh Reds over Crew, back to normal Rapids over Whitecaps, I guess United over Revs, bleh RSL over SKC, easy Baby Goats over Gals, I will laugh and laugh
Disciplinary Report: Michael Harrington Portland 4/5 vs. SEA Red card Donovan Ricketts Portland 4/5 vs. SEA Disc. Committee action Djimi Traoré Seattle 4/5 vs. POR Red card Andrew Wenger Montreal 4/5 vs. NY Red card Marvell Wynne Colorado 4/5 vs. VAN Red card Je-Vaughn Watson FC Dallas 4/5 vs. HOU Red card
Results: Saturday, April 5 Portland 4-4 Seattle Montreal 2-2 New York Chicago 2-2 Philadelphia Columbus 0-2 Toronto Vancouver 1-2 Colorado DC United 2-0 New England Houston 1-4 Dallas Kansas City 0-0 Salt Lake Sunday, April 6 Chivas USA 0-3 Los Angeles East 1. CLB 4 g.p. 9 pts 3 w. +3 g.d. 2. TFC 4 g.p. 9 pts 3 w. +1 g.d. 3. SKC 5 g.p. 8 pts 3 w. +1 g.d. 4. HOU 4 g.p. 6 pts 2 w. +1 g.d. 5. PHI 5 g.p. 6 pts 1 w. +0 g.d. -------------------------- 6. DCU 4 g.p. 4 pts 1 w. -2 g.d. 7. NER 5 g.p. 4 pts 1 w. -6 g.d. 8. CHI 5 g.p. 4 pts 0 w. -1 g.d. 9. NYR 5 g.p. 4 pts 0 w. -3 g.d. 10. MON 5 g.p. 2 pts 0 w. -4 g.d. West 1. FCD 5 g.p. 13 pts 4 w. +7 g.d. 2. RSL 5 g.p. 9 pts 2 w. +4 g.d. 3. VAN 5 g.p. 8 pts 2 w. +3 g.d. 4. COR 4 g.p. 7 pts 2 w. +2 g.d. 5. SEA 5 g.p. 7 pts 2 w. +1 g.d. ------------------------- 6. CHV 5 g.p. 5 pts 1 w. -4 g.d. 7. LAG 3 g.p. 4 pts 1 w. +2 g.d. 8. POR 5 g.p. 3 pts 0 w. -3 g.d. 9. SJE 3 g.p. 1 pts 0 w. -2 g.d.
Shield Standings by PPG: 1. FCD 2.6 -------------- 2. CLB 2.25 3. TFC 2.25 4. RSL 1.80 5. COR 1.75 6. VAN 1.60 7. SKC 1.60 8. HOU 1.50 9. SEA 1.40 10. LAG 1.33 11. PHI 1.20 12. CHV 1.00 13. DCU 1.00 14. NER 0.80 15. CHI 0.80 16. NYR 0.80 17. POR 0.60 18. MON 0.40 19. SJE 0.33