Yeah...it's been raining for sixteen days straight and the temperature is hovering at 42 and the lines on the pitch are starting to float in the puddles, but the guys are pullin' their boots on and muttering that "we're too old to be doin' this" at the same time they're getting that rush of old boy adrenalin that shouts "Yes! I'm here and I've got my boots on. I may be old but in the words of Old Nick, "I AINT DEAD YET".
Sunday, March 23, 2014
What team has ever started out a season and given up three PKs in their first three matches?
When the Portland Timbers faced a dismal second penalty kick in this weekend's match against Colorado, I began to wonder what the frequency of penalty kicks in a game was really like. The Timbers have given up four goals in their first three matches and three of them were PKs. That seems bizarre to me. So I searched for some statistics on the question. Penalty kicks have a long history in the game, though they weren't originally a part of it. The data suggest that two PKs in a match isn't all that notable. On the other hand, they were devastating to our team in the match against Rapids.
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