[NDR] 2012 MLS Week 20[Rs]

Discussion in 'Houston Dynamo' started by newtex, Jul 16, 2012.

  1. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    15 league games this week with almost a full slate on Wednesday to start things off. Including a couple of oddball non-holiday Wednesday afternoon games.

    Wednesday, July 18
    New York v. Chicago 12:00 pm
    Chivas USA v. Portland 3:00 pm
    Toronto v. Colorado 6:00 pm
    Montreal v. New England 7:00 pm
    Houston v. Kansas City 7:30 pm FSH/KHLM-43
    Vancouver v. Los Angeles 9:00 pm
    San Jose v. Dallas 10:00 pm NBCSp

    Saturday, July 21
    New York v. Philadelphia 1:30 pm ESPN/Deportes
    Columbus v. DC United 6:30 pm
    Kansas City v. New England 7:30 pm
    Houston v. Montreal 7:30 pm KPRC-2
    Dallas v. Portland 8:00 pm
    Los Angeles v. Chivas USA 9:00 pm TeleFutura
    Salt Lake v. Colorado 9:00 pm

    Sunday, July 22
    Vancouver v. San Jose 6:00 pm

    A couple of huge match-ups in the top five of the Eastern Conference (HOU/SKC and NYR/CHI) are your top league games.
     
  2. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    My rooting interests this week.

    Fire over Red Bulls, a tie would be perfect but I prefer to root for a winner
    Timbers over Baby Goats, meh
    Reds over Rapids, no real reason other than I almost always pick TFC this year
    Impact over Revs, let's keep NE down
    Whitecaps over Gals, easy
    Quakes over FCD, even easier
    Union over Red Bulls, almost like rooting for TFC these days
    Crew over DCU, every little bit helps
    Revs over Sporks, keep SKC within reach
    Timbers over FCD, it just seems right
    Baby Goats over Gals, I can hope, can't I?
    Rapids over Royals, I'd like to see Colorado jump over LAG for the last playoff spot
    Whitecaps over Quakes, I guess
     
  3. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Didn't the MetroStars do a couple of those random mid-week afternoon games?

    Looks like Chivas and NYRB are attempting some sort of kid's/camps special. Still doesn't seem like a particularly good idea for attendance, but we'll see.
     
  4. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Week 20 is underway. They have kicked off in Harrison, NJ.
    100F at kickoff. There appear to be 100s of fans there.
    This was an excellent idea.
     
  5. KotWF

    KotWF Member

    Jun 13, 2003
    Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wow, that does look like a winner of a plan there. On a side note, I recognize the voice of the play-by-play guy on the MSG (direct kick) feed... it's Steve Cangialosi, whose main job is announcing New Jersey Devils games with Chico Resch. Though I think Steve has done an admirable job taking over for the legendary Doc Emerick as the main Devil's PBP guy... I'm glad the Dynamo have soccer people doing our broadcasts.

    edit: From what I've heard so far Steve seems to be doing a pretty okay job at doing soccer... I've heard much worse.
     
  6. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    NYR 0-0 CHI, halftime.
     
  7. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've had the game on the MLS 2012 app, hoping for a nice distraction during work. But when I watch, it starts to put me to sleep. It's first-division pro soccer played with virtually no running.

    (I've seen similar games played in 100 degree heat at times in the state leagues in Brazil, but there they've figured out that you take an extended "injury" break about half-way through each half, so that everyone can go get water on the sidelines. That's sort of like that water-break game we had with, I think, RSL a couple years ago. But that was an official break, IIRC.)
     
  8. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    NYR 1-0 CHI, 71'

    Henry from LeToux.
     
  9. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Henry is still worth the price of admission. Le Toux was such a good pick-up for them.
     
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  10. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    First result of the week:

    Wednesday, July 18
    New York 1-0 Chicago
    Chivas USA v. Portland 3:00 pm
    Toronto v. Colorado 6:00 pm
    Montreal v. New England 7:00 pm
    Houston v. Kansas City 7:30 pm FSH/KHLM-43
    Vancouver v. Los Angeles 9:00 pm
    San Jose v. Dallas 10:00 pm NBCSp

    Saturday, July 21
    New York v. Philadelphia 1:30 pm ESPN/Deportes
    Columbus v. DC United 6:30 pm
    Kansas City v. New England 7:30 pm
    Houston v. Montreal 7:30 pm KPRC-2
    Dallas v. Portland 8:00 pm
    Los Angeles v. Chivas USA 9:00 pm TeleFutura
    Salt Lake v. Colorado 9:00 pm

    Sunday, July 22
    Vancouver v. San Jose 6:00 pm

    Updated Standings:

    East
    1. SKC 19 g.p. 36 pts +8
    2. NYR 20 g.p. 35 pts +6
    3. DCU 19 g.p. 33 pts +8
    4. CHI 20 g.p. 31 pts +0
    5. HOU 19 g.p. 28 pts +2
    --------------------------
    6. NER 18 g.p. 22 pts +1
    7. CLB 17 g.p. 22 pts -2
    8. MON 21 g.p. 21 pts -10
    9. PHI 17 g.p. 20 pts +1
    10.TFC 19 g.p. 16 pts -13

    West
    1. SJE 20 g.p. 40 pts +17
    2. RSL 21 g.p. 36 pts +5
    3. SEA 20 g.p. 31 pts +4
    4. VAN 20 g.p. 30 pts -2
    5. LAG 20 g.p. 26 pts +1
    -------------------------
    6. COR 19 g.p. 22 pts +0
    7. CHV 17 g.p. 20 pts -7
    8. FCD 20 g.p. 19 pts -9
    9. POR 18 g.p. 19 pts -10
     
  11. Heft

    Heft BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 20, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Plenty of good football today. I am about to watch CHV v POR and Spain v Mexico simultaneously.
     
  12. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yup. I'm planning on having the Chivas game on, too. But every time I watch one of their games from the HDC it makes me sad to see those tarps. They're owned by a billionaire and play in one of the markets that big-name foreign players want. It seems like that club should be competing more effectively with LAG for relevance that market.
     
  13. OrangeCajun

    OrangeCajun Member

    Nov 28, 2006
    Cypress, Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One of the worlds biggest blunders.
    1. Don't get involved in a land war in Asia
    2. Never take a bet with a Sicilian when death is on the line
    3. Don't alienate 75% of your potential fan base by nameing your club after another, Polerizing, club from their home country.
     
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  14. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I agree with the basic concept, but having named the team what they did, they still had some pretty good attendances at the start. They averaged about 17,000 in 2005, and about 19,000 in 2006. IIRC, they may have had some double-headers that raise the averages a bit, but they were still doing ok. They also set the MLS local sponsorship record at some point early in the existence, although I suspect they didn't hold it long. Anyway, my point is just that even if their branding was a big mistake, they should still be doing better than they are in their current tarp-covered state. Tarping a stadium that was built for MLS is just a massive admission of failure, and basically surrender in terms of attendance. I agree that the branding is an issue. But they just seem to have given up even trying.
     
  15. Heft

    Heft BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 20, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    It's all about winning games. If you want an excited fan base you better be able to win at home consistently.
     
  16. OrangeCajun

    OrangeCajun Member

    Nov 28, 2006
    Cypress, Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They never seemed to be able to build on Bob Bradleys success there. But Anderson has a point, when you hear about the Drogba's of the world, they want to play in LA or NY. Chivas needs to get themselves out in front of that.
     
  17. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Wednesday games are done:

    Wednesday, July 18
    New York 1-0 Chicago
    Chivas USA 1-0 Portland
    Toronto 2-1 Colorado
    Montreal 2-1 New England
    Houston 2-1 Kansas City
    Vancouver 2-2 Los Angeles
    San Jose 2-1 Dallas

    Saturday, July 21
    New York v. Philadelphia 1:30 pm ESPN/Deportes
    Columbus v. DC United 6:30 pm
    Kansas City v. New England 7:30 pm
    Houston v. Montreal 7:30 pm KPRC-2
    Dallas v. Portland 8:00 pm
    Los Angeles v. Chivas USA 9:00 pm TeleFutura
    Salt Lake v. Colorado 9:00 pm

    Sunday, July 22
    Vancouver v. San Jose 6:00 pm

    Updated Standings:

    East
    1. SKC 20 g.p. 36 pts +7
    2. NYR 20 g.p. 35 pts +6
    3. DCU 19 g.p. 33 pts +8
    4. HOU 20 g.p. 31 pts +3
    5. CHI 20 g.p. 31 pts +0
    --------------------------
    6. MON 22 g.p. 24 pts -9
    7. NER 19 g.p. 22 pts +0
    8. CLB 17 g.p. 22 pts -2
    9. PHI 17 g.p. 20 pts +1
    10.TFC 20 g.p. 19 pts -12

    West
    1. SJE 21 g.p. 43 pts +18
    2. RSL 21 g.p. 36 pts +5
    3. SEA 20 g.p. 31 pts +4
    4. VAN 21 g.p. 31 pts -2
    5. LAG 21 g.p. 27 pts +1
    -------------------------
    6. CHV 18 g.p. 23 pts -6
    7. COR 20 g.p. 22 pts -1
    8. FCD 21 g.p. 19 pts -10
    9. POR 19 g.p. 19 pts -11
     
  18. dustcowpoke

    dustcowpoke Member

    Jan 7, 2006
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Did anyone see the MTL game? The ref made Bernier take the penalty three times before he let it count.
     
  19. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wow. I haven't seen the highlights yet, but I looked up the ref. Fotis Bazakos is another of the newish refs.
     
  20. Westside Cosmo

    Westside Cosmo Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    H-Town
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And don't alienate 24% of the remaining 25% of the fan base by trying to have only Mexican players on the roster in America.
     
  21. guaroboy828

    guaroboy828 Member

    Aug 2, 2006
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  22. The_Ponce

    The_Ponce Co-President of the United States of Dynamo

    Feb 21, 2011
    Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  23. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Saturday results:

    Wednesday, July 18
    New York 1-0 Chicago
    Chivas USA 1-0 Portland
    Toronto 2-1 Colorado
    Montreal 2-1 New England
    Houston 2-1 Kansas City
    Vancouver 2-2 Los Angeles
    San Jose 2-1 Dallas

    Saturday, July 21
    New York 2-0 Philadelphia
    Columbus 1-0 DC United
    Kansas City 0-0 New England
    Houston 3-0 Montreal
    Dallas 5-0 Portland 8:00 pm
    Los Angeles 3-1 Chivas USA 9:00 pm TeleFutura
    Salt Lake 2-0 Colorado

    Sunday, July 22
    Vancouver v. San Jose 6:00 pm

    Updated Standings:

    East
    1. NYR 21 g.p. 38 pts +8
    2. SKC 21 g.p. 37 pts +7
    3. HOU 21 g.p. 34 pts +6
    4. DCU 20 g.p. 33 pts +7
    5. CHI 20 g.p. 31 pts +0
    --------------------------
    6. CLB 18 g.p. 25 pts -1
    7. MON 23 g.p. 24 pts -12
    8. NER 20 g.p. 23 pts +0
    9. PHI 18 g.p. 20 pts -1
    10.TFC 20 g.p. 19 pts -12

    West
    1. SJE 21 g.p. 43 pts +18
    2. RSL 22 g.p. 39 pts +7
    3. SEA 20 g.p. 31 pts +4
    4. VAN 21 g.p. 31 pts -2
    5. LAG 22 g.p. 30 pts +3
    -------------------------
    6. CHV 19 g.p. 23 pts -8
    7. COR 21 g.p. 22 pts -3
    8. FCD 22 g.p. 22 pts -5
    9. POR 20 g.p. 19 pts -16
     
  24. metroag

    metroag Da Bomb Diggity

    Mar 2, 2006
    La hacienda
    Steve has been doing the studio show since Metro days-he took over the PBP full time when JP bolted for Philly. NY has always has great PBP and analysts. Best pairing IMO was Healy and Tommy Smith-damn they were funny.
     
  25. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Weed 20 is complete:

    Wednesday, July 18
    New York 1-0 Chicago
    Chivas USA 1-0 Portland
    Toronto 2-1 Colorado
    Montreal 2-1 New England
    Houston 2-1 Kansas City
    Vancouver 2-2 Los Angeles
    San Jose 2-1 Dallas

    Saturday, July 21
    New York 2-0 Philadelphia
    Columbus 1-0 DC United
    Kansas City 0-0 New England
    Houston 3-0 Montreal
    Dallas 5-0 Portland 8:00 pm
    Los Angeles 3-1 Chivas USA 9:00 pm TeleFutura
    Salt Lake 2-0 Colorado

    Sunday, July 22
    Vancouver 2-1 San Jose

    Standings after week 20:

    East
    1. NYR 21 g.p. 38 pts +8
    2. SKC 21 g.p. 37 pts +7
    3. HOU 21 g.p. 34 pts +6
    4. DCU 20 g.p. 33 pts +7
    5. CHI 20 g.p. 31 pts +0
    --------------------------
    6. CLB 18 g.p. 25 pts -1
    7. MON 23 g.p. 24 pts -12
    8. NER 20 g.p. 23 pts +0
    9. PHI 18 g.p. 20 pts -1
    10.TFC 20 g.p. 19 pts -12

    West
    1. SJE 22 g.p. 43 pts +17
    2. RSL 22 g.p. 39 pts +7
    3. VAN 22 g.p. 34 pts -1
    4. SEA 20 g.p. 31 pts +4
    5. LAG 22 g.p. 30 pts +3
    -------------------------
    6. CHV 19 g.p. 23 pts -8
    7. COR 21 g.p. 22 pts -3
    8. FCD 22 g.p. 22 pts -5
    9. POR 20 g.p. 19 pts -16
     

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