Whatever happened to the "pseudoconferences"? https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=573136&page=2 based on the Columbus Dispatch article : http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/co.../22/crew0722.ART_ART_07-22-07_C3_FU7BK9I.html Pending verification, if the season ended today under the format described there, the 5th place team in the East (Columbus) would become a "Western Conference" team. Meaning the bracket would be Code: #1E NER vs #4E RBNY-\ E Conf Final ---\ #2E DCU vs #3E KCW--/ \ Cup Final / #1W FCD vs #4"W" CLB-\ W Conf Final---/ #2W HOU vs #3W CUSA--/
Well, THAT'S retarded. That's it, until the league gets their act together and quits screwing around with this stupid conference matchup crap, I'm boycotting MLS! Just kidding. But I AM going to stop posting "current playoff matchups". It's pointless, especially since they'll probably change the rules one week before the playoffs start anyway.
New England on top for the 2nd week -- same eight playoff teams for the 7th. Fire fans, the Crew slipped a bit - they are within range! How depressed must Beckham be? What a lousy team he got stuck on. Hope he likes the California weather. Code: Single table - ranked by points per game Includes games played through 8/12 TEAM GP PTS PTS/GM CHANGE SINCE LAST WK 1. NE 20 36 1.80 NC (GD: +10) 2. FCD 20 36 1.80 NC (GD: +2) 3. DCU 18 30 1.67 +1 4. HOU 21 34 1.62 -1 5. CHV 17 27 1.59 NC 6. NY 19 30 1.58 +1 7. KC 19 29 1.53 -1 8. CLB 20 26 1.30 NC 9. CHI 18 20 1.11 NC 10. COL 20 21 1.05 +2 11. TOR 20 20 1.00 NC 12. LA 15 14 0.93 -2 13. RSL 17 12 0.71 NC
By the way, they finally put the pseudoconferences part on the website: So the conference seeds would be Code: East West 1 NE FCD 2 DCU HOU 3 NY CHV 4 KC CLB
By the way, the transfer window closes Wednesday at midnight. Unless someone pulls a transfer before then or else a very nice within-MLS trade, you can't like anyone below Chicago on the table.
not saying there's a reason to like LA, but they do have 5 games in hand on CLB. I'm not suggesting a 4 game win-streak is likely from the Galaxy, but if they were to pull that kind of move off, their PPG average would certainly put them in the hunt (with a reasonable -- assuming they can start scoring goals -- hope) for a playoff spot. again that is a big assumption. But LA does have 1/2 of their season left, while most other teams only have 1/3 of their season remaining.
Yeah - well while LA has to win 4 out of those 5 - they also need to keep pace with Columbus down the stretch. And oh yeah - they need to leap frog four other teams as well. Not saying they can't - but it is a long road up hill with a crammed schedule and a lot of road matches. The best part for LA is they have five matches against teams who one could argue are worse then them (RSL x2, Colorado x2, and Toronto).
With all the talk about how LA has all these games in hand to make up ground, which obviously got worse by losing there last 2 games. I compiled some projections for end of season based on points per game. I went a little bit deeper by taking into account Road Pts per game and home points per game and how many games each team had of each left. As of right now Columbus would still be the final playoff team with 39 points. I could post the rest of the projections if anyone wants to see. What this means for teams out of the playoffs is they realistically need to get 39 points to come close to the playoffs. The End of Season Projection is based on the teams current pace. Points needed is how many points a team needs to tie Columbus's current pace of 39 points. Record needed is 1 valid way for that team to get X points needed to tie Columbus. Code: Team - Current - End of - Points - Record Season Projection Needed Needed Columbus 26 39 X Chicago 20 32.7 19 5-3-4 Colorado 21 31.5 18 5-2-3 Toronto 20 31.2 19 6-3-1 Galaxy 14 27.1 25 7-4-4 Real Salt Lake 12 20.6 27 8-2-3 What does all this mean. Well the Galaxy need to win a lot more games which might be tough being that they won 3 all season so far. But none of the teams besides RSL are in a dire position yet, but they all need to start winning more games quickly.
I'm really hoping for Columbus to be crowned Western Conference Champions so MLS brass will come to their senses and redo this whole playoff system...
There are lots of very good teams this year. NY, DC, KC, NE, H, FCD are all real solid MLS clubs. Since I have been watching, I don't remember a season with this many good teams. Good season in that respect..
I was just about to until I read this. We know we are not loved. Please keep taking us lightly we do not matter, maybe next year we'll get the respect we have earned. We are in third with 4 games in hand with a majority of our games at home. BTW we are undefeated at home, things are looking good for Chivas right now, its been a tough tow season prior to this.
With all the games we had this weekend, surprisingly little change in the rankings. The good teams are getting better and the really bad teams continue to sink. That said, the gap between Chicago and Columbus for that final playoff spot continues to shrink. DC United moves to their highest position of the season, those guys are like the freakin' Yankees, they refuse to just go away. New England on top for the 3rd week in a row. Same eight playoff teams for the 8th week in a row. Code: Single table - ranked by points per game Includes games played through 8/19 TEAM GP PTS PTS/GM CHANGE SINCE LAST WK 1. NE 22 39 1.77 NC 2. DCU 19 33 1.74 +1 3. FCD 21 36 1.71 -1 4. HOU 22 37 1.68 NC 5. CHV 18 30 1.67 NC 6. NY 20 33 1.65 NC 7. KC 20 29 1.45 NC 8. CLB 21 26 1.24 NC 9. CHI 19 23 1.21 NC 10. COL 21 24 1.14 NC 11. TOR 21 20 0.95 NC 12. LA 16 14 0.88 NC 13. RSL 18 12 0.67 NC Current playoff matchups: East #1 New England vs #4 Kansas City (crap!) #2 DC United vs #3 New York West #1 FC Dallas vs special guest #4 Columbus #2 Houston vs #3 Chivas USA
Agreed. It's a 180 turn from 2004, when a mere 16 points separated the best and worst team in the league and 8 out of 10 teams made the playoffs. 2004 Final Standings East Columbus - 49 DC - 42 NY - 40 NE - 33 Chicago - 33 West KC - 49 LA - 43 Colorado - 41 SJ - 38 Dallas - 36 Brian Ching and Eddie Johnson split the scoring title that year with a whopping 12 goals.
And if we got past you, there'd be a good chance of getting New England next. Deja Vu all over again.
Chicago has been playing well under Osorio (and with Temoc and 'Chope). They should beat out Columbus and maybe KC. The wild card here is Colorado - they have been playing somewhat better of late and have a favorable schedule to close out the season.
Since I started this thread May 13, the following teams have held "top of the table" honors this season: New England - 7 weeks Houston - 4 weeks Kansas City - 3 weeks New York - 1 week This week, there's a new kid on the top of the block! Code: Single table - ranked by points per game Includes games played through 8/26 TEAM GP PTS PTS/GM CHANGE SINCE LAST WK 1. DCU 21 39 1.86 +1 2. NE 23 42 1.83 -1 3. CHV 20 36 1.80 +2 4. FCD 21 36 1.71 -1 5. HOU 23 38 1.65 -1 6. NY 22 33 1.50 NC 7. KC 22 32 1.45 NC 8. CHI 21 26 1.24 +1 9. COL 22 27 1.23 (GD: -2) +1 10. CLB 22 27 1.23 (GD: -3) -2 11. TOR 22 20 0.91 NC 12. LA 18 14 0.78 NC 13. RSL 19 12 0.63 NC AND, for the first time in nine weeks, we have a new team in the playoff 8! Chicago fans, rejoice! That said, the Fire hold the absolute slimmest of leads over both the Crew and the Rapids - that battle for the 8th spot is going to be very tight. AND, for the first time in a long time, a non-Texas team is on the top of the West! Chivas USA fans, rejoice! CURRENT PLAYOFF MATCHUPS: East #1 DC vs #4 Kansas City #2 New England vs #3 New York West #1 Chivas USA vs special guest star #4 Chicago #2 Dallas vs #3 Houston
If this does happen, it would be an amazing series. Home and away would be guaranteed sellouts and the crowds would be intense and electric. The MLS version of THE Superclassico.
Ah, but according to Roehl Sybing, if you like the information in this thread, you must be one of the stars of "White and Nerdy." Be careful. Thanks for the compliment.
If you can't comprehend the concept of points per game, you need a time machine to another century, because you're not nerdy enough to get along in this one.