Take Me Out to the Ballgame Week 22

soccer balls Take Me Out to the Ballgame Week 22

The Week 22 numbers look like this

5 year comparison

Week 22170 GPYTD

Avg+/-GPAvg+/-Avg+/-GP

200613,932615,08215,361143

200716,20916.34%616,3118.15%16,0054.19%144

200815,294-5.64%916,3500.24%17,0366.45%148

200916,2366.16%615,903-2.73%16,559-2.80%155

201019,21518.35%816,6284.56%16,6280.41%170

YTD 170 Games

AverageMedian%<10K%>20k

2006 15,082 13,036 21.18%17.06%

2007 16,311 14,804 8.82%25.29%

2008 16,350 15,078 11.76%24.12%

2009 15,903 14,629 15.88%20.00%

2010 16,628 14,434 7.65%22.94%


Here are the attendance comparisons to 2009:

MLS Attendance Equal # of Home Games

20092010

AttCap %AttAtt +/-GPCap %Cap

Seattle30,41293.87%36,17418.94%12101.90%35,500

Toronto20,22092.00%20,6882.31%1294.13%21,978

PhiladelphiaNANA20,343NA989.09%18,500

LA Galaxy19,37971.78%20,2984.74%1075.18%27,000

N.Y./N.J. Red Bulls12,22948.55%17,82845.79%1170.78%25,189

Houston15,83670.38%17,0617.74%1175.83%22,500

Real Salt Lake16,21378.95%16,7553.35%1186.64%19,340

Chicago13,02765.13%15,48618.87%977.43%20,000

D.C. United15,17367.44%14,471-4.63%1164.32%22,500

Columbus Crew13,71468.57%14,3844.89%1271.92%20,000

ChivasUSA16,10759.65%14,093-12.50%1052.20%27,000

Colorado Rapids12,71170.28%12,9932.22%1071.84%18,086

NE Revolution13,56160.27%11,974-11.70%1153.22%22,500

FC Dallas9,40744.39%10,88915.75%1051.38%21,193

KC Wizards10,01096.39%10,1090.99%1197.34%10,385

San Jose11,10462.65%9,638-13.21%1093.57%10,300


My disclaimer about the capacity calculations

For my calculations, Ive taken the 3 teams playing in Amercan football stadiums, DCU in RFK, Houston i! n Robert son and New England in Foxboro and assigned maximum capacities at 22,500. I took the 22,500 number from an approximate average of the soccer specific stadiums in use.

  • Phillys first two home games were played at Lincoln Financial Field. The announced capacity for the Union was published as 38,000 and will be calculated as such.
  • San Joses 4th match in 2009 was at Oakland Alameda Coliseum and drew over 15,800. Their 7th match was also at OAC and they drew over 17,100. Their 11th was part of a doubleheader with Barcelona and drew over 61,500.


    Observations

    Columbus drew 16,700+ for its match with streaking Dallas. A full house in Toronto. Red Bulls draw 21,800+. The Rapids seem to only draw on July 4, only 11,511 turned out. Over 20,000 at HDC for the Galaxy. The usual packed house in Seattle, 36,000+. Chivas USA continues to struggle at the gate with 12,500 coming out on Sunday night.

    Rookie Watch: Jack McInerney scored for the Union. Zach Loyd named Man of the Match for Dallas. Andy Najar showed why hes going to be a star.

    Kai Kamara, on my preseason watch list(bottom of post) got an assist vs LA. Joel Lindpere had a strong match in RBNYs victory.

    Week 22 Games

    Columbus0Columbus Dispatch Crew XTra

    FC Dallas03rd Degree Buzz Carrick

    Toronto0TFC Connected

    Real Salt Lake0RSL Behind the Shield

    New England1Revolution Soccer

    Philadelphia2Philadelphia Union Talk

    RBNY2Red Bulls Reader

    San Jose0San Jose Center Line Soccer

    Colorado3Undercurrent

    Houston0Soccer y Ftbol Jose de Jesus Ortiz

    Los Angeles0LA Official Blog

    Kansas City2Kansas City Hillcrest Road

    Seattle2Seattle Times

    Chicago1Chicago Fire Confidential

    Chivas USA1Chicago Fire Confidential

    DC United0DCU Steve Goff Soccer Insider

    GPWDLGFGAGFAGAAPPGPTSGD

    Los Angeles 22134532161.450.731.954316

    Columbus 22125531201.410.911.864111

    Real Salt Lake! 2211743 6161.640.731.824020

    Dallas 21910228171.330.811.763711

    NY Red Bull22114727231.231.051.68374

    Seattle2295825261.141.181.4532-1

    Colorado 2187625211.191.001.48314

    San Jose 2085722221.101.101.45290

    Toronto FC 2176822251.051.191.2927-3

    Kansas City 2175921231.001.101.2426-2

    Chicago 1966727281.421.471.2624-1

    Houston 22651127361.231.641.0523-9

    Chivas USA21641123261.101.241.0522-3

    New England 21631221351.001.671.0021-14

    Philadelphia21551125371.191.760.9520-12

    DC United 22431515360.681.640.6815-21



    Streaking

    • RSL are unbeaten in their last 21 regular season home games.
    • Dallas are unbeaten in their last 12 games.
    • Dallas are also unbeaten in their last 10 road games, an MLS record.
    • Colorado are unbeaten in their last 6 home games.
    • Houston are winless in their last 8 road games. And theyve been scoreless in their last 4 road games.
    • Seattle are unbeaten in their last 6 games.


    MLS Throw Ins

    • LA is the only club to have earned more than 50% of its points on the road.
    • There have been 42 draws compared to 52 in 09 thru the first 170 matches.
    • There have been 106 clean sheets in the first 170 matches, counting scoreless draws as 2.
    • Through 162 games: goal scoring is down around 6.0% from 2009, 2.39 vs 2.55.
    • RSL has lost only twice in its last 40 home matches. They lost only once in 08 and 09, a feat matched by Houston.
    • DC United have yielded 14 goals in the last 15 minutes.
    • Dallas have not given up more than 1 goal since April 22.
    • San Jose has gone from one the worst allowing late goals in 09 to the stingiest in 10(as a percentage of total goals allowed).




    N.A. SuperLiga

    The participants in the 2010 N.A. SuperLiga and their respective finishes in the last completed season are

    MLSFMF

    Houston3UNAM Pumas! 4

    Chic ago5Monarchas Morelia7

    Chivas USA6Pachuca8

    New England7Puebla13

    N.A. SuperLiga

    Group A

    WDLPtsGD

    Houston21072

    Puebla20162

    Chivas USA11140

    Pachuca0030-5

    Group B

    WDLPtsGD

    New England30093

    Monarchas Morelia11143

    Chicago1023-4

    UNAM Pumas0121-2

    N.A. SuperLiga Semifinals

    New England(1)(5) v Puebla(1)(3)Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MAWed, Aug 4

    Houston(0) v Morelia(1)Robertson Stadium, Houston, TXThu, Aug 5

    SuperLiga after Semifinals

    TotalGame DatesAverage

    2007234,7511416,768

    2008186,1481413,296

    200986,948117,904

    2010118,298129,858

    3 Doubleheaders in 2009 2 in 2010


    New England will attempt to win its 2nd SuperLiga title on Sept 1 at Gillette Stadium.


    CONCACAF Champions League

    After a good showing for MLS in the first group phase matches, they pulled an oh-for four in the 2nd round.

    • Aug 17 Toronto 2 Cruz Azul 1
    • Aug 18 Columbus 1 Municipal 0
    • Aug 18 Real Salt Lake 2 Arabe Unido 1
    • Aug 19 Marathn 2 Seattle 1

    • Aug 24 Arabe Unido 1 Toronto 0
    • Aug 24 Santos Laguna 1 Columbus 0
    • Aug 25 Cruz Azul 5 Real Salt Lake 4
    • Aug 25 Seattle 0 Monterrey 2


    Group play continues in two weeks. The matches with MLS teams are(home team listed first)

    • Sep 14 Columbus v Joe Public
    • Sep 14 Saprissa v Seattle
    • Sep 15 Real Salt Lake v Toronto

    • Sep 21 Columbus v Santos Laguna
    • Sep 21 Cruz Azul v Toronto
    • Sep 22 Arabe Unido v Real Salt Lake
    • Sep 22 Monterrey v Seattle


    Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

    The winner will compete in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League.

    In the semifinals, Columbus will play DC United on Sept 1, 7:30 p.m. ET @ RFK Stadium, Wash, DC and Seattle will play ChivasUSA on Sept 1, 10 p.m. ET @ Starfire! Sports Complex, Tukwila, WA.

    And here are the possibilities for the location and date of the final.

    The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup structure


    Congestion

    You can decide if fixture congestion has had an effect so far. Of the clubs that participated in multiple non-league competitions, only Seattle and Toronto have not been bounced out yet. LA crashed out of the CCL and US Open Cup. Chicago and Houston lost in the N.A. SuperLiga and the US Open Cup. Chivas USA lost in SuperLiga but are in the US Open Cup semifinals. New England lost in the US Open Cup but are in the N.A. SuperLiga final. Columbus and RSL have the automatic berths in the group phase of the CCL, but RSL lost in the US Open Cup while Columbus are in the semifinals. Its a matter for discussion as to whether Seattle had tougher go than Toronto vis-a-vis the Canadien Nutrilite Championship vs the US Open Cup being injected into their schedules.
    TFC and Seattle have the longest stretches without a full week between games. Seattle and RSL have no league matches between their first two CCL games. Seattle however will have to remain very sharp as they have a slim lead over playoff contenders, all of whom have games in hand.

    I think we might see Chivas USA and DC United put full efforts into their Open Cup matches. Its their only shot at silverware and a berth in the next CCL.

    Fixture Congestion for MLS Teams

    TFCSEACLBRSLNEDCUCHV

    8/24/10CCLCCL

    8/25/10CCLCCL

    8/28/10MLSMLSMLSMLSMLS

    8/29/10MLSMLS

    9/1/10USOCUSOCSLUSOCUSOC

    9/4/10MLSMLSMLSMLSMLSMLSMLS

    Days12111211877

    Games3443333

    Games/Day4.02.83.03.72.72.32.3

    CCL=CONCACAF Champions League
    SL=N.A. SuperLiga USOC=US Open Cup


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