Weekend #2

So I'm actually pretty proud of at least guessing a Dallas tie on Thursday, even if it wasn't completely correct. Good to see Landon get criticized for about 60 minutes though.

This weekend:

TFC vs Revs: The possible returns of Shalrie and Khano (yes, even Khano) would be an upgrade, and Noonan at least dwelling on the bench has to be a good thing, though I'm certainly hoping he starts. I foresee a much better Revs side today . . . but also a much improved Toronto. With all of those forwards, there's no way they don't score . . . TFC 1 - 2 Revs.

RSL vs Columbus: Columbus looked good last week. RSL didn't. This is at Columbus. I'm gonna go against Jeff Cunningham again and say Columbus takes all 3 points . . . RSL 0-1 Columbus.

KC vs DC: Ahhh the C game . . . DC can't possibly lose two in a row, and really shouldn't even tie at home. However, the altered Wizards with a new playmaker and no Josh Wolff (and no Bob Gansler) have given me something to worry about. They still lose . . . KC 1 - 3 DC.

Chivas vs Houston: Chivas surprised me last week, and so did Houston by not even coming close to beating LA at home. Fix things Houston . . . please. Start Dalglish. You're a much more fun team that way . . . Chivas 1-1 Houston.

Chicago vs Colorado: This one is surprisingly looking like a great game. I'm gonna give the edge to the free-flowing Colorado side (WHAT?! I never thought those words would go together . . .). Chicago has Mapp, but the forwards will have to do SOMETHING this week to help out . . . Chicago 0-2 Colorado.

FCD vs RBNY: There's no Angel yet, so why should I believe Red Bull are going to score? Oh yeah, Dallas's defense. Still, I just don't see RBNY as a flashy team and that needs a bit of a makeover. FCD is on a roll now, 4 points on the road already. Give 'em another . . . FCD 1-1 RBNY.

Let's try this again . . .

Prediction for tomorrow night's first MLS Primetime of the glorious ESPN-paying-for-our-games era. Heeeeeeere we go!

FCD 2-2 LAG

No defense for FCD, but they have Carlos Ruiz and Kenny Cooper. Maybe a better defense, but I think a lesser offense, for LAG. Should be entertaining regardless, and I think LAG prolly has a better chance of winning this game, but I'm gonna pick a minor surprise.

I'm dumb.

Well those predictions did not go well. DC losing to Colorado shocked me, but the Rapids definitely looked impressive (though Herculez was not nearly as good as Dave O'Brien seemed to think). Speaking of Dave O'Brien . . . STOP SAYING SKETCHY!!! There is nothing sketchy about these games! He's so obnoxious! Where was Eric Wynalda? Why does Rob Stone have to do the halftime/pregame stuff? Mooooving on . . . FCD and RSL was a boring game from what I saw. Yes, even though there were four goals. That's what non-soccer fans don't get. Sometimes 0-0 matches are very entertaining and games with goals can be snoozefests. Any Mexican game is a snoozefest and I imagine they score plenty . . . lol. The result doesn't shock me, I just underestimated Jeff Cunningham (again) just a little bit . . . Columbus and Red Bull scoreless wasn't very surprising either, and Columbus looked pretty darn good like I was hoping for. RBNY has a long way to go. ChiTown over the Revs was the only one I got right, but we looked surprisingly effective. Tons o' chances - nothing in the back of the net. Twellman needs to get his scoring touch going because he blew way too many opportunities in that game. Dorman does look oustanding though, huh? Toronto getting crushed by Chivas shocks me. That's all I can say. The Galaxy and Houston going scoreless is Landon's fault from what the highlights tell me. He probably should've had about 8 goals. Where was the Houston O? Interesting weekend . . . decent start to the season.

Team of the Week: Definitely has to be the Rapids. A bigtime win in the first game with the new colors and new stadium, and with the referee letting them get mauled down the stretch. Impressive stuff from a team that had a lot of trouble scoring at times.

Disappointment: Toronto. Why is Conor Casey on the bench? That's LUDACRIS! Trade him to us! We'll use him! Score some goals . . . you have 4 good forwards.

Player of the Week: Sacha Kljestan. Looking good again, he led Chivas with a goal and an assist. He's going to be one heck of a player . . .



The Revs result, in summary, not a bad one. I figured a loss was coming, but watching the game it probably should have at least been a draw. The offense was surprisingly fluent, and Wells Thompson definitely showed some skills (raw skills, but skills nonetheless), and contrary to everyone else's opinions, I was at least happy with Cristman's stregthy fighting some guys off. Good stuff from Reis, Dorman, Larentowicz. Twellman needs to score . . . Noonan's backheel was nice and has me very excited for his full return, hopefully this weekend.