Talk:MLS Cup 2003/GA1

GA Review

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

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

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)

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

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