Pre-match: Columbus Crew SC at Toronto FC; 11/29/17 Leg 2 MLS Playoffs

Howdy, folks. It's your friendly neighborhood ref stats guy with an update I'm sure you'll all be excited for.

Due to a pre-World Cup camp, Jair Marrufo is OUT as referee Thursday. He will be replaced by Ismail Elfath.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

That's good news on the referee replacement. Unless Elfath regrets giving the red card to NYCFC.

 

win by Crew. No pun this time.

 

Wish I could go on the NorOnTour bus blew all my days of with two bouts of kidney stones. I named the stones "Don" and "Garber" because I know the MLS put them there. #NotATheoryIfItIsTrue

 

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017...-bradley-suddenly-become-target-opposing-fans

um, idk, could be he couldnt beat TnT's B team and cost us a trip to the world cup........

 

For f's sake, what's next? An article on why the refs get booed? The article cites other USMNT members not getting booed as much. Probably because the Crew didn't play Sporting or Seattle... We have more fans at our games and we are louder.

 

It's also in part because of the failures of Bradley and Altidore were a mite more telling than of Dempsey and Zusi. If Omar Gonzalez played for TFC then we'd have a perfect trifecta of boo quality.

 

No Artur...a big fat..Doom

 

Majority is playing it reserved optimist.

 

Or foolish, naive, blind, etc.

 

Eff it, if we are going out, I am going down picking the Crew. Some way. Some how. We get this done.

 

Last away playoff game of the season, can't hold anything back now.

 

So, the ref - Elfath - is from Austin.

 

Noticed that. Don't know how to feel about it.

 

It should not matter.

 

He was from Austin four weeks ago too when he sent Callens off.

 

You guys ever bet on Bovada? Crew has 4:1 odds to win the cup. Nothing like quadrupling your money

I do really well with American football every year but have never bet on soccer/ futbol

 

Tie 1-1. Advance on away goal.

Don't have an explanation, just a gut feeling.

 

I've probably done more gambling than the rest of this board combined but I do not trust any site.

 

My $20 preseason 16-1 bet on the 2015 team made the Portland loss that much more painful to watch from the stands. 4-1 seems about right to me currently.