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Dallas plays Tuesday night at 10pm ET in the Open Cup Final vs the Revs. Can't hurt that Dallas might have some heavy legs...
 
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Our defense is night and day different with Chanot in the lineup. I'm optimistic that we make a statement with a nice bounce back here, and if Toronto takes care of Metro, we are 3 points clear of a bye week with 4 to play.

F: McNamara, Villa, Harrison
M: Pirlo, Iraola, Lampard
D: Matarrita, Chanot, Brillant, Allen

Bring on Mendoza and Shelton if we need goals. Bring on Hernandez or Mena for a third CB if we have a lead.
 
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Our defense is night and day different with Chanot in the lineup. I'm optimistic that we make a statement with a nice bounce back here, and if Toronto takes care of Metro, we are 3 points clear of a bye week with 4 to play.

F: McNamara, Villa, Harrison
M: Pirlo, Iraola, Lampard
D: Matarrita, Chanot, Brillant, Allen

Bring on Mendoza and Shelton if we need goals. Bring on Hernandez or Mena for a third CB if we have a lead.
Hernandez doesn't go near that field..... EVER again...... The idea is to protect the lead, not tug a guy down in the box....
 
While I want to be top of the east, a playoff bye is all I really need, and it would be better to have Toronto at the top of the pile with us second because it would mean we get the CCL berth because Toronto won the Canadian championship, and it would also mean RBNJ won't be first, which is always a plus.
 
While I want to be top of the east, a playoff bye is all I really need, and it would be better to have Toronto at the top of the pile with us second because it would mean we get the CCL berth because Toronto won the Canadian championship, and it would also mean RBNJ won't be first, which is always a plus.

Not true. If Dallas wins the west, their CCL birth gets allocated by SS standing. Same with Toronto wining the east. So if Dallas is 1, COL 2, Tor 3, LA 4, NYC 5. Colorado & LA gets it, even if we finish 2nd in east.
 
While I want to be top of the east, a playoff bye is all I really need, and it would be better to have Toronto at the top of the pile with us second because it would mean we get the CCL berth because Toronto won the Canadian championship, and it would also mean RBNJ won't be first, which is always a plus.
Remember (and this has been hashed out in several other threads so I won't go through all of it), if we finish second to Toronto in the East, that does not mean automatically that we gain a CCL berth.
 
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Not true. If Dallas wins the west, their CCL birth gets allocated by SS standing. Same with Toronto wining the east. So if Dallas is 1, COL 2, Tor 3, LA 4, NYC 5. Colorado & LA gets it, even if we finish 2nd in east.

Correct, however if, in your scenario, the MLS Cup champ is either Dallas, Colorado, Toronto or LA (or us), then we will make CCL.
 
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