MLS All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #32 (Oct-26, 2009)

All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #32 (Oct-26, 2009), concluding the 2009 season:

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# Club GP- W1--L2--T SOW GS-GA-- GD- Pts PPG #PPG
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01 LAG 428 196-157-75 11 678-570 108 641 1.498 04
02 DCU 428 197-160-71 18 721-635 +86 626 1.463 05
03 CLB 428 179-172-77 13 635-607 +28 588 1.374 06
04 FCD 428 180-185-63 15 649-664 -15 573 1.339 07
05 CHI 365 167-125-73 05 568-481 +87 564 1.545 03
06 KCW 429 170-177-82 16 609-633 -24 560 1.305 09
07 NER 429 171-182-76 17 620-663 -43 555 1.294 12
08 COL 428 167-190-71 12 576-660 -84 548 1.280 13
09 NYR 428 161-198-69 11 614-684 -70 530 1.238 15
10 SJE 366 149-152-65 19 535-521 +14 474 1.295 10
11 TPB 187 083-098-06 10 312-336 -24 235 1.257 14
12 CHV 154 054-060-40 00 196-209 -13 202 1.312 08
13 HOU 122 052-029-41 00 171-124 +47 197 1.615 01
14 RSL 154 042-072-40 00 189-233 -44 166 1.078 17
15 MIA 122 056-056-10 10 199-219 -20 158 1.295 11
16 TFC 090 025-041-24 00 096-138 -42 099 1.100 16
17 SEA 030 012-007-11 00 038-029 +09 047 1.567 02

1 - Included shootout wins in seasons 1996-1999.
2 - Included shootout losses in seasons 1996-1999.

Highlights:

- Chicago confirmed 5th-place after the 1-0 win over Chivas in mid-week.

- Toronto's 100th league point have to wait until next season,

- Seattle moved to 2nd by PPG to cap a remarkable debut season!

MLS All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #31 (Oct-19, 2009)

All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #31 (Oct-19, 2009):

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# Club GP- W1--L2--T SOW GS-GA-- GD- Pts PPG #PPG
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01 LAG 427 195-157-75 11 676-570 106 638 1.495 03 *
02 DCU 427 197-160-70 18 719-633 +86 625 1.467 04 *
03 CLB 427 179-171-77 13 635-606 +29 588 1.380 06 *
04 FCD 427 180-184-63 15 648-662 -13 573 1.338 07 *
05 CHI 364 166-125-73 05 567-480 +86 561 1.543 02
06 KCW 428 170-177-81 16 607-631 -24 559 1.309 09
07 NER 428 170-182-76 17 619-663 -44 551 1.300 11 *
08 COL 427 167-189-70 12 575-656 -81 547 1.287 13 *
09 NYR 427 160-198-69 11 609-684 -75 527 1.237 15 *
10 SJE 365 149-151-65 19 535-519 +16 474 1.300 10 *
11 TPB 187 083-098-06 10 312-336 -24 235 1.257 14 *
12 CHV 152 054-058-40 00 194-205 -11 202 1.331 08 *
13 HOU 121 051-029-41 00 168-122 +46 194 1.608 01 *
14 RSL 153 041-072-40 00 186-233 -47 163 1.060 17 *
15 MIA 122 056-056-10 10 199-219 -20 158 1.295 12 *
16 TFC 089 025-040-24 00 096-133 -38 099 1.103 16 *
17 SEA 029 011-007-11 00 036-028 +08 044 1.464 05 *

1 - Included shootout wins in seasons 1996-1999.
2 - Included shootout losses in seasons 1996-1999.
* - Position (by points) confirmed at the end of 2009.

Highlights:

- With a 1-2 loss to FCD & just 1 game left, COL can't catch NER for 7th-place.

- CHI/KCW are the only pair with unconfirmed positions, though CHI need just 1 more point to seal 5th-place, their highest since inception! (pretty remarkable considering they played 2 less seasons than most others)

- TFC are now just 1 point away from their 100th league point. Keep it up!!

MLS All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #30 (Oct-11, 2009)

All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #30 (Oct-11, 2009):

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# Club GP- W1--L2--T SOW GS-GA-- GD- Pts PPG #PPG
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01 LAG 426 195-157-74 11 676-570 106 637 1.495 03 *
02 DCU 426 196-160-70 18 718-633 +85 625 1.467 04 *
03 CLB 426 179-170-77 13 635-605 +30 588 1.380 06 *
04 FCD 426 179-184-63 15 646-661 -15 570 1.338 07 *
05 CHI 363 166-125-72 05 567-480 +86 560 1.543 02
06 KCW 427 170-176-81 16 605-628 -23 559 1.309 09
07 NER 424 170-182-75 17 619-663 -44 551 1.300 11
08 COL 425 167-188-70 12 574-654 -80 547 1.287 13
09 NYR 426 160-197-69 11 609-682 -73 527 1.237 15 *
10 SJE 363 149-151-63 19 532-516 +16 472 1.300 10 *
11 TPB 187 083-098-06 10 312-336 -24 235 1.257 14 *
12 CHV 151 054-058-39 00 192-203 -11 201 1.331 08 *
13 HOU 120 051-029-40 00 168-122 +46 193 1.608 01 *
14 RSL 151 040-071-40 00 184-232 -48 160 1.060 17 *
15 MIA 122 056-056-10 10 199-219 -20 158 1.295 12 *
16 TFC 087 024-040-24 00 095-133 -38 096 1.103 16 *
17 SEA 028 010-007-11 00 033-026 +07 041 1.464 05 *

1 - Included shootout wins in seasons 1996-1999.
2 - Included shootout losses in seasons 1996-1999.
* - Position (by points) confirmed at the end of 2009.

Highlights:

- Only 4 games were played last week due to World Cup Qualifiers.

- With a 0-1 loss to CLB, NER failed to secure 7th-place this week ahead of COL.

- With a 0-2 loss to CHV, KCW failed to capitalize on CHI's off week to move into 5th.

- With the win over KCW, CHV have secured 12-place, as well as their 200th league point!!

- TFC still need 4 more points from their 2 remaining games for the 100th league point. Keep it up...

MLS All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #29 (Oct-05, 2009)

All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #29 (Oct-5, 2009):

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# Club GP- W1--L2--T SOW GS-GA-- GD- Pts PPG #PPG
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01 LAG 426 195-157-74 11 676-570 106 637 1.495 03 *
02 DCU 426 196-160-70 18 718-633 085 625 1.467 04 *
03 CLB 425 178-170-77 13 634-605 029 585 1.376 06 *
04 FCD 425 178-184-63 15 644-660 -16 567 1.334 07 *
05 CHI 363 166-125-72 05 567-480 086 560 1.543 02
06 KCW 426 170-175-81 16 605-626 -21 559 1.312 09
07 NER 424 170-181-75 17 619-662 -43 551 1.300 11
08 COL 425 167-188-70 12 574-654 -80 547 1.287 13
09 NYR 426 160-197-69 11 609-682 -73 527 1.237 15 *
10 SJE 361 149-150-62 19 530-513 017 471 1.305 10 *
11 TPB 187 083-098-06 10 312-336 -24 235 1.257 14 *
12 CHV 150 053-058-39 00 190-203 -13 198 1.320 08
13 HOU 120 051-029-40 00 168-122 046 193 1.608 01
14 RSL 151 040-071-40 00 184-232 -48 160 1.060 17 *
15 MIA 122 056-056-10 10 199-219 -20 158 1.295 12 *
16 TFC 086 024-040-23 00 094-132 -38 095 1.105 16 *
17 SEA 028 010-007-11 00 033-026 007 041 1.464 05 *

1 - Included shootout wins in seasons 1996-1999.
2 - Included shootout losses in seasons 1996-1999.
* - Position (by points) confirmed at the end of 2009.

Highlights:

- With CHI's loss, FCD have secured 4th-place ahead of their arch rivals for 2009!

- In the direct fight for 6-place, NER will most likely settle in 7th after the tie with KCW.

- In the another battle of adjacent teams (9/10th), SJE won 1-0 to confirm NYRB as the Wooden Spooners of 2009.

- With the win over DCU, CHV are just 2 points away from securing 12-place, as well as their 200th league points!!

- With just 2 games left, HOU will mostly settle in 13th-place and their 200th league point will have to wait until next season.

- RSL/TFC did not play this week.

MLS All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #28 (Sep-27, 2009)

All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #28 (Sep-27, 2009):

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# Club GP- W1--L2--T SOW GS-GA-- GD- Pts PPG #PPG
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01 LAG 425 194-157-74 11 675-570 105 634 1.495 04
02 DCU 425 196-159-70 18 718-631 087 622 1.468 05
03 CLB 424 178-169-77 13 634-604 030 585 1.373 06
04 FCD 424 177-184-63 15 643-660 -17 564 1.326 07
05 CHI 362 166-124-72 05 567-479 087 560 1.552 02
06 KCW 425 170-175-80 16 604-625 -21 558 1.305 08
07 NER 424 170-180-74 17 618-660 -42 550 1.300 12
08 COL 424 167-188-69 12 573-653 -80 546 1.288 13
09 NYR 425 160-196-69 11 609-681 -72 527 1.244 15
10 SJE 360 148-150-62 19 529-513 016 468 1.296 11
11 TPB 187 083-098-06 10 312-336 -24 235 1.257 14
12 CHV 149 052-058-39 00 188-203 -15 195 1.301 09
13 HOU 119 051-029-39 00 167-121 046 192 1.615 01
14 RSL 151 040-071-40 00 184-232 -48 160 1.074 17
15 MIA 122 056-056-10 10 199-219 -20 158 1.295 10
16 TFC 086 024-040-23 00 094-132 -38 095 1.096 16
17 SEA 027 009-007-11 00 032-026 006 038 1.417 03

1 - Included shootout wins in seasons 1996-1999.
2 - Included shootout losses in seasons 1996-1999.

Highlights:

- It's official, LAG have clinched top-spot at the end of 2009 despite a loss over the weekend, congratulations!!

- With a surprise 1-2 loss to SJE, DCU's 200th league win all-time will have to wait until next season.

- On the other hand, with a 1-1 tie vs CHV, NYRB managed to postpone their 200th league loss until next season, too,

- HOU/CHV are still in-seperable in 12/13-places.

- TFC still need 5 more points from their last 3 games to reach the century mark, keep it up!

MLS Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won

MLS Supporters' Shield by Season Series Won

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This idea came into my mind as the merit of the Suupporters' Shield has been under intense debate since its creation, mainly due to the fact that MLS have been playing un-balanced schedule since inception.

(Though a balanced schedule will be played in 2010, un-balanced schedule will most likely return thereafter, as the league expands)

Thus, I've worked out the alternate MLS Standings base on the number of Season Series won, where we can really see which teams really out-perform the others in a fairer manner, without the potentially bias effects of un-balanced schedules.

Just some ground rules:
1) As with the usual points system, 3 were awarded for a season series won, 1 each for a split series, 0 for a loss.
2) A season series would be won by a team who:
- earned more points than their opponents from the games in the season series (similar to the "1st-to-5" concept)
- scored more goals in case of equal points earned,
- otherwise the series would be considered split. (away goals rule don't apply, :-)
- for '96-99, FT wins would worth more than SO wins.
3) In case of 2/more teams tied on season series points, usual MLS tie-breakers such as head-to-head, GD, GS would apply.

Without further ado, let's see who would have won the Shield / Runners-up, base on Season Series won.

(The more detailed standings for past / current seasons will be published soon)

Alternate Shield Winners / Runners-up, base on Season Series won:
'96: LAG, TPB (LAG won series vs TPB for SS)
'97: KCW, FCD (FCD won series vs DCU for #2)
'98: DCU, LAG (DCU won series vs LAG for SS)
'99: DCU, CLB
'00: TPB, NYRB
'01: MIA, CHI
'02: LAG, SJE (LAG won series vs SJE for SS)
'03: NYRB,CHI
'04: LAG, SJE
'05: SJE, NER (NER won series vs DCU for #2)
'06: CHI, DCU (CHI won 3-way tie-breaker for SS, DCU then won series vs HOU for #2)
'07: HOU, DCU (DCU won series vs CHV for #2)
'08: HOU, CLB
'09: SEA, HOU are the current leaders

Highlights:
1. LAG would have been the most successful team so far with 3 Shields, followed by DCU/HOU with 2 each.
2. SEA, the current leaders of 2009, could very well be the first ever expansion side to win it...
3. Long-suffering NYRB fans would have been able to celebrate their 1st "major" title with the 2003 Shield!!

More later...

MLS All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #27 (Sep-20, 2009)

All-Time Regular Season Records at the end of Week #27 (Sep-20, 2009):

# Club GP- W1--L2--T SOW GS-GA-- GD- Pts PPG #PPG
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01 LAG 424 194-156-74 11 675-568 107 634 1.495 04
02 DCU 424 196-158-70 18 717-629 088 622 1.468 05
03 CLB 423 177-169-77 13 632-604 028 582 1.373 06
04 FCD 423 176-184-63 15 640-660 -20 561 1.326 07
05 CHI 361 166-124-71 05 565-478 087 559 1.552 02
06 KCW 424 170-175-79 16 604-625 -21 557 1.305 08
07 NER 423 169-180-74 17 616-659 -43 547 1.300 12
08 COL 423 167-188-68 12 573-653 -80 545 1.288 13
09 NYR 424 160-196-68 11 608-680 -72 526 1.244 15
10 SJE 359 147-150-62 19 527-512 015 465 1.296 11
11 TPB 187 083-098-06 10 312-336 -24 235 1.257 14
12 CHV 148 052-058-38 00 187-202 -15 194 1.301 09
13 HOU 119 051-029-39 00 167-121 046 192 1.615 01
14 RSL 150 040-070-40 00 184-229 -45 160 1.074 17
15 MIA 122 056-056-10 10 199-219 -20 158 1.295 10
16 TFC 086 024-040-22 00 092-130 -38 094 1.096 16
17 SEA 026 009-006-11 00 031-024 007 038 1.417 03

1 - Included shootout wins in seasons 1996-1999.
2 - Included shootout losses in seasons 1996-1999.

Highlights:

- TFC still need 6 points from their final 4 games to reach 100th points.

- After 150 games, RSL's record reads: W40, T40, L70, Pts 160,

- Coincidentally, the 7, 8, 9 & 10th-placed teams (NER/ COL/ NYRB/ SJE) each earned a point and a goal in the pair of mid-week games.

- With the mid-week tie, COL are now out of the running for 6th-place.

- FCD/CHI/KCW are still mired in a 3-corner-fight for 4/5/6th-places...

- LAG have all but sealed top-spot at the end of 2009 with a 2-0 win over TFC, congratulations!!