posted by kidpurple
March 2, 2009
The Houston Dynamo are going to into Mexico with after a 1-1 tie in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal. The Dynamo play Atlante FC Tuesday at 8PM (Fox Soccer Channel). Houston is the only remaining MLS team in the competition. Don’t miss this one.
David Beckham has been doing good in Italy and every day there is a new story about how he is never coming back to play for the Galaxy. I don’t know if anything is certain in this situation – but sounds like he may finish the season with AC Milan and then come back to the Galaxy for the 2nd half of the MLS season.
Brand new to the league Seattle Sounders FC will open the season against MLS Cup runners up New York Red Bulls. They will only remain the new team for a single season. I had plans to get out to Seattle for that season opener, but my plans changed and I won’t be able to get there until the day after they play the Red Bulls. Sad day for me.
In totally unrelated to MLS news I’ve started a new job that will take up a lot more of my time. I will likely be looking for others to write on this website. I am going to have a revenue sharing program that will allow writers to make money by writing MLS articles here. Contact me if you are interested in writing on the site or stay tuned for more details.
posted by kidpurple
July 21, 2008
Both of the final games of group B finished with 1-1 draws which was good enough to send the New England Revolution through to the semi-finals with the top spot from group B. Defending champions Pachuca advance with 4 points and second place in the group.
PTS – W – L – T (GF-GA) Team
7 – 2 – 0 – 1 (3-1) New England Revolution
4 – 1 – 1 – 1 (3-3) Pachuca CF
4 – 1 – 1 – 1 (3-3) Chivas USA
1 – 0 – 2 – 1 (1-3) Santos Languna
Tuesday the semi-finals get underway with Houston Dynamo playing Pachuca CF. Then Wednesday’s semi-final will see New England Revolution play Atlante.
posted by kidpurple
July 16, 2008
Group A played the 2nd round of games yesterday and neither of our MLS teams fared very well. Chivas scored the only goal of the game to beat Houston 1-0. This put Chivas into the semifinals. Atlante secured a 3-2 victory over DC United which ensures that DC United has no chance at the semi-finals. So this is what the table looks like now.
Group A
pts – w – l – t – (gf – ga) team
6 – 2 – 0 – 0 – (3-1) CD Guadalajara
3 – 1 – 1 – 0 – (4-1) Houston Dynamo
3 – 1 – 1 – 0 – (3-6) Atlante
0 – 0 – 2 – 0 – (3-5) D.C. United
The remaining games are Houston Dynamo vs DC United and Chivas vs Atlante.
What if Houston and Atlante both win?
Chivas, Houston and Atlante all end with 6 points. Only the top 2 teams advance to the semi-finals.
In that case goal difference would be the first tie-breaker. Houston is already +3 and would improve that with a victory. Chivas is +2 but would go lower with a loss. This would make sure Houston is ranked higher than Chivas. Atlante is -3 currently meaning they would need to beat Chivas by at least 7 goals to match Houston’s total – and that is if Houston only gets a victory by 1 goal difference. In this situation Houston would likely win the group.
What if Chivas and DC United win?
In this case Chivas win the group with a perfect 9 points. Houston, Atlante and DC United all have 3 points. Houston is +3, DC United is -2 and Atlante is -3 on goal difference. Houston and Atlante’s GD goes down and DC’s goes up. If DC were able to beat Houston by 3 goals they would have the best GD of these three teams, sending them onto the semi-finals.
To simplify it a little bit: Chivas will probably advance and DC United is probably done. Houston is in better position to take 2nd place in the group, but Atlante has a shot at it.
posted by kidpurple
July 15, 2008
The 2008 Superliga will get on with the 2nd round of games today. This is what the groups look like right now:
Group A
pts – w – l – t – (gf – ga) team
3 – 1 – 0 – 0 – (4-0) Houston Dynamo
3 – 1 – 0 – 0 – (2-1) CD Guadalajara
0 – 0 – 1 – 0 (1-2) D.C. United
0 – 0 – 1 – 0 (0-4) Atlante
Group B
pts – w – l – t – (gf – ga) team
3 – 1 – 0 – 0 – (2-1) Pachuca CF
3 – 1 – 0 – 0 – (1-0) New England Revolution
0 – 0 – 1 – 0 (1-2) Chivas USA
0 – 0 – 1 – 0 (0-1) Santos Laguna
Today the next round of games for group A take place. Catch these games with Spanish commentary if you have Telefutura.
D.C. United (0pts) vs Atlante (0pts)
RFK Stadium – 7:00 p.m. CST
Telefutura
Houston Dynamo (3pts) vs CD Guadalajara (3pts)
Robertson Stadium – 9:00 p.m. CST
Telefutura
posted by kidpurple
February 25, 2008
Houston Dynamo and DC United are set for another CONCACAF Champions Cup campaign. Both teams begin the tournament on Wednesday March 12th on the road. DC United will be in Jamaica playing Harbour View FC while Houston may have a tougher opponent in Guatemala when they play CSD Municipal. This is how the whole brackets look.
Pachuca CF (Mexico)
CD Motagua (Honduras)
DC United (USA)
Harbour View (Jamaica)
Atlante FC (Mexico)
Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica)
Houston Dynamo (USA)
CSD Municipal (Guatemala)
I would so much love to see an MLS vs MLS final but with tough competition like this I know that will be a tough task. Although DC United have the easier first round match I think they potentially have the toughest semi-final pairing if Pachuca are able to get past CD Motagua. Pachuca are the defending CONCACAF Champions Cup winners. Deportivo Saprissa are also recent winners and multiple times champions, most recently they won it in 2005.
Major League Soccer has not won this tournament since the LA Galaxy did it back in 2000. DC United is the only other MLS team to win this tournament – they did it in 1998. Besides those 2 years the tournament has been dominated by Mexico and Costa Rica. No other country has produced a winner since 1988 when CD Olimpia of Honduras won it.
posted by kidpurple
December 20, 2007
Two MLS teams recently found out who they will be facing in next year’s CONCACAF Champions Cup. Two time defending MLS Cup winners Houston Dynamo will meet Municipal of Guatemala. The Supporters’ Shield winners DC United will face Harbour View (Jamaica). Here is the whole list of match ups.
Houston Dynamo
Municipal (Guatemala)
Pachuca (Mexico)
Motagua (Honduras)
Atlante FC (Mexico)
Saprissa (Costa Rica)
DC United
Harbour (Jamaica)
