Blanco: Sneaky BastardSeattle Sounders 3 New York Red Bulls 0
I've said plenty about this one, so let's quickly move on.
Houston Dynamo 1 Columbus 1
FC Dallas 1 Chicago Fire 3
As great as Cooper's goal was, there's absolutely no way he should have been able to score from there. Makes for great video though. Chicago looked thoroughly dominant to me (I might have missed the first 20 minutes or so), and I love the way Blanco takes free kicks. It's like he's trying to sneak the ball into the net.
KC Wizards 2 Toronto FC 3
I don't care who you are, soccer lover or not, this was a fantastic game to watch. It had a little of everything, included two absolute bombs from Davy Arnaud (one with each foot), a Chad Barrett-special (horrid effort on goal), and fantastic effort from Amado Guevara. Give KC credit for getting back in a match that looked lost. All that being said, I'm not sure if the game gives us any real indication of how good either side might be. Oh, and for only 10k, those fans in KC make a lot of noise.
Chivas USA 2 Colorado Rapids 1
Out of all of the games on Saturday, this is the one I probably paid the least attention to. I was attempting to write while watching this game on FSC, while also trying to follow New England-San Jose; so my impressions of the game are based solely on highlights and brief glimpses. In what seemed to be a running trend thoughout the weekend, goals were scored as a direct result of defensive blunders. Again, I think it's hard to tell how good either team actually is.
San Jose Earthquakes 0 New England Revolution 1
Again, a goal scored off what appeared to be a poor defensive play. Arturo Alvarez usually leaves me cold, but it appears as though he played relatively well in this match. I don't have much more; need to go back and take another look at the game, but that's not happening during the work day.
LA Galaxy 2 DC United 2
Somehow I missed this game when I posted this originally. Quickly then: Disappointment for DCU after being up 2-0, Donovan is the entire Galaxy team, that was not a penalty, good to see Ben Olsen playing again, where are all the people? There. Done.
Lemme explain. No, there is too much. Lemme sum up.
In summary, I thoroughly enjoyed the first week of the season, even if I didn't get to properly pay attention to any specific game. I did like the multi-game liveblog (hard to keep up obviously), but I may have to pick one game a week to focus on in the future.
The two teams that most impressed me? Seattle and Chicago, though I'm very aware of what that atmosphere meant to the Sounders; it's unlikely that they play quite that well going forward.
Feel free to share you impressions or your completely bias analysis in the comments.
