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Quote: Originally Posted by scaryice RSL won two straight, and then drew the final two. Along with the Open Cup qualifying loss, their final season record was 13-13-9. And they're champions

Quote: Originally Posted by Highbury Playoffs are fine, just not playoffs that allow teams below .500 to get in and win the championship. If I'm correct RSL were below .500 in the regular season? The thing that struck all my friends watching the final and turned them off in regards to credibility was that RSL were so poor in the season. This will be easily solved when more teams added. say 10-12 teams in each conference. finishing 4th...

Quote: Originally Posted by X@V!3R How exactly did they do this? By paying lip service? The certainly didn't play any CCL matches. Perhaps it's the USOC you speak of? You could have just read my later post instead of having to make a post of your own. @import "http://diacache.daylife.com/_static/release-46080/v2/css/daylife/thickbox.css";

Quote: Originally Posted by lurpythepirate RSL was the better team "on the day" five days in a row--against Colorado, where we got the win and the goal differential necessary to make the playoffs; twice against Columbus; against the Fire; and against LA. That's not an instance of a team playing unusually well once and it happens to be against a team that could beat them any other day, that's a team finding a rhythm...

MLS doesnt need to be like europe, single table is so danm boring...... the current format is better structured and its alot more fun to watch when you have a underdog having the opportunity to win a championship. the SS is good only for regular season effort, thats it... but listen Eurosnobs! the season doesnt end on game #30 it ends at MLS cup when the winner is crowned.

Quote: Originally Posted by Eliezar Adding in an Open Cup game is like adding in the scrimmage against the YMCA U8 Girls Team that they started their season with. If they couldn't be the YMCA u8 Girls team- they really had no business in the MLS playoffs though

Quote: Originally Posted by Jasonma how can i put this lightly?.... YOU'RE AN IDIOT woman coach: im sitting you because of your poor training habits player: shut up, bitch. you dont know what you're talking about.

Each time Garber re-states his position regarding single vs. conferences do we need a brand new thread rehashing all the same arguments?

Quote: Originally Posted by bobbydigital im just a little annoyed that rsl isnt even close to the best team in mls but they are champions. is called play-off. i love play off, it gives teams with smaller budget a real shot. i would not be happy if mls change the format, play off are great.

0.9! Sure it's a little better then on ABC... but ABC, last year, didn't have Landon Donovan, The LA Galaxy or the $30 Million Dollar Man. 0.9 is exactly what the MLS got for regular season matches on ABC... and here's the kicker... 10 years ago! "MLS also averaged a 0.9 rating on ABC that season (1998)" source: http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com...e-decline/1131 When are the apologists going to realize when...