If you missed it yesterday the first annual Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup was won by the powerhouse Columbus Crew over lowly FC Dallas.  After a scoreless first half Columbus put 3 in the net and shut out FC Dallas for an impressive win by last years worst team over last years western conference champions.

I watched the game on Fox Soccer Channel and was very impressed with the amount of time they dedicated to this match.  The game ended and I noticed the TV schedule still had half an hour listed for the game.  They interviewed several Crew and even FC Dallas players, both coaches, presented a man of the match trophy and actually talked about the game.  There was almost no crowd, but I guess that should be expected for a non-Beckham pre-season game.

I wasn’t able to give my full attention to the game with my almost 3 month old son demainding some attention so I can’t say much about any individual efforts, but it is probably too early to say the Crew are going to make the playoffs this year and FC Dallas aren’t.  The Crew have a lot of potential and FC Dallas have a lot of injuries, so who knows.

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