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
April 9, 2008
I don’t have much to say about it. DC United has so many great looking chances and they just couldn’t score in their 2nd quarterfinal leg versus Pachuca. It took going down a a goal and desperately needing 3 goals to finally get them going. At least they came back and made it a one goal affair.
Houston on the other hand was embarassed by that Costa Rican team that usually does okay. Sad day 
At least now I’ve got MUFC vs. Roma recorded to watch tonight now that all my hopes of an all MLS CONCACAF Champions Cup final is over.
posted by kidpurple
April 2, 2008
0 – 2 
The CONCACAF Champions Cup is not going so well for DC United anymore. After an impressive 2nd leg at home in the first round, DC United had to play at Pachuca last night. The game went to halftime without any score, which was probably just fine with DC United.
Pachuca decided at half time that they were going to take the game to DC in the 2nd half. Thanks to my DVR I didn’t get to see the whole 2nd half, but Pachuca could have had several more.
Now the series goes back to DC for the 2nd leg. Hopefully DC can get back on track and overcome the 2 goals they gave up last night. They looked at times in the first half like they were going to take the lead. They should be capable of much much more playing in DC. I don’t think a 3-0 victory for United is too far from realistic.
posted by kidpurple
March 19, 2008
Luciano Emilio scores a lot of goals so 2 from his isn’t a big surprise. Devon McTavish doesn’t score a lot of goals for DC United so 2 from him is a little bit unexpected. Fred added one to complete the 5 – 0 beating put on Jamaican Harbour View in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The first leg was a 1-1 draw on another Devon McTavish goal.
DC United will likely face Pachuca in the semi-finals, unless CD Motagua can win at Pachuca later today.
posted by kidpurple
March 13, 2008
Both DC United and Houston Dynamo played their first legs in the quarterfinals of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions cup yesterday. Thanks to my DVR and the FSC schedule I had to go to bed at 2AM not knowing what happened in the last 10 or so minutes of the Houston Dynamo game. I also was able to miss the DC United goal. That goal was scored at the end of the first half by Devon McTavish. It was his first goal for DC United.
Both of the MLS teams were away so the draws are not a bad deal. They should both be able to secure wins on the return home 2nd legs. From what I did see of the Houston Dynamo game, they were very lucky to not give up several goals. I still think both MLS teams will advance.
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)
posted by kidpurple
April 4, 2007
While watching the CCC game tointe between Chivas and DC United at one point I thought to myself “Where the hell is Christian Gomez?”. He didn’t seem too involved during the 2nd half.
Around the 80th minute there were a couple minutes where DC didn’t even get a touch on the ball. I thought for sure the game was going to end with a 10 minute game of keep away that was dominated by Chivas. The weird thing about it was that it seemed DC didn’t really care. I guess maybe the altitude was getting to them at the end, you think?
I’m pretty sure I have never been so mad to see DC United lose. As long as the Dynamo advance to the final, I’ll get over it.
What a goal scored by Jamie Moreno! How long is that guy gonna keep up a high level of performance? Probably until he’s about 50 years old!
I guess I’ll just be looking forward to Thursday nite. Go DYNAMO!
posted by kidpurple
April 3, 2007
DC United has been in Mexico training for a week now leading up to tonites Concacaf Champions Cup semi-final 2nd leg with Chivas. Brazilian star and former A-league MVP Fred has recently joined the team and is available to play tonite. The DC United coach would not say weather Fred would start the game or if he would be on the bench, but he will be on the roster of available players one way or the other.
No MLS team has ever defeated a Mexican club at their home turf. I hope we are about to witness some history tonite. Although an MLS vs Mexico final would make it more exciting, I can’t cheer against any MLS team now and it looks like Houston Dynamo should go through to the final on Thursday night when they take their 2-0 lead into Mexico.
I predict a 2-1 victory for DC United, and a trip to the CCC final!
posted by kidpurple
March 15, 2007
The Houston Dynamo home leg of the CCC semi-finals was postponed yesterday due to lack of electricity at their stadium. The game will be taking place today at 5pm (central time). Along with that rescheduled game DC United is hosting Chivas (the Mexican Chivas) in the other semi-final.
According to the Fox Soccer Channel online TV schedule they will be showing the Dynamo game 5pm and the DC United game directly afterwards at 7pm (both times are central time).
Hopefully we got 2 MLS victories tonight!
