PBP: 2014 MLS Playoffs: Conference Semi-Finals Leg 1[R]

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  1. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Saturday November 1st:

    Columbus Crew vs NE Revolution 4pm EST Univision Deportes

    Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy 8 EST NBC Sports

    Sunday November 2nd:

    New York Red Bulls vs DC United 4EST Univision Deportes

    FC Dallas vs Seattle Sounders 9EST ESPN2
     
  2. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    ******** all of this.
     
  3. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Kind of ridiculous that both of the EC first legs are on UDN. On the other hand, glad I still care.
     
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  4. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    At least those games are also on MLSLive.
     
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  5. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    May it (probably) rest in peace.
     
  6. boblewo

    boblewo Member

    Nov 2, 2013
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
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    Brazil
    #6 boblewo, Oct 31, 2014
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    C'mon GALAXY!
     
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  7. Golazo

    Golazo Member+

    Apr 15, 1999
    Decatur, GA USA
    I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying watching with no dog in the fight. It's nice to be entertained without having that feeling in the pit of your stomach.
     
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  8. holiday

    holiday Member+

    Oct 16, 2007
    when i saw [R] in the title i thought i could look up the scores already!
    hard for rbny to play so quick after the thursday game. would have been worse of course if they had gone to ot. but i doubt they'll have the energies to take full advantage of the home leg, and the game in dc will be very tough. i'd have to guess dcu are pretty good favorites.
    by the way, do we have any sort of official betting lines on these playoffs?
     
  9. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    #9 tab5g, Oct 31, 2014
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    Leg 1 matches (especially featuring some "tired" lower seeds who played at the midweek and playing at home again) certainly do have the potential to be some fairly drab affairs that do not settle anything.

    The second legs are usually set-up to be the "better match" -- but neither is really a self-contained event. Some Leg 1 matches do basically "settle" the series, but in most cases the second leg is usually the much more interesting and exciting event.
     
  10. ImaPuppy

    ImaPuppy Member+

    Aug 10, 2009
    Using too many parentheses
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    American Samoa
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  11. KensingtonSC

    KensingtonSC Still Lazy After All These Years

    FC Vaduz / Philadelphia Union
    Jan 7, 2010
    Andalusia, PA
    Club:
    FC Vaduz
    Ugh. I hate the time breaks between games. My wife is going to realize I'm dicking around between both games and is going to make me do shit around the house forcing me to miss the start of the second game.

    "Oh, hey, now that the game is over, you can install an entire floor for the rest of the weekend..."

    Thanks, Obama.
     
  12. Sachsen

    Sachsen Member+

    Aug 8, 2003
    Broken Arrow, Okla.
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's the second post I've seen from you complaining about your wife.

    Maybe you should get off an internet message board and take her on a date or something. ;)
     
  13. KensingtonSC

    KensingtonSC Still Lazy After All These Years

    FC Vaduz / Philadelphia Union
    Jan 7, 2010
    Andalusia, PA
    Club:
    FC Vaduz
    Are you married? A rite of passage of marriage is complaining about one's spouse over the course of the entire marriage.
     
  14. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    If your spouse doesn't have MLS/Metro Playoff Fever, that's your problem.
     
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  15. profiled

    profiled Moderator
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    Feb 7, 2000
    slightly north of a mile high
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy

    Been married 12 years.. After we got married, she stopped going to games with me, and I asked her why she said "we're married I don't need to pretend I like soccer anymore".... and yet i'm still married, I stink.
     
  16. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    In my opinion, without thinking too deeply about this, it seems like the lower seeded teams, Dallas, RSL, NYRB and Columbus, actually have the advantage now that we have the "away goals rule" and they are starting at home. This means that when they go on the road for the final game in the series, they will know exactly how many away goals the other teams have already scored and will have a better idea of what they need to do to win the series.

    Thoughts?
     
  17. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    I don't know if the 3 & 4 seeds actually have an advantage (based solely on the order of games and when they play H/A) -- but I do think each of the 1 & 2 seeds are susceptible to being upset and knocked out before the conference finals.

    Having said that, each of the 1 & 2 seeds could easily go and knock in 2 or 3 goals in the first leg and make it very difficult for the 3 & 4 seeds to make any kind of "comeback" at home, or even with the benefit of the opportunity to score "tie-breaking" away goals in the second leg.
     
  18. KensingtonSC

    KensingtonSC Still Lazy After All These Years

    FC Vaduz / Philadelphia Union
    Jan 7, 2010
    Andalusia, PA
    Club:
    FC Vaduz
    If one of the road teams gets that 1-0 lead in the first game, it's going to be boring as hell. I hate the away goals rule. Always have. How often have MLS playoff games gone to penalties that this was even an issue?
     
  19. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    Not sure I agree with that conclusion.

    And I think the benefits of encouraging the away teams to go for a 1-0 lead in the first place kinda offset some of those concerns.
     
  20. Autogolazo

    Autogolazo BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 19, 2000
    Bombay Beach, CA
  21. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    Are the ARs or 4th working matches in the semis?

    The center ref is not out there all on his own.
     
  22. holiday

    holiday Member+

    Oct 16, 2007
    that's an age-old debate. you have to weigh the advantage of sneaking through on an away goal, against the difficult environment of playing on the road. which means the equation isn't the same for every playoff match-up.
     
  23. Sachsen

    Sachsen Member+

    Aug 8, 2003
    Broken Arrow, Okla.
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    21 years to the same woman, and counting. I'm just grateful that she has put up with me for that long. ;)
     
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  24. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    You're counting current wives? Let us know when you get to two.
     
  25. Sachsen

    Sachsen Member+

    Aug 8, 2003
    Broken Arrow, Okla.
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Let us know when you pass Reading Comprehension 101. ;)
     
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