Playoff race

Discussion in 'Seattle Sounders FC' started by GOALSeattle, Aug 16, 2009.

  1. soundersFCfan

    soundersFCfan Member

    Dec 15, 2008
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We're in! Nice fight back tonight!

    Will Chicago get the job done next week in the other conference?
     
  2. gblfxt

    gblfxt Member

    Aug 24, 2009
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    loved our win tonite, showed we had spirit!
     
  3. GOALSeattle

    GOALSeattle Member

    Oct 13, 2007
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are we fated to play Chivas USA in the first round?
     
  4. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Only if we lose next week and houston and LA get points.
     
  5. DonPogi

    DonPogi Member

    Jun 1, 2009
    I don't know
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    I'm still hoping that we get #1 or #2 of West spot.
     
  6. GOALSeattle

    GOALSeattle Member

    Oct 13, 2007
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In a way, we have the most to prove against Chivas USA. It would be tough to play us five matches over the year and win/draw all five. If we do play the Goats, I'd think we'll be ready.
     
  7. bright

    bright Member

    Dec 28, 2000
    Central District
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Another scenario:
    HOU-LA - LA wins
    CHI-CHV - CHI wins
    SEA-FCD - SEA wins
    LA-SJ - SJ wins
    CHV-HOU - HOU wins

    That would give us a table like this:
    47 - SEA
    47 - LA
    47 - HOU
    45 - CHV

    Seattle would win the three-team head-to-head tiebreaker.


    Or:
    HOU-LA - tie
    CHI-CHV - CHI wins
    SEA-FCD - SEA wins
    LA-SJ - tie
    CHV-HOU - tie

    That would give us a table like this:
    47 - SEA
    46 - LA
    46 - HOU
    46 - CHV

    Chivas USA would come out last in the three-way head-to-head tiebreaker.


    Or:
    HOU-LA - HOU wins
    CHI-CHV - CHI wins
    SEA-FCD - SEA wins
    LA-SJ - SJ wins
    CHV-HOU - HOU wins

    That would give us a table like this:
    50 - HOU
    47 - SEA
    45 - CHV
    44 - LA
     
  8. jd6885

    jd6885 Member

    Jun 30, 2001
    Tacoma
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What a great competition! The seeds won't be decided until the very last day!
     
  9. kamosa

    kamosa New Member

    Apr 9, 2009
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    CHV has a bunch of games in a short time span coming down the stretch. I know how we looked when we hit the compressed part of the schedule. You have to wonder how fresh they will be for the playoffs after playing a 3 games the week before.
     
  10. jd6885

    jd6885 Member

    Jun 30, 2001
    Tacoma
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We want these results and the Chivas' advantage would be neutralized:


    Chivas loss to Chicago
    Chivas draw with Houston
    LA loss to SJ

    and of course, us beating Dallas.

    Then that would be
    Seattle 47
    Chivas 46
    Houston 46
    LA 45
     
  11. DUFC206

    DUFC206 New Member

    Oct 11, 2006
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wow what an exciting game in Houston! Beckham got no love for all US players (nor should he have).

    Ended 0-0 so good for us I assume.
     
  12. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I would have preferred a Houston win, myself. That probably would have given us the best chance to finish second in the division, now we're pretty much hoping for Houston to tie or lose against Chivas and LA to tie or lose against San Jose. Houston's loss to Chivas is much more likely than a LA tie or loss against San Jose.
     
  13. bright

    bright Member

    Dec 28, 2000
    Central District
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You can still get your second-place finish if Chivas USA beats Houston and LA fails to beat San Jose.
     
  14. DUFC206

    DUFC206 New Member

    Oct 11, 2006
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah that's what I thought the scenario became thanks for clearing it up. I wonder how much of an advantage of #1 vs #2 seed is both in terms of getting another potential home game and in terms of winning the MLS cup.

    Thanks bright too for that possibility.
     
  15. SounderMan

    SounderMan Member

    Nov 8, 2006
    Lacey WA
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not really. San Jose has been in many of their games lately. They got robbed in 1 or their 2 ties with Colorado but both results helped Seattle. They beat DC, tied Chivas last night and tied Toronto a week ago. LA isn't a "for sure" victor next week. San Jose gets up for their matches against the Fallacy.
     
  16. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Please note that I was making a comparison between the Houston-Chivas game and the LA-San Jose game and that I was making no claim about LA winning their game for sure. If you go back and actually read what I said, you would see that I was saying that LA is more likely to win their game against San Jose than Houston is likely to win their game against Chivas.
     
  17. jd6885

    jd6885 Member

    Jun 30, 2001
    Tacoma
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is MLS afterall. For whatever reason, teams are rarely consistent. Of course, there are those that say it's evidence of "parity" in the league.
     
  18. SounderMan

    SounderMan Member

    Nov 8, 2006
    Lacey WA
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And I'm saying it's not as "likely" as you would like to believe.
     
  19. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But is it more likely than Houston beating Chivas. ;)
     
  20. SounderMan

    SounderMan Member

    Nov 8, 2006
    Lacey WA
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ok man...... Certainly not worth arguing over. ;) But it won't mean a damn thing if we don't beat Dallas Saturday.
     
  21. VAN_soccer_FAN

    VAN_soccer_FAN New Member

    Oct 25, 2009
    Club:
    AC Mineros de Guayana
    Vancouver fans can now get to the MSL Cup 2009 in Seattle..

    We just bought our tickets though FanBus.ca
     

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