MetroStars v Crew, next week: Its put up or shut up for Columubs. Another home loss to a leader and they will struggle to make the playoffs Colorado v LA. The opener for Home Depot, its history and is a major turning point for MLS MetroStars v Revs, July 12 at Foxboro. Huge. May be the game of the year. MetroStars v LA Aug.16. Could be the Cup preview. Sorry San Jose.(and its not on ESPN or Fox!)
I highly doubt that since there are 4 other teams without a win and only 2 dont make it to the playoffs.
You beat me to it. As long as you're not Dallas, DC, Chi, or Colorado, you will not be struggling to make the playoffs.
Earth Calling WADR, It may be just a wee bit too early to start forking teams. DC has a ton of talent, and I think Dallas can still get in. The only name that seems to fit is Colorado, but like my thread starter noted. . .it's early. Now, do you think you can address the point of the thread? What upcoming games look interesting?
Re: Earth Calling The problem is that nobody (I think) can agree with the premise of the thread. With 8/10 of teams making the playoffs, no matches are really interesting from a competitive perspective. That's not to say that no games are interesting, but not in terms of making the playoffs. You can lose your first 15 matches and still have a shot of making the playoffs. To think that DC United almost made the playoffs last year. Sheesh.
With the way the playoffs are the games that mean the most confrence games. In the West the most interesting fight will be between the bottom dwellers. Anytime these three teams play each other it has big repurcussions. Colorado has 1pt Dallas has 3pts LA has 4 pts. KC is 1 point behind SJ, but SJ has 2 games in hand, so it is SJs lead to give up. In the east the teams are more spread out but NY/NJ, CLB, and NE are all within 5 points of each other with the leader, NY, a game in hand. Then once again you have the bottom dwellers making a case for who can suck the most and still get into the playoffs, just like the west.
Just so everyone's clear, the playoffs are East and West divided. The top 4 in each division go - East survivor meets West in LA. dc and CHI in the East means CLB has already qualified.
You are forgiven if you did not see Crew v Revs Anyone who thinks MLS teams are skating along, and will only put out an effort not to be one of the two bottom dwellers did not see the FSW Crew v Revs game Saturday Night. If you watched that game you can not, unless you are brain dead, come to any other conclusion that both the Crew and the Revs wanted to win, very much. And, if you are watching MLS only to see who makes the playoffs, then you are missing a lot of great soccer, and have no real appreciation of how far this league has come in eight years. Now, I know you are not one of those people. How do I know? Because you know that the first game played at LA's new stadium is historic and another great leap forward for MLS. If you do not know that, and if you do not think there are any other matches on the schedule to look forward to, then find yourself another sport, sport.
Did they change it from last year? It was essentially a one table stadings with the winner of each conference taking 1 and 2.
I think it's interesting that teams are starting to take the regular season a bit more seriously, even with the fact that four teams from each conference still qualify. They understand the importance of playing well throughout the season, and LA doesn't want to start playing stupid and make it hard for themselves. Either that, or maybe the Supporter's Shield will finally gain the recognition that it deserves.
Re: Re: It's early, but these games loom large Well, soccer genius, now that the Fire are only 2 Points behind the Crew, you want to make any other brilliant, snotty comments?
Re: Re: Re: It's early, but these games loom large Yes, they are still 4 OTHER TEAMS 7 Points behind them with, ALL OF WHOM HAVENT WON A GAME! The Crew will be fine unless they go on some sort of winless streak and 3 of the other teams all of the sudden go on winning streaks. But there is still no one knocking them out of playoff contention for about a mile. So I still dont know where you get this "Struggle to make the playoffs" crap.
Kill the thread, please!! That's it, that is all I can take. The thread is about which up coming games look like they would be fun to watch, and these blithering nimrods can not get their heads out of their playoff arses. So, forget it. There are no more interesting games left in the season, the Crew will get into the playoffs whether they ever play another game, ever again, and the only thing of any interest in MLS is how many paid for attendence to watch a meaningless game between two bored and underachieving sides. Okay? Happy now?
Re: Kill the thread, please!! Just because you made an asinine comment and got called on it doesn't mean you should take your ball and go home... You want interesting upcoming games? 1) DC at Dallas Dema might want to stay on the bus. 2) Colorado at LA Victoria St opening. Who, outside of Jersey and New England, gives a rats ass about Metrostars/NE? RS
Re: Re: Kill the thread, please!! Look, you blithering simpleton, it's only the top 2 teams in the east, and the top 3 in the league. Both are playing well and seem to have found good form. If that isn't enough to hold your interest, well I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you'd have more fun counting how many legs your team have broken so far, that is provided you know how to count past two... Cheers, "Red"
And as we know , the Quakes would NEVER blow a lead and lose their conference title! As with last year, the two most important matches in the West will be the home-and-home between SJ and YOUR MLS Cup Champions at the end of the regular season.
Re: Re: Kill the thread, please!! Anyone in Columbus, Chicago or DC is praying for a tie in the Metro-Rev game, since those two teams are very comfortably ahead right now. I for one enjoy the opportunity to watch a game with the bizzarre emotion of eagerly hoping for ten scoreless minutes of OT. Also, don't forget that home field advantage in the postseason is a major factor in this league.
Re: Re: It's early, but these games loom large Pay attention much? Yes, its changed, was changed a long time ago over the winter. Top four in each conference make the playoffs. Playoffs are conference specific. First round is home-home aggregate goals. Conference finals are single game, best regular season record is home team. MLS Cup is East vs. West.