Talk:MLS Cup 2019/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 14:31, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Going to review this article. MWright96 (talk) 14:31, 29 March 2020 (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:

Lead

• "for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League and 2020 Campeones Cup." - and the
  • Fixed.

Road to the final

• "The 2019 season was the 24th in MLS history," - This fact is not mentioned in the "MLS releases 2019 regular-season schedule" source from MLS. An alternative source is needed for this instance
  • Fixed.
• "facing each team in the same conference twice and teams in the other conference once." - try not to use the same word twice in the same sentence
  • Fixed.

Seattle Sounders FC

• The acroynms of Los Angeles FC should be mentioned in parentheses since its full name is not mentioned elsewhere
  • Fixed.
• Designated Player should be wikilinked in this section and not in the Toronto FC sub-section
  • Fixed.

Toronto FC

• "from Richie Laryea and Jonathan Osorio. Osorio added his second" - Try not to have the last word of a sentence start the next one like this
• The acroynms of New York City FC should be mentioned in parentheses since the club's full name is not mentioned anywhere else
  • Fixed.
• "to equalize for Toronto; the Reds completed their 2–1 upset victory" - try not to use wording such as "The Reds"
  • Trying to avoid using Toronto too frequently, and "the Reds" is a common nickname for the team.

Venue and preparations

• "including 3,000 allocated to away fans by Major League Soccer." - the text in bold should be written as MLS for consistency with using the league's acroynms after its full name's first mention
  • Fixed by using "the league" to emphasize that it came from the league's front office.
• "Prices for tickets on secondary markets peaked at an average of $622," - is the prices of these tickets notable for any reason to merit inclusion?
  • The next part of the sentence explains its notability, as it surpassed almost every other mainstream events in Seattle.
• "arriving via a state ferries" - As a British writer, I am not so sure whether this portion of text is gramatically correct in American English or whether there words missing from it
  • It was incorrect, and I have rewritten the sentence.

Broadcasting

• "and worked alongside color analyst Taylor Twellman." - a MOS:SEAOFBLUE violation here
  • Removed the first link.
• "The Univision boadcast averaged" - typo; should be spelt as broadcast
  • Fixed.

Summary

• "but his shot was unable to beat goalkeeper" - go past
  • Fixed.

Post-match

• "for the largest sporting event at the stadium and largest soccer attendance in state history." - repetition of the word "largest"
  • Fixed.
• "the Sounders earned a berth in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, despite having already qualified as the highest-ranked regular season team without a berth." - repetition of the word "berth"
  • Fixed.

These are all the issues I found and will put the review on hold for the time being. MWright96 (talk) 17:43, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

@MWright96: Thanks for the review. I have addressed all but two of your points. SounderBruce 23:05, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Am satisfied with the changes and will promote to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 06:42, 30 March 2020 (UTC)