Here's the thing about relegation: It is entirely incompatible with parity. You cannot have a system designed to promote parity between teams...
See, the nice thing about our team this year is, even if a team tries that, it might backfire. Think about it, if Gio has the ball, how many...
But the problem is, even if we hold them to that, it tells us nothing (unless we just use 67,000). The problem is, we already KNOW that if the...
Some people are saying that the whole sellout metric is useless. That's note ENTIRELY true. The problem is, if you count teams with artificial...
Haha, you guys might be there, but I'm pretty sure we'll be watching from the sidelines :)
Yeah, I understand, the funny thing is, it isn't even our media that's doing it! It would be like if I ran and article with the headline: "Is...
Well done by RSL in the game. As a TFC fan, there should be no question about who deserved to win this one. We just didn't seem to be in the game...
Hey, as a Toronto fan (am I allowed to post here? delete if not) I just wanted to say good luck on the game on Sat. I'd be happy with a draw, but...
The problem is TV revenue, in part, depends on at game atmosphere. If you are showing games on TV with a full, lively crowd, people will watch at...
The problem with that is, you completely lose connection to the team. TFC is and has always been a stadium experience. Think about the quality of...
If the season was played in Dec and Feb, I doubt that MLSE would have joined in the first place, no. I certainly would not have purchased season's...
Here you can see the average temperature for each week of the time period we're discussing: [IMG] Toronto has at or below freezing weather from...
Once again, I'm not sure you have ever been to a cold weather city. Do you honestly think that our cold cities can play home games starting in the...
Got daily temp data from here: http://academic.udayton.edu/kissock/http/Weather/default.htm Took all the MLS cities, mashed them together, and...
Oh, and just to add to it, [IMG] That's based on weather data I had pulled for MLS cities a while ago. It is average temperature (in F) per day...
So... Are you just planning on ignoring these cities: Toronto Montreal Boston Chicago NYC NYC2 Columbus Washington Or is your plan to just not...
Yeah, I agree with that. Remember, for the first 3 seasons (at least) TFC had to cap out season's tickets at 14k, and had a 17k person waiting...
So glad you asked! First I found a source that listed all MLS games, their dates, the results, and the attendance here:...
Yes, you are correct; as I mentioned, there are a lot of confounding variables in the data set I didn't have time to deal with. The problem...
Ok, so I went out to gather data (and when I say data I mean actual data, not "hey guys, it was really cold this one game and no one showed up,...
Oh, I agree that they will only make decisions based on what they think is useful. The point is, no one in this thread knows what decisions they...
Speaking as someone from a cold weather city, hell no I would not go to a game in Feb or Dec. I would not consider going to an (outdoor) game...
Sorry, why is that? Is the fact Canada gets a berth at all the problem, or how it's awarded? I mean, the CSA can award the berth however they want...
Personally (and unfortunately) I do believe we will be killed in Mexico. I think we'll be able to keep it close in Toronto, maybe even squeak out...
Granted, I don't think Canada should get an extra slot. I understand the argument from the point of view that we have a good coefficient, but we...