Has anyone pointed out yet how ridiculous the CCL rules on yellow card accumulation are? Toronto has 5 players on yellow card warning (Bradley, Altidore, Giovinco, Osorio, Moor), and Chivas has 4 (Godinez, Cisneros, Pineda, Pizarro). That's stupid! Leave it to CONCACAF (sorry, Concacaf) to change their tournament format and totally forget to include a rule that clears yellow cards at any point in the tournament. Hey, Victor M, if you need someone to structure your tournaments better, hit me up in my BigSoccer DMs. I've got some ideas. Onward to the slaughter. All times Central. Tuesday, April 17 7:15 PM: Toronto - Chivas Mexico, Univision Deportes (and probably partially on Go90) Friday, April 20 () 8:00 PM: Kansas City - Vancouver Saturday, April 21 12:00 PM: Montreal - LAFC 2:00 PM: Houston - Toronto's Reserve Team masquerading as the First Team 2:30 PM: NYRB - Chicago, Univision 6:30 PM: Columbus - New England 6:30 PM: Orlando - San Jose 7:00 PM: Dallas - Philadelphia 8:00 PM: Salt Lake - Colorado (derby!) 9:30 PM: LA Galaxy - Atlanta Sunday, April 22 3:00 PM: Seattle - Minnesota, ESPN 5:00 PM: Portland - NYC, FS1 On temporary hiatus: D.C. United and the NASL Enjoy the games, but please feel free to complain about the endless winter that is preventing you from having any interest in actually attending said games. Californians and Southerners need not apply.
There's a vicious rumor that the great fireball in the sky might become visible over Cascadia later this week. I and my rain-soaked eyes are doubtful.
Not sure how I feel about the promptness of this thread, but sure. 65 games down, 326 plus 17 playoff games to go. ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON STATS: 5142 games, 3.42 Y/g, 1319 R, 1530 pens 2018 REGULAR SEASON STATS: 65 g, 23.05 F/g, 3.43 Y/g, 16 R, 22 pens And now, your 2018 Week 8 referees. Friday, April 20 SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 21:00 EDT - TSN2, ESPN+, FOX Sports KC, FOX Sports Midwest REF: Kevin STOTT - 314 g, 3.08 Y/g, 74 R, 85 pens (2018: 1st game) AR1: Logan BROWN - 38 g AR2: Cameron BLANCHARD - 44g 4TH: Nima SAGHAFI VAR: Edvin JURISEVIC HOME: 1.47 Y/g, 36 R AWAY: 1.60 Y/g, 38 R HOME RECORD: 165 W - 72 D - 77 L KANSAS CITY: 42 g, 1.29 Y/g, 2 R, 10 pens vs SKC: 1.45 Y/g, 10 R, 5 pens SKC RECORD: 22 W - 8 D - 12 L VANCOUVER: 17 g, 1.59 Y/g, 3 R, 4 pens vs VAN: 1.12 Y/g, 0 R, 4 pens VAN RECORD: 6 W - 5 D - 6 L Matching or reverse fixtures: 7/12/2015 VAN 0 - 1 SKC 8/20/2016 SKC 2 - 0 VAN SKC: 7 Y, 0 R, 1 pens VAN: 1 Y, 0 R, 0 pens Saturday, April 21 MONTREAL IMPACT vs LOS ANGELES FC 13:00 EDT - TVAS, ESPN+, YouTube TV [Los Angeles] REF: Allen CHAPMAN - 113 g, 3.70 Y/g, 24 R, 50 pens (2018: 5 g, 19.60 F/g, 4.40 Y/g, 0 R, 5 pens) AR1: Andrew BIGELOW - 51 g AR2: Oscar MITCHELL-CARVALHO - 55 g 4TH: Fotis BAZAKOS VAR: Geoff GAMBLE HOME: 1.70 Y/g, 12 R AWAY: 2.00 Y/g, 12 R HOME RECORD: 69 W - 26 D - 18 L MONTREAL: 9 g, 2.11 Y/g, 2 R, 2 pens vs MTL: 1.56 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen MTL RECORD: 2 W - 3 D - 4 L LAFC: 1st game Matching or reverse fixtures: NONE HOUSTON DYNAMO vs TORONTO FC 15:00 EDT - CTV, TSN1/3/4, ESPN+, KUBE 57 REF: Drew FISCHER - 84 g, 3.21 Y/g, 12 R, 21 pens (2018: 4 g, 22.25 F/g, 3.25 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen) AR1: Jeffrey GREESON - 37 g AR2: Matthew NELSON - 92 g 4TH: Dave GANTAR VAR: Younes MARRAKCHI HOME: 1.43 Y/g, 6 R AWAY: 1.79 Y/g, 6 R HOME RECORD: 34 W - 30 D - 20 L HOUSTON: 13 g, 1.69 Y/g, 2 R, 1 pen vs HOU: 1.92 Y/g, 2 R, 2 pens HOU RECORD: 4 W - 6 D - 3 L TORONTO: 6 g, 0.83 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen vs TOR: 0.83 Y/g, 1 R, 4 pens TOR RECORD: 2 W - 1 D - 3 L Matching or reverse fixtures: 7/28/2012 TOR 0 - 2 HOU 4/20/2013 TOR 1 - 1 HOU HOU: 3 Y, 1 R, 0 pens TOR: 3 Y, 0 R, 0 pens RED BULL NEW YORK vs CHICAGO FIRE 15:30 EDT - Univision, Twitter, DAZN REF: Robert SIBIGA - 52 g, 3.56 Y/g, 9 R, 13 pens (2018: 6 g, 21.17 F/g, 3.50 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens) AR1: Corey PARKER - 140 g AR2: TJ ZABLOCKI - 5 g 4TH: Jose Carlos RIVERO VAR: Jorge GONZALEZ HOME: 1.50 Y/g, 1 R AWAY: 2.06 Y/g, 8 R HOME RECORD: 20 W - 17 D - 15 L RED BULLS: 6 g, 1.83 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen vs NYR: 1.67 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen NYR RECORD: 3 W - 2 D - 1 L CHICAGO: 4 g, 1.25 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens vs CHI: 1.25 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen CHI RECORD: 0 W - 2 D - 2 L Matching or reverse fixtures: 5/18/2016 NYR 1 - 0 CHI NYR: 1 Y, 0 R, 0 pens CHI: 2 Y, 0 R, 0 pens COLUMBUS CREW SC vs NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 19:30 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, NBC Sports Boston, CW Columbus, Spectrum Sports OH, BCSN2 REF: Chris PENSO - 127 g, 3.72 Y/g, 38 R, 45 pens (2018: 4 g, 22.00 F/g, 4.00 Y/g, 2 R, 2 pens) AR1: Jeff HOSKING - 123 g AR2: Jeremy KIESO - 3 g 4TH: Marcos DeOLIVEIRA VAR: Silviu PETRESCU HOME: 1.64 Y/g, 19 R AWAY: 2.08 Y/g, 19 R HOME RECORD: 64 W - 31 D - 32 L COLUMBUS: 20 g, 1.40 Y/g, 2 R, 6 pens vs CLB: 2.05 Y/g, 2 R, 1 pen CLB RECORD: 11 W - 4 D - 5 L NEW ENGLAND: 11 g, 1.55 Y/g, 1 R, 2 pens vs NE: 2.00 Y/g, 2 R, 3 pens NE RECORD: 5 W - 2 D - 4 L Matching or reverse fixtures: 9/25/2016 CLB 2 - 0 NE CLB: 3 Y, 0 R, 1 pen NE: 2 Y, 0 R, 0 pens ORLANDO CITY SC vs SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 19:30 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, NBC Sports California Plus, TV27 REF: Ismail ELFATH - 108 g, 3.10 Y/g, 29 R, 30 pens (2018: 5 g, 25.00 F/g, 2.80 Y/g, 4 R, 1 pen) AR1: Kevin KLINGER - 80 g AR2: Felisha MARISCAL - 41 g 4TH: Rubiel VAZQUEZ VAR: Christina UNKEL HOME: 1.56 Y/g, 14 R AWAY: 1.54 Y/g, 15 R HOME RECORD: 61 W - 24 D - 23 L ORLANDO: 5 g, 1.60 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen vs ORL: 1.80 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen ORL RECORD: 2 W - 1 D - 2 L SAN JOSE: 8 g, 1.50 Y/g, 2 R, 1 pen vs SJ: 1.13 Y/g, 0 R, 2 pens SJ RECORD: 2 W - 3 D - 3 L Matching or reverse fixtures: NONE FC DALLAS vs PHILADELPHIA UNION 20:00 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, PHL17, TXA-21 REF: Alan KELLY - 85 g, 3.32 Y/g, 14 R, 30 pens (2018: 1st game) AR1: C.J. MORGANTE - 166 g AR2: Jeremy HANSON - 101 g 4TH: Alejandro MARISCAL VAR: Luis GUARDIA HOME: 1.54 Y/g, 7 R AWAY: 1.78 Y/g, 7 R HOME RECORD: 46 W - 25 D - 14 L DALLAS: 10 g, 2.30 Y/g, 2 R, 1 pen vs DAL: 1.60 Y/g, 0 R, 3 pens DAL RECORD: 4 W - 5 D - 1 L PHILADELPHIA: 9 g, 1.22 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen vs PHI: 1.22 Y/g, 0 R, 2 pens PHI RECORD: 4 W - 4 D - 1 L Matching or reverse fixtures: NONE REAL SALT LAKE vs COLORADO RAPIDS 21:00 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, KMYU REF: Joseph DICKERSON - 1 g, 1.00 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens (2018: 1st game) AR1: Ian ANDERSON - 185 g AR2: Jonathan JOHNSON - 70 g 4TH: Hilario GRAJEDA VAR: Ricardo SALAZAR HOME: 1.00 Y/g, 0 R AWAY: 0.00 Y/g, 0 R HOME RECORD: 1 W - 0 D - 0 L RSL: 1st game COLORADO: 1st game Matching or reverse fixtures: NONE LOS ANGELES GALAXY vs ATLANTA UNITED FC 22:30 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, FOX Sports South, Spectrum SportsNet REF: Baldomero TOLEDO - 249 g, 3.45 Y/g, 93 R, 92 pens (2018: 5 g, 23.00 F/g, 1.80 Y/g, 0 R, 4 pens) AR1: Eduardo MARISCAL - 57 g AR2: Adam GARNER - 142 g 4TH: Daniel RADFORD VAR: Alex CHILOWICZ HOME: 1.66 Y/g, 42 R AWAY: 1.78 Y/g, 51 R HOME RECORD: 127 W - 62 D - 60 L LA GALAXY: 31 g, 1.58 Y/g, 3 R, 9 pens vs LAG: 1.48 Y/g, 8 R, 3 pens LAG RECORD: 19 W - 2 D - 9 L ATLANTA: 1 g, 1.00 Y/g, 0 R, 2 pens vs ATL: 2.00 Y/g, 2 R, 0 pens ATL RECORD: 1 W - 0 D - 0 L Matching or reverse fixtures: NONE Sunday, April 22 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vs MINNESOTA UNITED FC 16:00 EDT - ESPN, TSN2 REF: Armando VILLARREAL - 94 g, 2.98 Y/g, 22 R, 21 pens (2018: 3 g, 25.00 F/g, 3.67 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen) AR1: Kyle ATKINS - 54 g AR2: Apolinar MARISCAL - 46 g 4TH: Sorin STOICA VAR: Caleb MENDEZ HOME: 1.32 Y/g, 10 R AWAY: 1.66 Y/g, 12 R HOME RECORD: 44 W - 23 D - 27 L SEATTLE: 7 g, 1.14 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens vs SEA: 1.71 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen SEA RECORD: 3 W - 3 D - 1 L MINNESOTA: 3 g, 2.33 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens vs MIN: 1.67 Y/g, 1 R, 0 pens MIN RECORD: 2 W - 0 D - 1 L Matching or reverse fixtures: NONE PORTLAND TIMBERS vs NEW YORK CITY FC 18:00 EDT - FS1, TSN2 REF: Ted UNKEL - 58 g, 4.09 Y/g, 22 R, 40 pens (2018: 4 g, 21.25 F/g, 4.50 Y/g, 1 R, 4 pens) AR1: Adam WIENCKOWSKI - 193 g AR2: Mike KAMPMEINERT - 99 g 4TH: Nima SAGHAFI VAR: Kevin TERRY Jr. HOME: 2.12 Y/g, 11 R AWAY: 1.97 Y/g, 11 R HOME RECORD: 30 W - 12 D - 16 L PORTLAND: 5 g, 1.40 Y/g, 2 R, 3 pens vs POR: 2.00 Y/g, 2 R, 3 pens POR RECORD: 2 W - 0 D - 3 L NYCFC: 4 g, 2.50 Y/g, 1 R, 4 pens vs NYC: 2.50 Y/g, 1 R, 3 pens NYC RECORD: 0 W - 2 D - 2 L Matching or reverse fixtures: NONE All team stats include playoff games
Code: Pl. TM - "PPG" ( W- D- L) 1. LAF - 1.800 ( 3- 0- 2)** 2. ATL - 1.683 ( 19- 12- 10)* 3. SEA - 1.595 (151- 78-104) 4. LAG - 1.592 (350-184-241) 5. NYC - 1.487 ( 47- 27- 39)* 6. CHI - 1.431 (268-172-242) 7. HOU - 1.421 (160-128-140) 8. CLB - 1.412 (293-180-277) 9. DAL - 1.409 (289-181-274) 10. DCU - 1.404 (291-176-280) 11. SKC - 1.404 (286-195-269) 12. POR - 1.383 ( 92- 78- 86) 13. NYR - 1.379 (288-172-291) 14. RSL - 1.358 (165-116-169) 15. SJE - 1.352 (237-187-240) 16. NER - 1.325 (268-183-294) 17. VAN - 1.313 ( 88- 67- 97)* 18. MIA - 1.288 ( 48- 26- 58)* 18. TBM - 1.288 ( 74- 33- 91)* 20. COL - 1.285 (259-174-307) 21. MTL - 1.269 ( 77- 47- 95)* 22. ORL - 1.241 ( 34- 32- 42)* 23. TOR - 1.230 (120-100-154) 24. PHI - 1.181 ( 83- 77-116)* 25. CHV - 1.104 ( 94- 80-154)* 26. MIN - 1.050 ( 12- 6- 22)* *Zero MLS Cup appearances **First year team
It is a travesty that any 4/20 that falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday does not have a Seattle vs Colorado game.
Don't forget Wednesdays! There was that one 4/20 game between Seattle and Colorado a few years back. It seemed like a new tradition could have been started, but alas no.
Vancouver opted to play out of town on 4/20. I guess they didn't want their fans showing up half-baked. Below is from festival about 1 mile from stadium as things get set up.
Somebody already has. https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/mls-2018-week-8-continuous-pbp-multiple-r.2082741/ (Looks like sitruc beat me to it)
I planned my evening around watching a couple of Canadian teams. I don't have much else better to do than get to threads before you.