The 2019 Table :: Magic Numbers, Tragic Numbers & Other Doubtful Digits

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  1. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Both
     
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  2. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If NYCFC and New England ends in a tie:
    NYCFC does clinch the east, but doesn't decide all the eastern playoffs spots.
     
  3. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    What's the record?
     
  4. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Think LAX will likely just lax now and not break the points record, with the SS already in the bag, nothing much left to play for the rest of the season.
     
  5. SierraSpartan

    SierraSpartan Member+

    Jan 25, 2007
    Placer County, CA
    Club:
    Sacramento Republic FC
    It would be a Decision Day resurrection, helped along by an almost epic collapse by SJE.

    Praise Be to Toast Jesus.
     
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  6. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No wonder the Fire is still alive, everyone else svcks just as much.
     
  7. ManiacalClown

    ManiacalClown Member+

    Jun 27, 2003
    South Jersey
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Toast abides in the East.
     
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  8. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Yup. Toast survives another year. No team has yet overcome it to the make the playoffs.
     
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  9. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Draw city is a very anticlimactic way to wrap things up....
     
  10. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Wait until you see how anticlimactic next week's games are going to be!
     
  11. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Actually, technically COL has not been eliminated. So I guess there's still a chance that Toast meets its doom in 2019.
     
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  12. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They're playing at LAFC. Do they really have a chance?
     
  13. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Don't crush @JasonMa's dreams.

    Yet ...
     
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  14. GreatGonzo

    GreatGonzo Member+

    Jul 1, 1999
    MA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
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  15. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Colorado is in if they beat LAFC and Portland and KC win. Or if they beat LAFC by 2, KC wins, and Portland and San Jose draw.

    Its not going to happen (the least likely is KC winning) but if you had told me in May the Rapids had a long shot but realistic road to the playoffs on Decision Day I would have said you had spent too much time with Denver's decriminalized mushrooms.
     
  16. PTFC in KCMO

    PTFC in KCMO Member+

    Aug 12, 2012
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Colorado deserves it over the rest of those jokers.
     
  17. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    FCD has scored a grand total of one goal in the last four matches, while giving up eight. SKC has a great shot of doing a solid to the Rapids next weekend.

    And honestly, Colorado probably deserves a playoff spot more than either FCD, San Jose, or Portland, all of whom are determined to see how unconvincingly they can back into the playoffs.
     
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  18. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    The "Rapidly Toasted" Update

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    Notes

    The only toasted team that's technically playoff viable is COL.

    To make the playoffs, COL (away to LAX) needs to win. (Ahahaha!)

    ... and ...

    FCD (hosting SKC) needs to lose.

    ... and ...

    SJE (away to POR) cannot win. If SJE draws while COL wins (LOL) that would send it to tie-breakers ... which is an outcome I don't really want to contemplate.

    It would appear that things are looking good for Toast.

    Quick Hits

    The WS is decided. The SS is decided. And it remains the Toast Thread's official position that seeding doesn't matter. So the only thing that matters for "Decision Day" is the contest between POR, FCD and SJE (and technically COL) for the final two playoff spots in the WC.
     
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  19. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Colorado has to win by two. Tied on wins, two behind on GD, a decent lead on goals scored.
     
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  20. SierraSpartan

    SierraSpartan Member+

    Jan 25, 2007
    Placer County, CA
    Club:
    Sacramento Republic FC
    Toast is eternal, and SJE is below the red line.

    Faith can truly be rewarding.
     
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  21. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Hahahahahahahaha.

    Oh wait. You're serious
     
  22. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    They'll score a goal early, and then give up 2 PKs in stoppage time.

    I'd add RSL to the list of teams backing into the playoffs, but I guess we clinched. We seem to have been remarkably lucky this year.
     
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  23. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Have you seen how garbage FCD has been the last month?
     
  24. Kejsare

    Kejsare Member+

    Portland Timbers
    Mar 10, 2010
    Virginia
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The collective garbageness of Portland, Dallas, and San Jose has been significant. Colorado has been better than those three during the last two months.
     
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  25. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Having tracked these mid-table contests for years, the "collective garbageness" of the mid-table teams in general is pretty much always the real story of the MLS playoff race. Consequently, MLS regular seasons don't typically build to a triumphant conclusion. They drone on before trailing off in a monotone muddle. That's part of what makes "Decision Day" such a farce. The MLS playoff race is typically nothing more than a bunch of garbage mid-table teams tripping over each other while stumbling back-asswards into the playoffs. This year is no exception.
     

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