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    Default Other MLS Games This Weekend - July 21-22

    Saturday

    DCU @ Atlanta 3:30pm - Last year, DCU owned Atlanta. The willingness to sit back & hit on the counter is the key to beating the five stripes. Lets see if Rooney & co can buy into that approach. I have my doubts.
    2-0 Atlanta

    Vancouver @ Seattle 4pm - Seattle unveils its new striker this game. That's two games in a row where the Whitecaps are the first game for a team reinventing itself with a new signing. Given that & the fly out & back for half the team to Montreal, I think Seattle takes this one.
    2-1 Seattle

    LAG @ Philly 7pm
    - Zlatan travels. He will be up against 2 19 year old CB's. Philly sold out the game & it seems that the Union fans might be the minority in their own ground. The Galaxy have a decent enough road record and should get a result here.
    2-0 LAG

    NER @ NYRB 7m - NER seems happy being #4 or #5 in the East. NYRB wants to start moving up on Atlanta & NYC. The Red Bulls are good at home.
    3-1 NYRB

    Orlando @ Columbus 7:30pm - Orlando beat us but that doesn't take much. Columbus is a much better team with an offence that will strangle the life out of a team that can't defend well.
    3-0 Columbus

    FCD @ Houston 9pm - Texas Derby. Two decent teams but Dallas is a step above this season in defence & attack. Houston will want this one bad but I think Dallas will do what it takes to strangle the Houston wide play.
    2-1 Dallas

    Colorado @ RSL 10pm - Mountain Derby RSL is smarting from last week & Petke is out for 2 games for his epic post game rant. RSL isn't great in defence or attack but Colorado is the worst team in the league by a large margin.
    3-0 RSL

    Montreal @ Portland 11pm- Big test to see if Montreal is for real. Portland hasn't lost since April 8. They are by far the best team Montreal has faced in 2 months. Montreal fail
    2-0 Portland


    Sunday

    LAFC @ Minnesota 7pm - The only thing that will keep this from being an LA blowout is the LAFC defence tends to play off of players - think Zavs vs. Quinterro a few weeks ago.
    2-2 draw

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    Martinez from Atlanta just killing it with his goal scoring , he gets 3 today versus D.C. United he now has 22 , 27 is the record for the most goals in one season he should easily break that record with all these games left, I remember when we were talking about Giovinco being the best player ever in MLS history lol, it’s not even a question now on how great Martinez has been since coming to the MLS last season.

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    Orlando gives up 2 in the last 6 minutes of the game to lose it.

    Includes this long range bomb


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    Impact drops two points, TFC now 9 behind the playoff spot.

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    Poor Henry giving up the first penalty in the Vancouver match.
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    Quintero giving LAFC the same treatment he gave TFC.
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

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    Can’t believe the score line in the Loons - LA game. Unreal.
    Away trips: 2014 - Seattle. 2015 - Montreal. 2016 - Montreal x2. Playoffs - NYCFC, Montreal. 2017 - Salt Lake, Philly, Ottawa, Montreal, Chicago, LA, Atlanta. ​Playoffs - NYRB, Columbus. 2018 ​- Monterrey, MX (Tigres) CCL, Montreal, Ottawa, Montreal. 2019 - ​Philly, Montreal, Seattle (MLS Cup final)

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    Happy for the Loons fans - was annoyed at the Bradley boos but in general, they remind of the RBP.

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    Couldn't ask for a better weekend. Gained max ground vs. all the teams we're chasing except Montreal.

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    Plata does his best with setting up a goal and potting one himself but Slat Lake still draws.
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    Is any team better set up for 2019 than Minnesota? Imagine when they get Molino and Finlay back....
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    Their defence is not good & they have no USL team. Team plays with no wingers - every attacking piece they bring in is centrally focused.

    They are set up to compete in the West but they will not be as good as the top 8 in the East.
    Last edited by OgtheDim; 07-23-2018 at 10:21 AM. Reason: Wrong about who Loons have beaten

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    They just brought in Romario Ibarra who is a winger and their road win was against Orlando, not San Jose

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    Edited that...completely wrong about who the Loons have beaten.

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    ^They have terrific wingers, Finlay and Molino (well, Molino can certainly play there anyway), just not in 2018, plus Quintero clearly plays wide a lot.
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    Yeah the joke with the Loons is that all they have are wingers. Kinda like Philly and keepers a few years ago.

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    PRO throws the VAR under the bus for a Petruscu call that didn't get reviewed.

    http://proreferees.com/2018/07/24/pr...ent-clb-v-orl/

 

 

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