The draw is tonight...
Orlando gets Tigres.
Of course the audio includes the Philly lost to NYCFC because of COVID excuse. I’m surprised there’s no league mandated asterisk on our star.
Am I the only one completely not bothered by this?Of course the audio includes the Philly lost to NYCFC because of COVID excuse. I’m surprised there’s no league mandated asterisk on our star.
Yeah, I don’t mind the note about it. It happened and we definitely benefitted from it.Am I the only one completely not bothered by this?
They were missing over half their starters. It sucked (for them). It wasn't the normal sports stuff. Though even if it had been I could imagine "decimated by injuries" being an ongoing talking point. But this was an element of the bizarre time. We were beneficiaries. They were losers. It was definitely a factor.
It amuses me to this day. I'm perfectly happy every time it gets mentioned. Reminds me of our good fortune.
Así es el fútbolThe Union was unlucky the Covid protocols in effect then probably kept out a bunch of players who weren't even sick.
They were lucky we beat the Revs or they would have been playing a dominant Revs team in Foxboro, and I think they were much less well equipped (even at full strength) to do that than NYCFC was.
The Union was lucky they scored almost 9 goals above xG for the season or maybe they would have come to Yankee Stadium.
NYCFC was unlucky that Taty got a dumb second yellow against New England and for 2 other starters to have gotten hurt late in the season.
NYCFC was lucky to win the shootout against the Revs (and later Portland) because those correlate very poorly with team quality or anything meaningful.
It goes on. The difference is the Covid thing for Philly was not the type of game luck we're used to. It was of a particular time and place and people will keep mentioning it.
The trophy and rings are still real.
Perfect summary. Luck variance comes in all shapes and sizes.The Union was unlucky the Covid protocols in effect then probably kept out a bunch of players who weren't even sick.
They were lucky we beat the Revs or they would have been playing a dominant Revs team in Foxboro, and I think they were much less well equipped (even at full strength) to do that than NYCFC was.
The Union was lucky they scored almost 9 goals above xG for the season or maybe they would have come to Yankee Stadium.
NYCFC was unlucky that Taty got a dumb second yellow against New England and for 2 other starters to have gotten hurt late in the season.
NYCFC was lucky to win the shootout against the Revs (and later Portland) because those correlate very poorly with team quality or anything meaningful.
It goes on. The difference is the Covid thing for Philly was not the type of game luck we're used to. It was of a particular time and place and people will keep mentioning it.
The trophy and rings are still real.
Would also add that the Union were fairly lucky to get past the Red Bulls in added extra time needing an insanely long range goal to advance past the first round.The Union was unlucky the Covid protocols in effect then probably kept out a bunch of players who weren't even sick.
They were lucky we beat the Revs or they would have been playing a dominant Revs team in Foxboro, and I think they were much less well equipped (even at full strength) to do that than NYCFC was.
The Union was lucky they scored almost 9 goals above xG for the season or maybe they would have come to Yankee Stadium.
NYCFC was unlucky that Taty got a dumb second yellow against New England and for 2 other starters to have gotten hurt late in the season.
NYCFC was lucky to win the shootout against the Revs (and later Portland) because those correlate very poorly with team quality or anything meaningful.
It goes on. The difference is the Covid thing for Philly was not the type of game luck we're used to. It was of a particular time and place and people will keep mentioning it.
The trophy and rings are still real.
Even this doesn’t bother me. It totally makes me smile. Like, yup. You totally would have won. But you didn’t. Ha! Sucks for you.Where I do think I do mind is the automatic assumption from Philly fans that they would have won that match had those players been available
The Union was unlucky the Covid protocols in effect then probably kept out a bunch of players who weren't even sick.
They were lucky we beat the Revs or they would have been playing a dominant Revs team in Foxboro, and I think they were much less well equipped (even at full strength) to do that than NYCFC was.
The Union was lucky their actual GD was almost 9 goals above xGD for the season or maybe they would have come to Yankee Stadium.
NYCFC was unlucky that Taty got a dumb second yellow against New England and for 2 other starters to have gotten hurt late in the season.
NYCFC was lucky to win the shootout against the Revs (and later Portland) because those correlate very poorly with team quality or anything meaningful.
It goes on. The difference is the Covid thing for Philly was not the type of game luck we're used to. It was of a particular time and place and people will keep mentioning it.
The trophy and rings are still real.