Bizarro MLS
By: Dave Martinez | April 29th, 2008
Through 5 weeks of the MLS season, one would have to wonder if things have been scripted by DC Comics.
Its Bizarro World folks. And there is no denying it.
+ The Columbus Crew are in first place
+ Will Hesmer leads all keepers with 4 wins
+ DC United is in last place
+ The Dynamo are in last place, tied only with expansion team San Jose
+ Houston is also the only team yet to register a win.
+ And let it be known that San Jose (-3) has a better goal differential than Houston (-4).
+ The LA Galaxy are pushing for first with a resurgent Dallas
+ LA is also the highest scoring team in the MLS
+ TFC is a force
+ Claudio Reyna has seen more pitch time than Juan Pablo Angel.
+ Luciano Emilio has one goal in 5 games with 15 shots to call his own
+ Chivas USA and RSL have identical records, and even with the great, european bound Brad Guzan, RSL has conceded less goals!
+ Chad Barrett has become as indispensable to the Fire attack as Cuatehmoc Blanco.
+ Speaking of which, Barrett is also the only player in the league with 2 game winning goals.
+ Amado Guevara is back.
+ My 92 year old neighbor approached me in the elevator and asked me “Have you seen how popular soccer is getting? That Beckham is something else huh?” Shocking.
+ Peguero Jean Phillippe is back. (a Djorkaeff return would be enough form me to question reality)
+ Speaking of which, Alejandro Moreno is the second leading scorer in the league.
+ Jaime Moreno has three times the assists of Blanco
+ Jon Busch (always underrated in my book) leads all keepers this year, conceding only three goals, and has faced the most shots in the league at 31 total.
+ TFC, thus far, is the leagues CLEANEST team. I am serious. Only 4 yellows, 1 red. Amazing.
+ Claudio Lopez and Marcelo Gallardo have scored less goals combined than Jack Jewsbury and Alan Gordon.
Can someone please tell me what is going on?
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Go crew!
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yea realy . . .
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I prefer to think of DC as sitting in 10th out of 14 in a single table. If you thought the West was comparatively weak last year- this year is starting off as a major Yikes!!! Did MLS really change the playoff rules again so that the top 3 in each conference than the next two best make it (as opposed to top 2 per and then the next 4 best). Under last years rules only Dallas and LA make the playoffs from the West and only DC misses from the East at this point. If the rule change I vaguely remember happened Colorado would make it at the expence of the Red Bulls who have superior points.
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it’s good to see some changes in the league and teams that have struggled in the past looking solid right now.
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