The Blowout Comb Thread

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by ManiacalClown, Mar 26, 2012.

  1. TrickHog

    TrickHog Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 14, 2002
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Galaxy giveth....

    ....and the Galaxy receive-eth...
     
  2. crazypete13

    crazypete13 Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    I say they should be given special names:
    • 5 goals - Combrero
    • 6 goals - Golden Combrero

    Also - does anyone have a longer combless streak than TFC*?

    *currently 2178 days and counting
     
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  3. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Yes, the longest run without dishing out a Comb should be held by TFC now, with reference to the "All-Time" Standings through Oct-7, 2012 (to be updated through 2012 season soon...) as below.

    TFC last dished out a Comb in 2007: 2007-06-17 MLS FC Dallas (H) 4 - 0
    http://aragon.ws/soccerdb/team/stat...t=0&teamLeagueId=21&year=0&matches=0&result=0

     
  4. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Talk about "good start", the following table would list the arrival of the First Comb(s) from the start date of the past seasons.

    K.C. have dished out the most First Combs at 3, while D.C. & N.E. have suffered the most First Combs at 3 each as well...

    Season Start Date First Comb Comb Score
    [Home Team(s)
    listed first]
    Gap
    (Days)
    Remarks
    1996 1996-04-06 1996-04-13 Columbus 4-0 D.C. 7 First-ever Comb
    in League History.
    1997 1997-03-22 1997-04-06 Tampa 5-1 N.E. 15
    1998 1998-03-15 1998-04-18 Columbus 5-1 Miami 34
    1999 1999-03-20 1999-03-20 FCD 4-0 K.C. 0 Shortest Wait
    for First Comb!!
    2000 2000-03-18 2000-03-18 Tampa 5-1 Columbus 0 Shortest Wait
    for First Comb!!
    2001 2001-04-07 2001-05-09 D.C. 5-0 N.E. 32
    2002 2002-03-23 2002-06-15 N.Y. 5-0 L.A. 84
    2003 2003-04-05 2003-05-25 Chicago 4-0 Colorado 50
    2004 2004-04-03 2004-07-03 D.C. 6-2 N.Y.,
    K.C. 5-1 FCD.
    91 Longest Wait
    for First Comb!!
    2005 2005-04-02 2005-05-14 Columbus 0-4 K.C. 42 K.C. dished-out
    First Combs in
    Successive Seasons!
    2006 2006-04-01 2006-05-06 N.E. 4-0 L.A. 35
    2007 2007-04-07 2007-04-14 N.E. 4-0 TFC 7 N.E. dished-out
    First Combs in
    Successive Seasons!
    2008 2008-03-29 2008-03-29 Colorado 4-0 L.A. 0 Shortest Wait
    for First Comb!!
    2009 2009-03-19 2009-04-25 RSL 6-0 N.E. 37 Largest First Comb!
    2010 2010-03-27 2010-03-27 K.C. 4-0 D.C. 0 Shortest Wait
    for First Comb!!
    2011 2011-03-15 2011-04-21 D.C. 0-4 N.Y. 37 D.C. suffered
    First Combs in
    Successive Seasons!
    2012 2012-03-10 2012-04-28 Colorado 4-0 Chivas 49
    2013 2013-03-02 2013-03-03 L.A. 4-0 Chicago 1
     
  5. ZipSix

    ZipSix BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 20, 2000
    Boston, MA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is a great thread. Kudos.
     
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  6. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
  7. KCFutbol

    KCFutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 14, 2001
    Overland Park, KS
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  8. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    You are right:

    1. The 1996 KCW v Columbus 6-4 match was at Arrowhead Stadium.​

    2. The 7-0 Chicago victory was also at Arrowhead and took place on July 4th.​

    Looks like somebody has confused the home/road teams sequence & date formats (YMD vs YDM) for these mistakes... Hence also spotted the other error:

    3. The 6-0 Dallas victory over SKC should be on Aug-1 (8/1), not Jan-8 (1/8):​

    Have helped fixed these in Wiki too:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer_records_and_statistics#Highest_scoring_games
     
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  9. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    By the way, was quite disappointed with Phily that a 4th goal didn't come for over an hour, having already leading 3-0 after the 31st minute:
    http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-06-05-PHI-v-CLB/stats

    At least 1 Comb is needed every week for the remaining weeks to set a new record for the highest percentage of Blowout Combs in a season...

     
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  10. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    It's been exactly a month, since the last Blowout Comb on Jun-2, "BORED"...

    [​IMG]

    With almost half the season gone (6 Combs in 158 Games through Jun-30, for 3.797%), looks like we won't be seeing new record number (13) or percentage (8.23%) of Blowout Combs in 2013, unless they start coming in thick and fast for the rest of the season... :cool:
     
  11. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Which of these next games shall most likely produce Blowout Combs?

    Perhaps TFC vs Montreal, or FCD vs Chivas? :p

     
  12. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007

    Actually, the current wait of more than a month (since the last Blowout Comb was dished out) is nothing much, as compared to the longest wait (91 days!) for the 1st Comb in 2004...

    Also, IICC (If I Calculated/Computed Correctly), the longest gap within a season between Blowout Combs would be 56 days, between the following 2 games:
    http://aragon.ws/soccerdb/league/matchesAll.php?stageId=136
     
  13. tigersoccer2005

    tigersoccer2005 Member+

    Dec 1, 2003
    North Bergen, NJ
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well it's not MLS league play--but last night's USMNT game was certainly a blowout--my goodness. Maybe the USMNT can get an honorary comb on this thread?
     
  14. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    They have dished out 2 (back-to-back no less) in 2013 so far... ;)
    http://www.mlssoccer.com/schedule?m..._type=all&op=Search&form_id=mls_schedule_form

    Friday, July 5, 2013: USA[​IMG]6 - 0[​IMG] Guatemala​
    Tuesday, July 9, 2013: Belize[​IMG]1 - 6 [​IMG] USA​
     
  15. Elninho

    Elninho Member+

    Sacramento Republic FC
    United States
    Oct 30, 2000
    Sacramento, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Also, this was the USMNT's first pair of consecutive combs since late 1993, when the US blew out the Cayman Islands (predictably) and El Salvador (not so predictably at the time).
     
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  16. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Seventh Update of 2013 as below.

    There could have been up to 4 Blowout Combs over this weekend (will check if there have been any past weekends with more than 1), had the following games blown-up as well; but alas, they were not meant to be...

     
  17. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Another near-miss on Blowout Comb last week as Chicago were 4-0 up against D.C. after 56 minutes, though The Comb was not to be...
    http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-07-20-CHI-v-DC/stats

    Goals and Assists
    Club - Time - Player (Assisted by)​
    CHI - 2' - Chris Rolfe (Joel Lindpere)​
    CHI - 11' - Joel Lindpere (Jeff Larentowicz)​
    CHI - 45' + 1 - Chris Rolfe (Joel Lindpere)​
    CHI - 56' - Mike Magee​
    DC - 58' - Luis Silva (Perry Kitchen)​

    [​IMG]
     
  18. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Another Blowout Comb from USMNT:
    Sunday, July 21, 2013: USA [​IMG] 5 - 1 [​IMG] El Salvador​

    There was a "near-Comb" before that too:
    Saturday, July 13, 2013: USA [​IMG] 4 - 1 [​IMG] Cuba​
     
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  19. tigersoccer2005

    tigersoccer2005 Member+

    Dec 1, 2003
    North Bergen, NJ
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    chalk one more comb for USMNT!:thumbsup:
     
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  20. tigersoccer2005

    tigersoccer2005 Member+

    Dec 1, 2003
    North Bergen, NJ
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Forgot to check---did you give comb credit to the Red Bulls for that 4-0 won against Eastern Conf. leading Montreal last week?
     
  21. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007

    Yes I did, in the "Brother Thread"... :p
     
  22. tigersoccer2005

    tigersoccer2005 Member+

    Dec 1, 2003
    North Bergen, NJ
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    thanks! :thumbsup:
     
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  23. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Yet another month has passed, since the last Blowout Comb on July-14 (NYRB 4-0 Montreal).

    "BORED"!!!

     
  24. Howard the Drake

    Feb 27, 2010
    How many times have there been two 4+ goal margins in one night?
     
  25. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    That was in the N&A thread. I think this was the fourth and the first where the team in Jersey wasn't involved.
     

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