pretty damn awesome of the Sounders.

NYRB needs to step up and refund their fans for 2009.

I really hope Chicago signs a DP this summer. Their attack is so dependent on Pappa for creativity and Nyarko's speed. They really need to sign someone to play in the middle.

And damn Dykstra likes giving fans heart-attacks. That fumbled cross was an intense 10 second interchange.

wtf LAG

Was at the NYRB game tonight and it was pretty bleh. We didn't deserve a point from the match, tbh, but it still sucks to give up a late one.

It was cool seeing Jozy, I didn't even realize he was there. Lord did we ever need him on the field tonight. Whenever we got any space wide it seemed like instead of trying to cut in and shoot or combine we opted for a lofted ball to the back post that never went anywhere.

Angel was listless and just terrible, we may as well have been playing with 10. I think unless we're going to completely change the way we attack we need to play more of a 4-4-1-1 than the balanced 4-4-2 we played tonight (with JPA as the SS obv), that way Angel could drop into the midfield a little to create more especially when he's starved for quality service (as he was most of the night). That of course, requires a good target striker (Jozy would have done the job and then some!) for him to play off of, and I'm not sure we have that.

Either that or Lindpere needs to get more involved creatively then he was tonight (he didn't get involved much either).

But oh well, Henry's coming ldo, and all our problems offensively are solved.

Also, I was convinced already but now I'm extra-super-completely convinced that Tim Ream is the real deal. Guy's just a complete stud.

Oh hey there, Thierry

http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/..._up_for_henry/

Watched the RSL/HOU and NYRB/SEA games this week. RSL looked really good, as usual. They remind me a lot of the good Columbus teams of the past few years. They knock the ball around well and just seem to have the right kind of players slotted in to the perfect roles.

Jason Kreis has been very impressive as a coach after some early struggles, certainly due to his 12 seasons as a player in MLS. I'm hopeful that with more ex-players like Preki and Kreis who understand the American game becoming coaches that we'll really see the level of play pick up. I know it's silly early to say something like this, but I could easily see Kreis being a national team assistant in a couple cycles.

Houston is obviously hurting from the losses of Holden and Clark. Davis is obviously a class player in MLS and Corey Ashe, Richard Mulrooney, and Brian Mullan are solid enough. It's just that losing two USMNT players is going to kill a team that counted on its midfield play to create goals due to lack of a creative striker (sorry Ching).

As for NY/SEA, stak summed it up pretty nicely. I was impressed with the fire that Montero came in with. Sigi pulling him early last game and sitting him to start this one obviously lit a fire under his ass. I'm never really sure how a young player is going to respond to some form of discipline like that so it was nice to see him bounce back so strongly.

Was kinda upset that I didn't catch the LA/TFC game but when I saw the score (I'm terrible about not peaking at scores even though I'll want to watch the game on replay later) it just wasn't worth investing 2 hours in a 0-0 game. From the highlights it looked like LA had the better of the possession and chances. The couple match reports I read said that TFC finally looked like a Preki-coached team; playing physical defense, frustrating the other team, etc. Obviously if O'Brien White had played TFC would've score 11 goals and run away with the match.

The late MLS Elo Ratings are below. Someone might want to put the entire Eastern seaboard on suicide watch

MLS Elo Ratings
1,578.85 - Los Angeles Galaxy
1,549.59 - Real Salt Lake
1,544.07 - Columbus Crew
1,520.87 - Houston Dynamo
1,510.91 - FC Dallas
1,505.96 - Colorado Rapids
1,504.06 - Chicago Fire
1,502.46 - Seattle Sounders
1,492.90 - San Jose Earthquakes
1,488.51 - Chivas USA
1,485.72 - Toronto FC
1,476.00 - Kansas City Wizards
1,471.81 - New York Red Bulls
1,469.05 - Philadelphia Union
1,466.40 - New England Revolution
1,432.85 - DC United

And a new addition, the MLS Single Table.

how much of last year makes up the elo rankings? nyrb being near last and 2nd in those two tables seems wrong.

Finally a Win!

Montero has 3 goals and 3 assists through 9 games and says he still has hopes of making it to 20 goals this season! which would be awesome......however unlikely. I thought we played with a much more comfortable pace against NY, and showed good hussle out there.

O/U on Marshall decking someone at somepoint this year?

Every game ever played in MLS goes in to those rankings.

http://mlselo.f2f2s.com/MLS_Elo.pdf

Just got done watching Columbus vs NYRB, from a neutral perspective it was a good game. I liked the action which was wide open. Lenhart really impressed me tonight seemed to be everywhere. I really hope to see that stadium packed some day such a shame .

Yeah pretty entertaining game for a neutral. NYRBs need Henry and fast imo. Just simple mistakes and poor marking cost us tonight. Petke was really awful.

I didn't notice Petke playing poorly, but Tim Ream got his ass handed to him multiple times. First bad game for him.

RedBull banned streamers from the stadium (hopefully temporarily) because a handful of people threw them on the field during play (technically during a stoppage but still) last week. Also the owners are pissed that we have too many organized profane chants. Specifically mentioned in the email to the ESC was the "**** SEATTLE" chant that apparently came through loud and clear.

Favorite streamer story:

At the Superliga final in Chicago, Section 8 welcomed the UANL goalkeeper by bombarding him with dozens of streamers. They were draped over the bar completely covering the goal mouth and there were mounds of streamers on the field. The first corner at that end brought a similar barrage.

In other words, lol at banning streamers because a couple landed on the field.

That would be Arlo White, formerly of the BBC. And yes he is much better than all of the other announcers in MLS. the 1 man booth.

I think I can sum this one up easily, **** the owners for taking the fun out of the match day experience. You guys are creating an atmosphere which is what's needed, not a sterile experience where all people chant is: go you red bulls, duh duh dut dut dut

Or management can figure out how to get more people in the stands so the chants aren't as audible to the TV audience.

Pretty silly that LA and Crew still looked as good as they did without their best 2 and 3 players, respectively.

Not a whole ton of games to be excited about this weekend. Hopefully TFC and Seattle can get home wins against weak opponents, but there aren't any matchups I'm really looking forward to.

Ugh that next weeks LA/Crew game will be without the 4 USMNT players. I expect Columbus to win with GBS back and LA's attack basically non-existent.

why can't the MLS go to the same schedule as the rest of the world?

because directly competing with the basketball and football seasons would be suicide

And because trying to play in Chicago/NY/Boston/Seattle/Columbus/DC/Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/Portland in November through February would be lololol.

they can adopt the Bundesliga schedule that has a winter break.

good points. when does the canadian soccer league play its season?

answer: i see they just started. not like the CSL is a great comparison. trying to align with the rest of the world at least better would be +ev one would think. i'm sure its been addressed in this thread, right

Canadian Soccer League?

Most of Canada's best teams play in MLS or USL.

well, what is this

http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/

looks like a league below those two.

/Colorado/Salt Lake

Winter schedule would be awful for MLS.

http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com...gle-table/6316