MLS Week 29 [R]

Real Salt Lake 0, Houston 1

HOU -- Stuart Holden 5 (Richard Mulrooney 5) 66
Discipline:
HOU -- Eddie Robinson (ejection; Denied Goal Scoring Opportunity) 73
RSL -- Yura Movsisyan (ejection; Violent Conduct) 77

Since the start of May, every single RSL game has been close. Only
three of their matches have been decided by more than one goal, and
they were all one-goal games until a late insurance strike. In spite
of all the nip-and-tuck battles, RSL's results in that time period
have been dreadful: 5 wins, 7 draws, and 13 losses.

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Los Angeles 1, New York 1

LA -- Troy Roberts 2 (Landon Donovan 13, Peter Vagenas 5) 15
NY -- Jozy Altidore 9 (Dave van den Bergh 8, Juan Pablo Angel 5) 16

If the Galaxy are still alive on Sunday, they've got to bench Pavon.

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PB <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

Agreed. He was beyond horrible. It was kind of sad to see everybody else
killing themselves out there and him just not being able to keep up. The
cross Donovan made to him late in the match he looked like he was just too
tired to even think about running onto it. Sunday will be a lot of fun.
Beckham looked very rusty today, but hopefully will be sharper by Sunday.

PB <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

BTW, re Sunday, it's up to KC now, right? If they win LA is out, but what
about a draw?

On Oct 19, 7:49 am, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:

I'm not entirely sure about the tie-breakers, and it's pretty complex.
For example, if KC loses, then it roots for Chicago to beat LA, but if
it doesn't lose, it roots for LA. Here's an attempted breakdown:

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Los Angeles
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IN if they win & Colorado doesn't win
IN if they win & KC loses
OUT if they don't win
OUT if they win but Colorado also wins & KC doesn't lose

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Colorado
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IN if they win & KC loses
IN if they win & Chicago loses
OUT if they don't win
OUT if they win but Chicago & KC also win
TIED if they win but KC draws and Chicago doesn't lose
TIED if they win but KC wins and Chicago draws

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Kansas City
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IN if they win
IN if they draw & Colorado doesn't win
IN if they draw & Chicago loses
IN if they lose but LA and Colorado don't win
OUT if they lose and LA beats Chicago
OUT if they lose and Colorado wins
TIED if they draw but Colorado wins and Chicago doesn't lose

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Chicago
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IN if they win
IN if they draw & KC doesn't win
IN if they draw & Colorado doesn't win
IN if they lose but KC loses & Colorado doesn't win
TIED if they draw, while Colorado & KC win
OUT if they lose & KC doesn't
OUT if they lose & Colorado wins

Out of the 27 possible scenarios,
Kansas City -- makes playoffs in 20, tied in 2
Chicago -- makes playoffs in 19, tied in 1
LA -- makes playoffs in 7
Colorado -- makes playoffs in 5, tied in 3

Phew!
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<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:ffag5j$tr1$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].duke.edu...
LA is only eliminated before the game if Colorado wins and KC doesn't lose.
With a win they tie Chicago at 37 and win the tiebreaker (They win all
tiebreakers IIRC).

It's simple now: Donovan vs. Blanco on Sunday ... winner makes the
playoffs, loser is out, tie goes in Chicago's favor.

Colorado 0, RSL 1

RSL -- Robbie Findley 8 (Andy Williams 4) 87

In World Cup 02, after Friedel blocked Korea's penalty, George Edward
Pope Jr. slid in to sweep the ball away ... for me, this epitomized
his game: not especially attention-getting, but absolutely vital. In
today's game, there was an unbelievable double save from Rimando to
put the final nail in Colorado's season.

Dallas 0, Kansas City 2

KC -- Scott Sealy 6 (Davy Arnaud 8) 39
KC -- Scott Sealy 7 (Jack Jewsbury 3, Davy Arnaud 9) 55

Wizards clinch, Arnaud on fire. Dallas enters the playoffs in tatters.

DC 2, Columbus 3

CLB -- Robbie Rogers 2 (Guillermo Barros Schelotto 10) 21
CLB -- Alejandro Moreno 7 (Guillermo Barros Schelotto 11, Eddie Gaven
7) 66
DC -- Christian Gomez 9 (Fred 8, Ben Olsen 7) 89
CLB -- Robbie Rogers 3 (Alejandro Moreno 7) 91+
DC -- Christian Gomez 10 (penalty kick) 93+

Can't help thinking about the Zavagnin dive that won a pk and ended up
making the difference between the Wizards and Crew. Right now,
Columbus is the better team.

Chivas, Houston (late)

Hoping for a re-match in three weeks.

Toronto 2, New England 2

NE -- Michael Parkhurst 1 (unassisted) 47+
NE -- Taylor Twellman 16 (Steve Ralston 14) 47
TOR -- Collin Samuel 3 (unassisted) 59
TOR -- Danny Dichio 6 (Carl Robinson 4) 92+

TFC fans were ecstatic after this one ... if they ever score 3 goals
and win, they'll need to call in the Mounties.

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On Oct 20, 8:09 pm, PB <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

In case any Europeans need to infer home field, this should read
Blanco vs. Donovan. :-)

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On Oct 20, 10:09 pm, PB <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:


Moreno and Luciano Emilio both left the game with injuries and may be
out for the playoff opener. Ironically, Moreno says he hurt his foot
stepping on a seam in DCU's new non-baseball field.

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All-Time MLS Coaching Leaders, Win Pct
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1. Soehn, DC 0.650
2. Radosavljevic, Chivas 0.633
3. Kinnear, Houston 0.593
4. Arena, New York 0.587
5. Zambrano 0.584
6. Nowak 0.580
7. Bradley 0.557
8. Nicol, New England 0.554
9. Yallop, Los Angeles 0.552
10. Schmid, Columbus 0.540

Other active coaches ...
Osorio, Chicago 0.529
Morrow, Dallas 0.517
Onalfo, KC 0.483
Clavijo, Colorado 0.453
Johnston, Toronto 0.389
Kreis, RSL 0.365

*Doesn't include Sunday's game; min 10 games

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