Obviously, I blabbed so much about other crap today that I almost skipped this.
To begin, you can skip all this crap and just read USSoccerplayers.com's Kyle McCarthy's previews; if nothing else, these give you a handy "form" reading - i.e. each teams results over the past five games. They haven't made me a better prognosticator, but I view this as a personal problem.
As for the rest, I embedded MLS's official previews into the "headline" for each game. What follows thereafter are half-jibberish notes I took, intending to flesh them out into full, gloriously-wrought sentences.
Here goes:
Houston Dynamo v. FC Dallas
The match of the week, and not just because it's on television.
Invovles trophy called "El Capitan," which is, apparently, a great big cannon.
Only minor injury issues for both teams.
Houston gets DeRosario back.
Houston leads series 1-0-1 (didn't know that).
Streaks: FC Dallas, 4 game win-streak; Houston 4 game winless streak.
Tough, tough call: Let's say (dart hitting board), FC Dallas wins; the snake bites Houston harder.
Chicago Fire v. Chivas USA
Chicago - No big injuries, but several impacting overall depth.
Chivas injuries: R. Ramirez, out; O'Brien, doubtful, Palencia, Questionable (yee-ouch!).
Chicago winless past three all at home.
Chivas can't win (four ties); 8 draws in last 10 (1 W, 1 L).
Chivas 1-0 in two-game series.
Draw - might even see goals.
Colorado Rapids v. LA Galaxy
Colorado: BIG injuries: Terry Cooke (assist leader), C. Wingert; P. Mastroeni Probable.
Colorado Suspensions: Mike Petke, Eric Denton (ouch!).
LA injuries: All questionable: Tyrone Marshall, Ugo Imemelu, Landon Dononvan.
2006 Series: 1 game each; 1-0 wins.
LA 7-game unbeaten.
LA wins. Colorado has too many missing.
And, apparently, no one cared enough to do a preview for Columbus Crew v. Kansas City Wizards. It's likely they didn't need to: Expect a goalless draw.
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