Wednesday night’s MLS Playoff openers provided plenty of excitement, and Thursday’s schedule has plenty of potential for fireworks as well.
Kicking off Thursday’s action is an all Canadian clash as the Montreal Impact play host to Toronto FC ( 7 p.m., UniMas). The matchup comes less than a week after the Impact topped TFC, 2-1, on a brace from Didier Drogba. An Impact win would lock up a matchup with the Columbus Crew, while TFC would lock horns with the New York Red Bulls if they were to advance.
Later, the Western Conference takes centerstage as the Portland Timbers play host to Sporting KC (10 p.m., UniMas). Both sides emerged victorious in the final week of the season, locking up a postseason date against one another. Should the Timbers win, Caleb Porter’s side would collide with the Vancouver Whitecaps in an all-Cascadia clash, while a series with FC Dallas awaits Sporting KC with a win.
If you will be watching tonight’s MLS action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action.
Toronto finally gets into the playoffs and they lay an egg with all that money on the pitch. Kind of funny.
you people must realize no team can just BUY a championship… so criticizing a team that made the playoffs for the first time ever is pretty silly. there is no way this was a waste of money unless they regress next season
I’m surprised that Kempin saved so many. It looked like he was leaning early every time except that last one. I know reading the keeper and making that last second adjustment is difficult in PKs, but it seems like something you’d practice every so often at a professional level.
Most EPIC MLS game EVER! SBI start a new POLL: Was this the most epic MLS game EVER?
I do believe that is the first time I have seen an MLS game go all the way to goalie vs. goalie on kicks. This was not good, according to my Fit Bit, for my resting heart rate:)
You could kick a ball one thousand times and not have it hots both posts and go out lol. That game was bananas
That may have been the most remarkable round of pk’s I have ever seen and I’ve been watching soccer for a long time. Not only that crazy one, but Kempin saved two high shots because he never dived. I’ve never seen that before.
Right now it’s about who sucks the least.
KC only used 2 subs? According to ESPN… how odd.
What a crazy game.
Ellis!!! What a cross from Zusi. Game on
Is Benny even playing?
Por-Skc is such an ugly game. Did I pick the wrong game to start watching MLS or is this about average for the playoffs?
Impact game plan “shutdown the atomic ant”, because the other DP’s are not worth a damn….wow, and to think Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore are fixed starters for the USMNT??? Just Wow
might be time to re-think that
Montreal so controlled the game that even Giovinco seemed largely invisible. Outside of taking some free kicks;, did he do anything of note? I can’t recall anything.
Findley is worthless…… still…lol
TFC need to sign Sagna and Kompany for next season haha
It looks as if we have a few ruptured vertebrae in our ‘spine’
how (un)clever…
Jozys mom?
“your mom” jokes…?
it’s 2015… BRO…
Jozys dad?
you would have been better served to go the “Jozy’s lesbian mother or Transgender father route” but either way you’re still showing yourself to be a pathetic, simpleton. keep it up buddy, you’re all heart, all heart…
Jozys girlfriend…clearly
this is getting ugly