Friday Night MLS Game Thread

by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 7:42 PM PDT in Major League Soccer: News & Analysis

The Seattle Sounders are busy assembling 63,000 or so close friends of Kasey Keller for a little sending off party, but there are games of significant consequence elsewhere in the league tonight. The match between the Portland Timbers and Houston Dynamo (on ROOT sports) has huge implications for the bottom of the playoff race, as these are the two teams on the edge of the top 10. And the Rocky Mountain Cup match between Real Salt Lake and the Colorado Rapids (on ESPN2) could determine who plays the Sounders in the playoffs. A loss by RSL would open the door a little wider for FC Dallas to earn their way back into the top three in the West.

I'll be enjoying a Flying Squirrel pizza and a Woodchuck Fall Cider while I try to watch both games at once.

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Timbers have like 10% possession in this game

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by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 7:44 PM PDT reply actions

Did you prewrite excuses?

Also with cider tonight. Crispin.

And I like either of these teams as 10seeds. They can go on a short streak and make the West Conference Finals here.

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by Dave Clark on Oct 14, 2011 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I would also be with cider but we cant bottle ours till next weekend.

So onto Beer!

by DaveValleDrinkNight on Oct 14, 2011 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions

I broke open some Scotch

I need to watch the Crapids.

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by Dizzo on Oct 14, 2011 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I want RSL to lose

But I just can’t bring myself to root for the Rapids.

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by Dizzo on Oct 14, 2011 7:57 PM PDT reply actions

Never root for the rapids

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by Dave Clark on Oct 14, 2011 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I'd rather Seattle face Dallas in the playoffs

Enough to watch Gary Smith’s smug mug after a win? Probably not.

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by Dizzo on Oct 14, 2011 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Agreed.

All around.

by bago'juice on Oct 14, 2011 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

There really are no good guys in the two matches

Houston’s fine, I guess. But they did knock us out of the playoffs.

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by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Either of Houston or Portland could cause LA trouble

Since both are set-play teams, skill matters a bit less.

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by Dave Clark on Oct 14, 2011 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll root for Hall cause he's a local guy

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by Dizzo on Oct 14, 2011 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Nagbe waits about 30 seconds too long on a wide open shot

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by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 8:03 PM PDT reply actions

Ooooh, Nyassi down in the box over Pickens

Should either be a penalty or a yellow card to Nyassi. Obviously, it’s neither.

Then Wells Thompson, who pretends to be a devout Christian, gets into a shoving match.

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by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 8:08 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

because christians arent human and never make mistakes?

by chrisperry1983 on Oct 15, 2011 9:45 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Holy War!

Of course not, but players who make a big show of their faith (like waving around ye auld John 3:16) should probably make an extra effort to follow the tenets of their religion.

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by sidereal on Oct 16, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Oooh. . Brad Davis

Bend it Like Brad

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by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 8:14 PM PDT reply actions

There would be a certain joy if Portland doesn't make the Playoffs

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by Dave Clark on Oct 14, 2011 8:15 PM PDT reply actions

I the score holds up their odds are down to 5%

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by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually, I don't know if the matchups would fall like this,

but I’d rather see Portland make the playoffs and line up against LA (then beat LA). I would then like to have us beat the #3 seat and see a Sounders vs Timbers Western Conference Final… in which we would ABSOLUTELY DESTROY THEM! Just saying. Would be a fun story.

by bago'juice on Oct 14, 2011 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Portland matches well with LA

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by Dave Clark on Oct 14, 2011 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Other fun part about this scenario

The game would be in the Clink.

You want an epic derby match? We’ll give you an epic derby match.

I met a possum.

by s0merand0mdude on Oct 14, 2011 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Might just sell another 60,000

for something like that.

It would be pretty sweet.

by bago'juice on Oct 14, 2011 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Mullan's ankle hurts

I have no additional comment

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by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 8:22 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs

You're classy like that.

by bago'juice on Oct 14, 2011 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions

HALFTIME

MLS games without the Sounders are garbage

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by sidereal on Oct 14, 2011 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Anyone else watching the Rapids game and

Slightly bewildered that Harkes actually has been complimenting the Sounders? I keep hearing him say things like “the Sounders are always entertaining to watch” and “Seattle is an incredibly strong team” and I feel like I’m hallucinating.

by eosrebel on Oct 14, 2011 8:30 PM PDT reply actions

Maybe he only says nice things

about teams that aren’t playing?

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by Dave Clark on Oct 14, 2011 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions

He does tend to talk about teams not on the filed quite often.

Kind of annoying. Every time.

by bago'juice on Oct 14, 2011 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions

It makes him seem knowledgeable

Or at least he thinks it does

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by Dizzo on Oct 14, 2011 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

From the Did You Know file

The Timbers don’t have a win at home after the opposing team scores first since 2007?

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by Dave Clark on Oct 14, 2011 8:40 PM PDT reply actions

From the numbers...

…Colorado are dominating the game.

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by Dizzo on Oct 14, 2011 8:41 PM PDT reply actions

Colorado drives me crazy

because I really can’t stand them as a team. Also, they have a couple of my absolute least favorite players in the league (ahem, Conor Casey, Brian Mullan, ahem). BUT, they also have some individual players I really enjoy – like Cummings, Nyassi, Kimura, Wynne. It’s a strange dichotomy.

by bago'juice on Oct 14, 2011 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions