[Wizardscharter]

From intertops:
Wed - dc 3.0 3.15 2.1 @Colorado
Sat - Chicago 3.85 3.15 1.8 @MetroStars
Columbus 2.55 3.05 2.45 @dc
San Jose 2.5 3.0 2.5 @Dallas
New England 2.3 3.0 2.75 @Colorado

From bet365:
Wed - dc 3.0 3.0 2.1 @Colorado

[Turk from Pigs Eye]

A lot of these numbers seem out of whack. I would favor Dallas over SJ, DC over Colorado, and why are the MetroStars so heavily favored over Chicago? You've got to figure Razov to "fire" one past Grafer.

[Justin O]

Tougher to call this week I think. Obviously the big thing to keep in mind will be all the missing players. My initial thoughts are New England, even without Twellman, are a decent pick. I'm not sure how much more healthy San Jose will be Saturday, but if it's the San Jose of the last couple of weeks minus Donovan then maybe Dallas is a good pick. Maybe. Hard to say. San Jose were unlucky not to get a point away to Columbus so perhaps too much emphasis is placed on their injury situation. I'll have to ponder further....

[Justin O]

A little difficult to take Chicago after their performance last weekend, but you're right "Turk from Pigs Eye" even with Chicago's absentees that's a high price considering no Howard, Mathis or Pope.

edit:
William Hill have Chicago at 5.00.

[Wizardscharter]

Originally posted by wizardscharter
From intertops:
Wed - dc 3.0 3.15 2.1 @Colorado

Picking a winner in this one is somewhat like a high school janitor picking which plugged toilet in the boy's locker room to snake first. No winners here. I'm personally glad I can't watch this one on the Shootout.

Both teams are horrid, missing people, reside in lsat place, have questionable coaching, questionable leadership on the soccer operations end, and are currently dealing with difficulty. The only kind thing to say of either team is both have won within the last two games.

First dc - They are close to an abortion on the road giving up 2 a game at 0-3-1 overall. The one being the April 26 tie at lowly Colorado. Stewart, Convey, and Nelson are at the Confed Cup. I wish I could tell you who will replace these 3, but I'm not certain it will matter. Etch is in yellow peril so will have to play more conservatively on defense. Rimando has been playing better.
Colorado had Stewart go down with an ACL tear. Zizi Roberts is still out also. The rapids are more lie a slow trickle offensively with just 4 goals in 8 games. They did win the last outing at Mile High against winless at the time LA.

It's tempting to go draw here, but 3.1:1 isn't enough for me. Two terrible teams should recognize this as a great opportunity for points so someone should get a winner. I like Spencer, Chung, and Henderson slightly over Olsen and Etch in the battle of dangerous players on the field. As it's been longer since Colorado earned a win, they have less guys out, and are at home.
COL@2.1

[Justin O]

Originally posted by wizardscharter
I'm personally glad I can't watch this one on the Shootout.

Not that I disagree with the sentiment expressed, but this match does have one thing going for it. With only 2 teams not making the playoffs at least games at the bottom have a little more at stake.

[Turk from Pigs Eye]

I'm wondering if this could be a breakout week for Casey Schmidt. Colo looked rediculous with two midgets up front last week. They have two games. I have Casey on my MFLS team and I need somebody to replace Donovan. I could also go with Buddle but although he should start I don't think he will score a goal. I'd like trade for Jason Kreis.

[BerwynBlazers]

Originally posted by Turk from Pigs Eye
I'm wondering if this could be a breakout week for Casey Schmidt. Colo looked rediculous with two midgets up front last week. They have two games. I have Casey on my MFLS team and I need somebody to replace Donovan. I could also go with Buddle but although he should start I don't think he will score a goal. I'd like trade for Jason Kreis.

I was thinkin the same thing about Schmidt, I've had him on by mfls bench since the beginning of the season. I bought Damani Ralph after I couldn't afford Razov. I'm going to put a rather large stake on the Fire game, I don't see Razov letting the team lose to Bradley. The one guy I'm worried about on the MetroStars is Mike Magee. I took him out of MFLS lineup and I'm sure the Chicago boy will want to have a good game against his hometown team. Go Fire.

[Turk from Pigs Eye]

Is there any news on KC vs. LA?

[Wizardscharter]

Originally posted by Turk from Pigs Eye
Is there any news on KC vs. LA?

Any minutia will make the boards, just check them.

Note on dc v COL tonight: My pick failed to account for Maestroeni's absence (Nat camp). I'l stick with my original pick, but if I was to redo it, I would heavily consider "Draw".

MO on Schmidt: I had him on my fantasy team (Thundering Herd of Buffalo) also, but not because I thought he would get major time. He was scoring in the pre-season and his price was 35. Good enough for me. I sold him some weeks ago. He could get in there as Carrieri and Spencer paired with eachother basicly eliminates anything aerial, which in turn nullifies Chung and Hendu's wing presence to a large extent.