If you’ve wanted to watch any of your local MLS teams in action, you had a plethora of options this week. You could’ve watched Kansas City, Seattle, D.C. United, AND Houston all on Wednesday night…if those games had actually been televised.
As an American with relatively good access to soccer-specific programming, I can watch the Copa del Rey, the Copa Italia, and both the F.A. and Carling Cups. And yet, when it comes to the U.S., I won’t have any access to our second biggest tournament – the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup – until it reaches the final, which GolTV will show.
Now I’m not saying that I’d watch these games. I probably wouldn’t; Wednesday, in particular, was a busy night. You had a Copa Lib final and a USMNT game to compete with. At the same time, though, the USL made the CONCACAF Champions League interesting last year, and I’d be interested in watch the semifinal match between Rochester and D.C. United if I could find it anywhere on TV.
Also: three teams again have bye weeks, and only one of those three played mid-week; Seattle, Kansas City, and Houston are all playing tomorrow after just having played on Thursday. I’m not sure what the deal is with New York and Salt Lake, but it seems like they could be playing this weekend and letting two of those three teams take the weekend off.
Staff picks after the jump; as always, play along in the comments!
Two Yellows
Houston at Seattle – Seattle
Kansas City at New England – Draw
Columbus at Chicago – Chicago
FC Dallas at Colorado – Draw
Toronto FC at San Jose – San Jose
Los Angeles at Chivas USA – Draw
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Houston at Seattle-Houston
Kansas City at New England-Draw
Columbus at Chicago-Columbus
FC Dallas at Colorado-Colorado
Toronto FC at San Jose-Draw
Los Angeles at Chivas USA-Chivas
Magnakai Haaskivi
Houston at Seattle-Seattle
Kansas City at New England-Draw
Columbus at Chicago-Draw
FC Dallas at Colorado-Colorado
Toronto FC at San Jose -Toronto
Los Angeles at Chivas USA-L.A.
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Houston at Seattle-Draw
Kansas City at New England-Draw
Columbus at Chicago-Draw
FC Dallas at Colorado-Dallas
Toronto FC at San Jose-San Jose
Los Angeles at Chivas USA-Draw
Houston at Seattle – Draw
Kansas City at New England – New England
Columbus at Chicago – Chicago
FC Dallas at Colorado – Colorado
Toronto FC at San Jose – Toronto
Los Angeles at Chivas USA – Chivas
Houston at Seattle – Seattle
Kansas City at New England – Draw
Columbus at Chicago – Chicago
FC Dallas at Colorado – Draw
Toronto FC at San Jose – Toronto
Los Angeles at Chivas USA – Chivas
Houston at Seattle – Draw
Kansas City at New England – Kansas City
Columbus at Chicago – Chicago
FC Dallas at Colorado – Colorado
Toronto FC at San Jose – San Jose
Los Angeles at Chivas USA – Chivas
Houston at Seattle – Draw
Kansas City at New England – Kansas City
Columbus at Chicago – Draw
FC Dallas at Colorado – Colorado
Toronto FC at San Jose – Draw
Los Angeles at Chivas USA – Chivas
Houston v. Seattle – Houston
Kansas City v. New England – KC
Columbus v. Chicago – Columbus
Dallas v. Colorado – Draw
Toronto v. San Jose – Toronto
Galaxy v. Chivas USA – Draw