What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Yahoo Sports.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyChicago Fire lost one to nothing at New England, and the expected goals number for Chicago was five times New England's. Five times.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyI'm telling you, they won that game.
Kenji MoonfieldOkay, but what's expected goals? Because the scoreboard said they lost.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyIt's how many goals you should have scored from the chances you made. Look, Chicago made the chances. The ball just didn't get the memo.
Kenji MoonfieldSo they won the game that happened in a spreadsheet and lost the one on grass. You can't post a spreadsheet as the final score.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyTell that to the Fire. They flew home empty-handed.
Kenji MoonfieldFine, the other scores. Columbus beat Cincinnati two to nothing, and Orlando beat D.C. four to one with two goals from Antoine Griezmann.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyMinnesota came back from two down in ten minutes to win three to two. That ended St. Louis's unbeaten run of one hundred sixty-seven days.
Kenji MoonfieldChicago still has the better numbers on the flight home, though.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyThe spreadsheet got the window seat, and the team got the aisle.