Tuesday night (8Central time on FoxESP and 11 on FSC) DC United take on Chivas of Guadalajara at Jalisco Stadium in Mexico in the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana. The prestigious tournament last year was won by Pachuca and with a win United would take on Arsenal of Argentina;
Holding a 2-1 aggregate lead after defeating Chivas at RFK Stadium this past week the time might be now for United and MLS to get their first victory in Mexico.
DC United defeated Chivas with ten men last week and a few days later they fired their manager De La Torre and replaced him with Efrain Flores Mercado.
Both clubs won in league play this past weekend.
These tournaments continue to help the growth of MLS and the gap is narrowing . MFL teams struggled in the Superliga despite Pachuca winning. Club America, Chivas, Morelia and Pachuca in group play all were defeated by MLS teams.
Yet on Tuesday night all will be different in Mexico .
Speaking with head coach Tom Soehn of DC United he feels that their prior trip down in the Concacaf Champions Cup has helped prepare his squad.
Chivas has struggled in Mexican league play but defeated Veracruz 3-1 this past weekend.
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It seemed the Dynamo would ride out their 3-0 win over FC Dallas yesterday without incident.
Yet off a free kick it all unraveled.
Carlos Ruiz initiated contact by pushing Ricardo Clark and then tumbled on top of him. Clear foul, the replay shows it but Clark went to another level losing emotional control and kicking blatantly Ruiz while he lay on the ground.
Initially it looked like he kicked Ruiz in the head but it was actually in the shoulder and arm area and Ruiz feigned that he was hit in the head.
Simply put, Ruiz is an instigator and initiates contact with the way that he plays. It is a known fact throughout the league.
So one simply has to be stronger mentally and have that ability to walk away from episodes like this.
Clark is undoubtably going to get fined heavily by the league and will miss games due to the “in your face” nature of this incident.
This was over the top and very out of character for Ricardo Clark yet a very serious matter.
Your thoughts?
Glenn