What a week of action that was! No rest for the weary though. Thanks to a more condensed schedule some teams will be playing through the FIFA window. As always, National TV games are noted, all other games can be seen on ESPN+, & game times are eastern. Remember to keep it neutral here in the MLS N&A game thread. Without further adu let's get on with it: Saturday, March 23 FCD Vs. COL 5:30 PM UniMas / Twitter PHL Vs. CBS 7:30 PM NYR Vs. ORL 7:30 PM LAX Vs. RSL 10:30 PM Sunday, March 24 NER Vs. FCC 4:00 PM
The Ismitjes thank RBNY for playing through the break, so we can attend this weekend's game at Red Bull Arena.
It is with regret that I must report that the Seattle Seawolves have a bye this weekend and won't be playing. They are currently in second place, 1 point behind league leading NOLA Gold, but NOLA has a game in hand and will be at home against bottom dwellers Austin Elite, so chances are the Seawolves will be at least 4 points and probably 5 behind NOLA come Monday. The good news is that there is a pretty good chance the Seawolves will retain 2nd place as third place RUNY are playing 4th place Glendale Raptors. A win puts RUNY up a point, a win with 4 tries puts them up by 2 points. Fingers crossed, everyone! We're almost half way through what is shaping up to be an interesting season up at the top of the standings. There is only 4 points separating first from 5th and only the top 4 teams make the playoffs. The bottom three teams are all but eliminated as they only have 2, 6, and 7 points respectively and would require a miracle in the final 9 games to make up the difference to get a playoff spot.
4 (or 5 points with the bonus) for a win in rugby union so the Seawolves are likely to be 5 or 6 points behind NOLA after this weekend. Whoever wins the RUNY/Glendale match be at least 2 points ahead of Seattle and possibly 3 points up. I have to keep reminding myself that it is 4 points for a regular wins not 3 as in soccer. I went to the Sabercats v. NOLA game last Saturday. Houston is not very good but that was demoralizing. We play Utah, who isn't much better, on Thursday but I don't know if I will make the trek out to the suburbs in commuter traffic to see that or not..
One of these days I'll remember it is 4 points for a win, but I'm hoping for a draw (with less than 3 tries each)!
Rugby always reminds me how wimpy American sports teams are for complaining about travel. Super Rugby involves weekly league travel between New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Japan and South Africa.
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Bad news for Philadelphia: Marco Fabián is getting at least one extra game suspension for his red card against SKC.