Uneven Schedule
I just looked at the standings and realised that as of right now NE has played 5 games to our 8, and only 1 home game so far to our 5.
It will modify a bit today as they have a home game this afternoon, but it sure is strange to have a 4 home game difference (3 after today's) in a schedule.
It's also significant that we've picked up only 8 of 15 possible points at home.
In a 30-game schedule to have a few more/less between teams at this time of the year is normal...
If it gets to the point that one team has played 28-games, and another 22-games - then you have a problem - for a few reasons... But for now, it happens...
The points at home, definitely concerning as we have never been (only 2 years I know) a strong road squad...
Carts...
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There are definitely some unbalanced schedules out there, if you look at Houston, for example in August.
But when NE has 8 or 9 home games between May and September in summer weather, and when a huge chunk of our games were in windy sub 5 degree weather.. it doesnt seem fair at all
Originally Posted by dcdcdc
Not fair to the ones having to sit in the cold. But it should have been an unfair advantage in TFC's favour. I guess that's what we get for pre-season in a warm climate.
The Gold Cup really made the schedule difficult for MLS this year.
Wow. That is interesting. Good catch.
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our schedule is set up so we have lots of room for those CONCACAF champions league games after we win the Nutrilite
Fair to whom, exactly? Both teams had to play in said weather...
I think we asked for more home games earlier on in the season. They didn't like that every year they are on the road for the first 3 or 4 games.
sometimes I'm amazed when I think back to Season 1... and our first home game was May 12!
think about that.... at this stage of the year in 2007 we hadn't set foot in BMO.
Whether it's Gold Cup this year, or World Cup next year, the MLS should just take a hiatus during these international events.
I'm not a fan of unbalanced schedules and missing copious amounts of players to much more significant tournaments.
Ok. Fix it Don.
It was April 26th or 28th I think in 2007
April 19th in 2008
Last edited by Nuvinho; 05-03-2009 at 12:21 PM.
Our "grand opening weekend" was May 12, when Danny scored that goal but it wasn't really our first game since we had a home game a couple weeks before agasint KC (Johnson scored). Never quite understood that one, I guess someone went to a psychic before the season started and wanted our first win to be remembered...
oops, forgot about that one!
guess I banished the Eddie Johnson goal from my mind. But the KC game in 2007 was April 28... so the KKKrew game yesterday would have been our first or second game at home if we stuck by the same sort of scheduling as 2007. We would have missed all that crap weather.
p.s. one good thing about all the early league games is that we are much further into our schedule than Montreal and Vancouver. should be in a more competitive zone than these teams.
Vancouver in particular... Montreal obviously had that CCL series to get them up to speed, although even they had a massive period off before getting back to USL competition. but Vanny really only has played a few competitive games this year (USL matches). Hopefully this means they aren't quite in sync yet
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Let's remember that with some teams groundsharing with other sport teams, our schedule is going to be affected as the league works around them. KC at Community America Ballpark is a good example.
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i will like toronto fc to play the fist 6 game on road next year
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