MLS Week 5

[Yohan]

A lot of exciting games last week, with plenty of great goals and wicked saves.

Week 4 Results

DC United 1-2 Columbus
-Would have been a goalfest if not for 2 GKs in fine form

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RSg8ltBD3w

New England 0-0 Sporting Kansas City

Montreal 1-0 New York

Houston 2-1 Vancouver

Dallas 2-0 Real Salt Lake

Los Angeles 1-0 Colorado

San Jose 1-0 Seattle

Chicago 1-4 Chivas USA

Week 5 Games

Saturday, Mar 30
Toronto - Los Angeles 2 pm ET
New York - Philadelphia 3:30 pm ET
New England - Dallas 4 pm ET
Colorado - Portland 6 pm ET
Sporting Kansas City - Montreal 8:30 pm ET
Houston - San Jose 8:30 pm ET
Real Salt Lake - Seattle 9 pm ET
Chivas USA - Vancouver 10:30 pm ET

[Yohan]

Standings after Week 4

Eastern Conference

#
Club
PTS
GP
PPG
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
HG
HGD
RG
RGD


1
Montreal Impact (http://www.impactmontreal.com/)
12
4
3
4
0
0
6
2
4
3
2
3
2


2
Columbus Crew (http://www.thecrew.com/)
7
4
1.75
2
1
1
7
4
3
1
0
6
3


3
Houston Dynamo (http://www.houstondynamo.com/)
6
3
2
2
1
0
6
4
2
4
3
2
-1


4
Philadelphia Union (http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/)
6
3
2
2
1
0
4
4
0
2
-1
2
1


5
Sporting Kansas City (http://www.sportingkc.com/)
5
4
1.25
1
1
2
4
3
1
0
0
4
1


6
D.C. United (http://www.dcunited.com/)
4
4
1
1
2
1
2
4
-2
2
0
0
-2


7
New England Revolution (http://revolutionsoccer.net/)
4
3
1.33
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0


8
Toronto FC (http://www.torontofc.ca/)
3
3
1
1
2
0
3
4
-1
2
1
1
-2


9
New York Red Bulls (http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/)
2
4
0.5
0
2
2
4
6
-2
0
0
4
-2


10
Chicago Fire (http://www.chicago-fire.com/)
1
4
0.25
0
3
1
1
9
-8
1
-4
0
-4

[Yohan]

Western Conference

#
Club
PTS
GP
PPG
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
HG
HGD
RG
RGD


1
FC Dallas (http://www.fcdallas.com/)
9
4
2.25
3
1
0
7
5
2
6
4
1
-2


2
Chivas USA (http://www.cdchivasusa.com/)
7
4
1.75
2
1
1
8
6
2
3
-1
5
3


3
LA Galaxy (http://www.lagalaxy.com/)
7
3
2.33
2
0
1
6
1
5
6
5
0
0


4
San Jose Earthquakes (http://www.sjearthquakes.com/)
7
4
1.75
2
1
1
4
4
0
3
0
1
0


5
Vancouver Whitecaps (http://www.whitecapsfc.com/)
6
3
2
2
1
0
4
3
1
3
2
1
-1


6
Real Salt Lake (http://www.realsaltlake.com/)
4
4
1
1
2
1
3
4
-1
1
0
2
-1


7
Portland Timbers (http://www.portlandtimbers.com/)
2
3
0.67
0
1
2
5
6
-1
4
-1
1
0


8
Colorado Rapids (http://www.coloradorapids.com/)
1
4
0.25
0
3
1
2
5
-3
1
-1
1
-2


9
Seattle Sounders FC (http://www.soundersfc.com/)
1
3
0.33
0
2
1
1
3
-2
1
-1
0
-1

[Abou Sky]

I can't believe MTL has gone 4 in a row to start the season, best Toronto has EVER done is 3.

[HuTor]

I can't believe MTL has gone 4 in a row to start the season, best Toronto has EVER done is 3.

No problem, next year we'll start the season by winning 5 in row.
... If not next year, still not a big deal, but I'm ready to bet $1,000 that this will happen at least once in the next 30 seasons! :scarf:

[Yohan]

Another reason why I love Chelis. He is a honeybadger. He does not give a fuck

http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/attachments/chelis-jpg.11939/

[Yohan]

My power rankings

1. Montreal
-Someone in MLS will hopefully figure out that the key to shutting down Montreal is not Dive-aio, but Bernier who had another assist.

2. Los Angeles
-Could have done better vs Rapids at home, but it's scary just how much quality depth LA has. Will need that depth if Keane is out for a while.

3. Houston
-Gutsy comeback win against Vancouver with 3 key players missing.

4. Dallas
-Winning ugly is still a win. Did anyone think Dallas would be at the top of Western Conference, even if early in season?

5. Vancouver
-Giving up 2 goals in 6 mins will not make Rennie happy. And captain for the day Reo Coker having a go at Mattocks already. Hrm.

6. San Jose
-Wondo scores a wonder strike and could have had another if not for a great save. Wondo about to catch form? Look out...

7. Seattle
-It is pretty clear that Seattle has CCL in mind right now. Worst Seattle start in MLS right now, with just 1 pt.

8. Chivas USA
-I'm officially a Chelis believer. Chivas USA doesn't play pretty, but they are getting results by sheer guts and willpower. 4 goals on the road is a statement, no matter who you play.

9. Columbus
-Road win is always a good result. And Higuain is magic.

10. Sporting Kansas City
-Good thing is that SKC kept a road clean sheet. Bad thing is that the vaunted SKC offence haven't scored a goal in 2 games in a row.

11. Real Salt Lake
-Yes, losing 5 players to MNT duty hurts, but RSL looked flat against Dallas. And Robbie Findley may be the bust of the season at this rate.

12. Philadelphia Union
-Bye bye Adu. Hello Kleberson.

13. New England
-Drawing SKC and keeping clean sheet is not bad

14. DC United
-If it wasn't for Bill Hamid, DC would have been crushed by Columbus at home.

15. Portland
-The question is, will Silvestre make another hilarious gaff this week?

16. Toronto
-A week off may be just what TFC need to gell the team some more and face a tough test vs LA.

17. New York
-Promising debut for Luyindula, but you gotta put away sitters. Oh, and no Henry.

18. Colorado
-Former CSLer Clint Irwin is making a name for himself at Colorado and making Pickens injury not so bad, but that's about all Colorado has going right now.

19. Chicago
-Klopas is officially likely the first manager to get fired this season.

[Yohan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YORqN5eitrE

[jloome]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YORqN5eitrE

Geez, what a week. All great goals; even those two bottom corner finishes were hella impressive.

[Yohan]

PRO (ref organization in US) verdict that Kyle Porter's goal was incorrectly waved off

http://www.proreferees.com/news-play-of-the-week---wk4.php

Just impressed that the refs are being held accounted for, at least review of contentional calls

[FluSH]

I'll be cheering for Sporting KC to take down MTL! lol

[Yohan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kxybC-G5qA

[Yohan]

And FCD response...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dDVLmPuQ1-g#!

[FluSH]

And FCD response...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dDVLmPuQ1-g#!

Haha that was quite funny...

[Detroit_TFC]

That was hilarious and also hilarious that there is a bar named Staggering Irishman.

[Yohan]

Looks like a week of golazos again. First Villareal, Henry had a decent one and now Dillon Powers with a laser.

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/177883/1/watch-colorado-rapids-vs-portland-timbers.html

Rapids vs Timbers now

[Yohan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0bovIe8PIU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOB8oda08kg

[Yohan]

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/177951/1/watch-kansas-city-vs-montreal-impact.html

Montreal at SKC

Bieler with classy finish to put SKC up 1-0 early

[OgtheDim]

Bernier makes a bad pass and pays for it. The Impact defence looked slow on that one - backing up. Typical KC goal though - pace.

[Abou Sky]

You can tell KC studies the hell out of their opponents. They are not letting limpact play their game

[Abou Sky]

When he isn't playing against us, I REALLY like Zusi, like WOW

[Yohan]

When he isn't playing against us, I REALLY like Zusi, like WOW
and what an individual effort for his goal. 2-0 KC. game over

and Schallibaum got tossed for throwing water bottle at the official. what a twat

[Abou Sky]

haha, Shaullibaum (SP?) got ejected for throwing water at a ref, in fairness, who hasn't wanted to do that?

[Yohan]

haha, Shaullibaum (SP?) got ejected for throwing water at a ref, in fairness, who hasn't wanted to do that?
except Schallibaum is a twat. my least favourite MLS coach by far

[OgtheDim]

haha, Shaullibaum (SP?) got ejected for throwing water at a ref, in fairness, who hasn't wanted to do that?

If he did that in Europe, he'd be fired.

I hope MLS gives him a nice long suspension....5 games at least.

You can not do that.

[OgtheDim]

Plata missed two break aways and a couple of sitters. Seattle comes back to make it 2-1.

[Daze]

that team is slowly becoming our very own chelsea; expensive, defensive, shit fans, numerous managers who cause lots of controversy, and an absolutely ridiculous, meddling, self-promoting(seriously, there was a "joey Saputo Award" to the player who had played the most games for MTL. As well as "joey saputo day" celebrating 20 years of ownership from Joey) pompous asshole.

[Yohan]

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/177957/1/watch-chivas-usa-vs-ancouver-whitecaps.html

Vancouver at Chivas USA now

[Abou Sky]

Using the MLS Live 'multi game' thing for the first time, very cool!

[OgtheDim]

Yedlin for Seattle - bad hair but fast and good technically.

There was a moment there when I turned back to that game and he and Velasquez of RSL were battling for a ball; I thought I was watching 2 ex member's of Prince and the Revolution.

[Yohan]

Yedlin for Seattle - bad hair but fast and good technically.

There was a moment there when I turned back to that game and he and Velasquez of RSL were battling for a ball; I thought I was watching 2 ex member's of Prince and the Revolution.
Yedlin has potential USMNT RB skills. defending needs work and needs to bulk up

[Yohan]

Avila... you needed to put that one away. missing a sitter

[OgtheDim]

Somebody please get Chivas a smaller stadium and a marketing budget.

[Daze]

I say cut your losses, send them to Orlando (or anywhere that can manage 15k + per game) and set up the cosmos as the 20th team.

[Yohan]

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/03/30/mls-goal-timeline-march-30-2013-watch-all-goals-mls

All goals from today's game

[Yohan]

Eric Avila with a nice volley. 2-0 Chivas USA

1 goal, 2 assists in 5 games so far

[Auzzy]

KC easily should have had 5 goals against Montreal. Repeatedly carved open the Impact with ease, but some really horrendous finishing made this game less embarrassing than it should have been for the Impact.

Some stats KC - Montreal:
Attempts on goal 21 v. 6
Shots on target 6 v. 1
Crosses 16 v. 8
That's despite possession, no. of passes, and passing accuracy all being pretty equal.

[MarkEightThree]

KC easily should have had 5 goals against Montreal. Repeatedly carved open the Impact with ease, but some really horrendous finishing made this game less embarrassing than it should have been for the Impact.

Some stats KC - Montreal:
Attempts on goal 21 v. 6
Shots on target 6 v. 1
Crosses 16 v. 8
That's despite possession, no. of passes, and passing accuracy all being pretty equal.

Did you see the Schallibaum bottle-throwing ejection? It was the weirdest thing. The ref calls him over and asks him to leave and he just calmly obliges with a sort-of "Oh, you saw that. Okay, well take care and I'll see you later" response.

[Auzzy]

Did you see the Schallibaum bottle-throwing ejection? It was the weirdest thing. The ref calls him over and asks him to leave and he just calmly obliges with a sort-of "Oh, you saw that. Okay, well take care and I'll see you later" response.

I haven't actually seen it, although I was interested! It's not shown on the MLS highlights. I guess I could check MLS Live.

[FluSH]

First of all, Everyone needs to get MLSLive... Well worth it!

just finished watching the condensed match of KC vs Limpact... And wow. Sporting KC was all over Limpact, the game should have been 5-0

Bieler is a beast! The stadium was packed to the rafters... What a differance from 2010

[PopePouri]

DeMerit's loss is massive for Vancouver. They have no one else that really dominates that CB position. Like I said, they'll score but they'll leak plenty.

[Yohan]

First of all, Everyone needs to get MLSLive... Well worth it!

hah! my plan to slowly convert TFC supporters into watching other MLS games is working! ;)

[FluSH]

hah! my plan to slowly convert TFC supporters into watching other MLS games is working! ;)

LoL I must admit it was a tough pill to swallow forking over the dough for MLSLive... But I am so glad that I did!

[Yohan]

LoL I must admit it was a tough pill to swallow forking over the dough for MLSLive... But I am so glad that I did!
and with multi view thing, you can follow up to 3 games simultaneously!

[Daze]

DeMerit's loss is massive for Vancouver. They have no one else that really dominates that CB position. Like I said, they'll score but they'll leak plenty.

wouldn't totally agree with that. It's only been a few games but the few times I saw Rusin he's been pretty good.

[Alonso]

First of all, Everyone needs to get MLSLive... Well worth it!

just finished watching the condensed match of KC vs Limpact... And wow. Sporting KC was all over Limpact, the game should have been 5-0

Bieler is a beast! The stadium was packed to the rafters... What a differance from 2010


Completely agree.

It's a good way to have a look at the rest of the league.

[MarkEightThree]

Yea MLS Live has been pretty awesome so far, especially for guys without cable like myself. If you want to watch the blacked out TFC games it's worth looking into Unblock-US for $5 a month. Plus you get to use the American Netflix! Lots of cool stuff like the Jay Demerit story, QPR: Four-Year Plan [with Hogan Ephraim cameo!], Workaholics and It's Always Sunny.

[dutch]

explain this blackout tfc game stuff? I thought that was the whole point. TO get every game. 5 bucks a month is a hell of alot to unblock a few games when you consider your already paying 8 bucks a month for the service

[Yohan]

explain this blackout tfc game stuff? I thought that was the whole point. TO get every game. 5 bucks a month is a hell of alot to unblock a few games when you consider your already paying 8 bucks a month for the service
no national game broadcasts on MLS Live. part of scheme to drive up rating numbers on TSN/ESPN/NBC