Monday, April 23, 2007

MLS Week 3 Summary

RSL Game Summary:
Wow. That's all I can say. Wow. I will be joining the "Cut Rimando" campaign. If you were watching, all were immediately discouraged by Maykel Galindo's strike 33 seconds into the match. The fact that he scored eight minutes later made me want to kill Rimando. Both goals could have been prevented, especially the first. Maybe y'all were wondering along with me WTF was Rimando doing at the edge of the box? He had like two defenders behind him. If he had just played it well and stayed near the goal, they could have helped. Instead, all Galindo had to do was get it around Rimando, then tap it into the net for a goal. Oh well. When you're down two-nil ten minutes in, having another goal scored on you before half doesn't help. (Congrats, though to Ante Razov for scoring Goal #100.) Oh well, history figures. RSL has never won against Chivas USA at the HDC. In fact, their all-time goal differential there is -12. Here are all-time results against Chivas USA in Carson:

5/7/2005 CHV 1 : 0 RSL
7/9/2005 CHV 5 : 1 RSL
4/2/2006 CHV 3 : 0 RSL
10/15/2006 CHV 1 : 1 RSL
4/21/2007 CHV 4 : 0 RSL

0-4-1, 1 point, 2 goals for, 14 goals against, -12 goal differential

The numbers explain themself.

RSL Game Report:
Chivas USA : Real Salt Lake 4 : 0 (3 : 0)

Goal Summary

Chivas USA
Galindo (Zotinca) - 1'
Galindo (Zotinca, Kljestan) - 9'
Razov (Mendoza, Galindo) - 43'
Taylor (Unassisted) - 89'

Real Salt Lake
No Goals Scored

Card Summary

Chivas USA
Yellow - Galindo (25')
Yellow - Marsch (68')
Yellow - Kljestan (76')

Real Salt Lake
No Cards Received

Around the MLS
(0-0-3/3/5 East) CLB 2 : 2 NE (1-1-1/4/3 East)
(2-0-1/7/1 East) NY 1 : 0 HOU (1-1-1/4/3 West)
(2-0-1/7/2 East) CHI 2 : 1 KC (1-1-0/3/4 East)
(2-1-0/6/2 West) CHV 4 : 0 RSL (0-1-2/2/5 West)
(2-1-1/7/1 West) DAL 3 : 1 COL (1-1-1/4/4 West)

Didn't Play: DC United (0-2-0/0/6 East); Toronto FC (0-2-0/0/7 East); Los Angeles (0-1-1/1/6 West)

My Fantasy Team Update:

Altidore's strike for the Red Bulls gave my team 37 good points. Also, Lawson Vaughan's performance earned him 29 pts for me. Bouna Coundoul's poor performance lost me 6 pts. Marvell Wynne got traded to Toronto, so his good 29 points he would've gotten me were lost.

GK Bouna Coundoul (COL) : -6 points (9 pts Playing Time, -15 pts 3 goals allowed)
DF Craig Waibel (HOU) : 0 points
DF Marvell Wynne (TOR) : 0 points
DF Kelly Gray (HOU) : 7 points (7 pts Playing Time)
DF Lawson Vaughan (CHV) : 29 points (9 pts Playing Time, 10 pts Team Win, 10 pts Clean Sheet)
MF Pablo Mastroeni (COL) : 4 points (4 pts Playing Time)
MF Mehdi Ballouchy (RSL) : 9 points (9 pts Playing Time)
MF Freddy Adu (RSL) : 9 points (9 pts Playing Time)
MF Fred (DC) : 0 points (0 pts Playing Time)
(C) FW Jeff Cunningham (RSL) : 18 points (9 pts Playing Time, x2 Captainage)
FW Josmer Altidore (NY) : 37 points (7 pts Playing Time, 20 pts Goal, 10 pts Team Win)

League Scoreboard
rslnerd: 431 pts, #4203 overall
Jeppson United FC: 402 pts, #5307 overall

My Pick 'Em Update
We both broke even this week. We each lost every game, though he missed RSL-CHV while that was my folly. I didn't do a money this week, but I got DAL-COL exactly right. He got it with one score, and it was his money. 0-0 this week.

After 3 Weeks:
rslnerd: 7 pts
Jeppson United FC: -8 pts

Playoff Picture:

Top Two East: New York, Chicago
Top Two West: FC Dallas, Chivas USA
Four "Wild Card": New England, Houston, Colorado, Kansas City

MLS Performance Factors:

1. New York - 2334668
2. Chicago - 2334001
3. Chivas USA - 2001669
4. FC Dallas - 1750002
5. Kansas City - 1500503
6. New England - 1334335
7. Houston - 1333334
8. Colorado - 1333001
9. Columbus - 1000001
10. Real Salt Lake - 665334
11. Los Angeles - 499501
12. DC United - (-1499)
13. Toronto FC - (-3000)

rslnerd's Power Rankings:

1. New York
2. Chicago
3. Dallas
4. Chivas USA
5. Houston
6. Colorado
7. New England
8. Kansas City
9. Real Salt Lake
10. Columbus
11. DC United
12. Los Angeles
13. Toronto FC

MLS Goal Leaders:

Taylor Twellman (NE) - 3
Josmer Altidore (NY) - 2
Chad Barrett (CHI) - 2
Kenny Cooper (DAL) - 2
Jeff Cunningham (RSL) - 2
Andy Dorman (NE) - 2
Luciano Emilio (DC) - 2
Maykel Galindo (CHV) - 2
Herculez Gomez (COL) - 2
Ramon Nuñez (DAL) - 2
Ante Razov (CHV) - 2
Carlos Ruiz (DAL) - 2

MLS Points Leaders:

Taylor Twellman (NE) - 6
Maykel Galindo (CHV) - 6
Carlos Ruiz (DAL) - 5
Kenny Cooper (DAL) - 5
Josmer Altidore (NY) - 5
Ramon Nuñez (DAL) - 5
Chris Rolfe (CHI) - 5
Jeff Cunningham (RSL) - 4
Luciano Emilio (DC) - 4
Herculez Gomez (COL) - 4
Chad Barrett (CHI) - 4
Andy Dorman (NE) - 4
Ante Razov (CHV) - 4
Eddie Johnson (KC) - 4
Sacha Kljestan (CHV) - 4

Next for RSL:

vs. Colorado, 4/30/07, Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City UT, 4:00 PM MST

Colorado has put on some impressive performances so far, and RSL looks to grab their first win in RSL's premier of "Monday Night Fútbol".

Next Weeks Games:

4/25

TOR @ KC

4/26

NY @ DAL

4/28

KC @ TOR
DC @ CLB
CHV @ LA

4/29

NE @ DAL
CHI @ HOU

4/30

COL @ RSL

RSL Schedule:

4/7 vs. Dallas T 2-2 (0-0-1/1/T3 West)
4/14 vs. Columbus T 0-0 (0-0-2/2/5 West)
4/21 @ Chivas USA L 0-4 (0-1-2/2/5 West)
4/30 vs. Colorado
5/5 vs. New York
5/10 @ Colorado
5/20 @ Dallas
5/27 @ Chicago
6/2 @ New England
6/14 vs. Dallas
6/17 @ Los Angeles
6/23 vs. DC United
7/4 vs. Toronto
7/7 @ Columbus
7/14 @ Kansas City
7/28 vs. New England
8/4 vs. Houston
8/18 vs. Chicago
8/26 @ Chivas USA
8/29 vs. Kansas City
9/1 @ Los Angeles
9/8 @ Houston
9/15 @ Toronto
9/19 vs. Los Angeles
9/22 vs. Colorado
9/26 @ D.C. United
9/29 @ New York
10/6 vs. Chivas USA
10/13 vs. Houston
10/20 @ Colorado

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