I don't expect anything from that garbage team. They are obviously going through the motions right now and can't even play for their jobs. I expect them to be little more than a speed bump for the rest of the year and for most of their coaching staff to get fired as Vergara has taken over.
Chivas making a case for regulation once again. The league needs to do something about teams just phoning it in week after week match after match, because there's no repercussion.
After loosing in SJ 4-0, I thought Goats would at least show some heart at home and let smurfs know they can fight. In all fairness, it was the dumb mistake to hit Gordon causing the PK that got smurfs going. Smurfs didn't look spectacular at all....if it was the Galaxy, we would beat them.
I thought that was a ticky tacky call. Yeah, Gordon got a good bump, but he fell on the ground like he'd been shot, and didn't move for nearly a minute. It's amazing to me that so much contact is allowed when you have two players fighting for a ball in the box, but that play is called a PK when it's really no more than a minor obstruction of an off-the-ball run. Up until that point, Chivas had looked to be the better team. I watched both the KC and the SJ matches (at least extensive parts of both), and I was struck by how physically both teams play, and how much the refs let them get away with. I think they can both really create problems for us if the refs let them beat on us and kick us. If they call the matches tighter, it will be to our advantage. If I were Bruce, I'd talk about that in the media before matches against those teams to try to get the refs thinking about it.
DC won tonight in Philly. Which means they now have 47pts in 29 games played. Which knocks us down from 6th overall to 7th. Results are not going our way. SKC, SJE, and now DCU have all gotten mid-week points so far. RANT: Are you friggin kidding me, Portland? You can't hold onto a two goal lead against SJ with 18 minutes left in the game, for your first win on the road all season? I guess we really don't have much to complain about, when it comes to that. At least they didn't loose.
MLS week 29 wishlist. Saturday: SKC at MTL - Impact victory. NYRB at NER - Revolution victory. POR at RSL - Timbers victory (yeah right). CLB at CHI - Crew victory. SJE at SEA - Draw. or perhaps Sounders victory (we're still not eliminated from the SS race). Sunday: HOU at PHI - Philadelphia victory. CHV at DCU - Chivas victory (yeah right, we've seen this movie before). COL at Van - Whitecaps victory (Both teams are below us, but we play the Rapids again next week).
Yeah, It's kinda wishful thinking, to say the least. I don't think I'll ever see them win again in my lifetime.
Really Portland? Watch the first goal in the RSL vs. Timbers game tonight. Pathetic. We are likely going to need the win tonight to stay ahead.
RSL's next game is against Chivas, so we all know what's going to happen there. Seattle is playing Vancouver. So, our game against CO is a must win to keep setting the pace. Seattle plays Portland as their game in hand I believe, so the next week will involve some jostling in the table.
Good idea on War Galaxy's part to start tracking the other games since we are now in and points matter, so this week's wishlist: 9/28 SKC vs. CHI - kind of a no win for us, hope for a draw 9/29 NY vs. TOR - hope for miraculous once in a lifetime win from TOR 9/29 CLB vs. PHI - Union win 9/29 HOU vs. Revs - Revs win 9/29 VAN vs. Seattle - Vancouver win 9/29 SJ vs. FCD - FCD win 9/29 POR vs. DC - POR win 9/29 CHV vs. RSL - hahahahahahahahaha our game is last, so we'll know who won what out of the weekend
I did some quick math, so I may be wrong. Assuming SJ is our only competition for the SS, the only way we can win the SS is if we win the rest of our games (Colorado, RSL, SJ, Seattle) and if SJ loses the rest of theirs (Dallas, Colorado, LA, Portland). In that case, we'd have 61 points and they would have 60. If they tie a game and end up with 61 as well, they'd win the tie breaker which would be head-to-head matchups. So our chances are really bad...but crazier things have happened. If only he could've won a few more games during the horrible start of the season...
9/28 SKC vs. CHI: You're right about us wanting a draw for the result. However, since SKC has already secured a CCL spot next season it might be better for the Galaxy to hope to finish in front of Chicago, just in case SKC makes the Cup final. However, if Chicago wins this match it still gives us shot at finishing above both in the overall standings. That way if we face either in the Cup final we'll have home field advantage. However, a draw makes both still a reality, so I think a draw is best. 9/29 VAN vs. Seattle: Vancouver is at home, and this is one of their rivals, plus they're still fighting to stay in a playoff spot. So hopefully they put up a good fight, and perhaps pull out a victory. A victory for Vancouver is not likely, however they might be able to pull out a draw. Which is still good. 9/29 SJ vs. FCD: Every game left is a must win for Dallas. They had a bye week this weekend, so hopefully they've trained, gotten healthy, and are focused and prepared for SJ. The Earthquakes just came off a two game week, so they haven't had anytime to think about their upcoming match up with Dallas until now. However, a FCD victory maybe just delaying the inevitable, I just don't want to ever concede anything to SJ. 9/29 POR vs. DCU: Portland is much better at home, so there is a little hope for an upset. However, DC has played much better as of late since they lost De Rosario. A draw works too. 9/29 CHV vs. RSL & NY vs. TOR: hahahahahahahahaha, yeah right!
Both SKC and San Jose play a very physical style of play. How successful they are in the playoffs will largely depend on how tolerant the refs are. If the ref's call it tight, and prevent them from kicking, pushing, grabbing, and pulling their opponents, they're going to have a tough time. If the refs just "let them play" (like they did with SKC and Chi last night), they will have their way with a lot of teams... and will be very tough for our guys to handle.
Seattle and Vancouver tied 0-0 And it's halftime between Chivas(the bitch of the west) and Rsl. 0-2 for RSL.