Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Chilly Tuesday
Houston, you have a problem.
With Dwayne DeRosario gone back to Ontario and Sounders Sasquatch Nate Jaqua returning to his Pac Northwest roots, who is going to score goals for The Orange? I would normally respond "Brian Ching, of course" but he made a hash out of the few scoring chances that came his way in the CONCACAF Champions League series against Atlante, and beyond him, you're basically looking to kids for your scoring.
I'm particularly looking forward to another CCL quarterfinal, Santos Laguna vs Montreal Impact at Estadio Corona on Thursday night. After last week's sensational first leg at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, can the Impact's Cinderella story continue?
And by the way, this is the same club whose MLS expansion bid was tossed aside late last year due to the Impact's doubts about the league's $40 million franchise fee. But if they can rack up passionate crowds of 55,000+ for CCL -- by comparison, Houston barely drew 10,000 out to their home match -- perhaps they don't need MLS as much as MLS needs them, eh? It's a subject that has been on our minds here at Potomac Soccer Wire; look out for more analysis and coverage in the days ahead.
In other news, I have, against my instincts and better judgment, gotten rolled up in this Twitter wave that seems to be sweeping the nation (soccer reporters seem especially hard-hit: Dure, Green, Goff, Stouffer, McAllister...and the list goes on).
I am highly doubtful as to my ability and temperament to sustain the terse, constant, often inane chirping that constitutes the Twitter experience. But there does seem to be some potential for meaning and mindfulness in the haiku-like brevity of its format. And it's a good procrastination tool, if nothing else.
Twit me up at: http://twitter.com/cboehm ...
With Dwayne DeRosario gone back to Ontario and Sounders Sasquatch Nate Jaqua returning to his Pac Northwest roots, who is going to score goals for The Orange? I would normally respond "Brian Ching, of course" but he made a hash out of the few scoring chances that came his way in the CONCACAF Champions League series against Atlante, and beyond him, you're basically looking to kids for your scoring.
I'm particularly looking forward to another CCL quarterfinal, Santos Laguna vs Montreal Impact at Estadio Corona on Thursday night. After last week's sensational first leg at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, can the Impact's Cinderella story continue?
And by the way, this is the same club whose MLS expansion bid was tossed aside late last year due to the Impact's doubts about the league's $40 million franchise fee. But if they can rack up passionate crowds of 55,000+ for CCL -- by comparison, Houston barely drew 10,000 out to their home match -- perhaps they don't need MLS as much as MLS needs them, eh? It's a subject that has been on our minds here at Potomac Soccer Wire; look out for more analysis and coverage in the days ahead.
In other news, I have, against my instincts and better judgment, gotten rolled up in this Twitter wave that seems to be sweeping the nation (soccer reporters seem especially hard-hit: Dure, Green, Goff, Stouffer, McAllister...and the list goes on).
I am highly doubtful as to my ability and temperament to sustain the terse, constant, often inane chirping that constitutes the Twitter experience. But there does seem to be some potential for meaning and mindfulness in the haiku-like brevity of its format. And it's a good procrastination tool, if nothing else.
Twit me up at: http://twitter.com/cboehm ...
Comment posted by Charles Boehm @ 1:05 AM 
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