Congrats to SKC

Congratulations to Sporting Kansas City for winning MLS Cup 2013 in a 10 round penalty shootout versus Real Salt Lake

Here is my final predictions update for the 2013 MLS Season

Playoff Predictions

Knockout Round

Colorado Rapids @ Seattle Sounders	SEA Win	Correct SEA Win 2-0
Montreal Impact @ Houston Dynamo	HOU Win	Correct HOU Win 3-0

Conference Semifinals (Home & Away)

Houston Dynamo vs New York Red Bulls	NY Win	Wrong HOU Win 4-3 on aggregate
New England Revolution vs Sporting Kansas City	SKC Win	Correct SKC Win 4-3 on aggregate
Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers	POR Win	Correct POR Win 5-3 on aggregate
LA Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake	LA Win	Wrong RSL Win 2-1 on aggregate

Conference Finals (Home & Away)

New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City	SKC Win	Correct SKC Win 2-1 on aggregate but played vs HOU
Portland Timbers vs LA Galaxy	POR Win	Wrong RSL Win 5-2 on aggregate

MLS Cup Final

Portland Timbers @ Sporting Kansas City

POR Win

Wrong SKC Win vs. RSL 1(7)-1(6) in penalties

 I went 5 for 9 or 55.55% in my pre-playoffs predictions for the 2013 MLS Playoffs.

The Week That Was- July 23rd

Here are the updated standings of MLS:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3qPRqJFXHoRYmFUc1MtQlA2MWc/edit

Toronto FC

After getting rid of two stalwarts of the starting 11 in Silva and O’Dea, the results fell in line with what you would think would happen with a horrible 1-0 loss to Chivas USA, who was a man down for an hour and a nil-nil draw with New York Red Bulls.  Both games had the same story of TFC having a few chances but not being able to finish off any of them while the other sides were able to take advantage of the chance they got, if it was not for an incorrect offside call on Tim Cahill Toronto would have lost both games this week.  TFC has gotten so predictable that when Chivas USA broke out on the counter attack I said “Here it comes” and sure enough Chivas scored the only goal of the game.  With these results TFC dropped 5 points off both max points and points til eliminated; thankfully Houston did not play this week and could not raise the 5^th place points.

Movers of the Week

The biggest risers of the week were LA Galaxy with a win and a Seattle draw that moved them five points closer to clinching a playoff spot.  Sporting Kansas City rose 6 points with a win of their own and a loss by New England Revolution lowering the highest max points’ team by 3.  While Seattle dropped 4 points closer to being eliminated from playoff contention after their draw and 5^th place team moving up 2 points, and as previously stated TFC dropped 5 points this week.

Predictions for next week

Columbus Crew @ Toronto FC	TFC win
LA Galaxy @ Colorado Rapids	Draw
New England Revs @ DC United	NE win
Real Salt Lake @ New York Red Bulls	NY win
Sporting Kansas City @ Montreal Impact	SKC win
Philadelphia Union @ Vancouver Whitecaps	VAN win
Chicago Fire @ Houston Dynamo	HOU win
Portland Timbers @ San Jose Earthquakes	Draw
Chivas USA @ Seattle Sounders	SEA win