MLS Week 32 - 2018

[LionNYC]

SATURDAY
Montreal vs. Columbus 3 PM
Atlanta vs. New England 3:30 PM (Univision, Twitter)
Toronto vs. Vancouver 5 PM
Philadelphia vs. Minnesota 7:30 PM
Dallas vs. Orlando 8 PM
Kansas City vs. LA Galaxy 8:30 PM
Colorado vs. LAFC 9 PM
Salt Lake vs. Portland 9:30 PM
San Jose vs. New Jersey 10:30 PM

SUNDAY
D.C. vs. Chicago 1 PM (ESPN)

MONDAY
Seattle vs. Houston 10:30 PM

 

[SoupInNYC]

Playoff Scenarios for this week:

Eastern Conference (clinched - Atlanta (first round bye), NJ (first round bye), NYC; eliminated - Chicago) :

• Columbus clinches a playoff spot with a win/draw at Montreal
• Philly clinches a playoff spot with a win against Minnesota, or a draw against Minnesota and a Montreal loss/draw against Columbus or a Montreal loss against Columbus
• Orlando is eliminated with a loss/draw at FC Dallas, or a Montreal win/draw against Columbus, or a DCU win against Chicago
• Toronto is eliminated with a Montreal win against Columbus and a loss/draw against Vancouver

Western Conference (clinched - FC Dallas; eliminated - Colorado, San Jose)

• LAFC clinches a playoff spot with a win at Colorado, or a LA Galaxy loss/draw at SKC, or a draw at Colorado and a RSL loss to Portland
• SKC clinches a playoff spot with a win/draw against LA Galaxy
• Portland clinches a playoff spot with a win at RSL and a LA Galaxy loss at SKC
• Seattle clinches a playoff spot with a win against Houston and a LA Galaxy loss at SKC
• Houston is eliminated with a loss/draw at Seattle, or a RSL win against Portland
• Minnesota is eliminated with a loss at Philly, or a draw at Philly and a RSL win/draw against Portland, or a draw at at Philly and a LA Galaxy win at SKC, or a RSL win against Portland
• Vancouver is eliminated with a loss at Toronto and a RSL win/draw against Portland, or a loss at Toronto and a LA Galaxy win at SKC, or a draw at Toronto and a RSL win against Portland

 

[Gotham Gator]

The big playoff race left in the East is for 1st place and the Supporters' Shield.

• ATL: 63 points, 3 games left; this week - hosts NER; next week - off; last 2 weeks - hosts CHI, at TOR
• NJR: 62 points, 3 games left; this week - at SJE; next week- off; last 2 weeks - at PHI, hosts ORL

The other big one is whether DC United can catch Montreal.

• MON: 40 points, 3 games left; this week - hosts CLB; next week - off; last 2 weeks - hosts TOR, at NER
• DCU: 38 points, 5 games; this week - hosts CHI; next week - hosts DAL and TOR; last 2 weeks - hosts NYC, at CHI

Another race is for 3rd/4th/5th.

• NYC: 53 points, 2 games left: this week and next week - off; last 2 weeks - at DCU, host PHI
• CLB: 48 points, 3 games left: this week, at MON; next week - off; last 2 weeks - at ORL, host MIN
• PHI: 47 points, 3 games left: this week, host MIN; next week - off; last 2 weeks - hosts NJR, at NYC

 

[LionNYC]

Almiron comes out in the 30' crying with a leg injury. Walked off the field.

 

[SoupInNYC]

Almiron comes out in the 30' crying with a leg injury. Walked off the field.

Reading online that he is likely to miss the remainder of the regular season

 

[adam]

Philly destroying the same MNU team that just beat us. We better have a fix before the playoffs.

 

[SoupInNYC]

Philly destroying the same MNU team that just beat us. We better have a fix before the playoffs.

I know we need to be better, but there is a huge difference in Minnesota playing at home vs on the road (2.07ppg vs 0.33ppg). Add in the lineup we threw out there and basically gifting them a goal, and I don't think we can quite compare the two.

 

[canchon]

Philly destroying the same MNU team that just beat us. We better have a fix before the playoffs.

Minnesota on the road is a close as you can get to guaranteed 3 points. That said, how Philly is destroying this same team that frustrated NYCFC is concerning.

 

[Ulrich]

Minnesota on the road is a close as you can get to guaranteed 3 points. That said, how Philly is destroying this same team that frustrated NYCFC is concerning.

Philly is now only 3pts behind NYCFC and level on 32 matches, and they’re a much hotter team performance-wise. I’m not surprised they’re destroying the Lions. We luckily have a better goal differential, but if we don’t beat DC, we could be overtaken by them with the last match deciding it.

 

[mgarbowski]

We luckily have a better goal differential,

If we tie the Union on points, they will have more wins. GD won't matter.