Week 3 Matchday Thread
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I've been watching MLS for several years now and that had to be one of the worst weeks I can remember.
Next week has to be better.
Next week has to be better.
The scoring drought on Saturday was worth it just to see that goal from Bradley Wright-Phillips. World Class.
Saturday is what happens when you put Seattle, Columbus, Toronto, and RSL all on bye. A lot of ugly soccer.
There's a few teams now that clearly have little to no interest in scoring goals. We had Colorado, who seemed to get chances despite themselves, but Houston went to LA playing a 4-6-0. Revs & Montreal have nothing going forward either.
That's a recipe for a bunch of ugly games until the offenses get in sync enough to be able to punish those strategies.
There's a few teams now that clearly have little to no interest in scoring goals. We had Colorado, who seemed to get chances despite themselves, but Houston went to LA playing a 4-6-0. Revs & Montreal have nothing going forward either.
That's a recipe for a bunch of ugly games until the offenses get in sync enough to be able to punish those strategies.
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Nicholas Constantino
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I missed the segment but briefly caught Taylor Twellman talking with somebody about how there are a lot of teams, like you were saying, setting up for the draw- basically setting up to not score and not win.
Twellman said it had a lot to do with the playoffs. I don't agree with that. I do think there are a number of very bad teams that are trying to h0ld onto contention. Houston is trying to stay in the race until Cubo Torres arrives. Colorado just signed a DP striker they'll need to get in. Revs want to get Jones back and Nguyen fully healthy. Its not a problem unique to MLS; lots of teams in every league play for draws. Sometimes that leads to what we saw on Saturday, especially early in the season
Yeah, I don't buy the expanded playoffs are to blame.
If anything, I think expanded playoffs mean more games matter because more teams are going to be in the playoff hunt for longer.
I suspect the top 3 will be battling it out for a CCL spot and a bye week in the playoffs and the bottom 3 will be fighting to hang onto their playoff positions.
If anything, I think expanded playoffs mean more games matter because more teams are going to be in the playoff hunt for longer.
I suspect the top 3 will be battling it out for a CCL spot and a bye week in the playoffs and the bottom 3 will be fighting to hang onto their playoff positions.
