My only disappointment was that Beckham scored his penalty. Landycakes missing his (and Buddle too) was just fuckin hilarious- it took me forever to get to sleep as I was so happy the twat had cost his team the cup.
My only disappointment was that Beckham scored his penalty. Landycakes missing his (and Buddle too) was just fuckin hilarious- it took me forever to get to sleep as I was so happy the twat had cost his team the cup.
FSL were dead.
They had a 3% chance of making the playoffs after the TFC game, what were the odds of them making it, and then winning 4 more games against top teams
Less than 1% for sure.
Even though MLS has more parity than any league I know, this was the flukiest thing I've ever seen in sports.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
I also though the LA Gals winning would be best for the league...Originally Posted by flatpicker
but it was awesome when Landycakes skied that shot.
Buddle's attempt was pretty weak as well.
I thought the Production Quality was top notch. Looked like a big league event, which helps the credibility of the league, I'll be curious to see what the TV numbers were like. Eagles vs. Bears was the only real competition.
Uh? You must be talking about PVR right? GOL carried the ESPN feed right up until the trophy celebration etc, and called it a night there before joining programming in progress?
Kudos to Garber for keeping his yap relatively shut when presenting the trophy. I still think that the commish shouldn't say anything - just give him the trophy. Also - get the stupid owner out of there, his success is on the balance sheet, the trophy is for the players of the field.
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I watched the first half... was less than impressed and went to bed.
Unfortunately I too was relying on the program guide and PVR... looks like I won't be seeing the whole thing.
This morning I read that LA did not have their starting goalkeeper in net during the penalty shootout at the end. What did I miss there?
Ricketts went off injured after RSL equalized, the backup goalie actually did really well though, stopped 2 penalties I think. Landycakes and Buddle should be the goats, Landycakes skied his penalty and Buddle's penalty was about as crappy as a penalty can be without missing the goal altogether.
NCAA football on ABC taught me long ago that you need to PVR at least 1 show past the event.
- The LA keeper was injured about 60 mins into the match. Something to do with his hand.
The one thing that bothered me was at the end of the game when they were taking the team photo because one guy was holding onto his kid when they were taking it. I know players want their family and friends to be involved but for me, when they are taking the team photo it should be just the team (I'm not excluding the coach or anyone like that). It's not hard to put the kid down for 30 seconds, take the picture and then pick him up again and celebrate. People may not agree with me but this is how I feel.
mlsnet.com has a pretty good "Game in 7 Minutes" video.
http://web.mlsnet.com/media/video.js...ent_id=7138123
Game in 7 mins? Who do they think they are?
I've got something that will blow that away. Get this
Game In 8 Minutes.
Think about it man, you got 2 choices, 7 mins or 8 mins, which one you gonna pick? MLS is thinking Gorgonzola when it's actaully Brie time baby!
Yep.
I watched the game about an hour behind. By the time I realized that Gol TV had not set aside enough time EVEN with my recording the next show just in case...it was too late to get back to Gol TV to extend the recording. So I actually have not seen the PKs yet.
7 is the key number
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9mioHO4hoM
I don't know why people didn't enjoy the game as much as I did. It had everything. Grit, chances, injuries, PKs, extra time, a great crowd. Maybe people don't enjoy midfield battles as much as I do since I am more defensive minded, but there were also plenty of open chances. As much as I can't stand Landycakes...the man is a beast in the open field. Findley is great to watch trying to beat the slow LA backline. Becky's beautiful service. And every player completely spent with nothing else to give. What else do people want? This isn't Barcelona people. If you want beautiful football, watch the Super Clasico this weekend and see Madrid get destroyed by the Blaugrana.
And ESPN's coverage was top-notch.
I don't know why people didn't enjoy the game as much as I did. It had everything. Grit, chances, injuries, PKs, extra time, a great crowd. Maybe people don't enjoy midfield battles as much as I do since I am more defensive minded, but there were also plenty of open chances. As much as I can't stand Landycakes...the man is a beast in the open field. Findley is great to watch trying to beat the slow LA backline. Becky's beautiful service. And every player completely spent with nothing else to give. What else do people want? This isn't Barcelona people. If you want beautiful football, watch the Super Clasico this weekend and see Madrid get destroyed by the Blaugrana.
And ESPN's coverage was top-notch.
I'm with you Roogs.
i LOVE how Beckham got caught completely ball watching on the RSL goal. priceless.
but jesus thats retarded putting the RSL fans way up in the nosebleeds.
Last edited by Brooker; 11-23-2009 at 11:56 AM.
This is why I dont likke the playoffs = champions angle. I have no problem congratulating RSL for being the winners of the cup, but we know what these guys are, and they aint the "best team in the league". They shouldn't be held up as such. Congrats Columbus on being champions, and good for you RSL, on that great cup run.
agreed...
A difficult as it is to say, Columbus are the best team in the league.
RSL were the best team in a 3 week tournament.
Perhaps, when a new and more attractive trophy is made for the Supporters' Shield, then more attention will be given to the winners.
Well that's up to us. The SS was created by the MLS Supporters Groups. At the start, there wasn't any trophy for best on the table.
Like the Voyageurs Cup, it was done on the cheap.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLS_Supporters%27_ShieldWhile MLS is similar to other North American sport leagues in that the winner of the end-of-season playoff final — the MLS Cup — is crowned league champion, a group of fans wanted a way to recognize the team that would have become champion in a single table: the team that scored the most points in league play over the regular season. To this end, the Supporters' Shield was created and first awarded following the 1998 season. It was retroactively awarded to Tampa Bay and D.C. United for the 1996 and 1997 season.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Our fellow RPB member Afra had a FABULOUS suggestion for the Supporters Cup that I hope gets some consideration at some point. I mean...it's friggin beautiful.
It would be great if the the champion was recognized by coming first in the regular season standings. However, lets be honest here, we live in North America and the way the sporting public recognizes a champion is by who wins in the playoffs and unfortunately that is the way things are done over here. It's hard enough to get the mainstream sporting public to follow soccer so for them to accept a champion by who comes first overall in the regular season will take some time, one day maybe,however not in the foreseable future unfortunately it's just the way it is over here. Hey if TFC was Real Salt Lake right now I would not care that they did not finish first overall in the regular season, I would just accept them as MLS champions period and be happy about it.
The game was a lot more fun than I expected, and thought the quality of play was decent as well. It was really difficult finding a team to cheer for, as I'd normally rather eat dirt than cheer for a team from Utah or LA. At various times I said I'd pick the team that a) had the best support or b) played the more creative football.
As for support, that was RSL by far. Their front office was on the ball and packed not only the standard away section, but brought over 900 fans! They also got Seattle to open up the upper deck section for them, which is great. We're hoping that our FO does this more in future, as the existing away section is a) too small and b) not segregated enough.
In any case, the RSL fans cheered and drummed and threw streamers, etc. for pretty much the entire match. They also got much more into the overall festivities around the match, such as the march (which they totally took over) and in general behaved as good supporters. The smaller LA group (their FO shafted them on tickets) pretty much were silent after the RSL goal. They did have a nice big flag though.
As for the match, LA was much more creative with more interesting passes. RSL basically relied on a dump and chase attack. In the section half, however, LA got tired and RSL seemed to find a lot more space.
Anyway, overall fun and the crowd was pretty overwhelmingly for the underdog RSL. I didn't go to any of the Supporter Summit things (had kids soccer games) but the other ECS guys said that both the LA and RSL supporters were class acts. We're expecting large away groups for all three teams next year.
However, the
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