And Columbus are probably the best team in the league right now, maybe second to Houston.Originally Posted by Shakes McQueen
And Columbus are probably the best team in the league right now, maybe second to Houston.
Sometimes the best quotes are the simple ones.
And back to reality after the loss on the weekend.
http://espnfc.com/powerrankings?leag...week=5&cc=5901
With Osorio out and likely Defoe... what are we expecting.. another 3-0 shellacking on Saturday? Higuain is going to have a great night.
Who else does Columbus have other then Higuain though?
Trapp? Tchani? Merum? Parkhurst? Oduro?
Arrieta has his moments, and Anor hit a hot streak recently.
Whether either can be consistent this year is anyone's guess.
IMO Anor is the real deal, he was injured last year so took time to find his stride again
Week 4 from MLS: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...attle-top-spot
1. FC Dallas (1)
2. Columbus Crew (5)
3. Sporting Kansas City (3)
4. Real Salt Lake (4)
5. Houston Dynamo (2)
6. Vancouver Whitecaps (12)
7. Seattle Sounders (6)
8. Toronto FC (7)
9. L.A. Galaxy (10)
10. Philadelphia Union (8)
11. New York Red Bulls (9)
12. Colorado Rapids (11)
13. New England Revolution (17)
14. Chivas USA (16)
15. Portland Timbers (14)
16. San Jose Earthquakes (13)
17. Chicago Fire (15)
18. Montreal Impact (18)
19. D.C. United (19)
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Fansided has us up at #2 after this weekend.
http://fansided.com/2014/04/07/2014-...ek-5/2/#!C4Vtb
This is a better depiction if you ask me.
http://soccer.si.com/2014/04/07/mls-...nto-fc-dallas/
Top 10:
1. RSL - The team to beat so far, even on a bad night they still don't lose.
2. FCD - They were fortunate to win against the Dynamo. Houston had the run of play in the first but couldn't finish.. then.. the red card happened.
3. TFC - Huge bounce back game, away, against a rival who always beats us. Who are these guys!?
4. CLB - Bad turnovers cost them and an inability to play through the middle. Forced out wide and covered too well.
5. SKC - Consistency.. these guys always compete.
It doesn't have a link to the "7 Brazen Breastaurants in the US" story though. Or the "Top 10 Hottest Selfies of 2014."
Not surprised that SI has the pink cows at 12th while winless.
And for the degenerate gamblers in the house, the bookies this week also have us ranked third at 15/2. Oddly, in my opinion, they have L.A. in first place at 13/2 (possible good lay here). RSL and Dallas seem to offer a bit of value at 10/1 and 14/1. Also, Columbus at 25/1 is an absolute steal.
In decimal odds:
Los Angeles 7.50
Kansas City 8.00
Toronto 8.50
Seattle 9.00
New York 10.00
Real Salt Lake 11.00s
Houston 13.00
Dallas 15.00
Portland 15.00
Vancouver 15.00
San Jose 23.00
Columbus 26.00
Colorado 36.00
New England 41.00
Chicago 51.00
Philadelphia 67.00
Montreal 67.00
Chivas 101.00
DC United 111.0
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It's ridiculous to think back to last season, to try and imagine that 4 games in to this season, we'd be ranked third in the power rankings, and that that would be arguably not high enough.
I think Toronto odds are being pumped low by betters buying into the hype. We should be higher. And RSL a lot lower.
Week 5. MLSSoccer.com editors seem to have confused themselves, they mis-titled last weeks' rankings by a week, and did the same thing again. So it actually is Week 5, as Week 6 begins this weekend.
1. FC Dallas (1)
2. Real Salt Lake (4)
3. Sporting Kansas City (3)
4. Columbus Crew (2)
5. Toronto FC (8)
6. L.A. Galaxy (9)
7. Seattle Sounders (7)
8. Houston Dynamo (5)
9. Colorado Rapids (12)
10. Vancouver Whitecaps (6)
11. Philadelphia Union (10)
12. New York Red Bulls (11)
13. Portland Timbers (15)
14. Chicago Fire (17)
15. Chivas USA (14)
16. New England Revolution (13)
17. San Jose Earthquakes (16)
18. D.C. United (19)
19. Montreal Impact (18)
Just like there was no justification for putting us ahead of RSL in a previous poll, there is no justification for putting Columbus ahead of us.
I'm not sure how Columbus stayed above us. We have the same record but with 1 more away game. Beating them in Columbus with a heavily weakened team you'd think would be impressive enough to push us up. But that comment on Columbus... they essentially chalk up the win to "haha MLS, oh you!".
Nice to see Montreal occupying the basement though.
It's because Matt Doyle is full of shit and just writes whatever he feels like regardless of the reality. Like this for example:
So apparently while we have depth problems and lack composure, Columbus are certainly not a one trick pony with no plan b. To me, this just screams a lack of self-reflection.4. Toronto FC didn't do anything special against Columbus ... except win. That 2-0 result for the Reds absolutely shocked me. And the fact that they got it despite letting the Crew play "their" game (by and large) made it doubly so. HERE is Josh Williams' touch map from the game – he's overlapping all day, and TFC simply let him, and were happy to deal with it.
Nobody the Crew have played have managed to deal with that from either of the Columbus fullbacks. TFC, though, scrambled and played emergency defense like a bunch of champs.
mlssoccer got whacked by the inhabitants for overhyping TFC before the RSL game.
The analysts are just doing everything they can to not be wrong. At the beginning of the season they were predicting that we wouldn't start off well becasue 1) it would take time for our new players to gel; 2) we apparently don't have anyone all that good outside our big new signings; 3) we'd be screwed if anyone got injured; and 4) our back line is no good because we didn't sign a new defender (despite our back line already being anchored by Caldwell).
Well so far they've been wrong in almost every way. So instead of saying that the reds have managed to answer doubts about chemistry, depth, and quality outside of the new signings, they say that we haven't actually answered those questions, we've just been extremely lucky. Lucky enough to beat two of the league's best teams and start 3-1. According to them, we haven't done anything what so ever to win any of the games. We just got lucky that Seattle made two defensive errors (though I'm not sure how that Oso to Defoe goal was a defensive error, but hey anything to deny that there was any kind of quality service); other teams won't make those kinds of mistakes. We also got lucky that DC made a defensive error and the ball happened to fall to Defoe. Apparently box scrambles are a rare thing that almost never happen, and it was a fluke that wont repeat itself again. Then against Columbus we were lucky that they were 3-0 and had to lose because "that's MLS".
I feel like Nelsen's brought a style in that these analysts have never seen before, and so they're completely baffled by how we could possibly be winning games. They think that there's a predetermined formula on how to win in this league, and since we don't follow it then we can't possibly actually deserve to win.
Week 6. I wonder if the editors are ever going to realize they skipped a week in their count.
1. Real Salt Lake (2)
2. FC Dallas (1)
3. Sporting Kansas City (3)
4. Seattle Sounders (7)
5. Columbus Crew (4)
6. L.A. Galaxy (6)
7. Colorado Rapids (9)
8. Toronto FC (5)
9. Philadelphia Union (11)
10. Vancouver Whitecaps (10)
11. New England Revolution (16)
12. Houston Dynamo (8)
13. Chicago Fire (14)
14. Chivas USA (15)
15. D.C. United (18)
16. Portland Timbers (13)
17. New York Red Bulls (12)
18. San Jose Earthquakes (17)
19. Montreal Impact (19)
This is week 7.
TFC had a by in Week 1
So this is Week 7.
Week 7 is this week, therefore the rankings are for Week 6. You can see here they accidentally skipped a week.
I think they actually made the mistake early on.. and just corrected it. The first Power Ranking for Week 1 was just listed as Power Ranking before the season openers. But either works.
Kind of OT but I'm not surprised NYRB are winless. I think it's a miracle they won Supporter's Shield last year. Their roster is very mediocre to me.
Impact are the new TFC?
TFC has only faced one opponent outside of the "top 7"
That, plus there is non-stop drama in their FO. Not sure it is TFC-levels of drama but I wouldn't be surprised if it seeps over to the playing squad despite Petke's efforts.Kind of OT but I'm not surprised NYRB are winless. I think it's a miracle they won Supporter's Shield last year. Their roster is very mediocre to me.
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