Wide play important tonite for Dynamo/ Tevez to play against United?/ Chivas fans what is happening?

The play of Brian Mullan and Brad Davis over the years has been instrumental in the success of the Dynamo who play out of a 4-4-2 system.
Getting width at Robertson stadium along with wide players who can beat and get behind defenders in those areas is vital.
In Columbus the Dynamo got sporadic success from Mullan especially at the beginning of the second half when he got in three crosses early after good wide play.
Fundamentally when this part of the Dynamo game is on the benefits are grand as central players like Holden/Clark and Ching/Landin can find more space as interior midfielders and defenders have to come out of the middle.
Against Real Salt Lake and goalkeeper Nick Rimando it is clear that getting in good crosses and delivery today and getting bodies in the penalty area will test his play off his line.
He is having a solid year and is known as an excellent shot stopper.
Real Salt Lake should welcome back Javier Morales and Kyle Beckermann in starting roles tonite and play with a general lone striker (most likely Movsisyan) supported by a pair of players which could come from Robbie Findley (ineffectual against Chicago wide but dangerous as a striker), Javier Morales or the Canadien Will Johnson.
RSL tied Chicago 1-1 coming from behind at home last weekend but could have won it in second half stoppage time when Yura Movsisyan hit a blast off the post.
Wonder how important those additional two points might be to this team.
The interesting thing is here that they may risk more as they need a win vs. the Dynamo based on their current situation sitting on 34 points with 5 games left.

On this day it may be more favorable for them to play a straight 4-4-2 against the Dynamo with Findley alongside Movsisyan.
The two center backs Jamison Olave and Nat Borchers are physical and aggressive and will try and get into the heads of Brian Ching and either Luis Landin , Cam Weaver or Dominic Oduro up front.
Oduro was aggressive at Pachuca, Weaver was hungry at Columbus and the Dynamo need to get Landin untracked. Having not played Wednesday Landin might get the edge and the Dynamo need contribution and adaptation to MLS from their DP.

The Dynamo will be without Ricardo Clark and one wonders how is abscence will be alleviated? One solution will be to push Geoff Cameron into the middle for Clark but that will break up the partnership at center back with Bobby Boswell.
The time is now for both of these teams who played to a 1-1 tie at Robertson back on June 20th and a 0-0 draw at RSL where the Dynamo were outshot 16-3.
RSL may feel they can sneak a win at Robertson with the Dynamo current form not at it’s best.
Expect this to be emotional and aggressive tonite with what is at stake!! What is your take on tonite?

ODURO incident: Dominic Oduro was yellow carded at Pachuca because he was taking off an undershirt beneath his uniform near the sideline. Apparently someone with Pachuca pointed it out and the referee gave him a yellow. Later Oduro would produce a challenge from behind that would get him ejected in the 2-0 loss.

CARLOS TEVEZ to play tomorrow?
You can never tell if this is just fed to the press or if there is real truth to Tevez actually playing for Manchester City against Manchester United. The other thing to note here is that this rumor is being put out there by his agent. Tevez has had a knee problem.

CHIVAS continues to struggle….
One can look back and say that removing Efrain Flores as the manager of Chivas was a huge mistake. Chivas only has 5 points so far in Mexican league play and will play this weekend against Jaguares with another new coach. Raul Arias replaces Francisco Ramirez who was never the right choice in my opinion.
Additionally the troublesome defender Hector Reynoso and Alberto Medina are out through suspension and injury.

***Check out my article in the Houston Chronicle on the U.S. Soccer Academy league which plays around the Dynamo tonite with the Texas Rush Academy taking on the Dynamo Academy. I plan on staying post game at 10 to watch the under 18’s.

*** Texas AM women last night knocked off #2 Portland in College Station. The AM women traditionally get over 3000 fans per game and will host the NCAA Womens College Cup.

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