Soccer Buzz

A rough week both for my predictions and the overall entertainment value of this past week’s play.

Houston 0, Dallas 0 (My prediction, 2-1 Houston)

What could have been a great game turned into tactical hack-fest. This is a decent result for Houston as they remain three points behind Dallas for first place in the West with two games in hand.

Columbus 1, New York 0 (My prediction 2-2)

After starting the season on fire, New York has now lost three of their last five. This also gives Columbus their third straight win. The strange thing for the Red Bulls is that unlike their recent games which featured a potent offense and a leaky defense, they could not put together any threatening moves.

Chivas USA 2, New England 0 (My prediction 1-0 Chivas)

Chivas continues to roll at the Home Depot Center. Not too much to this game, but a couple of pretty nice goals from Jesse Marsch (believe it or not), and the definite goal of the week from Maykel Galindo.

Colorado 0, Chicago 0 (My prediction 2-1 Chicago)

I don’t know why I predicted any goals in this one. Chicago couldn’t produce anything, and while Colorado seemed to have the better of the play, they didn’t look very convincing. The most exciting thing about this game was either the news of pending sale of the Fire, or Bakary Soumare’s red card. Take your pick.

Kansas City 1, Toronto 1 (My prediction 2-0 KC)

Luckily for MLS fans, this game offered plenty of excitement. Credit to Toronto for playing well in the first half and getting a draw, but they were fortunate to escape with a point. The Wizards just poured on the attack in the second half as they had 17 shots in the second frame alone (Yura Movsisyan had at least a half dozen of them). Somehow, they couldn’t grab a game-winner as poor finishing cost them just as it had in a 1-0 loss to Houston last week. Also, they had some bad luck in this game as defenders Jose Burciaga and Aaron Hohlbein had to come out at the half. Toronto grabbed the equalizer in the first minute of the second half by victimizing Burciaga and Hohlbein’s replacements.

Prediction record: An ugly 1-4

The United States plays Paraguay tonight in Copa America. It will be interesting to see how the US responds to the 4-1 loss to Argentina as well as how Paraguay responds to clobbering Colombia 5-0.

[tags]MLS, US Soccer, Paraguay soccer, Copa America]