MLS Sunday: Dynamo douse McFire (Week 23)

August 31
Chicago 1-2 Houston (Robertson Stadium)
Brian McBride scored his first goal (a weak one) of his second MLS campaign, but the defending Cup champions spoiled it by scoring two goals of their own. Dwayne DeRosario equalized a minute after McBride's goal and then Brian Mullan scored the winner.

MLS Saturday (Week 23)

August 30
New York 0-0 DC United (RFK Stadium)
Battle of the beltway, ends in a scoreless draw. Helping neither team.

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Los Angeles 2-2 New England (Gillette Stadium)
Goals by Taylor Twellman and Shalrie Joseph sandwiched (and spoiled) a Landon Donovan brace.

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Columbus 2-1 Dallas (PHP)
Dallas led for just two minutes on a Jeff Cinningham goal before Alejandro Moreno and Eddie Gaven scored two goals in three minutes to give the visitors the win.

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Kansas City 1-2 San Jose (BS Stadium)
Darren Huckerby's 83rd minute goal saved the Quakes from yet another draw, after San Jose's Arturo Alvarez and KC's Davy Arnaud traded goals on either side of halftime.

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Toronto 1-2 Chivas USA (HDC)
TFC's struggles continue as a 19th minute goal by Jim Brennan was erased by a goal by Alecko Eskandarian a minute later, but it was an Atiba Harris goal four minutes into injury time that gave Chivas USA the win.

MLS Friday: Location, location, location (week 23)

August 30
Colorado 0-3 Real Salt Lake (R-E Stadium)
It's all where you play for these two team, as Fabian Espindola's brace kept RSL undefeated at home (7-0-5) , while Colorado's road woes continue with their seventh consecutive road loss.

U.S. roster for Cuba, T&T matches

I haven't seen such a weak bunch of guys tackle Cuba since the Bay of Pigs. But, seriously, here's coach Sadley's picks for the next World Cup qualifiers on Sept. 6 at Cuba and Sept. 10 against Trinidad & Tobago in Bridgeview, Ill:

GOALKEEPERS: Tim Howard, Brad Guzan.

DEFENDERS: Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Heath Pearce, Frankie Hejduk, Danny Califf, Steve Cherundolo*, Michael Orozco, Marvell Wynne.

MIDFIELDERS: DaMarcus Beasley, Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Maurice Edu, Eddie Lewis, Sacha Kljestan.

FORWARDS: Brian Ching, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Eddie Johnson.
*suspended for Cuba game

TYH's Analysis: Michael Orozco? Sigh. Ok, so coach Bob Sadley deserves some credit for pulling off an historic win at Guatemala in the last qualifier, but I still consider myself a part of the angry pitch-fork wielding mob. And my opinions of his poor managerial skills continue to be justified by these pathetic, weak line-ups. Rather than learning from mistakes, Sadley seems to have no memory of the debacles that came before. It's like 50 First Dates, only funny.

I'm not going to bother to re-hash my criticisms of what is the essentially the same line-up as Guatemala, but I will point out that he added an even less effective left back as depth to an ineffective Heath Pearce. The addition of Marvell Wynne and Ricardo Clark are value adds, but there are still big problems in the attack for the U.S. Thankfully, though, we should be able to field just about anyone and get a result against these two island nations.

Bradley finally on the move?

According to the U.K.'s Daily Mirror, Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate has targeted Coach's son and time-waster Michael Bradley.

Bradley, who plays for Dutch side Heerenveen, was also rumored to be a target of Freddy Adu's new club Monaco but that move never materialized. Bayer Leverkusen was also reportedly interested in the 21-year-old midfielder.

Guatemala revisited

CCL: Revs, Chivas fall flat in openers

CONCACAF Champions' League Preliminaries

New England 1-2 Joe Public FC (RFK Stadium)

New England lose away to Trinidad & Tobago club Joe Public FC, but get an important away goal for next week's second leg. JP got goals from Greg Richardson and former KC Wizard striker Gary Glasgow before the Revs Mauricio Castro converted from the spot to give New England the crucial away goal. The winner by aggregate will advance into a group featuring: Olimpia (Honduras), Atlante (Atlante) and the winner of Montreal Impact (USL.1) vs. Real Esteli (Nicaragua).
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Chivas USA 0-2 Tauro FC (BMO Field)Panamanian club Tauro FC will take a two-goal advantage over Chivas USA into next week's second-leg match in Los Angeles, after Panamanian midfielder WIlliam Aguilar scored twice in tonight's CCL preliminary match in Panama City, Panama. The winner by aggregate will advance into a group featuring: Santos Laguna (Mexico), Municipal (Guatemala) and the winner of Alajuelense (Costa Rica) vs. the Puerto Rico Islanders (USL.1).

TYH'S MLS BEST 11 (Week 22)

GOALKEEPER

J. Busch (CHI)

DEFENDERS

B. Soumare (CHI), J. Conrad (KC), J. Hernandez (SJ), G. Martinez (DC)

MIDFIELDERS

G.B. Schelotto (CLB), M. Magee (NY), D. Richards (NY)

FORWARDS

T. Twellman (NE), K. Kamara (HOU), L. Emilio (DC)