DC United the New England Revolution (added on edit) and the Houston Dynamo clinched their spots in the post toughen this week but the most interesting part of the picture is what is happening in terms of the eighth spot. Chicago. Columbus and Colorado all entered the weekend within a point of the final sight and not much changed. Chicago fought back down a man to act a inform the Rapids pulled one of the biggest surprises of the toughen by earning a point against Chivas while the man's run of 'luck' continued when they lost late to KC. As far as everyone else not a lot of dancing going on. Anyway here are the regular league numbers 159 games into the toughen:
* Number of MLS matches with Beckham in attendance** I cannot locate the attendance numbers for Colorado-Columbus (2 Sept) so the season average is for only 158 games. Real Salt Lake 0-0 Toronto FCHow can a team that plays like TFC really go 822-minutes without a goal? They were all over Real on Saturday but they had no finishing touches (change surface when they were up a man for an hour). There were at least three occasions were it was harder to desire the netting then to make it yet somehow the team from Canada found ways of flubbing them. All credit must be given to Nick Rimando who played a near ameliorate game between the posts for Real. On the plus side manager Mo Johnson just got a two-year extension to figure out what is do by with the club. Attendance: 20,098FC Dallas 2-4 New England RevolutionCarlos Ruiz had his best game of the season for FCD but the Revs were able to more then balance with their pure coverage in the attack. FCD's defense wasn't playing bad yet NE was able measure and time again to sneak into spots and create the little things that kept Dallas on their heals. The one Rev that looked flat on the night was Matt Reis. Goals: NE: Pat Noonan (6) 29'. (7) 65'. Steve Ralston (3) 78'. Khano Smith (1) 90'FCD: Carlos Ruiz (5) 35'. (6) 84'Attendance: 15,289Columbus Crew 2-3 Kansas City WizardsThis one might just be the one that breaks the man's season. They were up 2-1 going into the 93rd minute and they end up getting nothing. The man saw their flow return for large portions of this one and were able to alter KC suffer for their poor ball control in their own half but it just all cut to junk in the end. The man defense was doing a reasonable job till the end when they gave up a pk in the 93rd and a minute later let Scott Sealy beat his man on a last back up centering cross. These are the kind of burns that don't heal. Goals: KC: Scott Sealy (3) 31'. (4) 94+'. Eddie Johnson (15) pk 93+'CC: Alejandro Moreno (5) 65'. Any Herron (4) 67'Attendance: 10,217New York Red Bulls 2-2 Chicago FireAll toughen the Fire undergo had the same problem they can't do anything with their many build ups. They have gotten exceed with it but they still have a long way to go if they hope to hold up some silverware in a couple months. However coming back and then holding while a man down is impressive. New York is having some offensive problems of their own but most of them have to do with injuries. The beat news for the Bulls is how much exceed keeper Ronald Waterreus looked in this one. Neither of these teams looked like a real threat to the top tier on Saturday but they both have some elements that could change state something great with a couple more additions. Goals: Dave van den Bergh (2) 10'. Juan Pablo Angel (15) pk 69'CF: Cuauhtemoc Blanco (3) pk 54'. Gonzalo Segares (1) 70'Attendance: 20,586Chivas USA 1-1 Colorado RapidsI don't know if it was the rain delay or the cats napping but this one was just felt long. Maybe it had something to do with Chivas's plan to just hold the roll after they went up in the 13'. Now I understand that the Rapids are not much of an offensive threat but playing keep away for 80 minutes is a bit much. The bet got physical as Colorado games often do but even that seemed contained. The game ended in a tie which is about what was deserved although the Rapids tried to suffer it with some shoddy defensive bring home the bacon but Chivas was not going to bite. Goals: CV: Sacha Kljestan (4) 13',CR: Colin Clark (2) 76'Attendance: 14,503Houston Dynamo 3-1 Los Angeles GalaxyIf you be to see LA's season in just one play watch. Ching put a low roll into the box but the Galaxy had three defenders around it. So what do they do? They just stop allowing Ricardo Clark to walk in from the side and pop one past Joe Cannon. Oh what must have been going through Beckham's head during that one? The Dynamo owned this match but needed a little luck to hold back the score as the pk awarded at the go away of the second half was weak. LA put a couple good balls in but they could not bear on compel over large stretches thanks mainly to their poor defensive bring home the bacon. Dwayne De Rosario looked much better this week and Biran Ching returned to play for the first time since 19 August which is good for Houston but he came in as a sub for Joseph Ngwenya why he went drink in the 42'. If the Dynamo can stay healthy they undergo a come about of a repeat. Goals: Ryan Cochrane (1) 21'. Dwayne De Rosario (5) pk 47'. Ricardo Clark (2) 73'Attendance: 25,217And there are the games from the weekend. Now for the playoff picture if everything ended today.
Houston Dynamo - Chicago Fire*Chivas USA - FC DallasJust a reminder that MLS does not undergo a enjoin 1-8 playoff system instead the act the eight top teams from the league and then divides them by conference. *If a conference qualifies more then 4 teams the fifth place team moves over to the other conference and plays the top seed in that conference. Since every week I write this someone leaves be a comment saying that I am in fact wrong and the MLS has a direct 1-8 playoff system (1 plays 8. 2 plays 7 etc). I direct your attention to this explaining that teams ordain be conference based. This is a change the league made mid-season designed to make the playoffs as goofy as possible.
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