MLS Cup semi finals are upon us!
Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy
The Home Depot Center, Carson
Sun, Nov 6, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT
Real Salt Lake survive a close one in Seattle after thumping the Sounders 3-0 in Salt Lake. The Galaxy took care of NY 3-1 and their fans developed a special place in their hearts for NY forward Luke Rodgers for this:
Houston Dynamo vs Sporting KC
Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City
Sun, Nov 6, 5:30 pm ET/4:30 pm CT
Meanwhile in the much weaker Eastern conference, Sporting KC cruised to a 4-0 victory over the reserve squad of the defending champion Colorado Rapids (they had a lot of injuries). Houston Dynamo played against an un-inspiring Philadelphia Union team that seemed just fine to be down by 2 goals at the end of their second leg. These teams finished 9th and 12th in the league last year, neither of which was good enough to make the playoffs.
Predictions
Sporting KC look too damn good to be stopped by the Dynamo, especially at home.
Real Salt Lake are up and down. They were horrible at the end of the regular season but then put a thumping on Seattle before going to get dominated in Seattle. The Galaxy should be consistently really good, but probably not great. If RSL play a great game, they can beat LA. I think Donovan and company will do exactly what they need to do to get back to the MLS Cup.
Sporting KC at LA Galaxy for the MLS Cup
