MLS Playoffs

[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.