MLS Weekly Preview & Broadcast Info
Published on August 17, 2007 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Chivas USA at Toronto FC - Rogers Sports Net, FSN Prime Ticket
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 3:30 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070816&content_id=111884&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
Toronto FC are hoping the return to their BMO Field will provide the jumpstart they need, when they play host to Chivas USA on Saturday afternoon. TFC hasn't won in six games and has now gone more than 6-1/2 hours without a goal, following a 3-0 loss at New York last weekend. For Chivas USA, it's their first game of any sort in three weeks. The rojiblancos (Red-and-White) were last seen on July 29 at Kansas City, when the Wizards scored a dramatic late winner to grab a 3-2 victory and stop a brief two-game winning streak. It's the second meeting of the year between the teams; TFC began their history against Chivas USA, falling 2-0 at The Home Depot Center on First Kick 2007.
REFEREE: Brian Hall. SAR (bench): Adam Wienckowski; JAR (opposite): Rob Fereday; 4th: Alex Prus
MLS Career: 132 games; FC/gm: 28.8; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 33; pens: 39
Games involving Toronto FC: first game
Games involving Chivas USA: P9 W3 L4 T2; FC/gm: 27.0; Y/gm: 2.8; R: 2; pens: 0
INJURY REPORT:
TORONTO FC - OUT: GK Greg Sutton (concussion); MF Ronnie O'Brien (knee); QUESTIONABLE: FW Danny Dichio (hip flexor); DF Marvell Wynne (hamstring); FW Jeff Cunningham (adductor); FW Collin Samuel (knee); MF Cristian Nunez (quadriceps)
CHIVAS USA - OUT: DF Carlos Llamosa (L knee ACL surgery); Ãder Robles (concussion)
SUSPENDED: TOR: Chris Pozniak (through Aug. 19) ... CHV: Claudio Suarez (through Aug. 19; five cautions)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CHV: Maykel Galindo, Lawson Vaughn
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: TOR: Andrew Boyens, Jim Brennan, Jeff Cunningham, Danny Dichio, Srdjan Djekanovic, Chris Pozniak ... CHV: Sacha Kljestan, Jesse Marsch, Orlando Perez
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (1 meeting): Toronto FC 0 wins, 0 goals ... Chivas USA 1 win, 2 goals ... Draws 0
AT TORONTO: first meeting
- It's the second meeting between the two clubs this season. Major League Soccer's newest club began its history against Chivas USA - a club just two-plus years old - when they played in the season opener at The Home Depot Center, a 2-0 Chivas USA win. This is the only game set for BMO Field.
- Coaches record: Mo Johnston v CHV: P4 W2 L1 D1 ... Preki vs. TOR: P1 W1 L0 D0
TV
Directv: 785
DishNet: 456
Rogers Sports Net
Local Fiber Loop
FSN Prime Ticket
VYVX Conf # 2283619
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Los Angeles Galaxy at New York Red Bulls - FSC/FSE
Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, N.J. - 7:30 p.m.
Game preview is not yet available.
TV
FSC/FSE
KU BAND (Encrypted)
AMC 1. Tr. 18A
D/L: 12064.5
Symbol Rate: 6.1113
Data Rate: 8.448
FEC: ¾
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D.C. United at Columbus Crew - HDNet, Columbus Sports Net, CN-8
Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio - 7:30 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070816&content_id=111848&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
A pair of teams in thick of the MLS Cup Playoffs race meet at Crew Stadium, when old Eastern Conference rivals Columbus Crew and D.C. United face off. The Crew are currently holding onto the eighth and final overall postseason place entering the final third of the season, with a five-point bulge on the Colorado Rapids. D.C. United comes into the game off back-to-back league wins but after a disappointing midweek loss to the LA Galaxy in their SuperLiga semifinal as David Beckham showed what he can do, scoring a tremendous freekick goal and setting up a second in a 2-0 result.
REFEREE: Richard Heron. SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): Sean Hurd; 4th: Michael Kennedy
MLS Career: 44 games; FC/gm: 33.4; Y/gm: 2.5; R: 10; pens: 10
Games involving Crew: P13 W2 L6 T5; FC/gm: 32.7; Y/gm: 1.5; R: 1; pens: 1
Games involving United: P5 W4 L0 T1; FC/gm: 35.2; Y/gm: 2.6; R: 1; pens: 1
INJURY REPORT:
COLUMBUS CREW - OUT: MF Brandon Moss (L knee ACL reconstruction); DOUBTFUL: MF Jacob Thomas (R ankle sprain/avulsion fracture)
D.C. UNITED - OUT: FW Jamil Walker (Achilles rupture)
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DC: Christian Gomez, Bryan Namoff
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CLB: Frankie Hejduk, Danny O'Rourke, Guillermo Barros Schelotto ... DC: Bobby Boswell, Brian Carroll, Josh Gros, Ben Olsen, Greg Vanney
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (41 meetings): Crew 14 wins (0 shootout), 60 goals ... United 20 wins (5 shootout), 65 goals ... Draws 7
AT COLUMBUS (17 meetings): Crew 11 wins (0 shootout), 33 goals ... United 6 wins (2 shootout), 20 goals ...Draws 4
- This is the second of three meetings between the clubs this season, the second of two at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. They conclude their season series against each other in the regular season finale, Oct. 20 at RFK Stadium.
- The Crew won 1-0 on April 28 in the first meeting this season, their first win in the series came on April 15, 2005. In the seven games in between, United won five with two draws.
- A year ago, D.C. United won the season series handily, taking the final three league encounters - and a meeting in the U.S. Open Cup - after a draw in Columbus.
- United have won twice in their last four trips to Columbus, after going nine games without a win in the Ohio capital. United won in a shootout on July 7, 1999, the Crew then winning seven of the next nine matches in Columbus (with two draws) until D.C. claimed a win on July 2, 2005.
- Columbus last won in D.C. on Oct. 19, 2003, an overtime victory. The Crew have managed to take single points just twice in their last league matches at RFK Stadium.
- Last year, the teams also met in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup, United claiming a 2-1 extra-time victory in a match played at the Maryland SoccerPlex (Moreno 22; Walker 93 - Marshall 18)
- Coaches record: Sigi Schmid v DC: P20 W10 L7 D3 ... Tom Soehn vs. CLB: P1 W0 L1 D0
TV
Directv: 786
DishNet: 456
HDNet
KU BAND
Galaxy 17, TR 4 Upper
Downlink: 11789V
Directv: 79
DishNet: 9422
Columbus Sports Net
KU BAND
Galaxy 17, Tr. 10
D/L: 11886.5(V)
CN-8
VYVX Conf # 2283351
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Chicago Fire at Real Salt Lake - CSN-Chicago
Rice Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah - 9 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070816&content_id=111849&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
Two teams who desperately need points if they are to get into the MLS Cup Playoffs picture come together on the Wasatch Front, as both Real Salt Lake and the Chicago Fire return to action following a weekend off. In their last match, Real won for just the second time on the season, a late goal giving them a 1-0 victory against the then-league-leading Houston Dynamo at home, snapping a four-game losing run. The Fire followed up their first victory in more than two months with a draw last time out, playing to a scoreless tie with the Columbus Crew at home on Aug. 4.
REFEREE: Andrew Chapin. SAR (bench): Fabio Tovar; JAR (opposite): Emiliano Monje; 4th: Tyler Ploeger
MLS Career: 18 games; FC/gm: 28.6; Y/gm: 5.0; R: 4; pens: 1
Games involving Real: P1 W0 L1 T0; FC/gm: 30.0; Y/gm: 6.0; R: 0; pens: 0
Games involving Fire: P3 W2 L1 T0; FC/gm: 25.7; Y/gm: 5.3; R: 0; pens: 0
INJURY REPORT:
REAL SALT LAKE - PROBABLE: DF Nik Besagno (R quad contusion), FW Robbie Findley (L rectus strain), DF Willis Forko (R hamstring strain); MF Kenny Cutler (osteitis pubis), FW Alecko Eskandarian (R hamstring strain)
CHICAGO FIRE - OUT: DF Jim Curtin (R shoulder labral tear); DF Jordan Russolillo (R hip labrum tear); DF Osei Telesford (L groin strain)
SUSPENDED: CHI: Diego Gutierrez (through Aug. 18; five cautions)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: RSL: Alecko Eskandarian, Atiba Harris ... CHI: Calen Carr
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: RSL: Carey Talley; Jean-Martial Kipré, Chris Wingert ... CHI: Chad Barrett, C.J. Brown, Gonzalo Segares, Thiago
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (5 meetings): Real Salt Lake 1 win, 5 goals ... Fire 3 wins, 9 goals ... Draws 1
AT SALT LAKE: (2 meetings): Real Salt Lake 1 win, 3 goals ...Fire 1 win, 4 goals ... Draws 0
- This is the second of two meetings between the clubs this season, the only one set for Rice-Eccles Stadium. The teams played to a scoreless draw in their first meeting.
- A year ago, the teams split their two meetings, each winning on their home ground. Real's 3-1 win at home on June 3 was their first in the series, after Chicago swept the two meetings in RSL's inaugural campaign.
- Coaches record: Jason Kreis v CHI: P1 W0 L0 D1 ... Juan Carlos Osorio vs. CHI: first game
TV
Directv: 787
DishNet: 457
CSN-Chicago
KU BAND
Galaxy 11, Tr. 19
D/L: 12071(H)
Symbol Rate: 13.235
Data rate: 18.2958
FEC: ¾
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo - Galavision, Ch. 55, FSN SW
Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas - 7 p.m.
Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070816&content_id=111861&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
The third meeting of the year for "El CapÃtan" holds even more attraction, as Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas meet in their Texas rivalry as the top two teams in the Western Conference. Dynamo had ridden an 11-game league unbeaten streak to the best overall record until a pair of 1-0 losses in their last two MLS games slowed their charge. That allowed FC Dallas to take over the top spot in the division and in the MLS overall table, the Hoops now riding a six-game league unbeaten skein. But FCD comes to a place where they've never had any success, losing all four games in all competitions to Dynamo on the shores of the Buffalo Bayou.
REFEREE: Tim Weyland. SAR (bench): Steven Taylor; JAR (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Colin Tait
MLS Career: 72 games; FC/gm: 30.5; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 19; pens: 18
Games involving Dynamo: P4 W1 L1 T2; FC/gm: 27.5; Y/gm: 2.3; R: 2; pens: 1
Games involving FC Dallas: P17 W8 L7 T2; FC/gm: 33.0; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 3; pens: 0
INJURY REPORT:
HOUSTON DYNAMO - OUT: MF Brad Davis (R knee sprain); MF Stuart Holden (R ankle contusion); FW Paul Dalglish (R ankle sprain); DOUBTFUL: DF Ryan Cochrane (L ankle sprain); PROBABLE: MF Ricardo Clark (R ankle tendonitis)
FC DALLAS - OUT: FW Roberto Mina (R knee), FW Kenny Cooper (R tibia), DF Adrian Serioux (L hamstring); GK Shaka Hislop (back); QUESTIONABLE: DF Alex Yi (L hamstring); GK Dario Sala (R knee)
SUSPENDED: DAL: Marcelo Saragosa (through Aug. 19)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: HOU: Ryan Cochrane, Eddie Robinson ... DAL: Carlos Ruiz, Pablo Ricchetti, Marcelo Saragosa
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: HOU: Joseph Ngwenya, Nate Jaqua ... DAL: Chris Gbandi ,Clarence Goodson, Drew Moor, Juan Toja, Alex Yi
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (6 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 8 goals ... FC Dallas 1 win, 6 goals ... Draws 2 AT ROBERTSON STADIUM (3 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 7 goals ... FC Dallas 0 wins, 4 goals ... Draws 0
- This is the third of four meetings between the teams this season, the second of two set for Robertson Stadium. The series finale will be in Frisco on Sept. 30.
- Houston maintained their perfect record at home against their in-state rivals in the first meeting this year, winning 2-1 on June 3. The teams played to a scoreless draw four weeks later in their first meeting in Frisco.
- The Lone Star State rivals are meeting for "El Capitan," as was named the 18th-century Mountain Howitzer cannon to be awarded to the winner of the season series. A year ago, Dynamo clinched ownership of the cannon with two victories in the four season meetings, FC Dallas winning once with the fourth a draw.
- In addition, Dynamo claimed a 3-0 victory in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup in a match played at the Carl Lewis Sports Complex at the University of Houston (Robinson 13; Moreno 57; Wondolowski 61)
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear v DAL: P6 W3 L1 D2 ... Steve Morrow vs. HOU: P2 W0 L1 D1
TV
Galavision
KU BAND
AMC 2, Tr. 3
D/L: 11760(V)
Ch. 55
KU BAND
AMC 2, Tr. 1
D/L: 11720
FSN SW
KU BAND
AMC 2, Tr. 2 Ch. A18
D/L: 11731(H)
Symbol Rate: 13.235
Data Rate: 18.2958
FEC: ¾
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New England Revolution at Kansas City Wizards - Metro Sports, TV-38
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri - 8 p.m.
Game preview is not yet available.
TV
Directv: 785
DishNet: 455
Metro Sports
Local Fiber Loop
TV-38
KU BAND
AMC 3, Tr. 18 Ch. 807
D/L: 12064(V)
Symbol Rate: 6.1113
Data rate: 8.448
FEC: ¾
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