Off Topic MLS

It should be a good game.

 

That Northwest Derby was a fun one to watch, especially since Seattle lost.

 

Always satisfying to beat The Flounders.

 

Rivalry week was a good idea by the league, pretty much every game was fun to watch. SJ beating LA was nice to see as well.

 

Keane looked bad didn't he? His numbers are way off this season as well. He should start thinking about retiring.

 

Shadow of the player he once was.

 

2015 Regular Season

Eastern Conference
# Club PTS GP
1 D.C. United 35 20
2 New England Revolution 24 19
3 Toronto FC 23 15
4 New York Red Bulls 23 16
5 Orlando City SC 23 17
6 Columbus Crew SC 21 17
7 Philadelphia Union 19 19
8 Montreal Impact 18 14
9 New York City FC 17 17
10 Chicago Fire 14 15

Western Conference
# Club PTS GP
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 32 18
2 Seattle Sounders FC 29 18
3 Portland Timbers 28 18
4 LA Galaxy 28 20
5 Sporting Kansas City 27 16
6 FC Dallas 26 17
7 San Jose Earthquakes 25 16
8 Real Salt Lake 22 18
9 Houston Dynamo 20 17
10 Colorado Rapids 15 17

 

Supporters' Shield Race
2015

# Club PTS GP
1 D.C. United 35 20
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 32 18
3 Seattle Sounders FC 29 18
4 Portland Timbers 28 18
5 LA Galaxy 28 20
6 Sporting Kansas City 27 16
7 FC Dallas 26 17
8 San Jose Earthquakes 25 16
9 New England Revolution 24 19
10 Toronto FC 23 15
11 New York Red Bulls 23 16
12 Orlando City SC 23 17
13 Real Salt Lake 22 18
14 Columbus Crew SC 21 17
15 Houston Dynamo 20 17
16 Philadelphia Union 19 19
17 Montreal Impact 18 14
18 New York City FC 17 17
19 Colorado Rapids 15 17
20 Chicago Fire 14 15

 

Stats
Goals

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1. Kei Kamara 12
2. Chris Wondolowski 9
3. Sebastian Giovinco 8
4. Kaka 8
5. Fanendo Adi 8

Assists

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1. Ethan Finlay 10
2. Benny Feilhaber 9
3. Sebastian Giovinco 7
4. Clint Dempsey 6
5. Cristian Maidana 6

Shots

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1. Sebastian Giovinco 86
2. Kei Kamara 71
3. David Villa 62
4. Octavio Rivero 57
5. Chris Wondolowski 50

Saves

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1. Stefan Frei 70
2. Bill Hamid 59
3. Steve Clark 59
4. Evan Bush 55
5. Josh Saunders 55

Shots on Goal

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1. Sebastian Giovinco 37
2. David Villa 30
3. Kei Kamara 30
4. Octavio Rivero 24
5. Bradley Wright-Phillips 23

Yellow Cards

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1. Andy Dorman 8
2. Damien Perrinelle 7
3. Davy Arnaud 7
4. Maurice Edu 7
5. Alan Gordon 6

 

The MLS doesn't have international breaks so with the gold cup on most of the teams will be missing their top players. You might want to skip watching this weekends games as the quality will probably be poor.

 

Ellewoods, have you checked out the Western table this week. Seven clubs are in the hunt for the top. I'm not sure how it is that Kansas City has played 5 fewer matches than Los Angeles, but all those games-in-hand of Dallas, KC, and SJ make this a tighter race than the points total makes it appear.

 

Na I hadn't looked at the tables yet, i normally only look when I do the post. I'll do it tomorrow or later today.

Without double checking I believe it's do to Concacaf Champions League and that other tournament that clubs can enter. The MLS and their infinite wisdom do not do breaks for international games nor turnament games so there is always a giant difference in games played. I am sure a team can also probably move games if it interferes with duel use stadiums.

 

I watched too, could have been 9-1. LA was really on them. Gio Dos Santos sure looks like he's having a lot of fun every time he touches the ball.

This version of LAG is probably the best MLS team ever assembled, especially with Zardes really coming into his own.

 

Yea I watched it live yesterday. Part of the problem with the DP system is you are finding that the forward players are so significantly better than the back 4 that score lines seem to be going up. LA has scored 27 goals in their last 5 home games.

 

Giovinco is way too good for that league, I bet there's a few serie A clubs lining him up

 

I really doubt it. He is the highest paid Italian player in the world and he makes more than anyone in Serie A. I really doubt they would be willing to pay the transfer fee they would have to pay and then give him a raise which would mean he would probably be making about 10 million a year and significantly more than anyone else in Seria A.

 

This thread has been dormant for a while, but the MLS season is coming to a close and there are some compelling races, particularly in the Western Conference.

Here are the standings (table) (top 6 clubs make the playoffs)
Pts Club (matches remaining)
51 LA Galaxy (2)
50 FC Dallas (4)
49 Vancouver (3)
48 Sporting KC (3)
47 Seattle (2)
44 San Jose (2)
44 Portland (3)
41 Houston (2)
41 Real Salt Lake (3)

FC Dallas plays away to Vancouver tonight, so the top spot may flip. MLS is off this weekend for an international break, and Vancouver travels to FC Dallas next Wednesday.

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