Well, tomorrow we have the week compressed into a single day. So better get this thread started. My apologies to Ismitje, Boloni, or whoever usually gets this going.....I'm lacking in the virtue of patience..
All times, taken from MLSSoccer.com, are EST Seattle : Sporting Kansas City [4 pm] Toronto : Portland [6 pm] DC United : Real Salt Lake [7 pm] Columbus : Chicago [7:30 pm New York Red Bulls : Orlando [7:30 pm] Dallas : Colorado [8 pm] New England : Vancouver [ 8 pm] Philadelphia : Montreal [8 pm] Houston : San Jose [9 pm] Los Angeles : New York City[11 pm] ESPN2
No Friday game, and no Sunday game, meaning it's a crowded slate this Saturday. Saturday 12 August Kansas City at Seattle, 4:00 Portland at Toronto, 6:00 Salt Lake at DC United, 7:00 Chicago at Columbus, 7:30 Orlando at NYRB, 7:30 Colorado at Dallas, 8:00 Vancouver at New England, 8:00 Montreal at Philadelphia, 8:00 San Jose at Houston, 9:00 NYCFC at Los Angeles, 11:00, ESPN2 All games EDT, and broadcast on MLS Live and Direct Kick unless otherwise noted. Please keep it friendly here in the neutral PBP thread.
If this day Heaps becomes Toast, it will be a good day............. said in a neutral, yet friendly, way... of course....
As we stumble our way along to week 23, let's take a look at the referees. 2017 Stats: 248 games, 3.59 Y/g, 52 R Seattle Sounders FC vs Sporting Kansas City R: Baldomero TOLEDO - 237 games, 3.47 Y/g, 86 R 2017: 14 g, 4.14 Y/g, 7 R SEA games: 31 g, 3.29 Y/g, 4 R SKC games: 34 g, 3.38 Y/g, 18 R SEA: 13 W - 3 D - 15 L SKC: 15 W - 9 D - 10 L Toronto FC vs Portland Timbers R: Kevin STOTT - 308 games, 3.09 Y/g, 73 R 2017: 14 g, 2.07 Y/g, 2 R TOR games: 17 g, 2.82 Y/g, 5 R POR games: 13 g, 3.08 Y/g, 2 R TOR: 3 W - 5 D - 9 L POR: 2 W - 6 D - 5 L D.C. United vs Real Salt Lake R: Drew FISCHER - 74 games, 3.14 Y/g, 10 R 2017: 9 g, 3.33 Y/g, 2 R DC games: 6 g, 1.83 Y/g, 1 R RSL games: 12 g, 3.25 Y/g, 1 R DC: 2 W - 4 D - 0 L RSL: 7 W - 1 D - 4 L Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire R: Armando VILLARREAL - 84 games, 2.96 Y/g, 21 R 2017: 10 g, 3.30 Y/g, 2 R CLB games: 8 g, 2.38 Y/g, 3 R CHI games: 8 g, 2.50 Y/g, 1 R CLB: 4 W - 1 D - 3 L CHI: 2 W - 1 D - 5 L Red Bull New York vs Orlando City SC R: Jorge GONZALEZ - 144 games, 3.54 Y/g, 42 R 2017: 9 g, 4.89 Y/g, 1 R NY games: 15 g, 2.93 Y/g, 5 R ORL games: 5 g, 5.80 Y/g, 1 R NY: 7 W - 4 D - 4 L ORL: 1 W - 1 D - 3 L FC Dallas vs Colorado Rapids R: Alan KELLY - 78 games, 3.35 Y/g, 14 R 2017: 18 g, 3.50 Y/g, 2 R DAL games: 9 g, 3.67 Y/g, 2 R COL games: 3 g, 5.00 Y/g, 1 R DAL: 4 W - 4 D - 1 L COL: 0 W - 1 D - 2 L New England Revolution vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC R: Ismail ELFATH - 95 games, 3.18 Y/g, 25 R 2017: 13 g, 3.23 Y/g, 7 R NE games: 11 g, 4.64 Y/g, 0 R VAN games: 13 g, 2.69 Y/g, 3 R NE: 6 W - 2 D - 3 L VAN: 3 W - 2 D - 8 L Philadelphia Union vs Montreal Impact R: Rubiel VAZQUEZ - 1 game, 2.00 Y/g, 0 R 2017: 1 g, 2.00 Y/g, 0 R PHI games: 1st MTL games: 1st Houston Dynamo vs San Jose Earthquakes R: Ricardo SALAZAR - 243 games, 3.65 Y/g, 67 R 2017: 15 g, 3.13 Y/g, 1 R HOU games: 23 g, 3.65 Y/g, 6 R SJ games: 37 g, 3.14 Y/g, 5 R HOU: 9 W - 7 D - 7 L SJ : 14 W - 13 D - 10 L Los Angeles Galaxy vs New York City FC R: Robert SIBIGA - 39 games, 3.54 Y/g, 7 R 2017: 17 g, 3.94 Y/g, 2 R LA games: 2 g, 1.50 Y/g, 1 R NYC games: 4 g, 4.00 Y/g, 0 R LA: 1 W - 1 D - 0 L NYC: 2 W - 1 D - 1 L NOTE: Team statistics include playoff games.
Gave my tickets away and my girls are in DC. So it's looking like a truck load of MLS and beer for me this fine Saturday.
Wasn't SKC-SEA supposed to start by now? Here it is 3:05 (central) and my screen still says, "THIS MATCH WILL BEGIN SHORTLY".