Playoff format?

Discussion in 'San Jose Earthquakes' started by vjle, Sep 22, 2003.

  1. vjle

    vjle Member

    Sep 17, 2001
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Can someone remind me what the playoff format is this year. If I remember correctly, a playoff series will be 2 games, decided on aggregate, with away goals not having extra value. Is that correct?

    If so, is there any advantage to winning the division other than playing the 4th place team?
     
  2. Smurfquake

    Smurfquake Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 8, 2000
    San Carlos, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    First round of the playoffs is 2 games, home and home series, aggregate goals, with golden goal (I think) overtime followed by PKs if the aggregate score is tied after the second game.

    The advantage of being first is that you get to play the 4th place team, and you get the second game at home so you get the overtime and/or PKs at home if it comes to that.

    The second round of the playoffs is one game, at the higher seed's home field. So the advantage for being first here is HUGE.

    The third round of the playoffs is MLS Cup. ;)
     
  3. dk_dynamite

    dk_dynamite New Member

    Jan 27, 2003
    SF via London
    Will those three games (2 quarters, 1 semi) be played on the November 1st, 8th, and 15th??

    (if so, hallelujah!! no more Wed night playoff games...)
     
  4. Smurfquake

    Smurfquake Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 8, 2000
    San Carlos, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The three games will be played on the three weekends leading up to MLS Cup on Sunday November 23, but the exact date depends on where the game is, and whether there is a stadium conflict.

    San Jose State has a football game at Spartan Stadium on 11/1, so if the Quakes are hosting a game that weekend, it will probably be moved to Sunday 11/2 -- but it is more likely that the Quakes will be hosting games on 11/8 and (hopefully) 11/15 and there is no stadium conflict on those dates. (At least with football, I didn't check the SJSU soccer schedules.)
     
  5. Spartacus

    Spartacus Member

    May 20, 2001
    The NO SOCCER Zone
    Much of SJSU soccer is "off-site" this season...out of the stadium and onto the new (and hastily thrown up) soccer fields behind Bud Winter Field. So those matches (if they exist) should not be a problem.
     
  6. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp And MLS Cup 2003 will be on November 23rd. [​IMG]

    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp GO EARTHQUAKES!!! :(


    -G
     
  7. Toffees_rule

    Toffees_rule New Member

    Feb 11, 2000
    SFSU
    does anyone think this format suits the style of play shown by the quakes? in all liklihood we face either kc or la over two games...so i'm curious to see what the general thoughts are on the format.
     
  8. sonofapitch

    sonofapitch New Member

    Feb 11, 2002
    Novato, CA
    IMO...we'd dispatch KC in an aggregate goals, 2 game series...no problem.

    L.A. would be another matter. I have this chilling feeling the officials would have a lot to say about that outcome. I think they are clearly not the team they were last year, yet they have guys that just have a way of wrecking things for us when we are poised for our finest hour. My gut tells me that would go to PKs and that shakes me up. After the Waterstealers have stunk it up all year, I'd hate to see them slither into the playoffs and push us to the limit. That would be depressing.
     
  9. quakesfan10

    quakesfan10 New Member

    Sep 24, 2002
    Bay Area, CA
    So I'm not sure if this is right, but is this the format for the home/away game?

    Nov 1: away
    Nov 9: home
    Nov 15: pending on who is the higher seed

    Can someone correct me cuz I'm probably wrong. thanks
     

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