2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup (MLS Edition) [R]

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too bad i dont have it, i guess im just going to watch the DC United game

 

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Hey. No problemo. According to the Fox Soccer Channel Schedule they are replaying Houston Dynamo vs Puntarenas right after Fox Soccer Report at 11pm Central time so you can watch both almost back to back (just stay away from the web if you dont want to see the result).

 

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Oh ok then i guess i am going to be able to watch it.

Wich MLS team is the favorite to do the best??? i dont know much about MLS but im guessing its DC United??

 

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You my friend fail to relize the POWER OF THE DYNAMO!!!! VAMOS HOUSTON!!!

 

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I'd say at this point it could be either with a slight advantage to DC United.

On one hand Houston has more continuity having kept all but one of their key players and their manager. They have handily defeated all of their pre-season opponents in scrimages. But...They have to play a tougher Costa Rican side in a very hostile stadium very close to the Puntarenas fans

On the other hand DC United has an easier opponent at least on paper, they have thoroughly scouted Olimpia and have watched all the league games plus they now have Olimpia's best player playing for them and providing inside information, but, they have had many changes in the off season including bringing in a new coach. They have only won one of their pre-season scrimmages with 2 losses and a draw but i don't read too much into this since they were just trying to get match fit.

United is more used to this tournament so the players who have been with the club longer have experience on their side.

I really think its going to come down to which side is more fit on the day. Both should be able to get through to the next round and I'd be suprised if they don't.

having said that....
VAMOS UNITED!!!

 

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^^^If D.C plays like they did in the first half of the season(even in pre season form).WOW good luck Olimpia cuz that may be the only thing that saves you

 

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Boswell played 90 against Denmark.

*shrug*

Your point still largely stands, however.

EDIT: Ah, nope. He came out in the 89th. Also Rico Clark played 90 in both US games.

 

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if DC and Houston don't do well in the CCC, it will be because they are "out-of-season".

if they do well, it will be because they are "fresh".

it certainly is a difficult little tournament at a tough time of the year, and even first round success isn't really "success", MLS teams need to reach the final.

but i guess we can worry about the semifinals if DC and/or Houston can get past the 1/8's.

 

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There's a good article on MLSnet.
http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070220&content_id=84017&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

This will be a real test for Troy Perkins concentration.

 

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No Honduran side has defeated an MLS one, ever.
As a United supporter, I like our chances.

 

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Yeah. I do.

 

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Good luck to DC in trying to match that form.

Ever.



I'm serious. If they can do that, good on them. I doubt that it'll happen, though.

 

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Actually, I think the Houston players may have more experience in this tournament than the current DC United players. 7 of the current Houston players played in the tournament with San Jose in 2002, 2003, and 2004, with all of them starting at least one of the away matches during that time. The away matches were in Mexico (2002), Guatemala (2003) and Costa Rica (2004). The players who started were Onstad, Waibel, Robinson, Barrett, Mullan, DeRosario, and Ching.

Now the bad news is that every one of those away matches saw San Jose lose handily, but the guys do have the experience.

 

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Man today and tomorrow there will be a lot of games.

There's 3 Libertadores games today, 2 mexican teams(america, and necaxa) play and in america's case have played today. Also there's like 3 Champion's league games.(Salcido is playing today with PSV)

And tomorrow there's also 3 Libertadores games and 2 Concacaf Champions cup games.

The United game will be the same time as Toluca's libertadores game. I think ill watch the United game.

Lets see if the Olimpia fans act against DC United. There's a track around the pitch so that should help, but rocks could still hit the United players.

In Club America's game today in Ecuador(america won 2-1) The fans started throwing rocks in the stadium, but fortunatly it didn't hit any players.

 

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Also to make matters worse Barca vs. Liverpool and Chelsea vs. Porto.

 

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^^ Yea, i hate it when this happens, there's days where there's nothing to do and there's no soccer. And other days the day is just filled with soccer games.

 

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I'm sure they will, especially Emilio, but it's nothing the team hasn't faced before (Catolica).

 

In less than 24 hrs some of our guys will be walking out into hostile stadiums.

Two good articles:

DC
Behind the Badge: Honduras arrival

Houston
Battle of Orange in Costa Rica

 

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Are you talking about Universidad Catolica??? They also threw stuff at Pumas players last year in the Libertadores.

 

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Yeah, we played them in Sudamericana in '05.

 

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^^ Oh, i got a question, i know MLS teams have barras, but are they violent???
has there been fight between barras???

 

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There've been fights but not in an organized large-scale sense with two groups squaring off. The US is so big that you rarely have big groups of away fans travelling.