[Playoffs] Kansas City at Houston (Thur. Oct 26th, 8:30PM CST) [R]

Discussion in 'Sporting Kansas City' started by vividox, Oct 23, 2017.

  1. vividox

    vividox Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 10, 2005
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Sept 24th: Alright. Awesome. Western Conference is completely in our own hands. All we have to do is beat Vancouver then 1st is pretty much a cake walk.

    Sept 30th: That was dumb. I guess we'll settle for second.

    Oct 7th: Well that sucks. We still have a game in hand, at least.

    Oct 11th: Okay, seriously stop screwing around and seal this at home.

    Oct 15th: You have got to be kidding me. We're not even going to host a wildcard game, are we?

    Oct 22nd: ******** everything.
     
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  2. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sounds like DeLaGarza might be out for Houston, which would be a plus for us at least...
     
  3. BenDover

    BenDover BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 4, 2010
    Rio Verde, AZ
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I’ll already be in San Antonio on Thursday and its a short drive to Houston, so I guess I’ll be spending money on playoff tickets after all.
     
  4. KopRules

    KopRules Member+

    May 31, 2011
    Beautiful South KC
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    i don't recall dreading a game more. What an unceremonious end to the season. And I don't buy the whole RSL match was a wake up call. What do you need to be woken up for?

    Someone please find the back of the net.
     
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  5. Inca Roads

    Inca Roads Member+

    Nov 22, 2012
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Fingers crossed. Prayer chants begun. We'll need to be seriously lucky to see the next round. I plan to see if any random deities are capricious enough to support a team like ours.
     
  6. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. dgb09

    dgb09 Member

    Jun 11, 2003
    Overland Park, KS
    Then no hope. We could at least count on Melia having one (or more) ridiculous saves to keep our low scoring attack in play.

    Benny appears to be really hurt - like offseason surgery to repair some nagging injury. Him not starting makes no sense otherwise.

    Perhaps not subbing any starters for the first four months of the season really did wear down their legs. Maybe that is part of the Benny situation.

    At least we have removed the mystery around when our season will end: 10:30 Thursday we can move on the the 'off season moves' thread.
     
  8. KCFutbol

    KCFutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 14, 2001
    Overland Park, KS
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No biggie, Timmy can't finish either.
     
  9. kcscsupporter

    kcscsupporter Member+

    Apr 17, 2002
    D17
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  10. Sachsen

    Sachsen Member+

    Aug 8, 2003
    Broken Arrow, Okla.
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I hate soccer.
     
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  11. vividox

    vividox Moderator
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    Aug 10, 2005
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    #11 vividox, Oct 24, 2017
    Last edited: Oct 24, 2017
    I can't even believe I'm typing this, but I almost don't even want to win. Just let us quietly sulk into the shadows and don't tempt us with some false hope attached to a over-priced single game playoff ticket. These last five games have been demoralizing; I'm ready to be a neutral fan to all the playoff games that matter.
     
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  12. dgb09

    dgb09 Member

    Jun 11, 2003
    Overland Park, KS
    No. Soccer hates you.
     
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  13. kcfooty

    kcfooty Member

    Feb 16, 2011
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It is really sad, but this encapsulates a lot of my feelings as well. I just don't want to buy tickets for next week and watch the team fail to score. 95% of the fun of a Sporting game dies when we don't score. I just can't get jubilant about a 0-0 draw or worse. Yes, right now, I think soccer hates us.

    I'll gladly eat these words later though.
     
  14. KopRules

    KopRules Member+

    May 31, 2011
    Beautiful South KC
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Agree. I've been wondering this. He's been really bad. He's not even been close on X number of attempts inside the 18. Lost some of his Vermes-bite in midfield too. Not good.
     
  15. KopRules

    KopRules Member+

    May 31, 2011
    Beautiful South KC
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    On the bright side, sure we haven't gotten results over past month or so, but we also haven't been complete rat sh** either. AND, Blvd. Nutcracker Ale is loaded with alcohol. So those two things are good for us here.
     
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  16. vividox

    vividox Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 10, 2005
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    And that's a great way to cap off my thoughts as well. I'm feeling particularly pessimistic right now, but if some way we win tomorrow night, I'll be jumping up and down and buying that over-priced single-game playoff ticket faster than anyone else.
     
  17. vividox

    vividox Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 10, 2005
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    I never really noticed it was 7.8% until I got a six pack of it this weekend and drank the whole thing after our loss in Rio Tinto.
     
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  18. lukeD

    lukeD Member+

    Jul 7, 2011
    Olathe
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What is most frustrating is that its a repetition of the same pattern since 2013 MLS Cup. Yeah, its great to make the playoffs. Its not great to always have to travel, to always have to play in the play in game, and to always lose in the first round. Its also not great to always finish the regular season on a ramp down rather than a build up. Maybe we could learn from past mistakes?

    That said, if we win I will also go buy an overpriced playoff ticket and have some fun. Given the much more likely outcome of tomorrow's game (loss), I will cheer for Toronto and Atlanta, two teams that make soccer fun to watch.
     
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  19. Lebowski

    Lebowski BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 23, 2011
    Kansas City
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    I'm looking forward to the match. It's MLS. Anything can happen.
     
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  20. Inca Roads

    Inca Roads Member+

    Nov 22, 2012
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    I do feel like anything can happen in this league. I'm just usually expecting to happen against us.
     
  21. KCFutbol

    KCFutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 14, 2001
    Overland Park, KS
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Getting kicked in the cojones year after year will do that to you.
     
  22. kcscsupporter

    kcscsupporter Member+

    Apr 17, 2002
    D17
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    i feel like if we're able to advance, we'll make it all the way to mls cup.
     
  23. KC96

    KC96 Member

    Mar 2, 2013
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Obviously the last 3 years of late season fade, late season injuries, defense falling down, then first round road playoff exit seems to be repeating again for the 4th time.....It's deja vu again and hard to have any hope.

    So instead of relying on hope and optimism, this time I'm rooting for a more cynical approach to a possible win. I want Murphy's Law to hit the Dynamo.

    I'm sorry Houston had the hurricane (I have relatives there too) - although it did help the Dynamo reschedule back to back games in 4 days vs KC later in the year when we had players injured/out at WCQ. But time for bad luck to hit the HOU soccer club.

    My scenario is 0-0 with HOU shots hitting woodwork, and a goal or two stolen from a bad offside call or foul call. Early HOU redcard would help too. Then shootout advance for KC. (Don't know how without Benny and Melia, but....Murphy for Houston). Cynical - but I can't see any realistic way KC wins or even stays competitive otherwise.

    Mostly though, I just want someone to beat TOR and stop the mlssoccer.com hype train from going into higher orbit.
     
  24. Inca Roads

    Inca Roads Member+

    Nov 22, 2012
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    But what if Atlanta wins? Toronto is legitimately a fantastic team this year. But Atlanta is much more average, with a great attacking game about once a month.
     
  25. mschofield

    mschofield Member+

    May 16, 2000
    Berlin
    Club:
    Union Berlin
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    I keep seeing references to how high the SKC xG (expected goals) has been and how that's a sure sign that SKC is dangerous and ready to break out. I would say that after, what, five years making a hash out of chances from which we've expected goals, the odds are that someday we beat someone about 30-0.
    Our problem right now is that without Melia we're good, not great, defensively, and we don't have a single money player, who's been there and can be counted on, in the attack.
    We won the Cup, and we've got a crapton of allocation money, both from penny pinching and Dom. That's our hope.
    This group/match has all the positivity of a Sicilian funeral march right now. They were thrilling earlier this year and really looked like they were built to weather a long season. but haha, we peaked at the cup, and the downhill slide has been brutal, as once again we were not built to survive a pivotal injury.
    In a high pressure game like this, it would be nice to be able to count on experienced hands grabbing a goal from nothing. The most likely players to do that, Benny and Gerso, look really unlikely to add much of a spark at this point. Will they even play? Will they ever play for SKC again?
    Salloi, Rubio and Blessing all look to have strong futures, but they've all been in a bit of a freefall as the pressure has racheted up.
    Sigh. Still, we won the cup...
     

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