Just to spin off from a related discussion on Road Games... Noticed that Orlando City SC are doing better on the Road vs at Home so far, through Week #6: Home: P3, W1-T0-L3, GS1-GA3, Pts 3, GD -2. Road: P3, W2-T1-L0, GS5, GA-2, Pts 7, GD +3. The same can be said about Colorado Rapids as well: Home: P2, W0-T1-L1, GS0-GA2, Pts 1, GD -2. Road: P3, W1-T2-L0, GS4, GA-0, Pts 5, GD +4. Looking through the past seasons quickly, only spotted a few teams that have "achieved" this feat so far, with the highest Road-Home Points-Difference at 7, set by NYRB in 2002. (Let us know, if you noticed more teams, on top of the list below.) Will the record be broken this season (by either OSCS or Colorado Rapids)? (Yeah, I know, it's still early in the season, but no harm tracking this anyway. ) 2014: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 12. Portland Timbers 17 5 9 3 34 - 28 24 (+6) Road: 2. Portland Timbers 17 7 4 6 27 - 24 25 (+3) Home: 13. Sporting Kansas City 17 6 6 5 25 - 21 24 (+4) Road: 3. Sporting Kansas City 17 8 1 8 23 - 20 25 (+3) 2012: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 19. CD Chivas USA 17 3 3 11 9 - 30 12 (-21) Road: 9. CD Chivas USA 17 4 6 7 15 - 28 18 (-13) 2010: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 15. Chicago Fire SC 15 4 7 4 14 - 13 19 (+1) Road: 8. Chicago Fire SC 15 5 2 8 23 - 25 17 (-2) Home: 16. D.C. United 15 3 1 11 12 - 25 10 (-13) Road: 12. D.C. United 15 3 3 9 9 - 22 12 (-13) 2002: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 10. New York Red Bulls 14 4 2 8 21 - 22 14 (-1) Road: 1. New York Red Bulls 14 7 0 7 20 - 25 21 (-5) 1998: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 3. Los Angeles Galaxy 16 10 3 3 41 - 21 33 (+20) Road: 1. Los Angeles Galaxy 16 12 1 3 44 - 23 37 (+21) 1997: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 10. San Jose Earthquakes 16 4 5 7 29 - 28 17 (+1) Road: 4. San Jose Earthquakes 16 5 4 7 26 - 31 19 (-5)
Even more Road-Runners: 2011: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 6. Seattle Sounders FC 17 9 4 4 32 - 20 31 (+12) Road: 1. Seattle Sounders FC 17 9 5 3 24 - 17 32 (+7) 2010: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 6. Los Angeles Galaxy 15 9 2 4 27 - 19 29 (+8) Road: 1. Los Angeles Galaxy 15 9 3 3 17 - 7 30 (+10) 2009: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 13. Chicago Fire SC 15 5 6 4 16 - 17 21 (-1) Road: 1. Chicago Fire SC 15 6 6 3 23 - 17 24 (+6) 2003: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 9. New York Red Bulls 15 5 4 6 17 - 19 19 (-2) Road: 2. New York Red Bulls 15 6 5 4 23 - 21 23 (+2) Home: 6. San Jose Earthquakes 15 7 4 4 22 - 19 25 (+3) Road: 1. San Jose Earthquakes 15 7 5 3 23 - 16 26 (+7) 1999 (SOWs = Ties): --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 5. D.C. United 16 8 4 4 32 - 22 28 (+10) Road: 1. D.C. United 16 9 5 2 33 - 21 32 (+12) Home: 10. Tampa Bay Mutiny 16 5 3 8 25 - 29 18 (-4) Road: 5. Tampa Bay Mutiny 16 4 9 3 26 - 21 21 (+5) Home: 12. New York Red Bulls 16 2 4 10 17 - 30 10 (-13) Road: 10. New York Red Bulls 16 2 4 10 15 - 34 10 (-19) 1998 (SOWs = Ties): --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 11. Tampa Bay Mutiny 16 5 4 7 23 - 24 19 (-1) Road: 3. Tampa Bay Mutiny 16 6 2 8 23 - 33 20 (-10)
Base on the list collated so far, there are generally 3 broad categories of Road Runners: 1. Top Teams with good Home Records and excellent Road Records, e.g. 1998 L.A.: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 3. Los Angeles Galaxy 16 10 3 3 41 - 21 33 (+20) Road: 1. Los Angeles Galaxy 16 12 1 3 44 - 23 37 (+21) 2. Average Teams with average Home Records and better-than-average Road Records, e.g. 2014 Portland: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 12. Portland Timbers 17 5 9 3 34 - 28 24 (+6) Road: 2. Portland Timbers 17 7 4 6 27 - 24 25 (+3) 3. Bottom Teams with bad Home Records and slightly better Road Records, e.g. 2012 Chivas USA: --- Rank --- Team --- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD Home: 19. CD Chivas USA 17 3 3 11 9 - 30 12 (-21) Road: 9. CD Chivas USA 17 4 6 7 15 - 28 18 (-13) Let's see which categories will Orlando City SC and Colorado be in, for 2015...
Road Runners by Teams as below. New York Red Bulls (@tigersoccer2005) are the Kings of Road-Runners... Beep Beep!! Teams Occasions Seasons Remarks New York Red Bulls 3 1999, 2002, 2003 Highest Road-Home Points Differences set in 2002: 7. Equal Points on the Road & at Home in 1999. D.C. United 2 1999, 2010 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 1998, 2010 Highest Road Points set in 1998: 37. San Jose Earthquakes 2 1997, 2003 Tampa Bay Mutiny 2 1998, 1999 CD Chivas USA 1 2012 2nd Highest Road-Home Points Differences set in 2012: 6. Chicago Fire SC 1 2009 Seattle Sounders FC 1 2011 2nd Highest Road Points set in 1998: 32. Portland Timbers 1 2014 Sporting Kansas City 1 2014 Total 16
Road Runners by Seasons as below. 1999 were the season of Road-Runners... Beep Beep!! Season Instances Teams Remarks 1996 0 N/A 1997 1 San Jose Earthquakes 1998 2 Los Angeles Galaxy, Tampa Bay Mutiny LAG: Highest Road Points set in 1998: 37. 1999 3 D.C. United, New York Red Bulls, Tampa Bay Mutiny NYRB: Equal Points on the Road & at Home in 1999. 2000 0 N/A 2001 0 N/A 2002 1 New York Red Bulls Highest Road-Home Points Differences set in 2002: 7. 2003 2 New York Red Bulls, San Jose Earthquakes 2004 0 N/A 2005 0 N/A 2006 0 N/A 2007 0 N/A 2008 0 N/A 2009 1 Chicago Fire SC 2010 2 D.C. United, Los Angeles Galaxy 2011 1 Seattle Sounders FC 2nd Highest Road Points set in 1998: 32. 2012 1 CD Chivas USA 2nd Highest Road-Home Points Differences set in 2012: 6. 2013 0 N/A 2014 2 Portland Timbers, Sporting Kansas City
The Home Teams have not won a game so far this week... 1. Is this going to be a "Road Runners" week (of No Home Win at all)? 2. Has it ever happened in the past seasons? 3. If not, what was the closest instance?
Fret not, they may well win the East like SKC did in 2011: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...l-be-watching-week-8-2015-season-three-things
List of Road-Runners through Week #10 (2015-05-10): # Teams Road Points (GP) Home Points (GP) Differences (Road Pts - Home Pts) Remarks 1 Toronto FC 9 (7) 0 (1) 9 Started season with 7-straight road games. Winless at home so far. 2 San Jose 8 (7) 6 (3) 2 3 Orlando 7 (4) 2 (5) 5 Winless at home too... (@BigData) 4 Portland 7 (5) 6 (5) 1 5 Colorado 7 (5) 3 (5) 4 Winless at home, but unbeaten on the road!! (@JasonMa)
What schedule is that? The games look right for the first part of the week but the dates are all wrong. 4 home teams did end up winning this week. Home teams went 4-4-4 in league games.