MLS Week 24 [R]

Post by Cosmos Factory
09/09
Kansas City Wizards 4
Colorado Rapids 1

Third time in ~ 6 weeks the Rapids have lost by this score. The two games
on either side of the All-Star break and now this one. At the All-Star
break what did the Rapids do? Give their coach a 2 year extension...

But we did lift the Rocky Mountain Cup for the 2nd straight year.

Jason

Cosmos Factory

2006-09-10 17:19:28 UTC

Post by Cosmos Factory
09/09
Kansas City Wizards 4
Colorado Rapids 1

Third time in ~ 6 weeks the Rapids have lost by this score. The two games
on either side of the All-Star break and now this one. At the All-Star
break what did the Rapids do? Give their coach a 2 year extension...
But we did lift the Rocky Mountain Cup for the 2nd straight year.
Jason

What exactly transpired at that Cup lifting? I know Ellinger got bent
out of shape but it wouldn't be the first time....

Jason Maxwell

2006-09-10 20:44:17 UTC

Post by Cosmos Factory
09/09
Kansas City Wizards 4
Colorado Rapids 1

Third time in ~ 6 weeks the Rapids have lost by this score. The two games
on either side of the All-Star break and now this one. At the All-Star
break what did the Rapids do? Give their coach a 2 year extension...
But we did lift the Rocky Mountain Cup for the 2nd straight year.
Jason

What exactly transpired at that Cup lifting? I know Ellinger got bent
out of shape but it wouldn't be the first time....

Actually it was Checketts (FSL's I/O) who got bent out of shape.

Prior to the game Ellenger made a comment about the Rapids "parading their
little Cup[ in front of them" and earlier in the year had made a comment
about "FSL not having anything in their jocks". Also Colorado's goal came
15 seconds after FSL's Ballouchy went down with an injury that he sustained
while attempting a professional foul to stop the play. Many of the fans and
some of the players thought it was classless for the Rapids to play on while
an FSL player was down.

At the end of the game the Rapids were celebrating their win and Pablo went
loony, stripped off his shirt, and stuffed it down his pants. This is where
the story gets a little unclear, from the footage from TV he stuffs it down
the side of his pants like he's putting it in a pocket and shows it off in
front of the FSL fans, particularly the RCB supporter's group. He says he
was showing how the Rapids have FSL in their pocket and/or how they're
pocketing the "little Cup" and taking it home again. According to the FSL
fans after this he stuck it down the front of his shorts and made some
obscene gestures. Other fans say the he didn't really do that, but Dan
Gargan was standing next to him making obscene gestures. Other FSL fans say
that neither one of them were being particularly obscene, but that they were
egging on a crowd that was already near-riot and was throwing things on the
field at them, and they think only the 12 foot drop from the edge of the
stands to field level prevented a pitch invasion to go after Pablo and Dan.

While this was going on I was handing the Rocky Mountain Cup to Fernando
Clavijo and Joe Cannon and congratulating them so I didn't see it. The
Rapids took the Cup over towards the section the traveling Rapids fans were
in, and some FSL fans in the surrounding section took the opportunity to
throw crap on the field at them. Then Joe Cannon took the Cup across the
field to wave it in the face of the RCB. At some point Dave Checketts,
owner of FSL, stormed on to the field and got in Pablo's face about what he
was doing. Clint Mathis (Clint Mathis for God's sake!) and to step between
them and play peacemaker.

Eventually the players headed into the locker rooms (About 5 minutes total
for all the above), and the FSL fans continued showering the visiting Rapids
fans with soda and bottles (Alcohol free stadium, so no beer). The next day
Checketts released a public statement calling on MLS to suspend Pablo for
his antics and objecting to his actions in a "family-oriented" environment.
Of course, that "family-oriented" environment didn't seemed to make a
difference to Checketts when he decided to get into a shouting match with
Pablo on the field, or in the U.S. Open Cup game a month earlier when Rapids
head coach Fernando Clavijo asked members of the RCB to be ejected at
halftime for allegedly racist comments they were making to him (A he said,
she said situation, I wasn't there), or the obscene gestures the RCB made to
the Rapids players after the game, or the fact that Garlick threw the ball
and hit a Rapids player after the goal, but only got a yellow card for the
offense.

Just to be clear, I saw no problem with what I saw. Pablo was a bit loony
and over the top, but nothing that should have drawn a suspension or an
owner that confronted him on the field. If he did other things that I
didn't see, I can't judge, but a tape was sent to MLS HQ and they reviewed
it and released a statement saying no fines or punishments would be
forthcoming but they would have a "talk" with the involved Rapids players.
I think Checketts is a hypocrite who should be more worried about his fans
throwing crap on the field and onto visiting fans in his "family
environment" than trying to get Pablo suspended.

Jason

2006-09-10 20:59:02 UTC

Post by Cosmos Factory
09/09
Kansas City Wizards 4
Colorado Rapids 1

Third time in ~ 6 weeks the Rapids have lost by this score. The two

games

Post by Jason Maxwell
on either side of the All-Star break and now this one. At the All-Star
break what did the Rapids do? Give their coach a 2 year extension...
But we did lift the Rocky Mountain Cup for the 2nd straight year.
Jason

What exactly transpired at that Cup lifting? I know Ellinger got bent
out of shape but it wouldn't be the first time....

Snip some entertaining stuff.

I assume FSL = Fake Salt lake ?
But what is RCB ?

Jason Maxwell

2006-09-11 00:07:31 UTC

Post by MH

Post by Cosmos Factory
09/09
Kansas City Wizards 4
Colorado Rapids 1

Third time in ~ 6 weeks the Rapids have lost by this score. The two

games

What exactly transpired at that Cup lifting? I know Ellinger got bent
out of shape but it wouldn't be the first time....

Snip some entertaining stuff.
I assume FSL = Fake Salt lake ?
But what is RCB ?

Royal Caviler Brigade, one of the FSL supporter's groups (They consider
themselves the more "Ultra" group)

Jason

p***@yahoo.com

2006-09-10 17:03:16 UTC

Post by Cosmos Factory
Red Bulls are going in the wrong direction.

Brian Hall shows Bruce and Amado who's got the biggest ego ...

Post by Cosmos Factory
Does DCU get unlimited cap space??

They dropped two well-paid players in-season (Filomeno and Quaranta);
plus, there's some terrific value on their squad:
Gros $70K
Carroll $60K
Boswell $30K
Perkins $30K

Post by Cosmos Factory
The Fire are playing the best of any team in the east.
Sarachan's options at forward: Herron, Rolfe, Jaqua, Barrett and Carr.

... and considering how often they're unavailable, he needs all five.

P

Cosmos Factory

2006-09-11 02:44:37 UTC

Post by Cosmos Factory
09/09
Columbus Crew 1
Chicago Fire 2
CHI -- Nate Jaqua (Justin Mapp) 40
CHI -- C.J. Brown (Chris Armas, Ivan Guerrero) 47+
CLB -- Sebastian Rozental (penalty kick) 72
CHI -- Calen Carr (ejection; Serious Foul Play) 63
D.C. United 1
Real Salt Lake 1
DC -- Freddy Adu (unassisted) 45
RSL -- Chris Klein (Jeff Cunningham) 65
New England Revolution 1
New York Red Bulls 0
NE -- Pat Noonan (Steve Ralston, Jay Heaps) 8
NY -- Amado Guevara (ejection; Second Caution) 81
Kansas City Wizards 4
Colorado Rapids 1
KC -- Scott Sealy (unassisted) 1
COL -- Kyle Beckerman (Jacob Peterson 3) 11
KC -- Dave van den Bergh (unassisted) 54
KC -- Davy Arnaud (Jose Burciaga Jr.) 56
KC -- Davy Arnaud (Jose Burciaga Jr.) 77
Chivas USA 1
FC Dallas 1
DAL -- Kenny Cooper (Ramon Nunez, Ronnie O'Brien) 55
CHV -- Juan Pablo Garcia (unassisted) 81
----

9/10

Los Angeles Galaxy 1
Houston Dynamo 2

Scoring:
LA -- Landon Donovan (Alan Gordon, Tyrone Marshall) 29
HOU -- Craig Waibel (Brad Davis) 32
HOU -- Dwayne De Rosario (unassisted) 56

Discipline:
HOU -- Brian Mullan (ejection; Second Caution) 66

n***@nil.com

2006-09-11 14:57:20 UTC

Post by Cosmos Factory
Los Angeles Galaxy 1
Houston Dynamo 2
LA -- Landon Donovan (Alan Gordon, Tyrone Marshall) 29
HOU -- Craig Waibel (Brad Davis) 32
HOU -- Dwayne De Rosario (unassisted) 56
HOU -- Brian Mullan (ejection; Second Caution) 66

Pretty entertaining match. Is it my imagination or does Houston have far
and away the most red cards this season?

p***@yahoo.com

2006-09-11 18:25:22 UTC