First wins

With Tuesday's draw against the Columbus Crew, the Houston Dynamo now have faced every other team in MLS. However, they've only managed to defeat 4 of their 11 rivals. Chivas USA has 4 more teams to beat, while Real Salt Lake has 5 more to go.

Chivas: DC-HOU-KC-NY
Houston: CHI-CHV-CLB-DC-KC-NE-NY
Real: CLB-DC-HOU-NE-NY

In the first meetings between RSL and their opponents, Real only defeated the opponent at the first time of asking once. That's a mark of 1-11, the worst in the league's history. It's no surprise that the Los Angeles Galaxy are first at 10-4.


Percentage of opponents beaten in first meeting

1	Los Angeles	10	4	.714
2	Chicago	9	5	.643
3	Kansas City	8	6	.571
4	Dallas	7	7	.500
4	D.C. United	7	7	.500
6	San Jose	6	7	.462
7	Tampa Bay	5	6	.455
8	Columbus	6	8	.429
9	Houston	4	7	.364
10	New York	5	9	.357
11	New England	4	10	.286
12	Colorado	3	11	.214
13	Miami	2	9	.182
14	Chivas USA	2	10	.167
15	Real Salt Lake	1	11	.083

Of the teams not beaten by CHV/HOU/RSL, the one with the longest streak so far is CHV-NY, which will go on to at least next year (this is all regular season stuff only). Chivas have yet to beat the Red Bulls in four meetings. They have a long way to go until they set a record, though. In four seasons, the Tampa Bay Mutiny never defeated the Chicago Fire. That's a total of 12 matches.


Games until first win vs opponent

1	TB-CHI	12+
2	CLB-COL	10
3	COL-DC	8
3	MIA-CHI	8
3	NE-CLB	8
6	KC-TB	7
6	MIA-SJ	7
8	CHV-DAL	6
8	CHV-LA	6
8	DC-KC	6
8	MIA-TB	6
8	NY-TB	6
8	SJ-DAL	6

Tampa Bay-Chicago meetings

1	4/4/1998	A	0-2	L
2	5/16/1998	H	1-2	L
3	5/8/1999	H	1-1	D
4	9/17/1999	A	1-1	D
5	4/28/2000	A	1-5	L
6	7/15/2000	A	0-0	D
7	8/2/2000	H	0-1	L
8	8/26/2000	H	3-3	D
9	4/28/2001	H	0-1	L
10	5/5/2001	A	0-2	L
11	7/7/2001	H	2-3	L
12	8/11/2001	A	1-3	L

Game 3 was a shootout win, and game 4 a shootout loss.