VS. DATE / TIME: Saturday, October 11, 2014 7:00 PM EDT MATCH PREVIEW: MLS Match Preview VENUE: PPL Park Chester, PA Tickets GAMETIME FORECAST: Cloudy Temp: 59 Feels Like: 57 TELEVISION BROADCAST: TCN - The Comcast Network COMCAST: Channel 846 HD, 8 SD Verizon FiOS: Channel 580 HD, 99 SD CURRENT MLS STANDINGS MLS INJURY REPORT MLS DISCIPLINE REPORT LAST MEETING: Saturday, March 22, 2014 Crew Stadium / Columbus, OH Columbus Crew 2 – Philadelphia Union 1 Game Recap and Highlights MLS Matchcenter
Strangely, I am looking forward to Saturday. Kinda feeling like the boys are just playing out the string, waiting for the season to be finished. We're missing Le Toux, Casey is gassed, and alot of the guys are playing like they have just had it. Columbus is missing Higuain and Francis due to yellow cards. Everything is stacking up for a boring 0-0 or 1-1 tie. Hope I'm wrong and at the very least we can rain on the Crew's playoff hopes a bit.
Everything is pointing towards a Union win on Saturday: 1. No Higuain or Francis for Columbus. 2. Curtin says White is fully fit. 3. Curtin says Le Toux and Casey should be available. 4. Columbus will play for the draw. The Union will still lose.
And who says manufacturing is dead? The PPL draw factory is still churning out its product on the banks of the Delaware in lovely Chester, PA. I say a draw is most likely, given the way this team has been sleepwalking through every game since the USOC, but maybe the boys will just throw in the towel and end whatever hope remains. Stick a fork in them, they're done. Columbus with the coup de grace.
I think Columbus' strategy will depend on the Toronto-Houston result on Wed. Though, I imagine them playing some good old fashioned bunker ball and eliminating one of the threatening teams with a draw.
Well, the Crew signed Kamara today. Thankfully he won't join the team til the transfer window opens up again.
Not voting, I jinxed the Chicago game. If SLT can't make it, another bore fest. Could well be that way even with him. Please no more Ribeiro up top.
Don't just look at the current % though. With so few games left, that number can change dramatically with each game. Looking further down the stats page notice this breakdown... If finish: Chance in TP W-D-L playoffs 48 3-0-0 96.2% 46 2-1-0 44.3% 45 2-0-1 6.0% 44 1-2-0 Out I'm not saying 2 wins and 1 draw are likely (given current form), but it's not impossible is it?