April 1st - 3rd - Other MLS Games This Weekend

[OgtheDim]

April 1st

NYRB @ NER - 7 pm - worth watching to get a handle on who we play next week. Two teams not doing as well as people thought they would, but its early.


April 2nd

Chicago @ Philly 5 pm - This has all the hallmarks of being the worst game of the week.

RSL @ SKC 8:30 pm - something to watch during half time of the TFC game I suppose. These two teams don't like each other.

Columbus @ Dallas 9 pm - Dallas fun to watch. Columbus defence still shaky. Should be a big home win.

Montreal @ Seattle 10 pm - good test for the Impact. Sounders are pointless. Can both teams lose please?

LAG @ Vancouver 10 pm - I suspect LAG are going to pour it on Vancouver, even without Keane. (Blacked out on MLS Live in Canada)

DCU @ San Jose 10:30 pm - They might as just nail this up now as a 1-0 home win with a goal by Wondo off a header at the far post and not go through the motions. DCU in serious trouble


April 3

Portland @ Orlando 8 pm - Only a 44 hour drive apart.

[Hugh Jazz]

Vancouver needs to stop underperforming and they've usually done well against the Galaxy, should be a good one.

[Greatest Ripoff]

Are there any plans for the Revs to get their own purpose built stadium? Watching this match on TV in England and the 3/4 empty stadium doesn't do much to sell the MLS.

[OgtheDim]

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/0...ead-of-public/

[OgtheDim]

Geiger has been a poor ref ever since he came back from Brazil.

Goal should count, yes.

No yellow to Robles complaining.

Not a red on that tackle.

[OgtheDim]

On another note, you can still see the NFL lines and the Patriots logo on the pitch for NER.


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Not impressed with NER. Their midfield given space can do something but their defence is not that good and can be beaten by the through ball. I think our defence first 4-3-3 can hold them off.

[OgtheDim]

And now Geiger gives a yellow to the guy trying to take free kick who was stopped by two guys standing over the ball.

Lost the plot.


Edit: watch out for yellows this weekend for people complaining about calls. Dissent might be the MLS target of the week.

[notthesun]

That straight red on Felipe is insane. Insane. I didn't even think it was a foul at first. It's a harsh yellow at most. My god.

It's soccer. Sometimes you're going to miss a tackle and hit somebody's ankle. There was nothing reckless about Felipe's tackle at all... the refs have completely lost it. The rate of red cards this year is ridiculous.

[CBTFC]

The referee's a Geiger, the referee's a geiger...

Only caught the 2nd half, but wow what a sloppy game that was. Half the ref's fault, and half the players' own doing. Watching Marsch lose his mind on the sidelines was amusing.

[Hugh Jazz]

Definitely did not think that would get a red. Marsch was ripping into Geiger pretty good right before the red. Definitely amusing being able to hear him.

[notthesun]

Geiger aside, the Red Bulls and Revs both look terrible.

[OgtheDim]

Saw this tweet and now I'm worried about a red tomorrow night.

Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/kaustin01/status/716093435183116288

[ag futbol]

It's a good contest, but for my money Mark Geiger is the worst official in MLS.

Edit: why would we be worried about a red card? This tightening of the officiating works to our advantage. We're generally not a dirty team and we have one of the most fouled players in he league on our team. This is great news.

[Yohan]

It's a good contest, but for my money Mark Geiger is the worst official in MLS.

Gantar. He is the worst

Edit: why would we be worried about a red card? This tightening of the officiating works to our advantage. We're generally not a dirty team and we have one of the most fouled players in he league on our team. This is great news.

now that we no longer have grabby hands Henry or red mist Jackson, yes.

[ag futbol]

Gantar. He is the worst

now that we no longer have grabby hands Henry or red mist Jackson, yes.

Gantar is bad, but I find his officiating to be at least consistently stupid. Geiger, everything is just so incredibly arbitrary.

Yes, getting rid of those two helps. Not that we don't have guys who play hard but I generally think we're less prone than other teams. I get the concern that there are a lot of random reds handed out which decide games but still think all else even it works to our advantage.

Generally, they've cleaned up the product a bit by moving the needle on how tight the officials call the games. Unfortunately, they spend about as much on training their officials as wal-mart spends on a greeter so the end product's not great. Maybe putting Simon Borg and the other hacks on the league website out of work then using the money to actually improve the officiating rather than comment on it in the lamest way possible Would help, haha.

[OgtheDim]

Yes lets play a winter schedule....

Check out this tweet at
https://twitter.com/DanKelly_21/status/716330727030304768

[CBTFC]

Yikes, lookin' like another slim crowd in Chicago...well, Bridgeview.

[OgtheDim]

Lake affect snow flurries in Bridgeview. Not staying but vertical snow.

[Petor]

Lake affect snow flurries in Bridgeview. Not staying but vertical snow.

And now the sun is out!

[OgtheDim]

Gilberto's first touch is awful.

Klopas is a pleasant surprise as a colour man. Not holding anything back.

[Petor]

Straight Red for Warren Creavalle.
I remember him.

[OgtheDim]

Another reason why I'm glad he's gone. That was an awful foul. Second yellow and would have been a straight red if it was anybody but Petrescu reffing.

[CBTFC]

It was all philly up until that, especially from the start of the 2nd half.

Now the tide has completely shifted in Chicago's favour, when they had no business.

[Petor]

Another reason why I'm glad he's gone. That was an awful foul. Second yellow and would have been a straight red if it was anybody but Petrescu reffing.

I think that was a straight red, Petrescu only pulled the red card out of his pocket, he never showed Warren the second yellow first.

[Yohan]

Straight Red for Warren Creavalle.
I remember him.

and some people wonder why so many red cards this season.

it's because of no brain soccer players like Creavalle making stupid challenges like that.

i'm glad that PRO is putting a stop on dumb challenges

[OgtheDim]

Sapong is a handful this season. Needs more support out on the sides. If he had that, he'd be having a Kamara 2015 like season. Ilsinho is going to do some but they need width.

Neither team looks difficult to beat for our team. We'll see. The season is long.

[Petor]

Gilberto missed a golden opportunity to the left, then a little while later misses one to the right.
He just can't hit the net today.

[Petor]

And the fat lady sings, 1-0 Chicago over Philly.

[molenshtain]

Sapong is a handful this season. Needs more support out on the sides. If he had that, he'd be having a Kamara 2015 like season. Ilsinho is going to do some but they need width.

Neither team looks difficult to beat for our team. We'll see. The season is long.

The thing about Sapong is that he's a way more complete play than Kamara. Underrated great pick up by the Philly FO.

[Yohan]

Missed call by the ref on Orlando Portland game now. This should be a red, but only a yellow

https://twitter.com/Ben_Jata/status/...483392/photo/1