Talk:MLS Cup 2009

MLS Cup 2009 has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: March 6, 2019. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from MLS Cup 2009 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 December 2018, and was viewed approximately 540 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the MLS Cup 2009 was the first major sports championship won by a team from Utah in nearly 40 years?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2018/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/MLS Cup 2009.

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Sources

Official highlights
Game summary: LA, Deseret, SL Tribune (archived), Seattle (special section)
- Link crawl
- National/international papers: Washington, New York, Guardian
Season summary: Deseret (includes other links)
Champion video (remarks on 1971 Utah Stars, celebrations, pro-Galaxy telecast)

Sounder Bruce 04:17, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:MLS Cup 2009/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 16:19, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Shall review this article. MWright96 (talk) 16:19, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Venue and pre-match

"Qwest Field became the eighth stadium to host the MLS Cup and the first new stadium to host" - hold to avoid close reptition
- hold sounds awkward, so I went with "chosen for"
Why was the articial turf criticized by multiple players?
- Turf is generally not preferred by soccer players, and this is relatively common knowledge. The two sources I found for Qwest Field wrt the cup did not mention this directly, though, so it has to be omitted.

Road to the final

Delink United States and Canada since they are both major geographical regions
- Done, though I don't think it's overkill here.
"The two teams were from Western Conference," - the Western Conference,
- Fixed.

Los Angeles Galaxy

"to give the Galaxy a 2–0 win and place them in the MLS Cup final." - and a place in the MLS Cup final
- Fixed.

Broadcasting

Wikilink ESPN360.com to ESPN3
- Done.

Summary

"the weather at kickoff was cloudy and 45 °F (7 °C)." - and the ambient temperature was
- Done, but "air temperature" is generally used here.
"who collided with Omar Gonzalez and Galaxy goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts. Ricketts broke his right hand" - Try not to have the last word of a sentence start the next one like this
- Reordered.
"with a painkiller to alleviate a bruise right ankle" - bruised
- Fixed.
"At halftime, the Galaxy lead 1–0" - led
- Fixed.
"Landon Donovan missed his penalty, putting it over the goal despite his proficiency in penalties," - Despite his proficiency in penalties, Landon Donovan missed by putting it over the goalpost
- Done.

Post-match

I believe it should be clarified that the praise reserved for the crowd and atomsphere was friendly or something along those lines
- I don't believe that this can be supported by any sources, nor is it necessary.

Another well-written article on an MLS Cup. Not too much to nit pick here. MWright96 (talk) 15:51, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: Thanks for the review. I have fixed most of the issues you've raised. Sounder Bruce 23:22, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 07:50, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]