~Soccer Thread~

[SFBadger96]

Thoughts on the Premier League start?

Aresenal's worst in 25+ years (as long as the league as presently constituted has existed), but also haven't very often started with two of the perennial powers in a row--they were plenty competitive last weekend.

So who among the usual suspects will challenge City for this year's title? 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Heading into September... 

(Sorted by Points per Game)

East

#	Club	PTS	PPG		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD		W-L-T		W-L-T
2	Atlanta United FC	54	2.08		26	16	4	6	55	30	25		8-2-4		8-2-2
1	New York Red Bulls	55	2.04		27	17	6	4	50	26	24		11-2-1		6-4-3
3	New York City FC	48	1.85		26	14	6	6	49	34	15		10-0-3		4-6-3
4	Columbus Crew SC	40	1.54		26	11	8	7	33	33	0		8-2-3		3-6-4
5	Philadelphia Union	39	1.5		26	12	11	3	37	39	-2		7-4-2		5-7-1
6	Montreal Impact	33	1.22		27	10	14	3	34	45	-11		8-4-1		2-10-2
7	New England Revolution	29	1.16		25	7	10	8	38	41	-3		6-4-3		1-6-5
8	D.C. United	27	1.13		24	7	11	6	39	42	-3		6-2-1		1-9-5
9	Toronto FC	27	1.04		26	7	13	6	43	48	-5		5-5-2		2-8-4
11	Orlando City SC	23	0.92		25	7	16	2	38	59	-21		5-6-2		2-10-0
10	Chicago Fire	24	0.89		27	6	15	6	37	52	-15		4-7-3		2-8-3

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West

#	Club	PTS	PPG		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD		W-L-T		W-L-T
2	Sporting Kansas City	45	1.8		25	13	6	6	47	30	17		8-2-3		5-4-3
1	FC Dallas	46	1.77		26	13	6	7	43	35	8		8-1-4		5-5-3
3	Los Angeles Football Club	43	1.65		26	12	7	7	50	40	10		7-1-5		5-6-2
5	Portland Timbers	40	1.6		25	11	7	7	37	35	2		8-2-3		3-5-4
6	Seattle Sounders FC	38	1.52		25	11	9	5	32	26	6		6-4-2		5-5-3
4	Real Salt Lake	41	1.52		27	12	10	5	42	44	-2		9-1-3		3-9-2
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	37	1.42		26	10	9	7	43	51	-8		5-2-5		5-7-2
7	LA Galaxy	38	1.41		27	10	9	8	49	48	1		6-4-4		4-5-4
9	Minnesota United FC	29	1.12		26	9	15	2	38	52	-14		8-4-1		1-11-1
10	Houston Dynamo	28	1.08		26	7	12	7	41	38	3		6-5-3		1-7-4
11	Colorado Rapids	24	0.92		26	6	14	6	31	48	-17		5-6-3		1-8-3
12	San Jose Earthquakes	20	0.77		26	4	14	8	40	50	-10		2-6-5		2-8-3

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/And of course the Dynamo host Philly for the US Open Cup Final on September 26th.
//Toronto already won the Voyageur's Cup. Threepeat. 
///Dallas hosts the Crew Sept 15th for the final installment of the Pioneer Cup. The Crew already won the final Trillium Cup vs Toronto. 

[rolltidefan]

Thoughts on the Premier League start?

Aresenal's worst in 25+ years (as long as the league as presently constituted has existed), but also haven't very often started with two of the perennial powers in a row--they were plenty competitive last weekend.

So who among the usual suspects will challenge City for this year's title?

Couldn’t be happier with my spurs right now. Starting slow has been a killer last couple years. This year on fire so far. Outside of Liverpool the next 6 epl matches spurs should be able to rack up some points. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

A scoreless tie between the Crew and Dallas in the final installment of the Pioneer Cup.

By rule, Columbus gets to keep the cup, as all time head to head goals is the tie breaker.

So Columbus will be taking both of their rivalry trophies to the grave, having also won the Trillium Cup vs Toronto earlier in the season.

[Brutus Buckeye]

The US Open Cup Final is on Wednesday of this week, with the Houston Dynamo hosting the Philly Union, with a 2019 Champions League birth on the line. 

...

Speaking of which, I need to issue a correction with regards to the US qualification for the 2019 Champions League. Normally it is the way that I stated: MLS Cup winner, Supporters Shield winner (most "pts" during regular season), US Open Cup winner, and the top team in the division opposite the Supporters Shield winner. 

Due to a scheduling change, for one year only, the 2019 qualifications span two MLS seasons; 2017 and 2018. Thus the qualifications for this year only will be different from the typical format, and those qualifications are:

1. 2017 US Open Cup winner: Sporting KC
2. 2018 US Open Cup winner: Houston or Philly
3. 2017 MLS Cup winner: *see note below
4. 2018 MLS Cup winner: TBD

*note: since a Canadian team (Toronto) won the 2017 MLS Cup, that spot will instead go to the US team with the most combined regular season "points" over the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons. TBD

/Since Toronto won both the 2017 and 2018 Canadian Championship (Voyageurs Cup) they get Canada's lone bid. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Houston defeats Philly in the US Open Cup Final 3-0. 



They probably won't qualify for the MLS Playoffs, but they have already punched their ticket to the 2019 Champions League. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Heading into October, which is the final month of the regular season. Sorted by Points per game.
.
East

#	Club	PTS	PPG		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD		W-L-T		W-L-T
1	x - Atlanta United FC	63	2.03		31	19	6	6	65	38	27		9-2-4		10-4-2
2	x - New York Red Bulls	62	2		31	19	7	5	57	32	25		13-2-1		6-5-4
3	x - New York City FC	53	1.66		32	15	9	8	55	41	14		11-1-4		4-8-4
4	Columbus Crew SC	48	1.55		31	13	9	9	39	38	1		10-2-4		3-7-5
5	Philadelphia Union	47	1.52		31	14	12	5	43	45	-2		8-5-2		6-7-3
7	D.C. United	38	1.31		29	10	11	8	53	48	5		9-2-2		1-9-6
6	Montreal Impact	40	1.29		31	12	15	4	42	52	-10		9-4-2		3-11-2
8	New England Revolution	35	1.17		30	8	11	11	44	49	-5		6-4-5		2-7-6
9	Toronto FC	33	1.1		30	9	15	6	54	58	-4		7-6-2		2-9-4
10	e - Chicago Fire	31	1		31	8	16	7	46	57	-11		6-7-3		2-9-4
11	Orlando City SC	25	0.86		29	7	18	4	40	66	-26		5-6-4		2-12-0

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West

#	Club	PTS	PPG		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD		W-L-T		W-L-T
1	x - FC Dallas	54	1.8		30	15	6	9	49	38	11		9-1-5		6-5-4
2	Sporting Kansas City	52	1.73		30	15	8	7	55	37	18		9-2-4		6-6-3
3	Los Angeles Football Club	50	1.67		30	14	8	8	58	46	12		8-1-6		6-7-2
5	Seattle Sounders FC	47	1.57		30	14	11	5	41	32	9		8-5-2		6-6-3
4	Portland Timbers	48	1.55		31	13	9	9	46	45	1		10-2-4		3-7-5
6	Real Salt Lake	46	1.48		31	13	11	7	50	50	0		10-1-4		3-10-3
7	LA Galaxy	44	1.42		31	12	11	8	60	59	1		8-4-4		4-7-4
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	40	1.33		30	11	12	7	47	59	-12		6-4-5		5-8-2
9	Minnesota United FC	36	1.2		30	11	16	3	45	58	-13		10-4-1		1-12-2
10	Houston Dynamo	35	1.17		30	9	13	8	50	45	5		8-5-3		1-8-5
11	e - Colorado Rapids	24	0.8		30	6	18	6	32	59	-27		5-7-3		1-11-3
12	e - San Jose Earthquakes	20	0.65		31	4	19	8	47	66	-19		2-8-5		2-11-3

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Notes:
-34 total games per team when it is all said and done.
-The Supporter's Shield, which is awarded to the Regular Season Champion, appears to be between Atlanta and Red Bull NY. Atlanta maintains a one point lead, even after losing to the RBs 2-0 on Saturday.
-Dallas, Atlanta and the two NYC teams have already clinched a playoff spot (x), while Chicago, San Jose and Colorado have already been eliminated (e).
-The top six teams in each Conference make the playoffs.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Orlando and Toronto were eliminated from Playoff contention today. 

Toronto won the MLS Cup and the Supporter's shield last year. 

[847badgerfan]

Next y'all will be watching Lacrosse. Or Labatt's. Or whatever.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Philly, KC and LAFC have clinched. 

Minnesota is out. 

[MrNubbz]

Next y'all will be watching Lacrosse. Or Labatt's. Or whatever.

Really watch something 'Murican - like the W.S.O.P. or the Iditarod when the time comes.Lacrosse is fine Jim Brown and the original Americans played that

[Brutus Buckeye]

Houston is out. 

4 teams competing for two spots in the East, and 5 teams fighting over 3 spots in the West. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

New England is eliminated, even though they won their game tonight. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Seattle clinched a Playoff spot last night. 

So there are three teams in the East and four teams in the West that have yet to either clinch or become mathematically eliminated. 
East: Columbus, DC, Montreal
West: Portland, Salt Lake, LA Galaxy, Vancouver
Two from each group will wind up making the playoffs.