Talk:MLS Cup 2009/GA1

GA Review

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

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

7. 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)

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

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