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By Meanie Genie

DCU 2 – KC 1

D.C. United beats K.C 2-0 to hop back onto the winning bandwagon. After DC got stuffed in Superliga and by Houston in league play, D.C. gets back to their winning ways with a thoroughly dominate game against a K.C team still looking for answers. On a positive note for D.C., they overcame injuries to key players to seize the win to end a four-game losing streak in all competitions, and to gave Zach Wells and his defense their first league shutout of the 2008 campaign.

In short, K.C. didn’t look threatening. On the other hand, the finishing of Emilio is proof that MLS needs more talented strikers. You just can’t teach finishing like that!

Chicago 1 – Chivas 0

I love to watch the Goats lose! I can’t lie. I hate Chivas. I have many reasons. Why? Simple: the first year of RSL existence I had to endure Chivas fans being louder than our own at the games in RES. Petty reason? Maybe, but those fans really irritated me. So, watching a rookie get an extremely lucky shot to win the game made me smile. Some may think that Nyarko has skills, but I simply think the ball was lucky to stay low and end up in the net.

Chivas? I think you are in trouble when you field 3 former RSLers from the 2007 season. Atiba, Talley, and Eskysucksidarian were not my favorite players then, but now? I hope to see them all play against RSL in the near future with RSL 2.00.8 laying the smack down!

Houston 2 – Crew 1

I personally would have liked to have seen the Crew win so that RSL could maintain their first place standing with a larger cushion. However, Houston looked like the real deal in their win. Did the Crew look like challenging? No, not really. Houston was by far the better and more aggressive team on the field, so they deserve the win. What the win does is prime Houston to beat NE on Tuesday in the Superliga final, and set up a nice little possible first place showdown with RSL in the near future.

Superliga Prediction

I think Houston has NE’s number in championship games. NE may bet a regular season win, but somehow, Houston picks it up a notch when a trophy is on the line. Houston 2 – NE 1 (anyone else remember that score line?).

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