Worth noting that of our 7 games so far, 6 have been against teams in the top half of the standings, including 4 games against the top 3 in the East. Our next 4 games are all against teams in the bottom half.
Head of CONCACAF said on Wednesday night that they're trying to do a bubble for all the CCL teams still in it to finish the tournament. I think that's got to work in our favor some, since I think the only places being considered are in the US.Serious question:
We are hitting a nice run of form. Do we have a chance in the reverse leg against Tigres whenever concacaf decides to play it?
Even if it was put in mexico, I'm just wondering whether we have the will-power and strength team-wise to overcome the 0-1 defeatHead of CONCACAF said on Wednesday night that they're trying to do a bubble for all the CCL teams still in it to finish the tournament. I think that's got to work in our favor some, since I think the only places being considered are in the US.
Even if it was put in mexico, I'm just wondering whether we have the will-power and strength team-wise to overcome the 0-1 defeat
That seems crazy difficult with scheduling. Would we even want to enter that bubble with our deficit?Head of CONCACAF said on Wednesday night that they're trying to do a bubble for all the CCL teams still in it to finish the tournament. I think that's got to work in our favor some, since I think the only places being considered are in the US.
I could see RBA hosting eight teams and four matches per weekend, the way they do for international friendly tournaments.
During a recent Philadelphia Union broadcast, it was reported the Impact will call Red Bull Arena home. The venue, located in Harrison, N.J., is home to the New York Red Bulls and is also expected to host Toronto during the next phase.
Missed this when it came out, but Montreal appears headed to RBA for Phase Two. So that's four teams, counting Toronto.
Impact ready for rematch with TFC, but next phase weighs on players
"We might have to go across the border and do another bubble, which obviously nobody wants," Montreal midfielder Samuel Piette says.montrealgazette.com
How is this going to work? Two teams scheduled at "home" for the weekends, with the four teams rotating through the midweek slots? All four could play at RBA with doubleheaders on both Saturday and Sunday, obviously, but that seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
Certainly will starting in October the way the Yankees are playing.Yankee Stadium may have better grass for soccer than RBA this season...
new schedule just released
9/19 @ Revs
9/23 vs TFC
9/26 vs FC Cinci
according to the announcement here: https://www.mlssoccer.com/2020/tickets/2020-ticket-info
that's all they have scheduled thus far and will announce more as time goes on.
playoff format is also announced.
eastern 7-10 teams will do a wild card playoff to get the final 8 to go up against the 8 in the west.
Have they announced how many games total will be played? Need to treat each game like it’s the last phase.new schedule just released
9/19 @ Revs
9/23 vs TFC
9/26 vs FC Cinci
according to the announcement here: https://www.mlssoccer.com/2020/tickets/2020-ticket-info
that's all they have scheduled thus far and will announce more as time goes on.
playoff format is also announced.
eastern 7-10 teams will do a wild card playoff to get the final 8 to go up against the 8 in the west.
Another Away match v. the REVS ?
9/19 @ Revs
Have they announced how many games total will be played? Need to treat each game like it’s the last phase.
If it lets us make up for the shitty record we have against them at their place, i'm all for itAnother Away match v. the REVS ?
9/19 @ Revs
considering the final is on dec. 12 and assuming we have an average of 5 days rest between each roudn of playoffs, that gives us about 7.5 (~52 days) weeks of games from the start of october. we have been playing 2 or 3 games every 10 days so that gives us about 10-15 games remaining + the 4 we have yet to play.
it would be really strange if we play all remaining games within the same conference. but with everything happening right now from covid to wild fires, scheduling inter conference matches will be difficult unless they allow all teams to fly chartered flights to reduce risk and scheduling problems.