posted by kidpurple
April 24, 2008
FC Dallas has the distinction of being the last remaining unbeaten team in this 2008 MLS season. Two draws followed by 2 wins has FC Dallas in third place on the single table and top of the West. Tonight they face off against annual MLS Cup runners up New England Revolution at Pizza Hut Park.
The Revolution could be missing Taylor Twellman, Steve Ralston, Chris Albright, Jeff Larentowicz, and Sainey Nyassi. FC Dallas shouldn’t expect an easy match even if none of these guys are able to see any playing time – the Revolution still have a lot of fire power available.
This is a tough game to predict with the way the Revolution have played so far this year. They could show up and dominate – or they could show up to be dominated. My MFLS prediction: Dallas 2 – 0 New England. Again, this pretty much ensures at least a point for the Revs so Revolution fans – you are welcome!
What do you predict on this one?
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New England Revolution (2-2-1) 7pts – 4th-T
FC Dallas (2-0-2) 8pts – 3rd
7:30 PM – ESPN2
posted by kidpurple
March 31, 2008
Well the opening weekend is over and we’ve seen each team other than New York and the expansion San Jose. Thursday we get a double-header from ESPN2, and a second look at both the New England Revolution and LA Galaxy.
The Revolution got a re-match of the MLS Cup that they lost again to the Houston Dynamo at the end of last year. That game ended 3-0 in favor of the 2 time runners-up Revolution. The Revs sure didn’t look like there were missing out on any of their strike power from last year. Taylor Twellman was not playing due to injury and Pat Noonan was traded in the offseason. The young Gambians Sainey Nyassi and Kenny Mansally were very impressive. If Steve Ralston didn’t take a serious injury the Revolution could be even stronger than they were last year.
They Dynamo looked tired and un-inspired.
Later we got to see Colorado Rapids and LA Galaxy. At times the Rapids looked really good, and the other times the Galaxy looked like crap. So the Galaxy picked right back up on their tradition of losing that they got going real good last season. Could the Rapids be a greatly improved team? They sure looked good at times, but we’ll see how they look when they play a team like the Revolution, Dynamo, or DC United.
The Kansas City Wizards opened their season with a win against annual powerhouse DC United – just like they did last year. Probably not many expect that, but it was only one of 2 games I got correct in the MFLS prediction league. I didn’t get to see that game – I know I should order the MLS package on Dish Network.
It is going to be an exciting year!
posted by kidpurple
May 24, 2007
Eight Major League Soccer sides will have representatives on the team that will represent the US in this summer’s Gold Cup. Bob Bradley announced the roster today featuring 12 MLS players and 11 from outside MLS. The Gold Cup is the number one priority for Bob Bradley this summer, so this should be his top team. The US won the Gold Cup in 2005. All of the players listed as forwards come from Major League Soccer.
MLS Members:
- Steve Ralston
- Taylor Twellman
- Michael Parkhurst
- Brian Ching
- Ricardo Clark
- Brad Guzan
- Jonathan Bornstein
- Landon Donovan
- Pablo Mastroeni
- Frankie Hejduk
- Justin Mapp
- Eddie Johnson
Non-MLS Member:
- Tim Howard
- Kasey Keller
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Jay DeMerit
- Oguchi Onyewu
- Frank Simek
- Jonathan Spector
- DaMarcus Beasley
- Michael Bradley
- Clint Dempsey
- Benny Feilhaber
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