I am still sorting through this game in my mind but I will put this one fact out.
Six straight games the Dynamo have conceded the game’s first goal. Before you say, well it was a great free kick by Christian Gomez (which it was) I remind you of a few things: There is an additional pressure when consistently having to play when you are behind….chasing the game. There is an additional pressure on your backs and defenders. Most MLS teams immediately begin to defend deeper. DC didn’t partly because the goal came four minutes in but they certainly didn’t need to push their outside backs forward like Bryan Namoff or Josh Gros.
The Dynamo are not clicking that is for sure but not getting a morale boosting first goal in six consecutive games doesn’t aid the cause. One additional point that merge’s with the first one. The team is having a hard time getting behind defenses out wide.
Much of the delivery from the Dynamo comes with defenses settled facing the player crossing the ball. It is far easier as a defender to deal with crosses under that scenario then if a player has just beaten an outside back and is bearing down the endline. The Dynamo right now need more confidence from individuals also to take people on and make things happen. That confidence has emanated from Cory Ashe in a subs role. Remember the conditions he is coming on in the match. …………………Ok on to Pachuca winning the MFL title…Club America looked the better team but Pachuca after a long range free kick goal from Cuahutemoc Blanco tied the aggregate (Pachuca won at Azteca Stadium 2-1) minutes later Pachuca pieced together almost on cue the goal that would win it for them. Damian Alvarez to Juan Carlos Cacho (all three Pachuca goals in the finals). Tuzoz rule in Mexico and to think the Dynamo almost knocked off this team in the Semi-finals of the Concacaf Champions Cup.
HDNET-again after receiving a number of emails concerning exclusivity of the HDNET broadcasts, I remind you again. HDNET is paying significant money to MLS and along with that comes exclusivity. They are helping the league stability and it’s prosperity.
What is so hard to figure out about that?
May 28, 2007
Dynamo downed at DC/ Pachuca win Mexican League title
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About HDNET exclusivity, the problem is that US football-Soccer fans do not know how lucky they are regarding soccer broadcasts, we get to see a lot of the league\’s games by just having basic cable (not to mention hundreds of games every year from other leagues), this is not how it works in most places around the world.
In Spain for example, they get only 2 games per week, one on saturday and one on sunday, yes, both games are broadcast on open air networks, which means soccer fans do not even need basic cable, but the other 8 games (Spain still has 20 teams even tough FIFA would prefer every league to have 18 teams) can only be seen on PPV, which means that any fan that wants to see all of the games of his her favorite teams needs to pay extra almost every week. As a note, the games on open air networks on saturday and sunday are always play after the rest of the games of the day, that way you can catch the free game and pay for the PPV games.
In England is the same story, they only get 2 games per week, the main difference is that the free games are almost always on sunday and monday, and just like in Spain, with no other games schedule at the same time, the other 8 games (Premiere League also has 20 teams) are on PPV and you need to pay extra.
I have not been to Italy ina few years, so I do not know what is the present situation, but a few years ago it was the same deal, one or two games for everyone and the rest on PPV.
If you go to almost every other country that loves football you will get the same story, you only get a few games and the rest is on PPV, and before PPV was invented fans did not have a way to watch the game, period, it was either a radio broadcast or trying to attend almost all of the home and away games, the only country I know of that broadcasts all of the games without using PPV is Mexico, they have 9 games every week, 7 of those are broadcast on open air network, the other 2 comes with basic cable, but they do clakcout a few games in certain markets so fans will go to the stadium, but they can pay the cable an extra fee to watch the blackout games.
Comment by jarrambide — May 28, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
Dallas vs Houston. This one is going to be a monster - both teams are in a lull right now, and I don\’t think the teams like each other.
Probaly 60-75 people from Dallas coming down.
Comment by alex whyte — May 28, 2007 @ 3:27 pm