Major League Soccer

of fucking course, the first Orlando City squad that looks like it might be quality happens during a global pandemic ;)

woohoo, on to quarterfinals. this OC team is legit, just still need a more solid striker at the back. also Nani has been kind of off his game.

Nerve-racked for the second half vs LAFC

OH MY FUCKING GOOOOD

semi-finals against Minnesota. weather delay. meh

FINALS BABYYYYYYYYYYYY

TV coverage not realising Orlando had scored until a full two minutes after play had resumed - the MLS is back, baby.

That made me so fucking mad

But HEY WE BEAT ATLLLLL

It's a pretty regular thing ime, the broadcast will be f-ing around with a replay or some BS and a goal will be scored off-screen.

Fire had about 15 mins of good play tonight and that wasn't nearly enough, even though it seems like nycfc is mostly bad too. Them playing at Red Bull arena is hilarious.

Also to save money the away team broadcasters (well, for the Fire at least) are rarely on site even in non pandemic times.

amazing what having to play on a real field does to the Pigeons

mega LOLs today with Brad Guzan failing to save a ball shot directly at him and appearing to shit the ball into the goal

It was a bizarre situation. Junior Urso scored and the ref seemed to have ruled the goal out, so he started complaining and play restarted off-screen. The commentators were discussing why it might have been chalked off and were told later that it had counted. idk how they got all the players back in their own halves and kicked off again in the time it took to show a replay.

The referee was appalling. An Atlanta player was kicked by a high foot hard enough to leave stud marks in his neck, while in the penalty box - the ref gave nothing, was told to look at it again on screen, and still gave nothing. Orlando deserved to win overall, though.

I'm not used to my boys being good. Enjoying this while it lasts

Blowing a lead in both the last two games and leaving 4 points on the field...fuck.

Against Atlanta's awful team even worse. They had zero attack but it just takes 1.

Sorry dan m

What do you mean, it's been like this for years

year is a clusterfuck. asterix or no, thrilled beyond fuck for us to have 38 points in 21 matches.

Cincinatti, meanwhile, got shut out for the 14th time in 22 games, and have only 11 goals this year. the record for fewest was DC in 2010 with 21 in a 30 game season. yowch.

That Orlando v NYC penalty shootout was probably the most farcical sporting moment I've ever seen

Utterly ridiculous.

I'm happy we won but for a ref to not know the rules...and he's a two time referee of the year winner

The fact he didn't realise another penalty needed to be taken was *chefs kiss*

Glad Orlando won though, they got gypped for the keeper being sent off. What utterly repugnant refereeing. Hilarious seeing the Orlando manager dancing into the tunnel in sheer delight only having to come out and relive the anxiety again tbh

Oh yes let's not forget that he forgot they can't bring on a sub keeper cos they used all their subs!

Lol yea. I understood why OCSC was confused (the game initially "ended" on a NYCFC miss so the misremembered that they were actually shooting second) but the ref not realizing was ridic. NYCFC having to point at the scoreboard, lol

Having a CB make a game winning save is a new one.

Orlando is selling a special goalkeeper kit for Schlegel now lolol. Took them no time at all

He was probably off his line though too!

Weird disconnect seeing a lot of people at that game only to go back to Columbus Crew where the stands are empty. Go Florida! You obviously got this!

Most entertaining league in the world

lol @ all of the articles coming out sharing PRO's defense of the ref clarifying a) why Gallese got a yellow (MLS still using 19/20 rules as season started in 19/20 season) and b) why Rowe couldn't be subbed in. Fair enough on A, but the reason everybody was yelling at how bad the ref was had less to do with his calls and more to do with him seeming not to know any of the rules and going back and forth no less than twice on whether Rowe could come on, or signaling game over at 5-5. his handling of the Rowe situation felt like it took a half hour.

Two goals in stoppage of KC vs SJ was wild, just starting extra time now.

Toronto vs Nashville in Connecticut is very MLS

Nashville is America's Team.

lol at nut-kick with studs not being a red card

also lol at Philly

this holds, my boys get an unexpected 2nd round home match

I like Jim Curtin (former Fire player from when I was first getting into following them) and I really hate New England (olde tyme Fire rival from that same era)

That said if Bruce Arena can win with New England, that's a definite accomplishment

Philly choked. wow. my boys get an unexpected 2nd home playoff match. a winnable one!

i think we coulda taken PHilly too tho

Philly was so bad, very surprising

I think the only team I have left to root for is Minnesota, maybe LAFC if they win tonight

A friend who bets on MLS (lol) pointed out that New England has the best away record in the league, which this year is saying something given the way teams fly in and fly out on the same day

yeah, Orlando's first road game post-restart, they looked completely zonked due to the 4 hour same day bus ride to Miami

fuck nycfc

https://theathletic.com/2213536/2020/11/23/david-villa-nycfc-alleged-harassment/

ugh.

Yikes

pic.twitter.com/2tWLwzBQP3

— MLS Images That Preceded Unfortunate Events (@ImagesMls) November 29, 2020

Idk what the fuck he was thinking

Fuck's sake Minnesota

Good to see the Loons join the long tradition of Minnesota sports failures.

i'm still crushed by our choke session against New England, but happy we had such a good year

Seattle, what a boring result