MLS Weekly Preview and Broadcast Info
October 13, 2006 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
Saturday, October 14, 2006
New York Red Bulls vs. Kansas City Wizards - FSN-NY, MetroSports
Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, N.J. - 7:30 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20061013&content_id=75506&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
The MLS schedule couldn't have been better planned. The final available place in the Eastern Conference for the MLS Cup Playoffs comes down to a single game, winner-take-all matchup. For the New York Red Bulls, it's deja vú all over again - a year ago, just as this year, they came into the final game needing a victory to claim the final spot. Unlike 2005 though, this time they are at home. The Kansas City Wizards gained the advantage last weekend when they captured a late victory in the final ever regular-season game at Arrowhead Stadium; they need just a draw in the Meadowlands to take fourth place and secure a date in the conference semifinals with D.C. United.
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. SAR (bench): Craig Lowry; JAR (opposite): Adam Wienckowski; 4th: Jorge Gonzalez
MLS Career: 52 games; FC/gm: 31.9; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 12; pens: 18
MLS 2006: 10 games; FC/gm: 31.0 (avg: 28.9); Y/gm: 2.9 (avg: 3.64); R: 1 (MLS: 43); pens: 1 (MLS: 41)
Games involving Red Bulls: P13 W5 L7 T1; FC/gm: 30.3; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 2; pens: 4
Games involving Wizards: P8 W3 L3 T2; FC/gm: 31.5; Y/gm: 4.0; R: 3; pens: 3
INJURY REPORT:
NEW YORK RED BULLS - OUT: FW Edson Buddle (R hamstring strain); MF Mark Lisi (R adductor strain); DF Shawn Kuykendall (L knee surgery); FW Elie Ikangu (L hamstring strain)
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS - QUESTIONABLE: MF Alex Zotinca (hamstring strain); PROBABLE: MF Kerry Zavagnin (shin contusion)
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD (caution limit suspensions do not carry over to postseason):
NY: Dema Kovalenko, Amado Guevara, Mike Magee, Marvell Wynne ... KC: Davy Arnaud, Jack Jewsbury, Shavar Thomas
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (31 meetings): Red Bulls 12 wins (2 shootout), 37 goals ... Wizards 12 wins (2 shootout), 40 goals ... 7 draws
AT GIANTS STADIUM: (13 meetings): Red Bulls 6 wins (1 shootout), 18 goals ... Wizards 2 wins (0 shootout), 12 goals ... 5 draws
-- This is the fourth of four meetings between the Eastern Conference clubs this season, the second of two at the Meadowlands.
-- A year ago the teams evenly split their season series, playing to a pair of draws in the two meetings in East Rutherford, then trading 1-0 victories in the two matches in Kansas City.
-- While the Wizards have earned points in four of their last six matches at the Meadowlands, their last win in New Jersey came April 19, 2000.
-- Coaches record: Bruce Arena v KC: P9 W3 L5 D1 ... Brian Bliss vs. NY: P2 W0 L1 D1
TV
Directv: 792
Dishnet: 464
FSN-NY
HTN Conf #
1830-2230
MetroSports
VYVX Circuit #
TWCKCWV 1001
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New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew - FSN-NE, ONN
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass. - 7:30 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20061013&content_id=75439&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
Having once again put on a seemingly patented late-season charge, the New England Revolution can secure home-field advantage for the Eastern Conference Semifinals with a victory against the Columbus Crew on Saturday night. A loss or a draw, and the door is open for the Chicago Fire to play host for the second leg when the two clubs meet in the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs. The Crew were the first East team eliminated from playoff consideration; it's the second consecutive year they have failed to reach the postseason after winning the Supporters' Shield in 2004.
REFEREE: Michael Kennedy. SAR (bench): Rob Fereday; JAR (opposite): C.J. Morgante; 4th: Erich Simmons
MLS Career: 121 games; FC/gm: 29.1; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 32; pens: 36
MLS 2006: 18 games; FC/gm: 27.8 (avg: 28.9); Y/gm: 3.4 (avg: 3.64); R: 5 (MLS: 43); pens: 3 (MLS: 41)
Games involving Revolution: P23 W6 L12 T5; FC/gm: 32.4; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 3; pens: 8
Games involving Crew: P14 W5 L4 T5; FC/gm: 31.1; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 2; pens: 3
INJURY REPORT:
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION - OUT: FW Pat Noonan (R sports hernia); MF Shalrie Joseph (R hand); DF Marshall Leonard (L Achilles tendon repair); PROBABLE: MF Clint Dempsey (L ankle); MF Daniel Hernandez (L ankle); DF James Riley (R hamstring); FW Taylor Twellman (L hip/hernia)
COLUMBUS CREW - OUT: GK Jonny Walker (lower back), DF Jed Zayner (L knee ACL); DF Frankie Hejduk (R knee ACL); GK Jon Busch (R knee ACL); MF Danny Szetela (R knee swelling); DF Ritchie Kotschau (L leg fracture); DF Marcos Gonzalez (R ankle sprain)
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD (caution limit suspensions do not carry over to postseason):
NE: Andy Dorman, Jay Heaps, James Riley, Khano Smith ... CLB: Brandon Moss, Joseph Ngwenya
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (41 meetings): Revolution 13 wins (1 shootout), 51 goals ... Crew 21 wins (4 shootout), 62 goals ... 7 draws
AT NEW ENGLAND: (20 meetings): Revolution 9 wins (0 shootout), 28 goals ... Crew 9 wins (3 shootout), 21 goals ... 2 draws
-- This is the fourth and final league meeting between the Eastern Conference clubs this season, their third meeting over the the final eight weeks of the campaign.
-- The Columbus victory in the last match was the Crew's first since June 6, 2004, a span of eight matches (four NE wins, four draws).
-- Coaches record: Steve Nicol v CLB: P17 W7 L5 D5 ... Sigi Schmid vs. NE: P15 W7 L6 D2
TV
Directv: 791
DishNet:: 465
FSN-NE
VYVX Conf #
2161768
ONN
KU BAND
AMC 1, TR. 18 Upper
Uplink: 14369(H)
Downlink: 12069(V)
Symbol Rate: 13.235
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Houston Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids -- HDNet
Roberston Stadium, Houston, Texas - 8:30 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20061013&content_id=75433&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
The Colorado Rapids hit the road - which hasn't been kind to them this season - needing just a single point to ensure they will be in the MLS Cup Playoffs. It's a rematch of the season opener those many months ago - when Brian Ching scored four goals as Houston Dynamo won their first-ever game, 5-2. Dynamo have already secured their place in the postseason; with a victory against Colorado, the Rapids will be then left waiting on Sunday's match between Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake to see their future - a Real win and Colorado is out. However, Houston also has something to play for: A Colorado victory, then a Chivas USA win the following day, and Chivas will have home-field advantage when the two clubs meet in the conference semifinals.
REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. SAR (bench): Bill Dittmar; JAR (opposite): Corey Rockwell; 4th: Richard Heron
MLS Career: 48 games; FC/gm: 29.8; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 11; pens: 21
MLS 2006: 11 games; FC/gm: 26.5 (avg: 28.9); Y/gm: 3.5 (avg: 3.64); R: 1 (MLS: 43); pens: 2 (MLS: 41)
Games involving Dynamo: P1 W0 L0 T1; FC/gm: 31.0; Y/gm: 5.0; R: 0; pens: 1
Games involving Rapids: P9 W2 L5 T2; FC/gm: 25.9; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 1; pens: 5
INJURY REPORT:
HOUSTON DYNAMO - OUT: FW Julian Nash (L foot metatarsal fracture); QUESTIONABLE: FW Alejandro Moreno (lower back strain); MF Brian Mullan (R knee sprain)
COLORADO RAPIDS - OUT: FW Luchi Gonzalez (R groin); PROBABLE: MF Alain Nkong (R knee); MF Matt Crawford (R hip); FW Jovan Kirovski (R quadriceps)
SUSPENDED: COL: Clint Mathis (through Oct. 15); Mike Petke (through Oct. 15)
WARNINGS:
FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD (caution limit suspensions do not carry over to postseason):
HOU: Ryan Cochrane, Brian Mullan ... COL: Kyle Beckerman
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (3 meetings): Dynamo 2 wins (0 shootout), 6 goals ... Rapids 1 win (0 shootout), 3 goals ... 0 draws
AT HOUSTON (2 meeting): Dynamo 1 win (0 shootout), 5 goals ... Rapids 0 wins (0 shootout), 2 goals ... 0 draws
-- This is the fourth meeting between the Houston club and Colorado, the second of two on the Buffalo Bayou after the Rapids played in the first-ever match at Robertson Stadium.
-- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. COL: P11 W6 L2 D3 ... Fernando Clavijo v HOU: P3 W1 L2 D0
TV
HDNet
KU BAND
SBS 6, Tr. 13
Uplink: 1434.5(V)
Downlink: 12024.5(H)
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Los Angeles Galaxy vs. FC Dallas - FSC, FSN-PT
The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif. - 10:30 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20061013&content_id=75434&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
The curtain falls on the title defense of the Los Angeles Galaxy this weekend, as they bring an end to their 11th season having failed to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time ever, following last week's 2-1 loss to FC Dallas in the front half of the season-ending home-and-home series. With the victory, FC Dallas also ensured they will maintain home-field advantage throughout the postseason - which could, of course, extend all the way to the MLS Cup Final. Now they only have to wait for the other results over the weekend to see which of three potential opponents they will face in the conference semifinals.
REFEREE: Kevin Stott. SAR (bench): Greg Barkey; JAR (opposite): Fabio Tovar; 4th: Colin Tait
MLS Career: 129 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 36; pens: 27
MLS 2006: 10 games; FC/gm: 25.7 (avg: 28.9); Y/gm: 4.2 (avg: 3.64); R: 5 (MLS: 43); pens: 8 (MLS: 41)
Games involving Galaxy: P24 W12 L9 T3; FC/gm: 26.0; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 2; pens: 5
Games involving FC Dallas: P22 W10 L11 T1; FC/gm: 25.6; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 6; pens: 1
INJURY REPORT:
FC DALLAS - OUT: GK Dario Sala (R calf strain); GK Jeff Cassar (R hip surgery); FW Roberto Mina (L knee); QUESTIONABLE: MF Ramon Nuñez (R ankle)
LOS ANGELES GALAXY - OUT: FW Cornell Glen (L knee sprain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Troy Roberts (groin strain); DF Tyrone Marshall (R Achilles tendon strain); PROBABLE: DF Nathan Sturgis (R groin strain); MF Kyle Martino (L hip surgery)
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD (caution limit suspensions do not carry over to postseason):
LA: Herculez Gomez, Ugo Ihemelu, Tyrone Marshall ... DAL: Ronnie O'Brien, Bobby Rhine
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (41 meetings): Galaxy 20 wins (1 shootout), 71 goals ... FC Dallas 14 wins (1 shootout), 49 goals ... 7 draws
AT LOS ANGELES: (20 meetings): Galaxy 15 wins (1 shootout), 39 goals ...FC Dallas 3 wins (1 shootout), 13 goals ... 2 draws
-- This is the fourth of four meetings between the Western Conference clubs this season, the second of two at The Home Depot Center, and the back end of back-to-back meetings to end the campaign.
-- The Galaxy have won eight of the last 13 league meetings between the clubs - all of them played to a result. That followed a stretch of six of eight matches that ended in draws, beginning with the 2001 season series.
-- A year ago, the teams evenly split their season series, each only winning at home, ending a two-year run where the Galaxy had won the season series. The last time the Burn won the season set came in 2000. On Sept. 6 of that year, Dallas last defeated the Galaxy in southern California.
-- Coaches record: Frank Yallop vs. DAL: P12 W9 L3 D0 ... Colin Clarke v LA: P11 W5 L6 D0
TV
Directv: 793
Dishnet: 466
FSC
KU BAND
AMC 5, Tr. 15A
Uplink: 14434.5(H)
Downlink: 12134.5(V)
FSN
PLN Conf #
100399
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Sunday, October 15, 2006
D.C. United vs. Chicago Fire - ESPN2
RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. - 5 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20061013&content_id=75432&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
By the time the game is played at RFK Stadium, both D.C. United and the Chicago Fire will know almost everything about their postseason roads ahead. For D.C. United, they will be on the road for the first game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, holding home-field advantage throughout the postseason after winning the MLS Supporters' Shield. On Saturday night, they will find out if their first-round opponent will be New York or Kansas City. The Chicago Fire know they will be facing the New England Revolution in the semifinals. A New England win Saturday vs. Columbus, and the Revolution will hold home-field advantage for the initial two-leg series; a draw in Foxborough, and the Fire can finish second with a victory in Washington, and a Crew win and the Fire take second with only a single point in the finale.
REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): George Gansner; 4th: Andrew Chapin
MLS Career: 31 games; FC/gm: 27.7; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 8; pens: 7
MLS 2006: 12 games; FC/gm: 26.8 (avg: 28.9); Y/gm: 3.3 (avg: 3.64); R: 3 (MLS: 43); pens: 3 (MLS: 41)
Games involving United: P7 W2 L1 T4; FC/gm: 23.9; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 1; pens: 1
Games involving Fire: P6 W2 L2 T2; FC/gm: 31.3; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 1; pens: 3
INJURY REPORT:
D.C. UNITED - OUT: MF Domenic Mediate (broken distal fibula); DF John Wilson (knee surgery)
CHICAGO FIRE - OUT: FW Chad Barrett (R fifth metatarsal fracture), MF Craig Capano (L knee derangement), DF Jeff Curtin (R adductor strain); DF Jared Montz (L adductor strain); MF John Thorrington (R hamstring strain); DOUBTFUL: MF Diego Gutierrez (L hamstring strain); MF Logan Pause (R knee sprain)
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD (caution limit suspensions do not carry over to postseason): DC: Bobby Boswell, Christian Gomez ... CHI: Chris Armas, Gonzalo Segares
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (27 meetings): United 11 wins (0 shootout), 42 goals ... Fire 11 wins (0 shootout), 42 goals ... 5 draws
AT RFK STADIUM (13 meetings): United 8 wins (0 shootout), 24 goals ... Fire 3 wins (0 shootout), 15 goals ... 2 draws
-- This is the fourth and final regular season meeting, the second at RFK Stadium, between the clubs who have had a pitched rivalry since the Fire's entrance into the league in 1998.
-- United won two of the four league meetings a year ago in a goal-filled season series, with the Fire taking one with one draw. The teams then met in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals where there were again goals aplenty but only for the Fire, winning 4-0 on aggregate after a 4-0 second-leg win in the nation's capital, the heaviest playoff home defeat for United.
-- In the first 27 all-time regular season meetings between the clubs, they've exactly halved everything. Each team has won 11 times with five draws, each scoring 42 goals.
-- But in three MLS Cup Playoffs series between the clubs, United have never defeated the Fire in five matches. They had lost the first three (including a 2-0 loss in the 1998 MLS Cup Final) before gaining a draw in the first leg of last year's quarterfinal series.
-- Coaches record: Peter Nowak vs. CHI: P11 W4 L5 D2 ... Dave Sarachan v DC: P15 W6 L6 D3
TV
ESPN2
VYVX Conf #
2152072
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Chivas USA vs. Real Salt Lake - FSC, FSN West, FSN Utah
The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif. - 7 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20061013&content_id=75509&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
A week after securing the first playoff berth in the club's short history, Chivas USA could head into their season finale with a chance to take second place in the Western Conference and home-field advantage in a potential semifinal series against Houston Dynamo. However, if that's the case, then Real Salt Lake will have seen their playoff dreams dashed - that would mean a Colorado Rapids win Saturday in Houston, and Real would be eliminated. However, if Dynamo win Saturday, then RSL must defeat Chivas to sneak into the postseason in the final game of the 2006 season. A draw in Houston, and Real's playoff hopes are also over, while Chivas will go into the finale knowing they will be taking on Dynamo in the conference semifinals.
REFEREE: Brian Hall. SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Nate Clement; 4th: Abbey Okulaja
MLS Career: 82 games; FC/gm: 32.6; Y/gm:4.0; R: 13; pens: 32
MLS 2006: 11 games; FC/gm: 30.7 (avg: 28.9); Y/gm: 3.9 (avg: 3.64); R: 3 (MLS: 43); pens: 1 (MLS: 41)
Games involving Chivas USA: P6 W1 L4 T1; FC/gm: 28.2; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 2; pens: 0
Games involving Real: P7 W3 L3 T1; FC/gm: 26.4; Y/gm: 2.9; R: 3; pens: 2
INJURY REPORT:
CHIVAS USA - OUT: DF Carlos Llamosa (L thigh strain); FW Juan Francisco Palencia (R knee sprain); MF John O'Brien (R patella tendonitis); MF Mike Muñoz (R ankle surgery), MF Ramón RamÃrez (L knee MCL surgery), FW Estuardo Sánchez (L foot surgery); MF Carlos Borja (R knee MCL tear); QUESTIONABLE: MF Johnnie Garcia (L ankle sprain); PROBABLE: FW Ante Razov (R adductor strain); MF Juan Pablo GarcÃa (L adductor strain); FW Drew Helm (R shoulder separation) ...
REAL SALT LAKE - OUT: DF Paul Broome (L ankle internal derangement); MF Seth Trembly (L knee ACL tear); MF Christian Jimenez (L knee ACL tear); DOUBTFUL: DF Danny Torres (R foot sprain)
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD (caution limit suspensions do not carry over to postseason): CHV: Tim Regan, Jesse Marsch ... RSL: Atiba Harris, Carey Talley, Andy Williams
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (7 meetings): Chivas USA 3 wins, 14 goals ... Real 2 wins, 8 goals ... 2 draws
AT CARSON: (3 meetings): Chivas USA 3 wins, 9 goals ... Real 0 wins, 1 goal ... 0 draws
-- This is the fourth of four meetings this season for last year's expansion clubs, and the second of two at The Home Depot Center.
-- A year ago, the two new league clubs split their season series, each maintaining form on their home grounds. For Chivas, their two wins were historic. The 1-0 victory at The Home Depot Center on May 7 was the first in club history. Then their 5-1 win on Victoria Street on July 9 was the biggest in the team's short life.
-- Coaches record: Bob Bradley vs. RSL: P5 W1 L0 D4 ... John Ellinger v CHV: P7 W2 L3 D2
TV
Directv: 791
Dishnet: 464
FSC
KU BAND
AMC 5, Tr. 15A
Uplink: 14434.5(H)
Downlink: 12134.5(V)
FSN West
PLN Conf #
100507
FSN Utah
VYVX Conf #
2160175
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