The stakes are high when MLS teams take to the field in both league and CONCACAF Champions League play Wednesday night.
D.C. United, Chivas USA, the New York Red Bulls and Portland Timbers are all fighting for spots in the postseason and are all in need of results, while FC Dallas, the Los Angeles Galaxy and Colorado Rapids all search for crucial CCL points. Here is the viewing schedule for the night's matches:
7:30 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – D.C. United vs. Chivas USA
8 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – New York Red Bulls vs. Real Salt Lake
8 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel/Galavision/CONCACAF.com stream – FC Dallas vs. Pumas UNAM
10 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel/Galavision/CONCACAF.com stream – Alajuelense vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
10 p.m. – CONCACAF.com stream – Colorado Rapids vs. Real Espana
10:30 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – Portland Timbers vs. San Jose Earthquakes
If you will be watching any of Wednesday night's matches, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action.
Are any of the MLS teams prioritizing the CCL like RSL did last season? If you want to do well it has to be priority #1. MLS teams aren’t good enough to just show up and expect to go far.
some of their own apples there 87th. wonder how they taste?
Some of this is MLS teams choosing to play mostly reserve rosters for theses last few CCL games. Seattle did it last night and you see the result. Colorado did it the last two weeks both resulted in losses. Dallas just got bet by a determine Mexican team.
the real Courtney Campbell in the house
this is the worst part of soccer in our region, 56th minute, the lack of honor, faking injury to stop attacks as this example
Juninho looking rusty, needs to play better, and he’s needed
weird watching a soccer game where no one will slide, like they’re playing on concrete. Alajualense fields a good team for this surface, like tennis players have good games for certain surfaces
that was a great goal
I guess order has been restored in the world. Mexican teams are winning and MLS teams are losing in the Champions League. It was nice while it lasted.
MLS teams are fading badly in CL. Most are getting out worked, even at home (see Sounders). MLS commish needs to talk with the clubs. I can’t see any MLS side advancing after the first round.
Marquez has no business wearing our colors..especially when there’s an american flag on the sleeve.
Wow great goal. Saunders had no chance
The guy with the dreds should be nearing a red by now , this isn’t rugby.
At least Shep Messing thinks Henry is great and always “world-class”
The Rapids need a win and they go with their reserve lineup for the 2nd straight week. I guess they are choosing the MLS playoffs over Champions League. Its sad to see a league champion barely take international competition seriously.
True! too bad he’s the most one footed player ever, and now very predictable. Still would take 11 joels in a second rather than the current group of bums.
Spot on. He’s not even dirty for NYRB – at least that would maybe light a fire. The guy is useless.
well said. that gaff was worse to watch than the one at Philly earlier in the year unfortunately.
keeper got a finger on that.
Hyndman is sitting on a sub and was just about to ask his players if anyone was tired, when suddenly the whistle blew, match over.
Either he’s too old to count to 3, ot his watch battery ran out during the match. In which case that’s just an unlucky break.
Omg landon choked so hard!
I don’t know if Henri is hurt or what, but I haven’t seen the guy make a single positive play all night despite numerous touches.
Aaaand Marquez whiffs.
This is a f*cking joke. Get hall out of the f*cking game you play professional soccer and you cant play a full 90? Galindo learn to take someone on. I cant stand this sh!t
Saying Marquez “floated in” a free kick is redundant. When has he driven in a free kick al year?
Bonus Marquez trash talk – he makes $1.27 million more than the entire RSL team this year – hahahahahahahahahaha!
Ummm…hey Backe! We’ve got 3 matches in 7 days…USE YOUR SUBS!!!
Hall appeared to be off for a light jog
Jeremy Hall essentially lost that match for FC Dallas
Wow hall and the cb paired with george.john should be benched permanently for this increasingly lazyshowing
Strike the ball, McCarty!!! We’re down 2 and you’re flinching at the ball??
A sub scored for Pumas. Hyndman refuses to use his subs when they’ve been down to ten for an hour. What a jackass.
What the heck is Dane Richards looking at there?
Wow George John was just left out to dry. What the heck was the cb doing? You aren’t supposed to stop tracking a guy across your own goal mouth…
Why the f*ck is there never any urgency from MLS teams in the ccl?
Hey Henry, you have to run around a little bit before you develop a cramp.
Wow, Hall is pretty casual closing down his man there.
Dallas is so tired and Hyndman refuses to put in subs. What is he thinking?
Oh…I go back to that screen and..goal. Figures.
USE YOUR SUBS HYNDMAN!
Joel Lindpere – the only player with heart on this team. Maybe Rogers and Agudelo, too.
Well at least Lindpere showed up
no one even getting forward on the break anymore. sorry show.
Marquez = sad final days of Claudio Reyna all over again
Damn it Henri! Stop waving at the referee and go after the damn rebound!!! We have a whole team of frigging ball watchers.
Shave that head brek
Everyone trying to make the play by themselves instead of making the smart pass. Solli with blind crosses when guys are wide open on his left, Agudelo trying to take on 2 defenders over and again, Henri flopping in the box instead of holding up the ball and laying it back to a teammate. This is not a team. It is a collection of random players.
De Ro sucks he should be get a long Suspension for that dive!
De Rosiario missed a penalty for DC in the 93rd minute…goalie saved it. 2:2 the final there.
Is it just me or if we counted all of Ream’s assists to the other team, would he about lead the team?
Let them have that, it is all they got.
F*#k yeah I get Galavision!!! LA GALAXY!
0-0 in the 63rd min
Knew he was dirty. Didn’t know he was lazy and gutless.
I’m tired of the NYRB announcers getting the RSL players names wrong.