Major League Soccer

Good thing their fans are entertaining b/c the team is dogshit.

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Philadelphia Union 1 - 0 Chicago
36' Sébastien Le Toux 1 - 0

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Nice to see Richards growing up in his play. Also, the Henry-to-Lindpere-to-Henry play was a ballet.

xp I never said the Fire weren't dogshit, that game was so so painful :(

watching the highlights now confirms a pretty clear handball led to Philly's goal too, oh well

TFC firing Preki and Mo Johnston.

*Pos +/- GP W D L PTS PPG GPG GF GA GD LAST 5
*1 Los Angeles Galaxy (W1) Clinched MLS Cup berth 25 15 5 5 50 2.0 1.5 38 19 19 L L D W W
*2 Real Salt Lake (W2) 25 13 8 4 47 1.9 1.5 38 16 22 W D W D W
*3 Columbus Crew (E1) 25 13 5 7 44 1.8 1.3 33 27 6 W D W L L
*4 FC Dallas 24 10 12 2 42 1.8 1.3 31 19 12 W D W D D
*5 Red Bull New York (E2) 25 12 5 8 41 1.6 1.3 32 27 5 W W L W D
*6 Colorado Rapids 24 10 7 7 37 1.5 1.3 32 24 8 L W W L W
*7 San Jose Earthquakes 23 10 6 7 36 1.6 1.1 25 23 2 W L W D W
*8 Seattle Sounders FC 25 10 6 9 36 1.4 1.2 30 29 1 D W L D W
*9 Toronto FC 1 25 8 7 10 31 1.2 1.0 24 28 -4 D L D L W
*10 Kansas City Wizards 23 8 6 9 30 1.3 1.0 24 24 0 L W W D W
*11 Chicago Fire 23 6 8 9 26 1.1 1.2 28 31 -3 L D D L L
*12 Chivas USA 24 7 4 13 25 1.0 1.0 25 31 -6 L W L W L
*13 Philadelphia Union 24 6 6 12 24 1.0 1.1 27 39 -12 L W D W L
*14 New England Revolution 24 7 3 14 24 1.0 1.0 24 41 -17 L L W L L
*15 Houston Dynamo 24 6 5 13 23 0.9 1.2 29 40 -11 L W L L L
*16 DC United 25 5 3 17 18 0.7 0.7 17 39 -22 W L L W L

srsly sick of these fuckin threads clogign up SNA tbh fwiw?

Top 8 go to playoffs, btw. Not looking so hot for my Fire, tho with the Sounders in town this weekend they can maybe make a big jump. Excellent job pasting Cbus by the way, guys.

xp lol

should've used the fuckin code tag on that table maybe

anyway it's here if you haven't seen it: http://www.settingthetable.info/home.asp

Setanta Sports showed the Fire v RSL game on sunday night

god it was awful

yeah i didnt watch it myself but i saw the highlights. conde looked not in the least bit bothered at getting sent off.

GAME OF THE CENTURY
LA VS NY
EPIC SHOWDOWN
BATTLE OF ALL PLAYERS THAT ARE DESIGNATED
EXCEPT HENRY BECAUSE HE KICKED THAT GUY
THIS FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY

seriously the promo for this shit is getting silly

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5012599400_2770b602ce.jpg

great piece on rising ticket prices in MLS, something that troubles yours truly just a bit

http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/09/22/ticket-pricing-love-and-alienation-in-toronto/

xp Needs a snappier title, the GG series all have what I'm pretty sure are well-known song lyrics as titles, so someone is going to have to do better than "OMFG".

Anyone watching the Houston vs. KS Wizards game?

I love the Wizards!

and I hate all Houston/Dallas professional sports teams.

i am a teal bunburry fan

A Dynamo win would've been good for the Fire. Crazy match tho.

And how about the Sounders blowing a 2-0 lead in champions league? I didn't realize Humberto Suazo was back with Monterrey.

LAvNY is also going to be on ESPN3 streaming, in case you're like me and don't have a television that is connected to cable.

I was wrong and now I can't find a stream!

starts in 40 minutes i thought?

yeah uh... ignore me its up on espn3...

typical MLS-big-game energetic start

Galolaxy looked like Bangladesh playing a man down.

I have heard through the grapevine there are a bunch of Seattle fans in Chicago for the game today. Hope they're enjoying being in a real city.

...and Toronto is def. out of the playoffs. Now all of my hopes and dreams are focused on the Wizards.

Fire are prolly out too, caving to Seattle in the final 2 minutes just like they've done over and over all season.

http://i56.tinypic.com/elbtrp.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/smx955.jpg

1st pic is so perfectly composed, gonna paint it on my wall

It's no excuse as the Fire have been disgraceful most of the season, but this was at least like the 26th different defensive line-up all year, with a midfielder playing on the right and two rookies. It's become pretty blatant that coach doesn't really know what he's doing. smh

The one thing that didn't suck:

http://i52.tinypic.com/nwzsie.jpg

(fireball held by yours truly)

The Sounders had 3 wins, 9 losses, and 2 draws with Ljunberg as a starter (including losses to cellar dwellers Philadelphia, and D.C. United).  That's 11 points in 14 matches.

Without Ljunberg the Sounders have 8 wins, 1 loss, and 4 draws.  That's 28 points in 13 matches. 

With Ljunberg as a starter, the Fire have 1 win, 5 losses, and 2 draws.  That is 5 points in 8 matches. 

Without Ljunberg the Fire had 5 wins, 5 losses, and 6 draws.   That's 21 points in 16 matches. 

I know all Seattle fans are glad to be rid of the dude, but the Fire's problems go much, much deeper than that.

dan you probably saw this but the Super Mario thing got onto Deadspin:

http://deadspin.com/5648878/100+foot-super-mario-game-plays-out-in-mls-stands

I've heard it got picked up by NBC too. That's great and all, but I would have rather seen a win on the field in the end than any of it working as planned. :/

where in the fuck has that Fire been all year

http://i.eurosport.se/2009/04/05/511471-4187449-317-238.jpg

v SJ was his best game for the Fire yet, very nice goal and instead of bitching at the ref he was getting aggro at the opposing players

set up the other two goals as well

Sounders probably going to trounce Toronto today.

Yeah, seems pretty likely, as much as I want TFC to eke one out 'cause it'd help keep the Fire's meager playoff hopes alive. Of course, they'll have to get 3 on the road against a Dallas team that hasn't lost a game since like April or so for any other result to matter.

Out of the three clubs at the bottom of the playoff picture (Seattle, Colorado, and SJ iirc) I predict one will blow it and drop out of the race.

Well, Fire're still pretty much fucked.

In other news, this interview gives a glimpse of the structure of the re-emerging reserve league for next season, something that's been sorely missed imo:

http://www.examiner.com/soccer-in-national/columbus-crew-s-brian-bliss-talks-about-the-new-mls-reserve-league

http://www.topix.com/forum/us-soccer/san-jose-earthquakes/TH2LTNR62T9KNA8KJ

lol

u seattleites going to the cup final tonight?