Other MLS Games This Weekend - July 21-22

[OgtheDim]

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

[SoccMan2]

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.

[OgtheDim]

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

Includes this long range bomb

Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/JogaBonito_USA/status/1020853820539265025

[Oldtimer]

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

[Fort York Redcoat]

Poor Henry giving up the first penalty in the Vancouver match.

[ensco]

Quintero giving LAFC the same treatment he gave TFC.

[Tunnelred]

Can’t believe the score line in the Loons - LA game. Unreal.

[OgtheDim]

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

[Lennon]

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

[Fort York Redcoat]

Plata does his best with setting up a goal and potting one himself but Slat Lake still draws.

[ensco]

Is any team better set up for 2019 than Minnesota? Imagine when they get Molino and Finlay back....

[OgtheDim]

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.

[Amir.]

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

[OgtheDim]

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

[ensco]

^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.

[magmadragon]

Yeah the joke with the Loons is that all they have are wingers. Kinda like Philly and keepers a few years ago.

[OgtheDim]

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/