I decree that MLS Week 26 & Stuff runs from September 1 to September 5. If you don't like that, then that's tough patooties! Friday, September 1 USMNT vs Costa Rica, WCQ, 3:55 PM, ESPN, Univision, UDN Saturday, September 2 New England Revolution vs Orlando City SC, 4:00 PM, MLS Live Montreal Impact vs Chicago Fire, 4:00 PM, MLS Live Canada vs Jamaica, Friendly, 4:00 PM FC Dallas vs New York Red Bulls, 6:00 PM, UniMas, Facebook, MLS Live LA Galaxy vs Colorado Rapids, 8:00 PM, MLS Live Sacramento Republic vs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, USL, 10:30 PM, YouTube Tuesday, September 5 Honduras vs USMNT, WCQ, 2:30 PM, beIN Sport, NBC Universo Let's face it, the only game any of us care about is the battle of the dumpster fires known as the Galaxy vs the Puds. (Go Puds!) Don't be that guy on the running thread who doesn't get what the running thread is all about.
Here you go. All times PACIFIC! Friday, September 1 USMNT vs Costa Rica, WCQ, 3:55 PM, ESPN, Univision, UDN Saturday, September 2 New England Revolution vs Orlando City SC, 4:00 PM, MLS Live Montreal Impact vs Chicago Fire, 4:00 PM, MLS Live Canada vs Jamaica, Friendly, 4:00 PM FC Dallas vs New York Red Bulls, 6:00 PM, UniMas, Facebook, MLS Live LA Galaxy vs Colorado Rapids, 8:00 PM, MLS Live Sacramento Republic vs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, USL, 8:30 PM, YouTube Tuesday, September 5 Honduras vs USMNT, WCQ, 2:30 PM, beIN Sport, NBC Universo
Who decided that the second half of USA-Costa Rica would overlap with the first half of Rutgers-Washington? My devices will be working overtime bringing me New Jersey-based sporting events tomorrow night.
Truly the referee gods have shined brightly upon us. Last week featured a fantastic 8 red cards in 17 games, nudging 2017 just a bit closer to the all-time average. Yellow cards stayed pretty steady, well above the all-time average of 3.42 per game. Just four games in week 26 due to World Cup qualifying. Here are the referee statistics. 2017 Stats: 286 (of 374) games, 3.64 Y/g, 63 R Saturday, September 2 New England Revolution vs Orlando City SC R: Robert SIBIGA - 41 games, 3.59 Y/g, 7 R 2017: 19 g, 4.00 Y/g, 2 R NE: 2 g, 3.50 Y/g, 0 R ORL: 5 g, 4.60 Y/g, 0 R NE: 0 W - 1 D - 1 L ORL: 3 W - 2 D - 0 L Previous matching or reverse fixtures: 4/30/2016 NE 2 - 2 ORL Montreal Impact vs Chicago Fire R: Baldomero TOLEDO - 239 games, 3.49 Y/g, 86 R 2017: 16 g, 4.31 Y/g, 7 R MTL: 10 g, 4.10 Y/g, 4 R CHI: 35 g, 3.77 Y/g, 13 R MTL: 5 W - 2 D - 3 L CHI: 15 W - 7 D - 13 L Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE FC Dallas vs Red Bull New York R: Kevin STOTT - 310 games, 3.08 Y/g, 73 R 2017: 16 g, 2.06 Y/g, 2 R DAL: 54 g, 3.28 Y/g, 13 R NY: 51 g, 3.20 Y/g, 12 R DAL: 21 W - 11 D - 22 L NY: 12 W - 13 D - 26 L Previous matching or reverse fixtures: 8/17/2002 MET 1 - 3 DAL 7/4/2009 DAL 2 - 1 NY Los Angeles Galaxy vs Colorado Rapids R: Jair MARRUFO - 219 games, 2.81 Y/g, 41 R 2017: 9 g, 2.89 Y/g, 2 R LA: 45 g, 2.84 Y/g, 11 R COL: 24 g, 2.96 Y/g, 2 R LA: 22 W - 8 D - 15 L COL: 7 W - 6 D - 11 L Previous matching or reverse fixtures: 8/17/2002 LA 4 - 0 COL 5/8/2005 LA 3 - 2 COL *All team stats include playoff games
BTW nothing warms my heart doing these ref statistics more than the Metros' hilarious record with Kevin Stott in the middle.
My bad, for some stupid reason on my part I assumed that was the time the broadcast started. Not thinking that broadcasts never start at :55. I blame @PTFC in KCMO.
All tucked in at the hotel ... perfect view of the stadium from my room. Im excited! We need this win.
Who's up for some referee trivia? The record for red cards in an MLS game is 4, and it's happened twice. What single player was sent off in BOTH of those games?