October 19, 2007
Gentlemen, start your engines.
It. Is. Time.
The first trigger pull in our MLS Russian Roulette (TM) game has been pulled.
Perfectly empty chamber.
Class VI Maestro JasonMa gives us the ringside view of what happens in round 2, Saturday night:
First, *all scenarios require* that we beat FSL Saturday Night and win the Rocky Mountain Cup for the 3rd straight season.
Assuming we do that, we also need one of the following to happen:
(Ed. note: We finally have a legitimate reason to root for the bad guy)
LA beats Chicago (Go Beckham!)
OR
KC loses to Dallas (Dive Ruiz, Dive - if yer back from going studs up on Mexico, congrats on another red!)
OR
KC draws Dallas AND we beat FSL by 3 (Ummm, go Dario Sala?!?)
OR
KC beats Dallas AND LA and Chicago draw (I don't know who to root for here)
...AND FINALLY: THE WILDCARD
Nobody has gotten a straight answer from the league on what happens if we win by less than 3 goals and KC and Chicago both draw, forcing a 3-way tie at 38 points for the final two playoff spots.
Depending on if MLS uses points per game, W-L percentage, or GD any one of the 3 teams could be the one that gets eliminated.
The press release of playoff scenarios from MLS earlier this week actually reads that all 3 teams qualify for the playoffs, so obviously the league did not consider this scenario when putting together the release.
Good Fortune, Gentlemen!
Posted by BilFish at October 19, 2007 06:37 AM