# Talk:MLS Cup 2006

In the infobox it says OT and 2OT, whereas in the bracket below it correctly refers to this as AET. These need to be changed so that the article is consistent both with itself, and with the standard for association football on Wikipedia. I don't know how to edit the infobox, so I'm not going to try. I'm just bringing it to the attention of others, or the person who made it. -esp  —Preceding undated comment was added at 04:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC) 
Update: The new infobox for the MLS Cup result looks fantastic. Whoever fixed it did an amazing job, as listing it like a baseball box-score was a bit odd, in my opinion. -esp  —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:49, 29 January 2009 (UTC). 

Sorry for the extreme revert but the page was a blatant copyright violation of the MLS Game Guide. ( http://web.mlsnet.com/content/printer_friendly/y2006/m11/d11/c78366.html ) Everything is still in the edit history so feel free to put back in anything that isn't under copyright elsewhere. The game guide is a legitimate source, just rewrite it in your own words and in an encyclopedic style. —dm (talk) 07:59, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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Image:Houmlschamps.GIF is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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Previews: Falkoff, Matchup details, Venus prep, Texans, Summer transfers, Best XI
Full broadcast
Halftime show PR
Recaps: MLS (stats), Boston, Houston (p. 1 - Nov 14), Washington (p. E18)
Content hub
71 seconds to equalize
MLS Cup Moments: Orange Crush Roadtrip, Goals, Heaps
Victory rally hosted by Mayor Bill White on November 14 at city hall steps
Post-match notes: Introduction of Designated Player Rule to lure David Beckham

This review is transcluded from Talk:MLS Cup 2006/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Ceranthor (talk · contribs) 16:45, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

I'll review this. ceranthor 16:45, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay. Should post comments within the next 24 hrs or so. ceranthor 22:34, 9 April 2019 (UTC)


### Prose
Lead
"MLS Cup 2006 was the 11th edition of the MLS Cup, - not sure edition works here for a sporting event
I prefer it to repeating "cup" over and over, and it seems to get decent use from media sources (Washington Post, USA Today, Dallas News).
"MLS Cup 2006 was the 11th edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), and was contested between the New England Revolution and the Houston Dynamo to decide the champion of the 2006 season." - think this sentence would be more readable if the second half was split into its own sentence
"The match took place on November 12, 2006, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, which had hosted the previous edition." - same note as first
Moved the date to the split first sentence.
"with Ching scoring the winning penalty" - missing the word "kick" here I think
Added.
"Both teams qualified for the playoffs placing second in their respective conference" - probably should clarify that you mean during the regular season
Fixed.
Venue
"The match was hosted at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, which had been the host of the previous edition" - "Been the host" gives it a human quality; think "had hosted" works better
Replaced with "venue of the previous final"
"The $80 million stadium was opened in August 6, 2005, and used primarily as the home of FC Dallas.[2] " - don't need the comma after 2005, and I would suggest tweaking "and used primarily" to "served primarily..."
Replaced as suggested, but the comma is staying per MOS:DATECOMMA.
"MLS announced that Pizza Hut Park would repeat as the MLS Cup home venue" - not sure you need the word "home" here; it repeated as the "venue"
Done.
Road to the final
"The New England Revolution finished as MLS Cup runners-up in 2002 and 2005, losing both to the Los Angeles Galaxy in overtime.[11]" - losing both "championship games"; need to restate the noun since otherwise losing both doesn't quite work grammatically
Fixed.
"The return of Dempsey and other injured players inspired the team earn" - I'd replace "inspired" here; and I think a "to" is missing before "earn"
Fixed.
"Another six-match winless run in July and August, blamed on long road trips in the schedule, saw the Revolution fall further behind D.C. United in the Eastern Conference standings while remaining in second place.[19][20]" - don't think you previously mentioned that DC United was first, so this is a bit confusing
Added a mention in the previous paragraph.
"He would later go on to miss five more matches" - personal preference for sure, but are "would" and "go on to" necessary here when "later missed" would say the same thing?
Fixed.
"The Dynamo responded with two goals in quick succession by Paul Dalglish: a 5-yard (4.6 m) shot in the 10th minute, and a 21st-minute header on a cross by Brian Mullan." - don't need the comma
Fixed.
Broadcasting
"earning a Nielsen rating of 0.8.[51] " - would be nice to explain how many people that translates to
Added a real audience number from another source, which seems to correspond with printout data from the time.
Match
"n previous 14 meetings" - switch "14" and "previous"?
Fixed.
"Injuries to several of New England's starting players, including Clint Dempsey, Steve Ralston, and Daniel Hernandez led to uncertainty of the team's starting lineup.[28][55] " - "uncertainty of"? It should be "uncertainty surrounding"
Fixed.
"Several thousand Dynamo fans made the 260-mile (420 km) trip to Pizza Hut Park from Houston on Interstate 45 " - seems awfully exact... wouldn't it depend where they're coming from in Houston? Seems kind of crufty to me.
Some sources have 275 miles too, so I'll just set it to "over 260". I-45 is the direct route between the two cities, though, and the caravan is worth mentioning for how rarely it happens in U.S. soccer.
"Houston began the match with a 4–4–2 formation, but switched to match" - don't need the comma
Done, while also switching around the tail end of that sentence.
"The Dynamo dropped their attacking players into the midfielder and defense" - not sure what this means
Fixed the typo.
"The Dynamo dropped their attacking players into the midfielder and defense to resist attacks from the Revolution" - the use of "attacks" here is odd
Changed to "pressure".
" who headed the ball into the net and tie the match at 1–1 " - should be "tied"
Fixed.
"The penalty shootout featured no saves or misses in the first two rounds, with Houston's coming from extra time substitutes Kelly Gray and Stuart Holden and New England's scored by Shalrie Joseph and goalkeeper Matt Reis.[67] " - Houston's and New England's what, though? Shots? Goals?
Reworked the entire sentence.
Post-match
"The Dynamo were also received by President George W. Bush at the White House in May 2007, becoming the second MLS team to be received at the White House.[71]" - repetition of "received"; would suggest replacing one of them
Replaced the second one with "honored"
Will post reference and image comments later today. ceranthor 15:50, 10 April 2019 (UTC)


### References
What makes MLSnet.com a reliable source?
What makes MLSsoccer.com a reliable source?
MLSsoccer.com (known as MLSnet.com prior to 2011) is the league's official website, but the news arm is considered an independent operation (hence why they post rumors and such). The contributors, however, are writers who have bylines in newspapers and for major sports publications like SI, ESPN, etc., so I don't think there's an issue here. SounderBruce 23:52, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Otherwise, formatting is consistent and sources seem reliable.


### Images
File:MLS Cup 2006.png - Fair use makes sense
File:Pizza Hut Park 2006 MLS Cup.jpg - checks out
File:TaylorTwellman 2006 MLS Cup.jpg - checks out, though it looks like the image pushes the Houston Dynamo to the right a bit in chrome
File:PaulDalglish 2006 MLS Cup trophy.jpg - checks out
File:PatOnstad 2006 MLS Cup.jpg - checks out
File:MLS Cup 2006 Formation.svg - caption says "Lineups of Houston and New England in the 2007 MLS Cup." - can you clarify?
Commons description was incorrect and has been fixed.
Nice work. ceranthor 19:12, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

@Ceranthor: Thanks for the review. I have made almost all of the changes that were suggested, and I also made a soft revert on some of the removed duplicate links. SounderBruce 00:29, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
@SounderBruce: Passing, but per MOS:DUPLINK I disagree with the soft revert. Obviously not a big issue - just providing where my reasoning for preferring no duplicate links comes from. ceranthor 14:13, 12 April 2019 (UTC)