MLS Week 26 - 2019
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If anyone wonders why we collect so many wingers, it turns out we were playing a long game - collect and then distribute to the enemies of our enemy.
Some chaotic soccer happening in Seattle. 4 goals in the lady 15 minutes.
Chaotic soccer has nothing to do with Soccer Chaos.
Oh. I finally found the autocorrect, which I'll leave for posterity.
My guess is they'll squeeze into the playoffs with the last spot and be eliminated spectacularly in the first round. Shame. Cause if they could get past the first round and take on lafc, that'd be an amazing game. And a great way for lafc to get eliminated
Six games, not four. Portland probably moves up but I doubt Minnesota does. Minnesota's remaining schedule is deadly. Three Home 4 Away, they play LAFC twice, and also away to both Portland and Seattle.
All spots in the West are heavily contested except for first. The Galaxy could even move up. They're only 2 points out of third place and of the teams ahead of them they have a game in hand on Dallas and San Jose has another very rough schedule (2H4A).
Galaxy have 3 pretty easy home games and on Decision Day they play in Houston, which has a good home record but that team has given up and probably will give no real opposition.
That's a good point. I was looking mostly just based on the current table, but you bring uup great points. Either way, the west is going to be extremely tight and it could go any way, depending on who gets hot and if anyone can beat LAFC.
Minnesota ahead against LAFC :O
Wouldn't that be interesting if that holds. (it probably won't)
LAFC are playing without Vela. And they don't look great.
Imagine us without Heber, or Moralez. It's the same way, a team missing their MVP.
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I don't understand. Why the actual hell do Pedro Santos and Przybylko get nominations but not Mitri and Toye (second goal) ? Toye's second goal WELL out-classed his first. It seems so arbitrary where they select these goals. Absolutely ridiculous, honestly.
Well, that result totally disrupted the Western playoff seeding to the detriment of everyone but the 2 participants. LAFC don't care and Minnesota's chance of finishing 2-4 shot way up. 538 gave Minnesota an 8% chance of winning that game.
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After LAFC, the West is pure Soccer Chaos. #2 through #7 are all 4 points apart, and #8 is only 2 points farther back with a game in hand.
Also increasingly likely that top 3 teams in the East will all be above #2 in the West. So, if LAFC are upset in the playoffs, the East champ probably hosts.
Also increasingly likely that top 3 teams in the East will all be above #2 in the West. So, if LAFC are upset in the playoffs, the East champ probably hosts.
Here's someething kinda incredible that, I know, is wishful thinking but... If we win our next game, we'll be on 53 points. LAFC on 62. That's only 9 points (3 wins, 6 games remaining...) away, and if Vela stays injured or their form continues to dip, it's not outside the realm of possibility.
...That being said I'm absolutely not expecting that to happen, just an interesting observation.
...That being said I'm absolutely not expecting that to happen, just an interesting observation.
Keep hope alive, and all that, but: NYC's max points is 71, LAFC gets to that with 3 wins in their last 6 (they've won 70% of their games to date). Then they win the tiebreaker with 22 wins to NYC's 21. And, that entire scenario requires that NYC finish the season on an 11 game win streak. NYC needs a substantial and almost inexplicable collapse by LAFC to win the shield. Unless Vela is hurt far worse than we think, it's hard to imagine.
not to mention we need to survive our roster getting decimated by international call ups and injury...
Heber is most likely out til the last game in philly (which will be a good one). DOme said Isi is almost ready to play. so maybe a cameo vs TFC will be his first taste of game time after injury.
chances of LAFC imploding to the level needed to give us a chance at supporters shield, even without vela, is pretty slim. plus we still have to battle it out with both philly and atl. would love a first trophy... but i'm not holding my breath.
