Montreal Impact 2 vs. Orlando City SC 0 Highlights Montreal came into this game with the continued ambition of proving to MLS their Champions League performance wasn’t just a fluke and to remind everyone they have a lot of games in hand. They’ve got 6 games in hand on first place DC United and look to be on a helluva …
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MLS Fantasy Review Round 16 (Part 1)
Colorado Rapids 1 vs. FC Dallas 1 Highlights Despite the loss and amidst the seemingly continuous offensive struggles of the Rapids throughout the year, this result was actually a positive. They controlled almost 60% of possession and outshot an offensively dangerous Dallas side. On the other end of the field we had a Dallas lineup that appeared to be back at …
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New York City FC 3 vs. Montreal Impact 1 Highlights This is the David Villa we’ve been waiting for and the NYCFC we’ve been waiting for. The offensive display from NYCFC is reflected in their 54% possession, 17 shots and 9 shots on goal. We also saw the emergence of Kwadwo Poku with his 90th minute goal and his subsequent performance …
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Seattle Sounders 0 vs. Sporting Kansas City 1 Highlights Well….. I’ll keep this short since I’m a Sounders fan and run the risk of ranting for 5 pages. This game was some BS from the offside call on Neagle to the penalty on Seattle. The Sounders were missing their two star players among others and still deserved to beat SKC. …
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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in Chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. Since soccer can end in a draw, I’m using a modified version of this formula that tries to predict the chance that a team will come away from a match …
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DC United 3 vs. Chicago Fire 1 Highlights The Chicago Fire looked very promising early on with an attack being led by Shipp (because of Maloney’s Int’l duty absence) and Accam. The two linked up well early on and it eventually resulted in a Fire goal with mounting momentum. However, DC United managed to quell it and Espindola came on early …
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DC United 2 vs. Philadelphia Union 1 Highlights DC United redeemed their midweek performance with a dominant performance against the Union. DC United controlled 60% of possession and put away the chances they needed to while standing up to the chances the Union had. Chris Rolfe looks to be the offensive cornerstone for DC United so it’s unfortunate he …
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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in Chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. Since soccer can end in a draw, I’m using a modified version of this formula that tries to predict the chance that a team will come away from a match …
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Seattle Sounders 1 vs. Colorado Rapids 0 Highlights Sounders passed Colorado off the field in this one. Even though they didn’t create many chances, it didn’t matter because they didn’t need the chances if they could control the game as well as they did and to be fair they probably could’ve had a few more. I will say the …
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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in Chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. Since soccer can end in a draw, I’m using a modified version of this formula that tries to predict the chance that a team will come away from a match …
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