Here's the weekend wrap-up:
Columbus Crew vs FC Dallas -- 2-0
The Crew finally get their season rolling. Captain Gavin put in the icing goal in extra minutes to seal the deal.
Attendance: 14,549 of 20,455 -- better, but still not great
Toronto FC vs Chivas USA -- 1-1
With TFC losing their big man De Rosario on the 1st (seriously thought it was an April Fool's joke) they still managed to pull out a result against a struggling Chivas side.
Attendance: 18,968 of 23,000 -- while that isn't a bad showing, the club that set the standard for attendance for the league is being overshadowed now.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City -- 3-3
A match with both sides missing their DPs on suspension. Sporting had total domination and lead for almost the entire match with two early second-half goals from Teal Bunbury (I LIKE THAT BOON-BOO-REE!) and a follow up from Kamara. But after a 76' minute goal, the Caps faithful pumped up the club to help them rally to a 3-3 draw in extra time. What an incredibly exciting match. I have to post this highlight reel.
Attendance: 20,518 of 23,528 -- keep it up, Caps. You're already doing better than your countryman club to the East.
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New England Revolution vs Portland Timbers -- 1-1
The Timbers finally have a point in regular season play! Cap'n Jack coming up big again for Rose City.
Attendance: 7,114 of "22,385" -- Absolutely pathetic; the Revs continue to be the red-headed step-child of league attendance. And I put the max capacity for soccer in quotation marks because that's bullshyt. Gillette stadium holds 68,756... so they filled 10.3% of the stadium... congratulations.
New York Red Bulls vs Houston Dynamo -- 1-1
Tally Hall, Houston's keeper with the sweet name, worked his ass off once again while his backline were mediocre. Good for them for getting a result against a beefed up NYRB side but they're going to need to step it up if they hope to eventually make the playoffs. As for NY, DeRo is already showing TFC he deserved the raise he wanted by getting and assist for Dean Richards in his first showing for the Red Bulls.
Attendance: 13,664 of 25,189 -- wow, just barely squeaked past half capacity. How is it that a successful club in one of the most densely populated regions in the country can't put asses in seats? It's such a nice stadium to be kept so vacant.
San Jose Earthquakes vs Seattle Sounders FC -- 2-2
A great back and forth match. New guys got some spotlight as O'Brien White put up the second goal for Seattle, while older vets started really coming out of their shell (i.e. Zakuani.)
Attendance: 10,276 of 10,300 -- I'm going to go ahead and call that a sell-out
At least they have an appropriate sized stadium for their market... but come on, Bay Area people. Put down the bongs and show some love for your home team!
Los Angeles Galaxy vs Philadelphia Union -- 1-0
Holy crap sammich!!! This match was pure insanity! While my G's were getting a few starters back (Donovan, Gonzalez [OMAR SMASH!], and Ricketts) Philly has been surging in their second season, coming into the match undefeated. With some tactical changes (Beck's playing a defensive middie role) and the beautiful header from Leonardo, LA was able to escape with 3 points.... and that's even after an unnecessary red-card early in the second half. Oh, and speaking of cards, I believe there were 10 bookings: 8 yellows and 2 reds. I'd say maaaaaaybe 3 of those yellows were justified... and the reds were pointless. All of the other yellows were for time wasting (which weren't really time wasting) or fowls that were definitely not booking worthy. Overall, though, the Galaxy completely dominated the match, even with 10 men for a good chunk of it. Philly didn't have any shots in the first half and ZERO shots on goal the entire match.
Attendance: 24,998 of 27,000 -- Good stuff. LA fans have been out in droves so far this season, even in a torrential downpour.
And here's a highlight reel of the ridiculousness. I'm pretty sure more of the time wasting cards were omitted but they at least got the reds.
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Colorado Rapids vs D.C. United -- 4-1
Once again DC gets many goals scored on them. They were looking quite stellar for most of the match, tying it up in the 70th minute... but then everything fell apart.
Attendance: 9,857 of 19,680 -- Yeah, it's not like they won the MLS Cup last season or anything.....
