Tapping the Rockies
Wouldn't it be great if Coors beer owned the Rapids so that when Alecko Eskandarian gets a gol on Saturday, he'd pop down a Silver Bullet? Which, by the way, tastes about as bad as a RedBull. Yes, the young men of DC United are going West to face the Colorado Rapids, and I'm going to be tardy to an end-of-semester party to catch this one on MLSLive.tv.
Yes, INVESCO Field is high and yes, Colorado is cold and yes, the Rapids have cheerleaders -- providing the eye-candy for that segment of the population who aren't finding it on the pitch (hey, I respect and admire the players for their masterful skills, but good golly, these are beautiful men to watch, I cannot tell a lie) -- but it shouldn't be much of a contest between the Rapids and DC. DC comes into Week 6 still unbeaten, albeit with one draw against FC Dallas last week, whereas Colorado hasn't managed to quite find its form yet, especially after falling to the Dynamo again last week. While it'd be nice to see the Rapids bring it together on their home field, I don't think that DC is the team it'll happen with. It's DC, easily, with at least one gol from Esky and perhaps one from USMNT guy Ben Olsen.
I have the weekend off from work, in preparation for Finals Week, and instead of studying like a good girl, I imagine I'll be staked in front of the TV watching futbol for most of the day. Other predictions:
Revolution v. Galaxy
Last year I would have been tremendously excited about this matchup, but this year it's just bringing out a big 'ol yawn. These are two teams that obviously have a wealth of talent that have for one reason or another failed to ignite this season. What would be interesting to see would be for both teams to take off after their USMNT players go on haitus from their club teams. This is what happened to me with my indoor team, they consistenly won every time I was absent. Would that mean I was actually the Clint Dempsey of my team? Nnnaaaaah. Seriously, it would be nice to see these teams wake up and play the electrifying game that we know they can play. That said, I think despite the 1-2-1 record the Revs have been challenged a little more than the Galaxy, who recovered from a loss to the Crew by beating Real Salt Lake, whee. I'm going with the New England on this ESPN2 game.
Wizards v. Fire
Ooooh, KC is doing it to me again. I want this team to win, and yet with them being a point ahead of DC, a win will keep them on top, and I so love for the Black-and-Red to maintain that exalted position. At any rate, the Wizards have one loss on their record, and I imagine that they won't garner another on this weekend before Conrad, Wolff and Johnsonn toddle off to training camp. Easily, the Wiz wins, but I don't get to see it because it's on HDNet.
Dynamo v. FC Dallas
This is the game I'm not caring much about. Yeah, I know, there's a big 'ol cannon up for grabs on this, but geez, it's a Texas intrastate thing, and sorry, I live in Oklahoma and now that we've got the lottery and are about to legalize tattooing, outside of the porn and the 6-point Coors, we just don't have a whole lot of use for Texas up here. That said, I do think that while Houston is proving to be a solid team, the Hoops are on fire this season, and they're gonna stay that way. That as-of-yet unnamed canon is headed for Big D.
Real Salt Lake v. Columbus
I have to say I'm still, still majorly bummed that my darling Frankie Hejduk got bumped from the World Cup team. Still, I see that he's not on the injured list for the Crew's game Saturday against Salt Lake, so I don't know if we'll be seeing him. Normally I'd call this a bottom-feeder battle, what with Real Salt Lake having gone, what, 17 games or something since they last won a game, and the Crew still foundering at the bottom of the rankings well. But the Crew has been showing some improvement, and Salt Lake hasn't. It's just tough all over for them, and I don't think it's going to get easier for them this week. Yeah, the Crew got a good-luck win from the Galaxy a few weeks ago, but heck, they kept the Wizards at 1 last week. It's a new team, but they're growing up fast. Crew gets that three points in what might be the game of the night.
Yes, INVESCO Field is high and yes, Colorado is cold and yes, the Rapids have cheerleaders -- providing the eye-candy for that segment of the population who aren't finding it on the pitch (hey, I respect and admire the players for their masterful skills, but good golly, these are beautiful men to watch, I cannot tell a lie) -- but it shouldn't be much of a contest between the Rapids and DC. DC comes into Week 6 still unbeaten, albeit with one draw against FC Dallas last week, whereas Colorado hasn't managed to quite find its form yet, especially after falling to the Dynamo again last week. While it'd be nice to see the Rapids bring it together on their home field, I don't think that DC is the team it'll happen with. It's DC, easily, with at least one gol from Esky and perhaps one from USMNT guy Ben Olsen.
I have the weekend off from work, in preparation for Finals Week, and instead of studying like a good girl, I imagine I'll be staked in front of the TV watching futbol for most of the day. Other predictions:
Revolution v. Galaxy
Last year I would have been tremendously excited about this matchup, but this year it's just bringing out a big 'ol yawn. These are two teams that obviously have a wealth of talent that have for one reason or another failed to ignite this season. What would be interesting to see would be for both teams to take off after their USMNT players go on haitus from their club teams. This is what happened to me with my indoor team, they consistenly won every time I was absent. Would that mean I was actually the Clint Dempsey of my team? Nnnaaaaah. Seriously, it would be nice to see these teams wake up and play the electrifying game that we know they can play. That said, I think despite the 1-2-1 record the Revs have been challenged a little more than the Galaxy, who recovered from a loss to the Crew by beating Real Salt Lake, whee. I'm going with the New England on this ESPN2 game.
Wizards v. Fire
Ooooh, KC is doing it to me again. I want this team to win, and yet with them being a point ahead of DC, a win will keep them on top, and I so love for the Black-and-Red to maintain that exalted position. At any rate, the Wizards have one loss on their record, and I imagine that they won't garner another on this weekend before Conrad, Wolff and Johnsonn toddle off to training camp. Easily, the Wiz wins, but I don't get to see it because it's on HDNet.
Dynamo v. FC Dallas
This is the game I'm not caring much about. Yeah, I know, there's a big 'ol cannon up for grabs on this, but geez, it's a Texas intrastate thing, and sorry, I live in Oklahoma and now that we've got the lottery and are about to legalize tattooing, outside of the porn and the 6-point Coors, we just don't have a whole lot of use for Texas up here. That said, I do think that while Houston is proving to be a solid team, the Hoops are on fire this season, and they're gonna stay that way. That as-of-yet unnamed canon is headed for Big D.
Real Salt Lake v. Columbus
I have to say I'm still, still majorly bummed that my darling Frankie Hejduk got bumped from the World Cup team. Still, I see that he's not on the injured list for the Crew's game Saturday against Salt Lake, so I don't know if we'll be seeing him. Normally I'd call this a bottom-feeder battle, what with Real Salt Lake having gone, what, 17 games or something since they last won a game, and the Crew still foundering at the bottom of the rankings well. But the Crew has been showing some improvement, and Salt Lake hasn't. It's just tough all over for them, and I don't think it's going to get easier for them this week. Yeah, the Crew got a good-luck win from the Galaxy a few weeks ago, but heck, they kept the Wizards at 1 last week. It's a new team, but they're growing up fast. Crew gets that three points in what might be the game of the night.
posted by MLS Fangirl @ 2:50 PM
2 Comments:
At 1:07 PM,
Brian said…
Which is a better team name for a Coors-owned team -- the Rockies or the Silver Bullets?
At 12:34 PM,
MLS Fangirl said…
Hmmm, Rockies, probably, since Silver Bullet is the lite version.
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