Caught in Possession

Well, they finally called this one off, at approximately 9:40 pm, just about when a normal 7:30 match is coming to a close...except they only got 16 minutes in tonight. They'll have to find a time and place to reschedule, and the match will start from scratch -- not like there was anything important to salvage from the 16 sloppy minutes that were actually played.

Early speculation around the press box has this game being replayed in the early part of July, when United has nearly two weeks off between the June 29 "Beckham match" against the Galaxy and the beginning of SuperLiga on July 12. Houston play at Real Salt Lake on Thursday, July 3, but could ostensibly squeeze in a trip back to DC the following Tuesday or Wednesday (8-9 July) before they kick off their SuperLiga campaign on the same day as United. We'll see...