Comments on: MLS, WPS, USL-1 Review

By: eplnfl

eplnfl — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:11:24 +0000

Anyone know of any coverage of the US Open Cup game with the Sounders on 4-28-09?

By: francesco

francesco — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:57:42 +0000

the cheapest seats are $20 which was cheaper than the $24 i paid for giants stadium. i would imagine $20 is about the lowest price any team would have.

By: Gazza

Gazza — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:27:01 +0000

Francesco:

I heard the tickets prices are quite high at Rio Tinto – is that the case?

By: eplnfl

eplnfl — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:30:27 +0000

While I have not seen everyone play so far this year the sad things is this year is the number of terrible teams have seamed to increase. NY and Columbus look bad the Texas Twins and LAG are poor excuses for teams. Does SJ seem any better to anyone then last year. NE and DC are they any better then last year, a big NO.

My Fire have shown that for 30 minutes a game that they can be the best club in the league by a mile. Problem is that it’s a 90 minute game. It will be June before they put 90 solid minutes in my view. Maybe that is intentional.
On the other hand how in the world does KC do it. In my book right now the best teams in the MLS are the ones leading the West.

By: Jeff McIntyre

Jeff McIntyre — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:51:22 +0000

Seattle looked solid again. You could see the confidence in the starting 11 with Keller back in goal. The focus was on pushing forward and setting up chances rather than protecting a young keeper.

By: Lars

Lars — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:39:53 +0000

I agree with BC, and it’s a shame Carver got fined over his comments about the officiating. MLS should be ashamed of their officiating situation.

By: BC

BC — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:36:04 +0000

“Chicago’s veteran leadership kept this match alive and salvaged a critical road point.”

This sentence surely must be a joke. That was the single worst officiated game I have ever seen, and I was at the game. Both Fire goals came directly from clear fouls against Chicago not given, and the straight red against Padula was a farce. A linesman was literally in Moreno’s face after he was legitimately hit telling him to get up while Blanco is repeatedly treated like the princess that he is. MLS officiating is some of the worst I have ever seen in its lack of quality and inconsistency. The American game will be a lot better if the officiating could be at least mediocre.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:05:58 +0000

FYI, the Sounders-Earthquakes game Saturday night was NOT the first leg of the Heritage Cup. The Sounders and Earthquakes play three times this year, so the next two are the only games that will count towards the Heritage Cup.

By: ELAC

ELAC — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:12:42 +0000

Where’s the Chivas USA love? No respect, no problem.

Keep ignoring the superleader.

By: francesco

francesco — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:48:06 +0000

Kartik something that you should know about the 14,000 plus attendance at Rio Tinto stadium is that the original and beloved Utah professional sports franchise the Jazz were in a playoff match against the Lakers thus making it a tough choice of which game to watch/attend as both games started at the same time. In addition all three home matches have been played in poor weather(the first two had rain and Saturday’s match was the first without rain but only had a high of 49). Utahns love their teams and RSL will be selling out matches as the season moves on. Location has nothing to do with it as you can still use the city’s light rail to get to the stadium and parking is about the same as it was at Rice Eccels. And despite the turnout not being overwhelming the crowd was still very loud and boisterous. Our next home match, a weekday affair against Dave Denholm’s cherished LA Galaxy should have a better turnout despite falling on a Wednesday night. It’s too early to make comparisons to Pizza Hut Park.