Sunday's near miss got me thinking about the ol Comb. I did what I do best, and I crunched the numbers. In total, there have been 132 matches in MLS history (including playoffs) that have been won by 4+ goals, the requirement for the awarding of the Blowout Comb. I've listed all 21 teams to have played in the league, along with the number of blowout victories they've scored and the number of times they've been Combed. Just because I can't do anything without involving the referees, I've also listed all the refs who have been in the middle for a Comb-giving. Enjoy! Code: [b]TEAM BLOWOUTS COMBS[/b] CHI 12 3 CHV 3 5 CLB 11 10 COL 5 11 DAL 7 14 DC 13 12 HOU 4 0 KC 10 11 LA 19 4 MIA 4 4 MTL 0 0 NE 7 19 NY (MET) 8 13 PHI 1 0 POR 0 1 RSL 5 4 SEA 2 2 SJ 16 3 TB 4 10 TOR 1 4 VAN 0 2 Code: [b]REFEREE COMBS[/b] Angeles 3 Anno 1 Baharmast 2 Barnes 3 Bazakos 1 Bratsis 1 Chapin 1 Corrie 2 Covaciu 3 DePiero 1 Dominguez 1 Gamble 1 Gantar 1 Garcia Aranda 2 Geiger 3 Gonzalez 2 Grady 4 Grajeda 3 Hall 7 Hepburn 1 Heron 5 Hunt 1 Kennedy 2 Kenny 1 Marrufo 7 Moody 1 Navarro 1 Okulaja 3 Patlak 3 Petrescu 1 Prus 6 Rutty 1 Saheli 2 Salazar 3 Sheker 1 Sill 1 Simmons 1 St. Silva 3 Stott 15 Suckle 1 Tamberino 2 Terry 8 Toledo 6 Valenzuela 4 Vaughn 1 Ward 1 Weyland 6 Yonan 2
LA and CHI are looking like the leaders of this, although SJ is close. I'm just not sure with their mixed history what's been counted and what hasn't. I say those three teams look to have the best ratio.
Toronto FC is obviously eager to be mentioned in the same breath as New England, FC Dallas, the Mutiny, the Rapids, and New York.
Sorry, there's some arbitrary cut off in my head for the number of years in the league. Houston probably could fall under "too new" or "old school".
So a blowout and a comb are 2 different things? While we're at it, please define "blown tire". That's allowing a big comeback, right? I've seen these for some time and still not sure of your meanings.
A blowout and comb are the same thing. He just separated them to show the difference. For this chart, a blowout is when you win by 4 or more, and a comb is when you lose by 4 or more, but overall a comb is a 4 goal difference. You just don't want your team to be on the receiving end of the comb. A blown tire is when you blow a 2 goal lead to allow your opponent to come back and tie it.
I am surprised that only 4 teams have more blowouts than CLBwith how much crew fans complain about their goal scoring problems. Not surprised they have had that many combs
But of course. Code: 1996: COLUMBUS CREW 4 - 0 D.C. UNITED (4/13 - Raul Dominguez) COLORADO RAPIDS 4 - 0 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (5/5 - John Hepburn) METROSTARS 0 - 4 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (6/9 - Kevin Terry) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 5 - 1 D.C. UNITED (6/20 - Rich Grady) COLUMBUS CREW 0 - 4 METROSTARS (6/30 - Rich Grady) SAN JOSE CLASH 4 - 0 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (6/30 - Tim Weyland) D.C. UNITED 6 - 1 DALLAS BURN (7/7 - Paul Tamberino) SAN JOSE CLASH 6 - 1 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (8/11 - Kevin Terry) METROSTARS 4 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (8/14 - Joshua Patlak) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 1 - 5 COLUMBUS CREW (9/7 - Arturo Angeles) 1997: TAMPA BAY MUTINY 4 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4/6 - Rich Grady) D.C. UNITED 5 - 0 COLORADO RAPIDS (6/7 - Joshua Patlak) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 6 - 1 D.C. UNITED (6/21 - Kevin Stott) METROSTARS 0 - 4 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (7/20 - Brian Hall) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 - 5 SAN JOSE CLASH (8/3 - Joshua Patlak) TAMPA BAY MUTINY 4 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (8/30 - Esse Baharmast) SAN JOSE CLASH 4 - 0 METROSTARS (9/6 - Kevin Terry) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 6 - 1 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (9/7 - Esse Baharmast) COLUMBUS CREW 4 - 0 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (9/14 - Arturo Angeles) TAMPA BAY MUTINY 1 - 5 D.C. UNITED (9/26 - Arturo Angeles) 1998: COLUMBUS CREW 5 - 1 MIAMI FUSION (4/18 - Robert Sheker) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 5 - 1 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (4/25 - Kevin Terry) CHICAGO FIRE 5 - 0 COLORADO RAPIDS (5/23 - Marcel Yonan) SAN JOSE CLASH 0 - 4 D.C. UNITED (6/3 - Richard Heron) DALLAS BURN 1 - 8 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (6/4 - Alex Prus) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 5 - 1 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (6/7 - Ricardo Valenzuela) COLORADO RAPIDS 1 - 6 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (8/5 - Kevin Terry) COLUMBUS CREW 6 - 1 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (8/8 - Michael Kennedy) SAN JOSE CLASH 5 - 1 METROSTARS (8/9 - Kevin Stott) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 - 5 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (8/22 - Kevin Terry) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 5 - 1 SAN JOSE CLASH (9/5 - Jose Manuel Garcia Aranda) METROSTARS 0 - 5 D.C. UNITED (9/16 - Jose Manuel Garcia Aranda) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 6 - 1 DALLAS BURN (10/1 - Ted Covaciu) 1999: DALLAS BURN 4 - 0 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (3/20 - Tim Weyland) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 6 - 0 METROSTARS (6/20 - Ted Covaciu) DALLAS BURN 5 - 0 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (7/10 - Tim Weyland) COLUMBUS CREW 4 - 0 MIAMI FUSION (8/1 - Kevin Stott) CHICAGO FIRE 5 - 0 COLORADO RAPIDS (8/8 - Brian Hall) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 - 5 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (9/4 - Andrew Barnes) SAN JOSE CLASH 6 - 1 MIAMI FUSION (9/19 - Sandra Hunt) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 4 - 0 COLORADO RAPIDS (9/29 - Kevin Stott) CHICAGO FIRE 4 - 0 DALLAS BURN (10/23 - Ali Saheli) COLUMBUS CREW 5 - 1 D.C. UNITED (11/7 - Brian Hall) D.C. UNITED 4 - 0 COLUMBUS CREW (11/13 - Ricardo Valenzuela) 2000: TAMPA BAY MUTINY 5 - 1 COLUMBUS CREW (3/18 - Kevin Stott) D.C. UNITED 0 - 4 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (3/25 - Paul Tamberino) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 5 - 0 DALLAS BURN (4/22 - Gerry Corrie) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4 - 0 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (4/26 - Ted Covaciu) CHICAGO FIRE 5 - 1 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (4/28 - Gerry Corrie) COLORADO RAPIDS 0 - 5 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (4/29 - Andrew Barnes) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 1 - 5 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (8/5 - Ricardo Valenzuela) CHICAGO FIRE 4 - 0 DALLAS BURN (8/30 - Andrew Barnes) D.C. UNITED 2 - 6 MIAMI FUSION (9/9 - Brian Hall) CHICAGO FIRE 6 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (9/22 - Kevin Stott) 2001: D.C. UNITED 5 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (5/9 - Richard Heron) DALLAS BURN 4 - 0 COLUMBUS CREW (5/12 - Brian Hall) TAMPA BAY MUTINY 0 - 4 MIAMI FUSION (5/26 - Kevin Stott) DALLAS BURN 2 - 6 MIAMI FUSION (6/2 - Marcel Yonan) MIAMI FUSION 5 - 1 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (6/9 - Noel Kenny) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 4 - 0 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (6/13 - Roger Sill) COLUMBUS CREW 6 - 1 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (6/16 - Ricardo Salazar) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 0 - 7 CHICAGO FIRE (7/4 - Reggie Rutty) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4 - 0 D.C. UNITED (7/18 - Alex Prus) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 5 - 1 DALLAS BURN (8/4 - Tim Weyland) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 - 5 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (8/8 - Kevin Terry) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 5 - 1 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (8/18 - Kevin Stott) D.C. UNITED 5 - 1 TAMPA BAY MUTINY (9/1 - Rich Grady) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4 - 0 MIAMI FUSION (10/14 - Ricardo Valenzuela) 2002: METROSTARS 5 - 0 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (6/15 - Gus St. Silva) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4 - 0 COLORADO RAPIDS (6/22 - Jair Marrufo) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4 - 0 DALLAS BURN (7/20 - Kevin Stott) CHICAGO FIRE 5 - 1 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (8/14 - Erich Simmons) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 4 - 0 COLORADO RAPIDS (8/17 - Jair Marrufo) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 0 - 4 COLUMBUS CREW (8/18 - Ali Saheli) LOS ANGELES GALAXY 4 - 0 COLORADO RAPIDS (10/5 - Kevin Terry) 2003: CHICAGO FIRE 4 - 0 COLORADO RAPIDS (5/25 - Brian Hall) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 5 - 1 DALLAS BURN (7/12 - Gus St. Silva) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 5 - 1 CHICAGO FIRE (8/30 - Kevin Stott) COLUMBUS CREW 6 - 2 CHICAGO FIRE (10/26 - Kevin Stott) 2004: D.C. UNITED 6 - 2 METROSTARS (7/3 - Jair Marrufo) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 5 - 1 DALLAS BURN (7/3 - Richard Heron) DALLAS BURN 5 - 1 D.C. UNITED (7/24 - Abiodun Okulaja) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 6 - 1 COLORADO RAPIDS (9/18 - Jair Marrufo) 2005: COLUMBUS CREW 0 - 4 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (5/14 - Lee Suckle) CD CHIVAS USA 5 - 1 REAL SALT LAKE (7/9 - Hilario Grajeda) D.C. UNITED 5 - 1 REAL SALT LAKE (8/31 - Alex Prus) D.C. UNITED 0 - 4 CHICAGO FIRE (10/30 - Kevin Stott) 2006: NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 4 - 0 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (5/6 - Ricardo Salazar) FC DALLAS 4 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (5/20 - Mauricio Navarro) D.C. UNITED 5 - 1 COLUMBUS CREW (5/31 - Jair Marrufo) KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 4 - 0 COLUMBUS CREW (8/12 - Mark Geiger) RED BULL NEW YORK 6 - 0 REAL SALT LAKE (8/26 - Gus St. Silva) 2007: NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 4 - 0 TORONTO FC (4/14 - Mark Geiger) CD CHIVAS USA 4 - 0 REAL SALT LAKE (4/21 - Hilario Grajeda) RED BULL NEW YORK 4 - 0 COLUMBUS CREW (5/19 - Richard Heron) TORONTO FC 4 - 0 FC DALLAS (6/17 - Silviu Petrescu) HOUSTON DYNAMO 4 - 0 CD CHIVAS USA (6/21 - Jorge Gonzalez) HOUSTON DYNAMO 4 - 0 RED BULL NEW YORK (7/5 - Tim Weyland) CHICAGO FIRE 0 - 4 HOUSTON DYNAMO (7/12 - Alex Prus) FC DALLAS 0 - 4 D.C. UNITED (9/1 - Brian Hall) 2008: COLORADO RAPIDS 4 - 0 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (3/29 - Abiodun Okulaja) CHICAGO FIRE 4 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4/3 - Baldomero Toledo) REAL SALT LAKE 4 - 0 D.C. UNITED (4/12 - Richard Heron) FC DALLAS 1 - 5 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (5/18 - Baldomero Toledo) RED BULL NEW YORK 1 - 5 CHICAGO FIRE (5/25 - Ricardo Salazar) COLORADO RAPIDS 4 - 0 RED BULL NEW YORK (7/4 - Tim Weyland) FC DALLAS 4 - 0 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (7/27 - Michael Kennedy) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (8/16 - Shane Moody) HOUSTON DYNAMO 4 - 0 CD CHIVAS USA (8/20 - Baldomero Toledo) COLUMBUS CREW 4 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (9/6 - Mark Geiger) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 4 - 0 CD CHIVAS USA (9/11 - Jair Marrufo) 2009: REAL SALT LAKE 6 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4/25 - Baldomero Toledo) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 4 - 0 RED BULL NEW YORK (6/7 - Abiodun Okulaja) COLORADO RAPIDS 4 - 0 RED BULL NEW YORK (7/25 - Jasen Anno) FC DALLAS 6 - 0 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (8/1 - Andrew Chapin) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4 - 0 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (8/2 - Paul Ward) COLORADO RAPIDS 4 - 0 CD CHIVAS USA (8/8 - Alex Prus) REAL SALT LAKE 4 - 0 CD CHIVAS USA (8/26 - Terry Vaughn) RED BULL NEW YORK 5 - 0 TORONTO FC (10/24 - Alex Prus) 2010: KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 4 - 0 D.C. UNITED (3/27 - Kevin Stott) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 0 - 4 CD CHIVAS USA (5/5 - Steven DePiero) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 4 - 0 RED BULL NEW YORK (5/8 - Andrew Chapin) SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 0 - 4 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (5/8 - Kevin Stott) REAL SALT LAKE 5 - 0 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (7/2 - Kevin Stott) COLUMBUS CREW 0 - 4 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (9/18 - Jair Marrufo) 2011: D.C. UNITED 0 - 4 RED BULL NEW YORK (4/21 - Jorge Gonzalez) TORONTO FC 2 - 6 PHILADELPHIA UNION (5/28 - Niko Bratsis) FC DALLAS 4 - 0 PORTLAND TIMBERS (6/25 - Elias Bazakos) RED BULL NEW YORK 5 - 0 TORONTO FC (7/6 - Geoff Gamble) REAL SALT LAKE 4 - 0 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (7/23 - David Gantar) VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 0 - 4 LOS ANGELES GALAXY (7/30 - Baldomero Toledo) D.C. UNITED 4 - 0 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (8/13 - Hilario Grajeda) SEATTLE SOUNDERS 6 - 2 COLUMBUS CREW (8/27 - Baldomero Toledo)
Wow, good call. LA's 4 combs over Dallas went for a combined 23-3. Their 4 over the Rapids go for 18-1, but the Rapids have one of their own 4-0.
A 2-goal lead at halftime and don't get 3 points. It'd be useful to separate SJ1 and SJ2, or at least provide that as a footnote. The shocking part is that Houston only has 4 blowouts, being a dominant team in the league for years. Not sure how extensive the data is, but it would entertaining to know the top 10 players in terms of combs suffered and combs committed. I thought this was funny too: Code: NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 5 - 1 DALLAS BURN (8/4 - Tim Weyland) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 - 5 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (8/8 - Kevin Terry) NER-- 4 days, 12 goals, 2 combs, 0 Goal Diff.
The way it was always explained to me was that it was a 2 goal lead at any point in the game that was blown. I mean, if a team scores their second goal to go up 2-0 in the 65th minute, and gives up 2 straight before the end of the game, that would be considered more of a blown tire because you gave up 2 goals with 25 minutes to play. I think we're going to need an official ruling.
No you are right. I said it wrong. Any blown 2 goal 2nd half lead. I was thinking of where a team goes up 2 in the first half, then gets one pulled back before halftime, and the game ends drawn.... is NOT a blown tire. What you describe is.
I'm just waiting for the league to begin tracking this and taking ownership of this like it's the Supporters Shield.
A blown tire occurs when a team has a two goal lead at any point during the second half, and blows it.