2013 Matchday #2: Rapids v Union, March 10, 2013 p/d/p (R)

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DATE / TIME:

Sunday, March 10, 2013

3:00 PM EDT

VENUE:

Dick's Sporting Goods Park

Commerce City, CO

GAMETIME FORECAST:

Snow Showers

Temp: 41

Feels Like: 31

TELEVISION BROADCAST:

TCN - The Comcast Network

HD – COMCAST CHANNEL 846

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LAST MEETING:

Sunday, March 18, 2012

PPL Park / Chester, PA

Philadelphia Union 1 – Colorado Rapids 2

Game Recap

Game Highlights

There's a chance we might get to see some orange ball soccer action.

This team has never beaten the cRapids, and it won't on Saturday, especially with only one day to adjust to altitude. 2-1 loss.

Also, I checked the standings, and the league is still doing a goals scored tiebreaker as opposed to using goal differential. I can't imagine who could have possibly thought that was a good idea.

Union keep it going with another 3-1 loss. The 1 comes late.

how about 2-0 both in the first half, first within the first 20 minutes, send right before half. No adjustments in the second half for the U. in other words same old same old.

3-2 win for the u. casey scores twice, one being thegame winner, le toux with one. Also, macmath tries to eek out a fart in the 65th minute and shits himself, konopka subbed in.

I'm thinking a 2-0 Union win...but we'll see how 'bad' the Union are this weekend if they don't get a result.

If the U lose the game, will Nowak get fired before the All-Star game?

The U will win because I'll be in attendance. Simple as that.



The weather is going to be awesome.

(The picture was taken during this year's DesertCup)

In a continuing effort to confound the pundits, Union finally keep a clean sheet behind their new #3 keeper.......Keon Daniel.

Shockingly, the only goal of the game is scored by Philly-right before the half.
On a set piece header.
By Soumare.

Little noted, nor long remembered......but Hell.......and Colorado- freeze over.

1-0 the U.

2-1 to the Rapids. Sloppy game by both teams and Zac MacMath gives up another crappy goal and those of us watching here on the East Coast will be screaming for a new keeper yet again...or missing the days of Chris Seitz!

If the kid brings the technicolor afghan, 3-2 Union. If not, 4-2 Rapids.

MUST win. Union take it 2-0.

With snow it becomes orange match ball time. Unfortunately for our keeper he can't tell the difference between his jersey and the ball... 3-1 Colorado.

regardless of the final score, there will be 2 too many Farfans on the field.

Power of Positive thinking here. Union win 2-1 with following box score:
Col: Danny Mwanga (Goal in 1' due to MacMath fumbling a blooping shot)
Union: Conor Casey (Goal 89' after elbowing Mullan to steal the ball)
Union: Jack Mac (Goal 90' +3 after coming on at the 91st minute to ice the game for a tie)

Union win 2-1 and start to get things moving in the right direction....

That post is too positive for this thread. Please redact "get things moving in the right direction."

1-0 Union win off a super-sub appearance by Adu who comes out of the tunnel with a superman cape ala Dwight Howard

Early forecasts on the local news around here are suggesting that we might see 6-10" of snow starting Friday night through Saturday. I don't know at what point MLS says "Hey, is this the right weather to try to play this game in?" if that happens.

Personally hope Mwanga scores and Casey misses a wide open goal.... Yes, I'm still bitter

hard to say, look at the DC/Red bulls game last year. but since non of the teams playing are NY or LA they might say to play on.

We gotta try something, right? If this was at home I'd put in Garfan over BC. Keon and Gaddis both earned another start.