12 league games this week plus 4 CCL games. Tuesday, August 28 CCL: Toronto v. Santos Laguna 7:00 pm FSC Wednesday, August 29 New England v. Chivas USA 7:00 pm Philadelphia v. Columbus 7:00 pm DC United v. New York 7:00 pm Galavision CCL: Los Angeles v. PR Islanders 9:00 pm FSC Thursday, August 30 CCL: Caledonia AIA v. Seattle 7:00 pm FSC CCL: Olimpia v. Houston 9:00 pm FSC Friday, August 31 Portland v. Colorado 9:30 pm NBCSp Saturday, September 1 Columbus v. Montreal 6:30 pm New England v. Philadelphia 6:30 pm Kansas City v. Toronto 7:30 pm Salt Lake v. DC United 8:00 pm Los Angeles v. Vancouver 9:00 pm Sunday, September 2 Dallas v. Seattle 6:00 pm Chicago v. Houston 6:00 pm Galavision San Jose v. Chivas USA 8:00 pm NBCSp Several games this week with playoff implications. HOU @ CHI and NY @ DC are probably the biggest.
My rooting interests this week. CCL-style: Reds over Santos, probably won't work any better in this league Islanders over Gals, easy Caledonia over Sounders, also easy MLS-style: Revs over Baby Goats, seems strange but still true Union over Crew, gotta damp out that surge in Ohio DCU over Red Bulls, keep 'em in range Rapids over Timbers, or the other way, doesn't matter Crew over Impact, now they can win Union over Revs, turnabout again Reds over Sporks, please Royals over DCU, tough call Whitecaps over Gals, even easier FCD/SEA, nothing good can come of this Baby Goats over Quakes, it could happen Obviously a lot of these would work better as ties.
[quote="newtex, post: 26350117, FCD/SEA, nothing good can come of this.[/quote] This just makes me smile! A simple, yet inarguable truth!
Wednesday league results: Wednesday, August 29 New England 3-3 Chivas USA Philadelphia 1-2 Columbus DC United 2-2 New York Thursday, August 30 CCL: Caledonia AIA v. Seattle 7:00 pm FSC CCL: Olimpia v. Houston 9:00 pm FSC Friday, August 31 Portland v. Colorado 9:30 pm NBCSp Saturday, September 1 Columbus v. Montreal 6:30 pm New England v. Philadelphia 6:30 pm Kansas City v. Toronto 7:30 pm Salt Lake v. DC United 8:00 pm Los Angeles v. Vancouver 9:00 pm Sunday, September 2 Dallas v. Seattle 6:00 pm Chicago v. Houston 6:00 pm Galavision San Jose v. Chivas USA 8:00 pm NBCSp Updated standings: East 1. SKC 26 g.p. 47 pts 32 g. 2. NYR 27 g.p. 46 pts 46 g. 3. HOU 26 g.p. 42 pts 38 g. 4. DCU 26 g.p. 41 pts 43 g. 5. CHI 25 g.p. 41 pts 32 g. -------------------------- 6. MON 28 g.p. 39 pts 42 g. 7. CLB 25 g.p. 39 pts 31 g. 8. PHI 24 g.p. 25 pts 25 g. 9.NER 26 g.p. 24 pts 33 g. 10.TFC 26 g.p. 21 pts 29 g. West 1. SJE 26 g.p. 50 pts 52 g. 2. SEA 25 g.p. 43 pts 40 g. 3. RSL 27 g.p. 43 pts 37 g. 4. LAG 27 g.p. 40 pts 42 g. 5. VAN 27 g.p. 37 pts 29 g. ------------------------- 6. FCD 28 g.p. 32 pts 33 g. 7. CHV 24 g.p. 28 pts 20 g. 8. COR 26 g.p. 26 pts 33 g. 9. POR 25 g.p. 24 pts 26 g.
Columbus and Montreal are making their runs into playoff contention. Hopefully, they tie. I wonder what the brain trust in NER thought about the two Shalrie Joseph goals. Oh, and DeRo got his 100th goal.
Columbus is in pretty good shape to catch someone for the playoffs. Just 3 points out of 3rd with 9 games left. Montreal is going to have a tough time since they only have 2 home games left out of their remaining 6 games.
I'm with Brian Straus on that one. All official goals in MLS league games, including playoffs, should count.
Friday league results: Wednesday, August 29 New England 3-3 Chivas USA Philadelphia 1-2 Columbus DC United 2-2 New York Friday, August 31 Portland 1-0 Colorado Saturday, September 1 Columbus v. Montreal 6:30 pm New England v. Philadelphia 6:30 pm Kansas City v. Toronto 7:30 pm Salt Lake v. DC United 8:00 pm Los Angeles v. Vancouver 9:00 pm Sunday, September 2 Dallas v. Seattle 6:00 pm Chicago v. Houston 6:00 pm Galavision San Jose v. Chivas USA 8:00 pm NBCSp Updated standings: East 1. SKC 26 g.p. 47 pts 32 g. 2. NYR 27 g.p. 46 pts 46 g. 3. HOU 26 g.p. 42 pts 38 g. 4. DCU 26 g.p. 41 pts 43 g. 5. CHI 25 g.p. 41 pts 32 g. -------------------------- 6. MON 28 g.p. 39 pts 42 g. 7. CLB 25 g.p. 39 pts 31 g. 8. PHI 24 g.p. 25 pts 25 g. 9.NER 26 g.p. 24 pts 33 g. 10.TFC 26 g.p. 21 pts 29 g. West 1. SJE 26 g.p. 50 pts 52 g. 2. SEA 25 g.p. 43 pts 40 g. 3. RSL 27 g.p. 43 pts 37 g. 4. LAG 27 g.p. 40 pts 42 g. 5. VAN 27 g.p. 37 pts 29 g. ------------------------- 6. FCD 28 g.p. 32 pts 33 g. 7. CHV 24 g.p. 28 pts 20 g. 8. POR 26 g.p. 27 pts 27 g. 9. COR 27 g.p. 26 pts 33 g.
Since CFB looks to be mostly blowouts, I flipped over to see Columbus steal one at the end from Montreal. Columbus going on a run here has pretty much made this a six team fight for the East playoffs. Dynamo are going to need to get some results here soon.
Week 26 is complete: Wednesday, August 29 New England 3-3 Chivas USA Philadelphia 1-2 Columbus DC United 2-2 New York Friday, August 31 Portland 1-0 Colorado Saturday, September 1 Columbus 2-1 Montreal New England 0-0 Philadelphia Kansas City 2-1 Toronto Salt Lake 1-0 DC United Los Angeles 2-0 Vancouver Sunday, September 2 Dallas 1-1 Seattle Chicago 3-1 Houston San Jose 4-0 Chivas USA Standings after Week 26: East 1. SKC 27 g.p. 50 pts 34 g. 2. NYR 27 g.p. 46 pts 46 g. 3. CHI 26 g.p. 44 pts 35 g. 4. HOU 27 g.p. 42 pts 39 g. 5. CLB 26 g.p. 42 pts 33 g. -------------------------- 6. DCU 27 g.p. 41 pts 43 g. 7. MON 29 g.p. 39 pts 43 g. 8. PHI 25 g.p. 26 pts 25 g. 9.NER 27 g.p. 25 pts 33 g. 10.TFC 27 g.p. 21 pts 29 g. West 1. SJE 27 g.p. 53 pts 56 g. 2. RSL 28 g.p. 46 pts 38 g. 3. SEA 26 g.p. 44 pts 41 g. 4. LAG 28 g.p. 43 pts 44 g. 5. VAN 28 g.p. 37 pts 29 g. ------------------------- 6. FCD 29 g.p. 33 pts 34 g. 7. CHV 25 g.p. 28 pts 20 g. 8. POR 26 g.p. 27 pts 27 g. 9. COR 27 g.p. 26 pts 33 g.