PBP: MLS 2019 Season Playoffs Conference Championship Round Game Thread [R]

Was the handball rule waived for this game?

 

Keep it classy, fans.

 

Shit has hit the fan.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Of course the replay is in slo-mo.

 

First one I'm iffy on (need another replay). The last one isn't under the current PRO rules. His hand is out, but it is in the process of jumping, and hits him from behind. He doesn't move the hand towards the ball at all because he doesn't even see it.

 

So in the last extratime podcast they mentioned numerous times about how if the Sounders Center Backs get drawn out chasing LAFC would punish them.

But the Sounders CB's stepping up and keeping the pressure tight has not allowed LAFC's players receiving the ball deep to do anything.

 

Seattle can't give up stupid fouls.

 

Smith should have passed it.

 

For the 2nd year in a row, the team that sets the all-time MLS points record will lose in the Conference Finals. This time with a straight-up home game advantage. MLS. It's FANtastic!

 

Feeling a tiny bit for LAFC fans but loving Seattle's grit here. I was in the Seattle area recently for the first time and loved it. So biased a bit, yeah.

 

I'm sorry, but you MUST call a foul on LA there. The guy went directly THROUGH Arreaga.

 

Seriously there are a half dozen or more obvious fouls here.

 

Vela has been squished. Wow...

 

This was an absolutely MONSTROUS effort by Seattle. They could have scored 5 or 6 in this game and basically bossed the whole contest.

 

Toronto in the final on ABC is a colossal existential disaster for MLS. It might become the lowest rated live event in ABC's history! We'll never get the final on a major channel again!!!

 

Rossi was kept quiet save for 1 cross or so. That definitely affected Vela's game I think.

 

Or you could ask Vela about Bob Bradley's teams not showing up in big games. Either way works for me.

 

Thank you Seattle.

 

Brian Schmetzer is one hell of a good coach. He's just so humble and self-effacing that people don't pay enough attention. This was a perfect game plan.

 

Like Schmetzer's comment about Seattle knowing what it was liked to get knocked out on your home field.

 

Yay Seattle! Good gritty team.

 

Of course, the game tomorrow is now against game 7 of the World Series. Though, I don't think people in Atlanta will care

World Series on Fox and East Conference MLS on FS1.

 

And a team that fans watch on TV, which is the only thing that matters now.