MLS Cup 2009: REAL Salt Lake v. Los Angeles GALAXY

Hopefully tonight's game gets a good crowd. The higher seed should get homefield in order to generate an atmosphere. It was nice to see quite a bit of coverage of the game by the local media here.

Hoping for an open match. I'll go with the Galaxy 2-1. The Beckham experiment has had its' share of negatives, but give the man credit where credit is due. He is a resilent SOB.

I have a question...how in the hell as Donovan won multiple Honda Player of the Year awards, but just got his first MLS MVP? :?

 

Every web prediction says 2-1, including the EA XBox simulation where LA wins.

Hard to argue with the score, but I'm going on a limb and saying RSL.

I'm going Further on that limb and saying it will actually be a good game, with RSL only going bunker in the last minutes.
Interesting notes:
Sigi gets pneumonia promoting the cup.

Rumors of STEVE SAMPSON and Chivas....

Oh. please... stick a fork in him!

 

Even I can admit, the Final deserves its own heading (and look, I cared enough to spell it right.)

I'm seeing stars and falling for all of the bright lights, GALAXY complete the transition into the most well-known current soccer club from North America tonight (and for now 2nd most well-known ever from N.A.). And whether you like him or not, Beckham has been instrumental in that transition.

If they lose? Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

Bingo! Except it really aint about prime time.

 

<--- Is pretty pumped for this one. I had a fair amount of success following Seattle from 3 time zones away, but I am glad for the final.

I'm not too happy that RSL has lost more than they have won and are a game away from the championship. That kicks 3-4 months worth of games right in the ass for me. Apparently the MLS is going to expand their way out of this setup, so I guess I should be patient and my distaste for the come one, come all playoffs will go away. Right now, though, I can't stomach it, and RSL should not be champs.

But I can't bring myself to support the Galaxy. Oh well. I'm still up for a cracker of a game, I hope.

 

HERETIC!!!! AWAY WITH YOU!!!


Although it would be worse if they all had his first touch -- that would be scary. And not in a good way.

 

Oh jeez. Mandon is gone and Landycakes is back.

 

Congrats to Oms, RSL were totally deserving. They were missing that little bit of quality in the final third or it would have been over in regulation.

We all know what happened to Donovan in the pks...he was only able to perform a "quickie" on his ridiculous pre-shot routine :shock: In all seriousness he's been getting away with mediocre pks for awhile and was totally due to miss one...but damn that was ugly.

 

That was a good game, and it's why playoffs exist. Last year, 8 seed lucked their way through and were shown up at the end. This #8 is different; they wont be going first to worst.

Look at it this way... Both belonged in the final because of how they got there. RSL got there by building on their late Mo and beating the Season Best.

 

Cups of Cake,
Cakes no Cup,
Lookout row Z!
Cake's PK is still going up, up, up!!

My M.O.M. was Findley. If he had a better first touch, that match would have been over before regulation, and he would soon be a distant MLS memory.

Shades of Davies there with that kid. Don't you think Bob??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Findley

 

All and all a good game, but I hate to see anything settled on PK's.

 

Would it be a stretch to say Beckerman was a maestro in midfield? The Galaxy didn't have any answers.

Speaking of answers, where was LD? I'm not talking about his PK (or that stupid ceremony), but he was a non-factor for most of the match. Maybe the tactics completely bypassed him, but the nation's "best" player and team captain needs to take title games by the scruff of the neck. Beckerman did, LD didn't.

 

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!


(please don't confuse that with a Max Bretos yes)

 

It sounds JUST LIKE IT in my head though.

 

I was excited for RSL - for the young coach, and for the underdog. Good story.

LA do too much tootin' of their own horn, so I was happy to see them lose. Also - Bruce Arena is a total tool...

 

RSL switched from its 4-3-3 formation to a 4-4-2 to ignite the tremendous finishing that ended with the MLS Cup championship last night in Seattle.

Anyone see or hear this mentioned, last night? Ever?

I missed a lot of the commentary, pre and during the game...