PREGAME 2006-08-26 @ Dumb Clucks United

My Guarantee

If the G's win this game against D.C. United @ D.C. (important) I will have nothing but good things to say about the G's the rest of season.

I will go as far to say if we even tie I will say good things about them....... ah what the hell, if we have more corner kicks or more possesion time or shots total not even on goal I will say good things about them the rest of the season.

But only if we lose..... the negative train keeps rolling.

I am conceeding so much to a team that needs points from this game bad. lets see if they come out and play like they do.


Go Galaxy!!!

 

we've had some pretty good luck in DC, even when we've been having an ass sucking year. we won there last year, we won there the year before; off the top of my head i recall winning pretty convincingly in 2000 (4-0, 4-1?). i also recall a controversial cienfeugos equalizer scored back in the bad old days when MLS clocks counted down. officially time was up, but the chinese exchange referee — unaware of the byzantine and stupid rules — allowed cien to take the free kick we'd won in the 90th minute. he scores, we tie.

 

looked it up, we're 7-6-1 @ D.C. in regular season play. not too shabby. one of those loses was from the dreaded days of the shoot out, while another was during the slightly less dreaded, but equally dumb extra time days.

of course D.C. has a pretty good record against us at home, they're 6-6-1 against us @ home with two of those loses being in OT. if you add in playoff "away" wins, then they're 8-6-1.

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just wanted to clarify, d.c.'s 6-6-1 record is when they play us at our home

 

Wouldn't that be fantastic if Tino scored?

 

I am predicting a 2-1 win over DC. Goals are scored by Albright and Quaranta. Landon will be limited due to the defense they will be playing on him. Albrights goal will come off a corner kick and Quarantas will be off an assit from Donavon.
Lets think "WIN" "WIN" "WIN" "WIN" "WIN" "WIN" "WIN"

 

Sentimental goal predictions from LASN, looking at recent history it always seems to be that away game to DC that we not only win, but also becomes the turning point in our season. They have not been as indestructable in recent games so I think we could sneak another one in, Obviously Santino will be pumped and Chris will be too. We have to win this one, or at least take a point.

 

My return to the first page!

DCU, was the only team incapable of continuing the lousy road streaks of the past two seasons. So lets hope they are in full scale coasting mode. Otherwise, not being able to match the road result of RSL will seem pretty sorry.

 

Even though it was only a USOC game, we are still carrying some momentum from beating the Crapids on Wednesday. Plus we are coming off a big win against Dallas a week ago Sunday. Hopefully our form will hold and we can come away with at least a point against Dog Crap United. We need the Galaxy to show up with their "A" game and have no let downs.

I will be at the HDC on Saturday night to root on the Dynamo against the goats. We need the goats to loose to the Dynamo and we need NY to beat the Really Shi**y Losers (rsl) to tighten up the bottom of the table. A goats loss combined with a rsl loss and a Galaxy win puts us right back into the thick of things.

if goats and rsl loose ...

goats .... 31 pts
rsl .... 29 pts ** (rsl has us beat on +/-)
Galaxy .... 29 pts

Then assuming all goes as planned (goats and rsl loss combined with LA win against DC on 8-26) we have a chance to overtake the goats on Wednesday if the Galaxy get a win against rsl. We are still in this!! LETS GO GALAXY!!!!

 

Just spent some time lurking on the DCU boards.

DC used a lot of reserves in beating the RedBulls in their USOC match, which was at home. Gomez & Adu were rested (apparently they have small knocks) and Moreno & Olsen came in late. They only went 90 minutes & beat up on NY's starters 3-1.

They will be fresher & they will be at home. Also, they'll likely be motivated to revenge LA successes against them at home the last 2 years, and LA's championships last year. Also, they'll be looking to reverse their recent dip in form.

Luckily, all that doesn't mean much when they take the field. DC is the better team on paper, but we are coming on & key players Donovan, Albright & Santino should be motivated. Someone needs to run with that Gros guy & minimize the damage he can cause. If our defense keeps their heads, we could be in good shape.

Attendance should be >20000.

 

This match has some serious potential to be a game of the season. I like the way we match up with DC. Donovan is going to have to play the game of his life. I'm hoping the Donovan that shows up on Saturday is not the lazy lethargic one that pops up every now and then.

Our center mids are going to have their hands full but with the way Nate has been playing I'm pulling for him to have a break out game. Also, if our defense doesn't have any brain farts (like the one that happened in the 3rd minute against the Crapids) we should be in good shape.

If Gordon starts up top, I think he is finally going to get on the score board. He has been knocking on the door the last few games, I'm hoping that he has a big game on Saturday cause we need the goals. We need them early and we need 'em often!!

 

I am so MAD that this is on HDNet only - since I don't get HDNet. Grrrr.
So it's the radio for me.

I'm nervous, but we seem to play well at RFK and since we're still in desparation mode, I think we'll step up and win it. Looks to be a very exciting game.

 

I have a feeling that Hartman, Albright, Cobi and Landon are going to show up. Hopefully the younger guys can feed off this and pull off a quality result.

 

To everyone:
This game will be broadcasted on over the air KWHY 22 at 4:30 PM in Spanish. Pregame show starts at 4:00. This should be available to everyone since its not a cable channel

 

I am thinking that Tyrone will be back for this match and so the defense will be in full force. I have faith in the team and I predict that the G's will continue this momentum of winning to pull out a victory 2-1. And as icing on the cake, Cobi's going to score the winning goal and grab his crotch in front of Barra Brava again this year. GO GALAXY!!

 

Great post, thank you. See? NOW we're cooking -- helping each other out and not just bitching, good work. A couple wins, a little mo . . .

We really bitched them at RFK last season. And though he's had a tough year so far, Donovan is a class above this bunch -- so if he's on, IT'S ON.

 

If he's knocking on the door, then it needs to be a really really BIG door.

We turned ourselves around after we beat them last year, so all we can do if hope for the same result... a WIN

 

I wouldn't bet on it. Gordon is like Pando, always knocking at the door but they can't go in. They need a goalpost twice as tall and twice as wide.

 

Yeah but Pando was trying to knock on the door from across the street.

 

And he has to be careful not to break the door with his first touch.

And it is coincidentally scheduled at almost the exact same weekend before school starts, and I will be there again.

 

The game won't be shown on Direct Kick or ESPN.

 

Whats the deal with the broadcast of the match?? The front page of the Galaxy webpage says the game will be on FSN Prime Ticket. Will FSN PT have it or not?!?!?!??

 

Will this help you out?

 

I had seen the post about the spanish broadcast, I just think its weird that the webpage says FSN PT will carry the game.