Don Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Agreed. Maybe this is just my homerism showing, but I wonder why DC United's never looked into Virginia for land. I've always thought that there was plenty of soccer fans across the Potomac to justify looking over here.i think theres a perception (fair or not) that Virginia govts are hard to work with when it comes to getting land for a stadium. which could be true considering the Redskins hightailed it from DC to MD, Caps/Bullets moved from MD to DC with no look to VA. i think it could be a good thing that MacF has given up his ownership, Chang seems to be much more emotionally invested in the team, and he wants a stadium and a stadium only, whereas MacF wanted all sorts of shops bars restaurants etc etc to go along with the stadium in order to grow his own bottom line. we'll see how it works out but i see good things happening for United. "I don't understand where you got this idea so deeply ingrained in your head (that this world) is something that you must impress, cause I couldn't care less"http://keepdcunited.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viola73 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Whoa! I didn't know there was a MLS thread on this site. Can't seem to get past the Logos and Concept pages. Just saw my Reds take down the Revs 3-1. Good match, very physical, alot of yellow at the end, but the result is all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Toronto has for the first time come from behind to win a match. Yes we've been that bad for the entirety of our history. Good news is one win in the Canadian Championship means we're in the Champions League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Toronto has for the first time come from behind to win a match. Yes we've been that bad for the entirety of our history. Good news is one win in the Canadian Championship means we're in the Champions League.Hold it. You mean one win over Vancouver. Vancouver and Toronto can still tie at 9, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Some non-soccer sports show was mentioning Chicago's unbeaten record. So I looked at the standings...6 of their 9 games have ended in ties. That's pretty lame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Some non-soccer sports show was mentioning Chicago's unbeaten record. So I looked at the standings...6 of their 9 games have ended in ties. That's pretty lame...There's been too many draws (ties) to the season already.....and now it's 6 of 10 but still pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 It's really difficult to gauge the quality of each club based on their level of play and add in that there have been so many draws (ties), 62 out of 150 matches, or -- 41.3% (!!!) -- a third into the season doesn't help either. But here's an attempt:Power (or lack thereof) Rankings:1 Chivas2 Chicago3 Seattle4 Toronto5 DC6 Houston7 Colorado8 Kansas City9 Salt Lake10 Los Angeles11 New England12 Columbus13 New York14 Dallas15 San Jose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 You know, if they wanted to curb ties, they might consider an old Soviet rule - you don't get points for any ties after a certain amount (I think the rule was at 10). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Right, so then the players will start throwing the games so at least one team gets points. Definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 You know maybe they need to take a page out of the NHL's book and have a shootout at the end of games, giving 2 points to the team that wins said shoot out. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsox Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 You know maybe they need to take a page out of the NHL's book and have a shootout at the end of games, giving 2 points to the team that wins said shoot out.You might as well just suggest MLB holds home run derbies if the score is tied after the bottom of the ninth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 41% ties is obscene MLS needs to do something to change that www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 MLS used to have a shootout. It made the league a joke. Right now the league is still recovering from the harm that rules like shootouts caused in the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Right, so then the players will start throwing the games so at least one team gets points. Definitely.Not necessarily. If one team is draw-limited, and the other is not, it'll force the draw-limited team to try and score, because they don't get a point out of the draw (but the other team, who hasn't hit the limit yet, still does.)By the way, to be fair, the Bundesliga was at 48% draws, if my math is right. I counted 148 ties in 304 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 41% ties is obscene MLS needs to do something to change thatA lot better officiating OR the clubs can develop a knack to close out games effectively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsox Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 It's not a big problem at all IMO. It's no different than having "too many extra inning games in baseball"? Is that obscene? No. In baseball, that's just the way it is. It's the same deal in soccer. It's just that they're two different sports with countless incomparable differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmee Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 It's not a big problem at all IMO. It's no different than having "too many extra inning games in baseball"? Is that obscene? No. In baseball, that's just the way it is. It's the same deal in soccer. It's just that they're two different sports with countless incomparable differences.Except that baseball games continue until somebody wins. That's the point of the extra innings... Â Â The world's foremost practitioners of professional tag-team wrestling. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsox Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 It's not a big problem at all IMO. It's no different than having "too many extra inning games in baseball"? Is that obscene? No. In baseball, that's just the way it is. It's the same deal in soccer. It's just that they're two different sports with countless incomparable differences.Except that baseball games continue until somebody wins. That's the point of the extra innings...No kidding, but that's why I said that the two sports are incomparable. Soccer has ties and baseball doesn't. That's just the way it is. If you don't like it you should probably just watch a sport like baseball or football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 It's not a big problem at all IMO. It's no different than having "too many extra inning games in baseball"? Is that obscene? No. In baseball, that's just the way it is. It's the same deal in soccer. It's just that they're two different sports with countless incomparable differences.Except that baseball games continue until somebody wins. That's the point of the extra innings...The most ties in a season by one club is 13. Los Angeles currently has 8 ties through 10 matches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Peter Nowak selected as first coach of Philadelphia UnionCan't wait for that first match between DCU - Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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