while watching RedBull vs NYCFC, and the camera pans the half-full sunny side stands - the commentator says, Its A Sell Out its a thing in pro sports
Moderator(s): perhaps it's time to consider whether this is the "Race for the Spoon" thread or the "Other Teams" thread, and revise the title accordingly?
KC's madcap quest for the Ben Olsen Double ended in tears and laughter at the hands of a minor league team in the USOC semis last night. Sacramento will face Orlando after the MetroStars predictably defeated NYRB in the other semifinal.
SKC now has a 1 point "lead" in the Spoon race, with DC having played 3 fewer games. Toronto and San Jose are both 3 "up" on SKC, with 1 and 2 fewer games played, respectively.
FWIW, as the team records stand now, we need to average at least 1.75 PPG in our remaining games to make the playoffs. We need to do worse than 0.5 PPG to seize the wooden spoon. If we were to win out, we'd likely land at 3rd in the East. Onward to glory!
If we win 9 of the remaining 13, that puts us at 48, one more than last season and what Montreal had to get the last spot. I think 48 would be enough, the bottom of the East is not good. So it's possible, but there are still some road games (at LAFC, at Philly) I don't expect to get anything from, so they really have no margin for error. It can happen, but it seems very unlikely, just too big of a hole. Maybe if we win the next two, I'll revisit, because the standings will look a lot different a week from today if that's the case.
Are we watching the same team? We could have easily been down 3-0 at the half at home. There would have been no coming back. It was fun to be there, but we just barely beat a terrible team with a last ditch effort. Like the team yesterday, the owners are trying to pull something out of their asses to avoid having no season ticket holders. But honestly... Outside of Taxi DCU has no real stars/consistent impact players. We have no system. We're not structured to make the playoffs in a league where that's a 50-50 bet. We know that Rooney is a short termer. If we win the next two it still won't indicate we've solved the team's core problems.
I based 1.75 PPG on having to beat Cincy (7th best PPG in the east, last playoff spot), who presently have a PPG of 1.26, which is 41.58 PPG over a 33 game season. We've got 21 points out of 21 games so far, which means we need 21 points out of the remaining 12 games, or 1.75 PPG, in order to be the 7th team in the East. Right now, that's how low the bar is, which is not an impossible lift... but who knows what things will look like in 3 months?
In the unlikely event, making the playoffs won’t indicate we’ve solved the team’s core problems. Dave Kasper will still be here. No, what a dramatic shift in results will indicate is they’re building momentum into next year, with more recruiting to come over the winter break. That’s positive, but hardly done and dusted. This year, the bar is set at stop the bleeding and build momentum. Then next year the bar should be a top 4 finish.
This, DCU had no business winning. If Orlando could finish at the same rate a U-6 team can, they would have been up 3-0 at half and the game is over. I still can't figure out how Michel managed to miss the entire net from about 5 yards out. That takes some real skill.
Going back thru our legacy of super-stars, Cris Albright would have missed it wide-right, and Richie Williams would have hit it over the bar Steve Rammel would have buried the ball in the back of the net (but it would have come off his shin or pelvic area to do so)