******** soccer. ******** Bruce Arena. ******** Jurgen Klinsmann. ******** Don Garber. ******** Peter Walton Did I miss anyone? 2017 Stats: 351 (of 374) games, 3.57 Y/g, 87 R (0.25/g) All-Time: 5054 games, 3.42 Y/g, 1297 R (0.26/g) Wednesday, October 11 Houston Dynamo vs Sporting Kansas City R: Baldomero TOLEDO - 243 games, 3.48 Y/g, 93 R (0.38/g) 2017: 20 g, 4.00 Y/g, 14 R (0.70/g) HOU: 32 g, 2.09 Y/g, 3 R (0.09/g) OPP: 1.56 Y/g, 10 R (0.31/g) REC: 9 W - 13 D - 10 L (1.250 PPG) SKC: 36 g, 1.39 Y/g, 9 R (0.25/g) OPP: 1.97 Y/g, 11 R (0.31/g) REC: 15 W - 9 D - 12 L (1.500 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: 4/12/2008 KC 0 - 0 HOU 9/14/2012 SKC 1 - 1 HOU 11/23/2013 SKC 2 - 1 HOU (Playoffs) Sunday, October 15 Chicago Fire vs Philadelphia Union R: Allen CHAPMAN - 106 games, 3.67 Y/g, 24 R (0.23/g) 2017: 20 g, 3.40 Y/g, 5 R (0.25/g) CHI: 11 g, 1.09 Y/g, 1 R (0.09/g) OPP: 1.91 Y/g, 2 R (0.18/g) REC: 6 W - 1 D - 4 L (1.727 PPG) PHI: 9 g, 2.11 Y/g, 2 R (0.22/g) OPP: 2.00 Y/g, 3 R (0.33/g) REC: 3 W - 4 D - 2 L (1.444 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: 5/18/2013 PHI 1 - 0 CHI Portland Timbers vs D.C. United R: Mark GEIGER - 172 games, 3.42 Y/g, 38 R (0.22/g) 2017: 13 g, 2.77 Y/g, 2 R (0.15/g) POR: 11 g, 1.82 Y/g, 2 R (0.18/g) OPP: 0.91 Y/g, 2 R (0.18/g) REC: 3 W - 4 D - 4 L (1.182 PPG) DC: 24 g, 1.71 Y/g, 4 R (0.17/g) OPP: 1.83 Y/g, 6 R (0.25/g) REC: 9 W - 8 D - 7 L (1.458 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE New England Revolution vs New York City FC R: Nima SAGHAFI - 16 games, 3.63 Y/g, 3 R (0.19/g) 2017: 12 g, 3.67 Y/g, 2 R (0.17/g) NE: 2 g, 1.50 Y/g, 1 R (0.50/g) OPP: 1.50 Y/g, 0 R REC: 1 W - 0 D - 1 L (1.500 PPG) NYC: FIRST GAME Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE Red Bull New York vs Atlanta United FC R: Alan KELLY - 83 g, 3.37 Y/g, 14 R (0.17/g) 2017: 23 g, 3.57 Y/g, 2 R (0.09/g) NY: 9 g, 2.00 Y/g, 1 R (0.11/g) OPP: 1.89 Y/g, 2 R (0.22/g) REC: 5 W - 3 D - 1 L (2.000 PPG) ATL: 3 g, 1.67 Y/g, 1 R (0.33/g) OPP: 2.33 Y/g, 0 R REC: 0 W - 1 D - 2 L (0.333 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE Orlando City SC vs Columbus Crew SC R: Chris PENSO - 121 games, 3.68 Y/g, 34 R (0.28/g) 2017: 23 g, 4.13 Y/g, 3 R (0.13/g) ORL: 7 g, 2.43 Y/g, 2 R (0.29/g) OPP: 2.00 Y/g, 1 R (0.14/g) REC: 2 W - 2 D - 3 L (1.143 PPG) CLB: 18 g, 1.44 Y/g, 2 R (0.11/g) OPP: 2.06 Y/g, 2 R (0.11/g) REC: 9 W - 4 D - 5 L (1.722 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact R: Ted UNKEL - 53 games, 4.02 Y/g, 21 R (0.40/g) 2017: 10 g, 3.20 Y/g, 5 R (0.50/g) TOR: 7 g, 1.86 Y/g, 0 R OPP: 1.43 Y/g, 1 R (0.14/g) REC: 3 W - 1 D - 3 L (1.429 PPG) MTL: 7 g, 2.86 Y/g, 3 R (0.43/g) OPP: 1.57 Y/g, 0 R REC: 1 W - 3 D - 3 L (0.857 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: 4/23/2016 MTL 0 - 2 TOR Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake R: Armando VILLARREAL - 90 games, 2.96 Y/g, 22 R (0.24/g) 2017: 16 g, 3.13 Y/g, 3 R (0.19/g) COL: 9 g, 1.56 Y/g, 2 R (0.22/g) OPP: 0.89 Y/g, 0 R REC: 3 W - 2 D - 4 L (1.222 PPG) RSL: 6 g, 1.33 Y/g, 0 R OPP: 1.83 Y/g, 1 R (0.17/g) REC: 4 W - 1 D - 1 L (2.167 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE Los Angeles Galaxy vs Minnesota United FC R: Alex CHILOWICZ - 2 games, 4.00 Y/g, 1 R (0.50/g) 2017: 2 g, 4.00 Y/g, 1 R (0.50/g) LA: FIRST GAME MIN: 1 g, 3.00 Y/g, 0 R OPP: 2.00 Y/g, 1 R (1.00/g) REC: 1 W - 0 D - 0 L (3.000 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE Seattle Sounders FC vs FC Dallas R: Drew FISCHER - 79 games, 3.24 Y/g, 12 R (0.15/g) 2017: 14 g, 3.86 Y/g, 4 R (0.29/g) SEA: 7 g, 1.43 Y/g, 2 R (0.29/g) OPP: 2.14 Y/g, 1 R (0.14/g) REC: 3 W - 4 D - 0 L (1.857 PPG) DAL: 6 g, 1.83 Y/g, 0 R OPP: 1.67 Y/g, 0 R REC: 3 W - 1 D - 2 L (1.667 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo R: Kevin STOTT - 313 games, 3.08 Y/g, 74 R (0.24/g) 2017: 19 g, 2.11 Y/g, 3 R (0.16/g) SKC: 41 g, 1.29 Y/g, 2 R (0.05/g) OPP: 1.44 Y/g, 10 R (0.24/g) REC: 22 W - 7 D - 12 L (1.780 PPG) HOU: 26 g, 1.08 Y/g, 5 R (0.19/g) OPP: 1.62 Y/g, 2 R (0.08/g) REC: 8 W - 11 D - 7 L (1.346 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: 7/16/2011 HOU 1 - 1 SKC 11/9/2013 HOU 0 - 0 SKC (Playoffs) 4/25/2015 HOU 4 - 4 SKC Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes R: Ismail ELFATH - 101 games, 3.16 Y/g, 25 R (0.25/g) 2017: 19 g, 3.11 Y/g, 7 R (0.37/g) VAN: 14 g, 1.50 Y/g, 2 R (0.14/g) OPP: 1.29 Y/g, 1 R (0.07/g) REC: 3 W - 2 D - 9 L (0.786 PPG) SJ: 7 g, 1.57 Y/g, 2 R (0.29/g) OPP: 1.29 Y/g, 0 R REC: 2 W - 2 D - 3 L (1.143 PPG) Previous matching or reverse fixtures: NONE *All team stats include playoff games
It's interesting...I don't really feel anything; I don't know if it's because I didn't actually get to see the game so I didn't have to watch 90 minutes of frustration - almost like maybe it didn't happen. But I think this may turn into one of those things I just don't talk about; I'm already dreading the obvious conversations from 'soccer people'. Non soccer people, I can deal with. Being fans of other sports, they understand the concept of "We just sucked. We weren't ready; we underestimated our opponent; etc". It's going to be the 'soccer people' (aka Euro posers) that I'm going to have to listen to with all the "You Be The Don" crap: "It's all MLSs fault: No Pro/Rel, too many teams, playoffs, wah, wah, wah."
For me the initial anger has subsided, and now I'm not feeling anything either. Depression is like that.
Is it Glenn Davis on the call tonight? He and Eddie may have a few choice thoughts. But that's just it--I don't want to hear about it. Soccer is supposed to be my escape from reality....
Seriously, it took TFC a while to recover from the JK years, so why are we surprised at the result of the aftermath with the US team, given how long he was there. Just goes to show JK4PTFC should happen!
When your anger subsides into depression, we'll be here for you. We won't be helpful. Just the opposite, in all likelihood. But we'll be here.