Here are the updated standings:
Toronto FC
What an amazing save, that is why Stefan Frei has been one
of my favourite Toronto FC players and it was good to see him play what was
probably his last game with the team.
But other than that the game was just infuriating we had barely any
attacking prowess and the referee lost the game for us. What should have been a nil-nil draw turned
into an example of the horrible officiating calls that go on in MLS. First a hand ball call outside the penalty
area that was suspect and Toronto players were arguing with the ref over, but
no good camera view showed what actually happened.
But on the ensuing free kick Mike Magee lines up a shot and
as it travels around the wall it hits Jonathan Osorio’s upper arm which is
right against his body and he has turned sideways to shield his face. With hand ball calls one of the first things
that goes through a ref’s mind is if it was ball to hand or hand to ball, this
was a clear example of the ball travelling and hit the players hand/arm and the
said player having no time to move it out of the way. Furthermore the next step that I would take
as a ref would be to imagine if their hand/arm had been in a different spot
would the ball still have been blocked by a different part of their body such
as when a player has their arm against their chest, the handball did not give
an unfair advantage to the defending team so I would not call a penalty. As you can see in the highlights of the match
around the 4:00 minute mark Osorio’s arm is tight to his body as he turns and
the ball hits his upper arm/shoulder area if he had for some reason had his arm
raised it would have hit him in the under arm which would not have led to a
penalty kick and game winning goal. So in my opinion if MLS is to be one of the
top soccer leagues by 2020 calls like this need to be eliminated and the
overall quality of refereeing needs to increase.
Movers of the Week
In the west, Portland, Salt Lake, Los Angeles, and Seattle
all clinched playoff spots this past week. And the fifth spot is all but wrapped up by
Colorado who would have to lose 6-0 and San Jose would have to win 12-0 to swap
places. Vancouver was eliminated from
playoff contention after a hard fought 3-2 loss and probably sealed the release
of Martin Rennie as coach. While in the
east no new teams clinch a playoff spot but Columbus was officially
eliminated. But Chicago had the biggest
rise getting 4 points closer to clinching a playoff spot through a win and the
highest max total points of a non-playoff team dropping by 1. Philadelphia had the biggest drop of 5 points
through a loss and 5th place points total increasing by 2.
Predictions
Last Week
Montreal Impact @ LA Galaxy
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LA Win
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Correct LA Win 1-0
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DC United @ Sporting Kansas
City
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SKC Win
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Correct SKC Win 1-0
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Philadelphia Union @ Montreal
Impact
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Draw
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Wrong MTL Win 2-1
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Seattle Sounders @ FC Dallas
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SEA Win
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Wrong FCD Win 2-0
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Vancouver Whitecaps @ Colorado
Rapids
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COL Win
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Correct COL Win 3-2
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Columbus Crew @ New England
Revolution
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NE Win
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Correct NE Win 3-2
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Toronto FC @ Chicago Fire
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CHI Win
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Correct CHI Win 1-0
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Real Salt Lake @ Portland
Timbers
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POR Win
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Wrong Draw 0-0
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New York Red Bulls @ Houston
Dynamo
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NY Win
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Correct NY Win 3-0
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San Jose Earthquakes @ LA
Galaxy
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LA Win
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Wrong Draw 0-0
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Last Week’s Prediction Record
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6-4
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All Time Record
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58-61
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This Week
Chivas USA @ Real Salt Lake
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RSL Win
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Sporting Kansas City @
Philadelphia Union
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SKC Win
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Montreal Impact @ Toronto FC
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TFC Win
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FC Dallas @ San Jose
Earthquakes
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SJ Win
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Portland Timbers @ Chivas USA
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POR Win
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Houston Dynamo @ DC United
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HOU Win
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New England Revolution @
Columbus Crew
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NE Win
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Chicago Fire @ New York Red
Bulls
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NY Win
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Colorado Rapids @ Vancouver
Whitecaps
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VAN Win
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LA Galaxy @ Seattle Sounders
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SEA Win
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