Talk:MLS Cup 2003

MLS Cup 2003 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: January 5, 2019. (Reviewed version).

A fact from MLS Cup 2003 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2018, and was viewed approximately 1,006 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the first own goal and penalty kick in MLS Cup history were caused by the same player at MLS Cup 2003?

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Sources

MLS Archive (Nov. 2003): Analysis, Styles, Recap (alt)
Sports Illustrated Archive
Previews: LA Times (p. D7), LA Times (p. D3)
- Bay Area: SF Chronicle, Mercury News
- Chicago: Tribune, Sun-Times
Summaries: LA Times (p. D1), Bloomberg/NYT, Washington Post (Season Recap), SI, Deseret/AP (p. D6)
- BigSoccer thread
- Bay Area: SF Chronicle (p. C1 / archive), Mercury (p. A1, image), Oakland
- Chicago: Tribune, Sun-Times
Stadium news: June 8
Retrospective: Danish Gangster, Jamil Walker
Aftermath: 2005 move; 2003 San Simeon earthquake (Dec. 22)?; Yallop and Canada

Sounder Bruce 07:55, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:MLS Cup 2003/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 10:05, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Shall review this entry. MWright96 (talk) 10:05, 4 January 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:

General

Captalize cup in all of its mentions outside of MLS Cup
- Not done, per MOS:SPORTCAPS; "cup" alone does not warrant capitalization.

Venue

"The then-unfinished Home Depot Center was announced" - under construction
- Done.
"including the final match." - just final will suffice
- Not done; "match" is included for clarity, as "World Cup Final" can be used to described the tournament as a whole (in contrast with the qualification rounds).

Route to the final

Delink United States since it is a major geographical location
- Done.
"Each team played a total of 30 match in the regular season" - matches
- Fixed.
"MLS Cup 2002 was contested by the Chicago Fire," - don't you mean MLS Cup 2003?
- Fixed.

Chicago Fire

Wikilink MLS Coach of the Year to MLS Coach of the Year Award
- Done.

San Jose Earthquakes

"San Jose clinched their series victory" - clinched a series victory
- "Their" sounds better in this context, as it wasn't just a series being described here.

Broadcasting and entertainment

"ABC/ESPN provided 20 total cameras" - ABC/ESPN provided a total of 20 cameras
- Done.
"The match was also broadcast live within the U.S." - The match was also broadcast on radio live within the United States
- Done, with the short form of U.S.

Summary

Make it clear to non-soccer readers that Zach Thornton was a goalkeeper
- Done.
"who sized on a mis-cleared ball from Chicago" - from whom in Chicago Fire exactly?
- The player is not identified in the sources, and I can't seem to find out who from the replay videos.

Post-match

Re-instated is a solitary word without the hyphen
- Fixed.

References

Reference 49 is lacking the source's page number
- The database did not list a page number.

Overall a good effort. Not too much is lacking that is stopping this article from becoming GA class. MWright96 (talk) 07:33, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: Thanks for the review. I've completed most of the changes you've suggested, with a few exceptions. Sounder Bruce 07:44, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

- @SounderBruce: Okay then. Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 10:00, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]