PBP: MLS Playoffs 2017 Conference Semifinals Leg 2 Continuous PBP Thread [Multiple R]

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MLS
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS, LEG 2
Thursday, November 2
Seattle Sounders FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 22:30 FS1/TSN5/TVAS/FOX Deportes
Sunday, November 5
Toronto FC vs Red Bull New York, 15:00 ESPN/TSN1/TSN4/TVAS/ESPN Deportes
New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC, 17:00 ESPN/TSN1/TVAS/ESPN Deportes
Portland Timbers vs Houston Dynamo, 19:30 FS1/TSN1/TVAS/FOX Deportes

NASL
SEMIFINALS
Sunday, November 5
Miami FC vs New York Cosmos, 17:00
San Francisco Deltas vs North Carolina FC, 20:00

USL
CONFERENCE FINALS
Saturday, November 4
Swope Park Rangers vs OKC Energy, 19:30
Louisville City vs Red Bull New York II, 20:30

J1 LEAGUE
Sunday, November 5
Kashima Antlers vs Urawa Reds, 1:00

 

Thanks to Alan Kelly for getting sick Tuesday night and forcing me to redo Ismail Elfath's stats. If you're wondering, Kelly gets credit for the game, but Elfath gets credit for the cards he showed, which happened to be the only two of the match. It's messy in the short term but eventually gets absorbed into the noise.

Here are the referees' stats for the second legs of the conference semifinals.


2017 Regular Season Stats: 374 games, 3.53 Y/g, 92 R (0.25/g)
All-Time: 5077 games, 3.42 Y/g, 1302 R (0.26/g)

2017 Playoff Stats: 8 (of 17) games, 2.88 Y/g, 1 R (0.13/g)
All-Time: 300 games, 3.82 Y/g, 68 R (0.23/g)


Thursday, November 2
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL, LEG 2
(2)Seattle Sounders FC vs (3)Vancouver Whitecaps FC
R: Baldomero TOLEDO - 244 reg. season games, 3.48 Y/g, 93 R (0.38/g)
2017 reg.: 21 g, 3.95 Y/g, 14 R (0.67/g)
All-time playoffs: 21 g, 3.29 Y/g, 3 R (0.14/g)
2017 playoffs: 1st game

SEA: 32 g, 1.47 Y/g, 2 R (0.06/g)
OPP: 1.84 Y/g, 2 R (0.06/g)
REC: 14 W - 3 D - 15 L (1.406 PPG)

VAN: 18 g, 1.67 Y/g, 5 R (0.28/g)
OPP: 1.50 Y/g, 3 R (0.17/g)
REC: 7 W - 3 D - 8 L (1.333 PPG)

Previous matching or reverse fixtures:
7/5/2014 VAN 1 - 0 SEA
9/19/2015 VAN 0 - 3 SEA


Sunday, November 5
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL, LEG 2
(1)Toronto FC vs (6)Red Bull New York
R: Chris PENSO - 123 reg. season games, 3.71 Y/g, 36 R (0.29/g)
2017 reg.: 25 g, 4.24 Y/g, 5 R (0.20/g)
All-time playoffs: 3 g, 3.00 Y/g, 0 R
2017 playoffs: 1st game

TOR: 11 g, 1.91 Y/g, 2 R (0.18/g)
OPP: 2.18 Y/g, 1 R (0.09/g)
REC: 3 W - 1 D - 7 L (0.909 PPG)

NY: 13 g, 2.00 Y/g, 1 R (0.08/g)
OPP: 1.85 Y/g, 1 R (0.08/g)
REC: 8 W - 4 D - 1 L (2.154 PPG)

Previous matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE


EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL, LEG 2
(2)New York City FC vs (5)Columbus Crew SC
R: Kevin STOTT - 314 reg. season games, 3.08 Y/g, 74 R (0.24/g)
2017 reg.: 20 g, 2.15 Y/g, 3 R (0.15/g)
All-time playoffs: 33 g, 3.58 Y/g, 4 R (0.12/g)
2017 playoffs: 1 g, 3.00 Y/g, 0 R

NYC: 1 g, 0.00 Y/g, 0 R
OPP: 0.00 Y/g, 0 R
REC: 0 W - 0 D - 1 L (0.000 PPG)

CLB: 37 g, 1.57 Y/g, 3 R (0.08/g)
OPP: 1.30 Y/g, 5 R (0.14/g)
REC: 10 W - 8 D - 19 L (1.027 PPG)

Previous matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE


WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL, LEG 2
(1)Portland Timbers vs (4)Houston Dynamo
R: Ismail ELFATH - 103 reg. season games, 3.12 Y/g, 25 R (0.15/g)
2017 reg.: 21 g, 2.90 Y/g, 7 R (0.33/g)
All-time playoffs: 6 g, 4.00 Y/g, 3 R (0.50/g)
2017 playoffs: 1 g, 2.00 Y/g, 1 R (1.00/g)*

POR: 12 g, 1.50 Y/g, 0 R
OPP: 2.00 Y/g, 1 R (0.08/g)
REC: 6 W - 3 D - 3 L (1.750 PPG)

HOU: 7 g, 1.43 Y/g, 0 R
OPP: 1.57 Y/g, 1 R (0.14/g)
REC: 2 W - 3 D - 2 L (1.286 PPG)

Previous matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE



All team stats include regular season and playoff games
*Includes second half of CLB-NYC as substitute referee for Alan Kelly

 

Couple of highlights:
Toronto has historically done very poorly with Chris Penso in the middle, while the Red Bulls have done very well.

This is only the second time in three seasons that Kevin Stott will be in the middle for an NYCFC game. He doesn't seem to travel to the east coast very often anymore.