That’s right, folks: it’s Friday. Friday is a day when most of us revel in the fact that we’re about to embark on a two-day sojourn from work or school, instead spending time on more personally fruitful tasks that await us at home. It also marks the start of a new weekend of soccer, where we can all remind ourselves how much we missed the game in the past five days.
The only thing is, we can’t miss the sport if it won’t go away. There’s been no shortage of fresh games to watch lately; between the World Football Challenge, Liverpool’s televised friendly in Thailand, and the Gold Cup, I’ve actually been able to watch a new game every day this week. ESPN seems to have liked the viewership they’ve gotten lately from soccer, too; once again, two games are being televised (one on ESPN, one on ESPN2), with a third game covered by Fox Soccer Channel. Add in the MLS All-Star game against Everton on Wednesday and you’ve got a full-fledged soccer week yet again.
This summer has really been rather busy in the states, and starting in August it’s going to get even busier. On August 1st, Barcelona comes to the States to finish off their world tour, playing against L.A. on 8/1 and Seattle on 8/5; both of those games will be televised in some capacity. Because they’re more into Public Enemy than Snoop, Real Madrid will follow that up with East Coast friendlies against Toronto (8/7) and D.C. United (8/9). Again, both will be televised.
There are bound to be other televised friendlies involving European teams playing each other; right now, though, Everton, Chelsea, Internazionale, A.C. Milan, Barcelona, and Real Madrid have all decided that it’s worth paying a visit to their U.S. fans before the season kicks off. Not too shabby.
Here are the staff picks (plus jjf3, who posted his picks in advance in last week’s comments):
Two Yellows
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake – Real Salt Lake
Chicago at Seattle – Draw
Toronto FC at Columbus – Columbus
New England at Houston – New England
Los Angeles at Kansas City – Draw
New York at Colorado – Colorado
D.C. United at San Jose – DC United
Magnakai Haaskivi
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake – Draw
Chicago at Seattle – Seattle
Toronto FC at Columbus – Draw
New England at Houston – New England
Los Angeles at Kansas City – Los Angeles
New York at Colorado – Colorado
D.C. United at San Jose – San Jose
Adam
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake-Draw
Chicago at Seattle-Seattle
Toronto FC at Columbus-Columbus
New England at Houston-Houston
Los Angeles at Kansas City-Los Angeles
New York at Colorado-Colorado
D.C. United at San Jose-DC
thefuseproject
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake – Draw
Chicago at Seattle – Seattle
Toronto FC at Columbus – Columbus
New England at Houston – Draw
Los Angeles at Kansas City – Draw
New York at Colorado – Colorado
D.C. United at San Jose – Draw
jjf3
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake – RSL
Chicago at Seattle – Draw
Toronto FC at Columbus – Columbus
New England at Houston – Houston
Los Angeles at Kansas City – L.A.
New York at Colorado – Colorado
D.C. United at San Jose – Draw
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake – Draw
Chicago at Seattle – Draw
Toronto FC at Columbus – Columbus
New England at Houston – Houston
Los Angeles at Kansas City – LA
New York at Colorado – Colorado
D.C. United at San Jose – DC United
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake – RSL
Chicago at Seattle – Draw
Toronto FC at Columbus – Columbus
New England at Houston – Houston
Los Angeles at Kansas City – KC
New York at Colorado – Draw
D.C. United at San Jose – DC United
FC Dallas @ Real Salt Lake: Real Salt Lake
Chicago @ Seattle: Seattle
Toronto FC @ Columbus: Draw
New England @ Houston: Houston
L.A. Galaxy @ K.C. Wizards: Draw
New York @ Colorado: Colorado
D.C. United @ San Jose: D.C. United
kay. made in time this week. woo?
here goes naught:
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake – RSL
Chicago at Seattle – Seattle
Toronto FC at Columbus – Columbus
New England at Houston – draw
Los Angeles at Kansas City – draw
New York at Colorado – Colorado
D.C. United at San Jose – DCU
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake – [b]RSL[/b]
Chicago at Seattle – [b]Seattle[/b]
Toronto FC at Columbus – [b]Toronto FC[/b]
New England at Houston – [b]New England[/b]
Los Angeles at Kansas City – [b]Draw[/b]
New York at Colorado – [b]Colorado[/b]
D.C. United at San Jose –[b]DC United[/b]
Chicago at Seattle – Draw
Toronto FC at Columbus – Columbus
New England at Houston – Houston
Los Angeles at Kansas City – Los Angeles
New York at Colorado – Colorado
D.C. United at San Jose – Draw