Saturday, June 23rd 2007
Toronto FC vs. New England
Gillette Stadium
The main headline here for both sides is the unfortunate absence of TFC's Danny Dichio to a sprained ankle as well as the opening of two roster spots for New England when the Revs placed Joey Franchino on injury reserve and waived Daniel Hernandez. The Revs will also continue to survive without Taylor Twellman and Michael Parkhurst, but with the Reds hungry to avenge a 4-0 shutout loss earlier in the year it looks to be a tough day for New England. None of it will mater however if Adam Cristman can find the net consistently again.
PREDICTION: TFC 2-1, the Reds keep reeling as Cunningham continues his run of good form with a goal or two.
FC Dallas vs Colorado
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Drew Moor looks to leave his Hoop teammates with a good showing before he heads down to Venezuela for Copa America in search of his first international cap. Dax McCarty and Anthony Wallace are with their U-20 teammates in New York for a tune-up against Chile before they head to Canada. The Rapids, however, are missing Pablo Mastroeni to Gold Cup duty, while Herculez Gomez like Moor wants to leave his team with a win as Gomez just received his first international call-up. FCD looks to make a statement, however, after the 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Toronto FC.
PREDICTION: Oduro will have a big game, FCD 2-0
Real Salt Lake vs. D.C. United
Rice-Eccles Stadium
After a week of wheeling and dealing, RSL's task of finding that ever elusive victory still stands. Nathan Sturgis, Freddy Adu, and Chris Seitz are out with the U-20s, while Jaime Moreno is out for DCU at Copa America. RSL needs Atiba Harris or Esky to break out of their shells and start scoring or at least putting shots on frame. United has been real dangerous as of late and Moreno's absence will give the young striker crop (Mupier, Addlery, etc.) a chance to shine up there with Emilio, who clearly has found his form again. Perhaps Robbie Findley can find
PREDICTION: 3-1, Emilio strikes for two more
Columbus vs. Los Angeles
Home Depot Center
The more I look at the Chris Klein trade, the more I see some sort of merit in it, but youth potential is a hard thing to just cast aside. Alexi Lalas and Frank Yallop have promised more new faces before the transfer window closes and Beckham arrives. Abel Xavier will try and help the Galaxy stop Columbus' momentum. Frankie Hejduck's still at the Gold Cup, Robbie Rogers, Danny Szetela, and Tim Ward all are on U-20 duty, but the Galaxy are still missing Donovan (although they are thrilled I'm sure that he won't be heading to Venezuela). Both teams want to dig themselves out of a hole, therefore this should be a decent match-up. Can Eddie Gaven show that he warrants his Copa America call-up?
PREDICTION: Tie, 0-0
Sunday, June 24th 2007
Houston vs. Kansas City
Arrowhead Stadium
The Wizards want to celebrate their opening of their new Swope Park training facilities and keep first place in the Eastern Conference with a win over Houston. The Dynamo will certainly make it difficult as their 4-0 dismantling of Chivas USA showed. Brad Davis got overlooked for Copa America, but the roster was decided before his hat-trick special. Dominic Kinnear gets his Canadians back (Onstad and De Rosario), but Rico Clark and Brian Ching still remain in Chicago. The Wizards were surprised by Columbus and Eddie Johnson's absence was painful. Young'un Movsisyan needs to call upon the two goal performance he had against the Red Bulls in order to beat Houston.
PREDICTION: 1-0, Ngwenya buries a sitter.
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For all the talk about the Rapids problems lately, last week was the first time they were shut out. I think it's pretty crazy predicting that FCD will go into The Dick and shut them out. Especially a FCD that is a .500 club on top the conference having played 2-3 games more than everyone else.
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