MLS Playoffs

[killersheep]

Coming up here in a few weeks are the MLS playoffs. If any of you are even remotely interested in the MLS this will be the time to watch.

Schedule as follows
October 28-31 Conference Semi's 1st leg
November 4-7 Conference Semi's 2nd Leg
November 11-14 Conference Finals
November 21st MLS CUP - BMO Field Toronto

Teams Playing
East
1. New York Red Bulls
2. Columbus Crew

West
1. LA Galaxy
2. Real Salt Lake

Wild Cards
1. FC Dallas
2. Seattle Sounders
3. Colorado Rapids
4. San Jose Earthquakes

As it stands now (all four wild card teams are in the Western Conference) FC Dallas and Seattle will be playing in the Western Bracket, while the Rapids and Quakes will be playing in the Eastern bracket.

So the brackets should look something like this (may change as there are a few games left):

West Bracket
LA Galaxy............\
Seattle Sounders..../

Real Salt Lake......\
FC Dallas............/

East Bracket
New York Red Bulls.......\
San Jose Earthquakes.../

Columbus Crew..........\
Colorado Rapids........./

Two game home and home aggregate for the first round.

[killersheep]

Since I have this thread all to myself I guess I should put the Concacaf Champions League on here as well

Concacaf Champions League

Qualification Round (two game home and home aggregate)
Brujas (Primera Division Costa Rica) 4 vs. Joe Public (TT Pro League) 6
Metapan (Primera Division El Salvador) 1 vs. Seattle Sounders (MLS - USA) 2
Club Xelaju MC (Liga Nacional Guatemala) 1 vs. CD FAS (Primera Division El Salvador) 3
Motagua (Liga Nacional Honduras) 2 vs. Toronto FC (MLS - Canada) 3
San Francisco FC (Liga Panamena de Futbol) 2 vs. Cruz Azul (Primera Division Mexico) 9
Tauro (Liga Panamena de Futbol) 2 vs. Marathon (Liga Nacional Honduras) 4
San Juan Jabloteh (TT Pro League) 0 vs. Santos (Primera Division Mexico) 6
LA Galaxy (MLS - USA) 3 vs. Puerto Rico Islanders (USL - Puerto Rico) 5

Automatic Group Round Entry
Real Salt Lake (MLS - USA) MLS Cup Champion
Columbus Crew (MLS - USA) MLS Supporters Shield Champion
Toluca (Primera Division Mexico) Mexican Clausura Champion
Monterrey (Primera Division Mexico) Mexican Apertura Champion
Saprissa (Primera Division Costa Rica) Costa Rican Verano Champion
Olimpia (Liga Nacional Honduras) Honduran Clausura Champion
Arabe Unido (Liga Panamena de Futbol) Panamanian Clausura Champion
Municipal (Liga Nacional Guatemala) Guatemala Clausura Champion

Group Round (two game home and home 0,1,3 score)
Group A
Real Salt Lake (MLS - USA) 13 points
Cruz Azul (Primera Division Mexico) 10 points
Toronto FC (MLS - Canada) 8 points - eliminated
Arabe Unido (Liga Panamena) 3 points - eliminated

Group B
Santos (Primera Division Mexico) - 13 points
Columbus Crew (MLS - USA) - 12 points
Municipal (Liga Nacional Guatemala) - 8 points - eliminated
Joe Public (TT Pro League) - 1 point - eliminated

Group C
Monterrey (Primera Division Mexico) - 16 points
Saprissa (Primera Division Costa Rica) - 10 points
Marathon (Liga Nacional Honduras) - 6 points - eliminated
Seattle Sounders (MLS - USA) - 3 points - eliminated

Group D
Olimpia (Liga Nacional Honduras) - 13 points
Toluca (Primera Division Mexico) - 10 points
Puerto Rico Islanders (USL - Puerto Rico) - 8 points - eliminated
CD FAS (Primera Division el Salvador) - 2 points - eliminated

[killersheep]

Upcoming schedule

10/19/10
Toronto FC 1 vs. 0 Arabe Unido Full Time (Concacaf Group A)
Santos 6 vs. 1 Municipal Full Time (Concacaf Group B)
Real Salt Lake 3 vs. 1 Cruz Azul Full Time (Concacaf Group A)
Seattle Sounders 1 vs. 2 Saprissa Full Time(Concacaf Group C)

10/20/10
Toluca 5 vs. 0 CD FAS Full Time (Concacaf Group D)
Marathon 0 vs. 1 Monterrey Full Time (Concacaf Group C)
Olimpia 3 vs. 0 Puerto Rico Islanders Full Time (Concacaf Group D)

10/21/10
Joe Public 1 vs. 4 Columbus Crew Full time (Concacaf Group B)

10/28/10
Conference Semifinals, 1st leg (MLS Playoffs)
Columbus Crew 0 @ 1 Colorado Rapids Full Time

10/30/10
Conference Semifinals, 1st leg (MLS Playoffs)
Real Salt Lake 1 @ 2 Dallas Full Time
New York Red Bulls 1 @ 0 San Jose Full Time

10/31/10
Conference Semifinals, 1st leg (MLS Playoffs)
LA Galaxy 1 @ 0 Seattle Sounders Full Time

11/4/10
Conference Semifinals, 2nd leg (MLS Playoffs)
San Jose 3 @ 1 New York Red Bulls Full Time

11/6/10
Conference Semifinals, 2nd leg (MLS Playoffs)
Colorado 1(5) @ 2(4) Colombus Full Time+AET+Penalties
FC Dallas 1 @ 1 Real Salt Lake Full Time

11/7/10
Conference Semifinals, 2nd leg (MLS Playoffs)
Seattle 1 @ 2 LA Galaxy Half Time

11/13/10
Eastern Conference Finals (MLS Playoffs)
San Jose Earthquakes 0 vs. 1 Colorado Rapids Full Time

11/14/10
Western Conference Finals (MLS Playoffs)
FC Dallas 3 vs 0 LA Galaxy Full Time

11/21/10
MLS Cup (MLS Playoffs)
FC Dallas 1 vs. 2 Colorado Rapids Full Time

2/22/11
Quarterfinal - First Leg (Concacaf Champions League)
Columbus Crew vs. Real Salt Lake
Cruz Azul vs. Santos

2/23/11
Quarterfinal - First Leg (Concacaf Champions League)
Toluca vs. Monterrey

2/24/11
Quarterfinal - First Leg (Concacaf Champions League)
Saprissa vs. Olimpia

3/1/11
Quarterfinal - Second Leg (Concacaf Champions League)
Santos vs. Olimpia
Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus Crew

3/2/11
Quarterfinal - Second Leg (Concacaf Champions League)
Monterrey vs. Toluca

3/3/11
Quarterfinal - Second Leg (Concacaf Champions League)
Olimpia vs. Saprissa

3/15-17/11
Semifinal - First Leg (Concacaf Champions League)

4/5-7/11
Semifinal - Second Leg (Concacaf Champions League)

4/19-21/11
Final - First Leg (Concacaf Champions League)

4/26-28/11
Final - Second Leg (Concacaf Champions League)

[Drago]

i think one of the problems us europeans have with MLS is that live games are in the middle of the night, i mean i can watch football all day @ the weekend if i wanted - english, scottish, italian, spanish, dutch. i will never get my head around groups? just have a league then we can see who really is the best team & i think there would be more interest around the world.

[killersheep]

i think one of the problems us europeans have with MLS is that live games are in the middle of the night, i mean i can watch football all day @ the weekend if i wanted - english, scottish, italian, spanish, dutch. i will never get my head around groups? just have a league then we can see who really is the best team & i think there would be more interest around the world.

It's really an American thing, because the country is so massive, the powers that be decided to split into two divisions East and West. The Concacaf Champions League is a simplified version of the UEFA Champions league.

[killersheep]

MLS Playoff bracket



Regular Season results

LA Galaxy (West) (1st West) - Eliminated
59 pts (18w-7l-5d) 18 GD

Real Salt Lake (West) (2nd West) - Eliminated
56 pts (15w-4l-11d) 25 GD

New York Red Bulls (East) (1st East) - Eliminated
51 pts (15w-9l-6d) 9 GD

Columbus Crew (East) (2nd East) - Eliminated
50 pts (14w-8l-8d) 6 GD

FC Dallas (West) (3rd West)
50 pts (12w-4l-14d) 14 GD

Seattle Sounders (West) (4th West) - Eliminated
48 pts (14w-10l-6d) 4 GD

San Jose Earthquakes (West) (3rd East) - Eliminated
46 pts (13w-10l-7d) 1GD

Colorado Rapids (West) (4th East)
46 pts (12w-8l-10d) 12 GD

[killersheep]

CONCACAF Playoff Bracket

[killersheep]

Playoffs opening kick starts in about 15 minutes

Colorado Rapids hosting Columbus Crew

Rapids at -110
Crew at -120

Crew would normally be heavy favorites, but starting GK Wil Hesmer is out with a fractured right shoulder.

Colorado's power forwards Conor Casey and Omar Cummings may be able to capitalize on that.

My money is still on the Crew with their more intelligent play (as opposed to Colorado's brute force tactics)

Beautiful quick double pass from Colorado - Cummings to Casey to Mastroeni right in the net
GOAL Mastroeni 24'
1-0 Colorado
Half Time - Colorado really dominated the first half, Crew not getting posession, not getting a rhythm and just giving in to Colorado's bully style.
Fulltime
1-0 Colorado
Columbus gave a good effort to close it out and were robbed of corner that could of equalized.

[No Contest]

Columbus hasnt been able to do shit. Sorry but LA Galaxy are gonna beat your Sounders.

[killersheep]

Columbus hasnt been able to do shit. Sorry but LA Galaxy are gonna beat your Sounders.

Galaxy is gonna get embarresed worse than their game against the Islanders in Concacaf Champions League.

Colombus almost a chance here in the closing minutes, most of the game I've had RHCP "Give it Away" stuck in my head.

[No Contest]

We beat Seattle this season, and that was without Beckham.

[killersheep]

We beat Seattle this season, and that was without Beckham.

Ancient history man, it's all about the momentum now

[killersheep]

Two Games today 10/30/10

FC Dallas hosts Real Salt Lake @ 5:00pm EST
The defending champs Real Salt Lake in their playoff opener, FC Dallas will need to rack up a large margin this game to have a chance in aggregate.
Odds
FC Dallas = +110
Real Salt Lake = -140
Draw = +225
1st half
Espindola receives a nice looping pass cuts back and fires a left foot rocket into the upper left corner from outside the box GOAL 5'
1-0 RSL
Cunningham works his way against 3 defenders in the box taps it in to the lower right corner GOAL 44'
1-1
Half Time - very even first half, tons of turnovers in the midfield, after heavy early pressure from RSL, FCD started to break through with multiple shots on goal in the last 10 minutes. be interesting to see how both teams react in the second half.
Second half
Morales (RSL) gets a second yellow from a high challenge on to red, RSL down to 10 men. 50'
Attiba Harris (FCD) heavy challenge with an elbow to the head straight to red 10 men for each side 75'
Avila (FCD) makes a mad dash from mid field into the box strong right leg bullet GOAL 88'
Full Time - RSL really playing nothing but defense for most of the second half until an extra time heavy push but to no avail.

San Jose Earthquakes hosts New York Red Bulls @ 10:00pm EST
Thierry Henry is ruled out of this game, so Angel and Richards need to fill the role, two of the faster more dangerous strikers in the league in key games. San Jose brings Wondolowski the 2010 Golden Boot winner with 4 goals in the last week of play to surpass season long front runner Edson Buddle.
The quakes also has a very tight defense. This should be a very entertaining match.
Odds
San Jose Earthquakes = -105
New York Red Bulls = -125
Draw = +225
First Half
both sides double team key players and the play is limited to the midfield.
Half Time
Second Half.
Lindpere GOAL 56'
1-0 Red Bulls
Full Time

[No Contest]

Sorry about tommorrows 3-1 beating.

[killersheep]

Sorry about tommorrows 3-1 beating.

You want a sigi bet on here, something simple like you win, I put a Galaxy logo, I win you put a sounders logo?