DECISION DAY 2025: RSL @ St. Louis City SC Saturday, October 18 7:00PM

Katranis is out due to yellow card suspension. He was our only player one yellow away from sitting out, so his yellow against Seattle looms large. Junqua in that spot.

 

let's do something fun and start Ruiz at LB. Also, I think I want to like Cruz, but I'm not sure he is any good... So, yeah, Luna, Diogo, Gozo, and Olatunji up top.

 

Don’t let St Louis position in the table lead you to believe this is a probable 3 or 1 point game. St Louis have won 3 of their last 4, that lone loss coming to a rampant LAFC. Outside that they beat Austin, Montreal, and San Jose. Not exactly amazing teams, but wins nonetheless

 

They've got an interim coach trying to get the job full time and a roster full of players that are playing hard to make sure they have a job next season. It won't be easy, but RSL has enough talent to win. I just don't know what team will decide to show up.

 

Anyone going?
I'm crossing my fingers for decent weather. Initial forecast isn't looking so great. How late will they play due to delays? They have to complete the match ASAP, right?

 

meh

 

This going up against the Utah/BYU game sucks

 

Well there's going to be a fair bit of rain at this point, before and during the match (barring lightning delays). I don't know what the field will look like. I definitely need to bring my rain gear. Boo

 

Treys podcast leading into this one is the same decision day episode of most years recently outside 2024. Not sure how this guy continues to believe in something when he has so much evidence against it working.

that and he bitches about officiating for a good chunk. Rather exhausting

 

Glad I'm not the only one coming to that conclusion.
He is paid to be an optimist (or delusional fan, take your pick).
At least he wasn't putting the same episode every week. I think he at least realized he has no content this year.

 

My bet is we lose but so do the crapids while San Jose only draw Austin. Any takers?

also, not sure if we’ve talked about here much: the line to get in on in the East is (at least) 51 points while the line in the west could very well just be 40. wtf

 

Utah/BYU on the TV, RSL on the iPad…

 

RSL comes away with another magical late goal to tie St Louis 1-1. End on 41 points.
Dallas lose at Vancouver. End on 41 points.
Colorado get run off the pitch by LAFC. End on 40 points
San Jose get a late Chicho goal to beat Austin. End on 41 points.

Final regular season standings
8 RSL 41 points 12 wins (win tiebreaker)
9 San Jose 41 points 11 wins (wins tiebreakers against Dallas)
10 Dallas 41 points (only 10 wins on season)
11 Colorado 40 points.

RSL to host play in game on 10/22. Field looks like shit after boys state cup finals (2 per night) are played at AFF on 10/20 and 10/21. RSL forgets to show up on Wednesday and get run off the pitch in the play in match. Trey calls the season a success because RSL made the playoffs. Owners decide to run it back for another year and we get to experience the suck for another year.

 

I think that's a great way to finish the season, but I was thinking the poor result at home would result in wholesale changes.

 

I would love to see wholesale changes, but I don't expect them. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought Pablo's contract expired at the end of the season. I'm hearing rumors from trusted sources that his contract has already been extended, just not announced.

 

League website suggests 4-2-3-1:

Cabral

Yedlin Vera Glad Junqua

Caliskan Ojeda

Gozo Luna Diogo

Olutanji

Bench: Stajduhar and Kerkvliet; Quinton; Eneli, Ruiz, Wolff, Berea; Agada, Cruz

Two goalkeepers is some kind of statement.

 

Injuries:

• OUT: Matthew Bell (hamstring)
• OUT: Javain Brown (knee)
• OUT: Zac MacMath (shoulder)
• QUESTIONABLE: Pablo Ruiz (knee)
• QUESTIONABLE: Mason Stajduhar (knee)

Russell and Piol both healthy but not on the bench. I get Piol; he seemed to have burned his chance last week. But Russell would be very nice to have late if needed.

 

Cruz is behind Diogo now?
Also, the evolution of Pablo and his love of some rando like Caliskan… over it

 

Team site says Russell instead of Kerklviet, which makes a lot more sense.

 

Coming back to this: 2025 has been incredibly underwhelming from Katranis. Only beaten out by the Eneli slide

 

We could be in Dallas' shoes: both forwards and another attacker out suspended and playing Vancouver on the road. That's a brutal way to go into Decision Day.