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