Other MLS Games - March 11-12th

[OgtheDim]

No Games Friday Night

Saturday
RSL @ Chicago 2pm - This is looking like a pretty lame game to be honest. Both teams are trying to figure out who they are. Probably a 0-0 tie.


Orlando @ NER 2pm - POSTPONED DUE TO EXPECTED BAD WEATHER


Colorado @ NYRB 4pm - the meeting of the two most self absorbed chippy "nobody gives us any respect" teams in MLS - most of this game is going to be played in Colorado's end - NYRB wins 4-0


Seattle @ Montreal 7pm - May the Olympic carpet just open up and swallow these two team's supporter groups whole. As for the game, a 1-1 tie.


CBus @ Houston 8:30pm - Built cheap, offensively interesting teams with midfields and defences that got issues. 3-2 for Houston.


FCD @ SKC 9pm - Game of the Week. Dallas is bound to have a drop off game after such a good start to the season. SKC knows how to pass the ball around too. 3-2 win for SKC


Vancouver @ San Jose 10pm - Vancouver's next week is a game in San Jose, a game in Mexico and then us at home. I'm thinking this game is the one they decide to coast through. San Jose wins 2-0.


Sunday


DCU @ NYCFC 2pm - DCU is quietly building a decent team and is set up well to play in Yankee Stadium. Still not sold on the Pigeon's defence. This game will see a lot of goals. 4-3 win for the home team.


Atlanta @ Minnesota 5pm - Both teams want to move the ball around but the Loons just are not as good position vs. position. Going to be VERY cold though. 1-1 tie.


Portland @ LAG 7pm - When one team plays Dallas and another Minnesota, comparisons for the next game are not really possible. We will get a better handle on how good these teams are this week. 3-1 win for LAG

[Yohan]

Hunts own Dallas FYI. IIRC AEG and their partner boxing guy owns Houston

[OgtheDim]

Thanks edited - still built cheap.

[OgtheDim]

Nobody wants to go out in the cold to suburban Chicago it seems. Looking empty.

Below freezing -2.

[Detroit_TFC]

First Chicago goal was a total fluke but the second was very decent.

[notthesun]

RSL has Glad still out and Schuler injured, so they're starting Schmidt, a 2nd round pick in this year's draft, at CB beside Horst. Also missing Plata. As soon as I heard that I grabbed Accam on fantasy, maybe should've went with Nikolic though. Not sure this is gonna get much better for RSL.

[molenshtain]

that first goal was Inzaghiesque.

[Auzzy]

Good non-offside call on the first Chicago goal, by Kevin Stott & crew. (Surprise!) I thought it was a bad call first, but the pass clearly came from the RSL defender.

Too bad TFC wasn't able to score a couple on RSL last week. They aren't very good (plus missing more players today).

[Detroit_TFC]

I waited on this, to give them a break for late arrivals...but I don't think the attendance at TP broke 10K. It's as empty as I've ever seen it for a Fire match, including pissing rain and blizzards.

[kodiakTFC]

I waited on this, to give them a break for late arrivals...but I don't think the attendance at TP broke 10K. It's as empty as I've ever seen it for a Fire match, including pissing rain and blizzards.

The state of Chicago is quite sad. Its such a major market that is just being pissed away. New England is similar but at least their crowds are acceptable; I do fear for their future though. Thankfully DC is turning it around with the new stadium downtown. I really hope that after this round of expansion the league begins to look inward and fix its struggling markets.

[OgtheDim]

You know, Chicago isn't all that good either. Their defence can be had.

[Hamilton_Red]

Making our result last week look a little weak to be honest. RSL is not the team they used to be. Hope we see some spark today.

[Detroit_TFC]

The state of Chicago is quite sad. Its such a major market that is just being pissed away. New England is similar but at least their crowds are acceptable; I do fear for their future though. Thankfully DC is turning it around with the new stadium downtown. I really hope that after this round of expansion the league begins to look inward and fix its struggling markets.

I doubt that a winning season would be enough to get people back into TP. It may take an ownership group willing to spend breathtaking amounts of money to settle up on TP with the town of Bridgeview and to build a stadium closer to downtown (building downtown is so beyond possibility it's not even worth discussing). The conventional wisdom is that a NASL team in Chicago would immediately get traction but finding a stadium solution is preventing that from happening.

[OgtheDim]

I spent the second half of that game watching a stream with no commentary (the Chicago guys are particularly homer and annoying) I was reminded that the Fire supporters have only 1 chant.

[kodiakTFC]

I doubt that a winning season would be enough to get people back into TP. It may take an ownership group willing to spend breathtaking amounts of money to settle up on TP with the town of Bridgeview and to build a stadium closer to downtown (building downtown is so beyond possibility it's not even worth discussing). The conventional wisdom is that a NASL team in Chicago would immediately get traction but finding a stadium solution is preventing that from happening.

From what I understand, the Fire are locked into an awful lease with TP. Furthermore, that stadium has had an awful economic impact and I sincerely doubt anyone else will be willing to foot the bill. Chicago is going to be a long-term concern but an ownership change and spending would help.

[OgtheDim]

For some reason, the old dudes of Montreal play better on that concrete pitch at Olympic Stadium then anywhere else.

[ag futbol]

^ is that game on tv anywhere? Or at least YouTube.

I can't do the spyware anymore on some of those streams.

[Detroit_TFC]

BTW, the box score lists the attendance in Chicago as 13,024. I chuckled, I know what I saw on the tv.

[OgtheDim]

http://firstrowca.eu/watch/520434/1/...nders-fc-.html

Use all the usual blockers.

Its the feed with only crowd noise.

[Prof]

Nobody wants to go out in the cold to suburban Chicago it seems. Looking empty.

Below freezing -2.

You do realize the stadium is only 15 miles downtown. There are other issues I think.

[ag futbol]

Montreal blows a 2 goal lead in the last 20 minutes of the game. I leave happy.

That's what you get for bunkering and clearing your lines everytime you get the ball. Tactically shameful.

[PizzaEatingYeti]

Bwahahahaha...
It was tic-tac tabernac time at the Limp Act's home ground.
They blew the win in the 95 th minute, after in the 55th minute was 2-0.

[ag futbol]

You do realize the stadium is only 15 miles downtown. There are other issues I think.

In equivalent terms: it's only in Markham, Richmond Hill, Mississauga.

Would TFC be successful if the team was playing out of one of these locations? The distance is pretty much the same (between 14-16 miles)

[OgtheDim]

Fire supporters have said the location is an issue.

The Impact got stamina issues.

[OgtheDim]

Ok its only CBUS but Cubo Torres seems to be back.

[stevep]

watched vancouver san jose game for about 5 minutes then turned it off
there is no sound of stadium noise its turned off and the two commentators are doing play by play from a studio somewhere in Canada
tacky!! its really strange

[Hamilton_Red]

Great start for the Whitecaps B team. Osted just got sent off - great news for us on saturday. They have away trip to Mexico next week - so we really have to take advantage on Saturday.

[ag futbol]

They fixed the stadium noise issue. Ousted made a really strange decision with that one.

2-1 now.

[OgtheDim]

DCU making NYC look organized. The Pigeons look decent going forward but that defence has been opened up a number of times already. Relying upon Pirlo to be the only DM is going to cost them points.

DCU's defence can't handle speed at them.

[Detroit_TFC]

Sean Johnson is an major upgrade in goal for NYC compared to Saunders.