2015 Season Discussions

henryo · Feb 12, 2015

First Updates in 2015!!

Seattle Sounders will retain the Shield this season, while defending champs LA Galaxy will miss the Playoffs, here's how...

henryo said: ↑

"Projected Finishes of 2015 Regular Season, base on the Most Recent Meetings", before the start of 2015 season:

SS# Conf# Team P W L T Pts GD

1 W-1 SEA 34 17 8 9 60 +16

2 W-2 DAL 34 16 9 9 57 +14

3 W-3 VAN 34 15 9 10 55 +3

4 E-1 NER 34 14 9 11 53 +10

5 E-2 NYRB 34 13 7 14 53 +8

6 W-4 SKC 34 15 11 8 53 +6

7 E-3 DCU 34 12 6 16 52 +10

8 W-5 POR 34 12 10 12 48 +7

9 W-6 RSL 34 12 12 10 46 +9

10 W-7 LAG 34 11 10 13 46 +7

11 E-4 CLB 34 10 9 15 45 +3

12 W-8 HOU 34 11 15 8 41 -14

13 W-9 SJE 34 7 10 17 38 -7

14 E-5 PHI 34 7 13 14 35 -7

15 E-6 NYCFC 34 0 0 34 34 0

16 E-7 OCSC 34 0 0 34 34 0

17 E-8 TOR 34 8 16 10 34 -17

18 E-9 CHI 34 5 12 17 32 -14

19 E-10 MTL 34 5 13 16 31 -18

20 W-10 COL 34 6 17 11 29 -16

Highlights:

Seattle to retain the Shield with another 60-point season. (@Yoshou)

New England to win the East and qualify for CCL 16-17.

LA Galaxy to miss the Playoffs, by finishing 7th in the West on GD.

NYCFC and OCSC have no prior records as Expansion Teams, hence 0-0 projected for all their games for now. (@SoccerPrime)

NYCFC to make the Playoffs ahead of OCSC on Alphabetical Order of Club Names.

Toronto still couldn't make the Playoffs.

Montreal to finish last in the East again.

Colorado to win the Wooden Spoon for the first time, after their first Spoon in the first season of MLS. (@JasonMa)

The West to occupy the Top-3 spots, and 8 out of the Top-12 in the SS Standings...

Disclaimers:

1. By Investment Lingo: "Past Results are no guarantee of Future Performances", though these could be the closest bets, at this juncture.

2. As the weeks go on, the Projected Standings will still change dynamically, with actual results coming in, reducing the effects of the Most Recent Meetings.
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henryo · Feb 15, 2015

Projected Scores for Home Games in 2015 as below (most recent home scores vs Western Teams from 2014, vs East from 2013).

Home Records in summary:

W 10 - L 2 - T 5,

GS 23 - GA 10,

GD +13.

Date Home
Team Road
Team Home
Score Road
Score

2015-03-08 Seattle Sounders New England Revolution 0 0

2015-03-14 Seattle Sounders San Jose Earthquakes 1 1

2015-04-04 Seattle Sounders Houston Dynamo 2 0

2015-04-26 Seattle Sounders Portland Timbers 2 0

2015-05-23 Seattle Sounders Sporting KC 1 0

2015-05-27 Seattle Sounders Colorado Rapids 1 0

2015-05-31 Seattle Sounders New York Red Bulls 1 1

2015-06-13 Seattle Sounders FC Dallas 2 1

2015-06-20 Seattle Sounders San Jose Earthquakes 1 1

2015-07-03 Seattle Sounders DC United 2 0

2015-07-18 Seattle Sounders Colorado Rapids 1 0

2015-08-01 Seattle Sounders Vancouver Whitecaps 0 1

2015-08-16 Seattle Sounders Orlando City SC 1 1

2015-08-30 Seattle Sounders Portland Timbers 2 0

2015-09-05 Seattle Sounders Toronto FC 1 2

2015-10-04 Seattle Sounders Los Angeles Galaxy 2 0

2015-10-25 Seattle Sounders Real Salt Lake 3 2

henryo · Feb 15, 2015

Projected Scores for Road Games in 2015 as below (again, most recent road scores vs Western Teams from 2014, vs East from 2013).

Road Records in summary:

W 7 - L 6 - T 4,

GS 26 - GA 23,

GD +3.

Date Home
Team Road
Team Home
Score Road
Score

2015-03-28 FC Dallas Seattle Sounders 3 1

2015-04-12 Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle Sounders 2 2

2015-04-18 Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders 1 4

2015-05-03 New York City FC Seattle Sounders 1 1

2015-05-09 Columbus Crew Seattle Sounders 0 1

2015-05-16 Vancouver Whitecaps Seattle Sounders 1 0

2015-06-06 Sporting KC Seattle Sounders 0 1

2015-06-24 Philadelphia Union Seattle Sounders 2 2

2015-06-28 Portland Timbers Seattle Sounders 2 4

2015-07-11 Chicago Fire Seattle Sounders 2 3

2015-07-25 Montreal Impact Seattle Sounders 0 2

2015-08-09 Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle Sounders 2 2

2015-08-22 Real Salt Lake Seattle Sounders 2 1

2015-09-12 San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders 1 0

2015-09-19 Vancouver Whitecaps Seattle Sounders 1 0

2015-09-27 Sporting KC Seattle Sounders 0 1

2015-10-18 Houston Dynamo Seattle Sounders 3 1

henryo · Feb 16, 2015

Heritage Cup - Projected Scores:

Date Home
Team Road
Team Home
Score Road
Score

2015-03-14 Seattle Sounders San Jose Earthquakes 1 1

2015-06-20 Seattle Sounders San Jose Earthquakes 1 1

2015-09-12 San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders 1 0

Standings:

Rank Team W L T GS GA Pts GD

1 San Jose Earthquakes 1 0 2 3 2 5 +1

2 Seattle Sounders 0 1 2 2 3 2 -1

Results:

San Jose Earthquakes to win on points (5-2) to retain the Heritage Cup for 2nd-year-running.
and move ahead of Seattle Sounders on All-Time Titles Count (4-3):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Cup_(MLS)#Winners

henryo · Feb 17, 2015

Cascadia Cup - Projected Scores:

Date Home
Team Road
Team Home
Score Road
Score

2015-03-28 Vancouver Whitecaps Portland Timbers 0 3

2015-04-26 Seattle Sounders Portland Timbers 2 0

2015-05-02 Portland Timbers Vancouver Whitecaps 3 0

2015-05-16 Vancouver Whitecaps Seattle Sounders 1 0

2015-06-28 Portland Timbers Seattle Sounders 2 4

2015-07-18 Portland Timbers Vancouver Whitecaps 3 0

2015-08-01 Seattle Sounders Vancouver Whitecaps 0 1

2015-08-30 Seattle Sounders Portland Timbers 2 0

2015-09-19 Vancouver Whitecaps Seattle Sounders 1 0

Standings:

Rank Team P W L T GS GA Pts GD

1 Portland Timbers 6 3 3 0 11 8 9 +3

2 Seattle Sounders 6 3 3 0 8 5 9 +3

3 Vancouver Whitecaps 6 3 3 0 3 9 9 -6

Results:

Portland Timbers to win on Goals Scored (11) with 3 teams finish level on points, and the Top-2 level on GD.
Portland Timber to win the Cascadia Cup for the 1st time since 2012,
and move ahead of Seattle Sounders on All-Time Titles Count (4-3):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_Cup#Previous_seasons
http://www.thecascadiacup.com/

henryo · Feb 27, 2015

Base on the above, the Projected Playoffs Match-ups / Scores would be as below, Seattle Sounders are projected to win the MLS Cup in 2015:

henryo said: ↑

"Projected Finishes of 2015 Playoffs, base on the Most Recent Meetings", before the start of 2015 season:

# Stage Projected
Match-up Projected
Winners Projected
Scores Projected
Aggregate Remarks

1 East Play-in#1
(E4 vs E5) CLB vs PHI CLB (E4) 2-1, 3-2 5-3

2 East Play-in#2
(E3 vs E6) DCU vs TOR DCU (E3) 3-0, 2-1 5-1

3 West Play-in#1
(W4 vs W5) SKC vs LAG LAG (W5) 2-1, 0-2 2-3

4 West Play-in#2
(W3 vs W6) VAN vs POR POR (W6) 0-3, 0-3 0-6

5 East Conf Semi #1
(E2 vs Second Lowest
Remaining Seed) NYRB vs DCU DCU (E3) 1-0, 0-2 1-2

6 East Conf Semi #2
(E1 vs Lowest
Remaining Seed) NER vs CLB CLB (E4) 2-1, 0-1 2-2 CLB to advance
on Away Goals Rule

7 West Conf Semi #1
(W2 vs Second Lowest
Remaining Seed) DAL vs LAG LAG (W5) 2-1, 1-2 3-3 LA to advance
(on More Goals Scored
in Regular Season)

8 West Conf Semi #2
(W1 vs Lowest
Remaining Seed) SEA vs POR SEA (W1) 2-0, 4-2 6-2

9 East Conf Final
(Higher Seed
vs Lower Seed) DCU vs CLB DCU (#7) 0-0, 1-1 1-1 DCU to advance
on Away Goals Rule

10 West Conf Final
(Higher Seed
vs Lower Seed) SEA vs LAG SEA (#1) 2-0, 2-2 4-2

11 MLS Cup Final SEA vs DCU SEA 2-0 2-0

Seattle Sounders to win MLS Cup 2015!!

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henryo · Mar 11, 2015

Snapshot of Poll through Mar-8 (Week #1 of 2015):

calcionova · May 5, 2015

The revenue of the Seattle Sounders for this season is estimated at $60 million.

Yoshou · May 5, 2015

Source?

calcionova · May 9, 2015

I don't know the source anymore. The revenue used to be $48 million:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2013/11/20/major-league-soccers-most-valuable-teams/
The Sounders have a revenue which is almost similar to some NHL teams.