Major League Soccer Match Predictions, Matchweek 10, Wednesday 5/9/12 Matches

Three mid-week matches this week.

Wednesday 5/9/12:

The New York Red Bulls will beat the Houston Dynamo at home.
The Chicago Fire will beat Real Salt Lake at home.
The Seattle Sounders will win at FC Dallas.

The Truth Shall Set You Free...or So Cole Hamels Thought

Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies decided to plunk rookie phenom Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals in the back in the first inning of their game Sunday.

When asked about it after the game, he admitted he had done it on purpose. His reward for telling the truth? A 5-game suspension from Major League Baseball.

Maybe he shouldn't have been so honest. Or quite frankly, maybe he shouldn't have hit Bryce Harper in the first place...

Cole Hamels Pleads Guilty!

Congratulations to my Daughter Mallory!

My daughter, Mallory finished the Pittsburgh half marathon today! It's her first half marathon! Congratulations!

My brother Tim with Mallory at the Finish!

Major League Soccer Power Rankings, Matchweek 9

The Seattle Sounders Take over the Top Spot This Week!

The top 5 remain the same in this week's rankings, but with a reordering. The Seattle Sounders take over the top spot, with last week's #1, Sporting Kansas City dropping down to #3. The New York Red Bulls swapped positions with DC United, taking over the 4th spot.

Biggest move up? The Montreal Impact moves up six spots to #9.

Biggest drops? FC Dallas drops 7 spots to #15 and the LA Galaxy drops 3 spots to #12.

This week's rankings:

1) Seattle Sounders FC (West)

2) San Jose Earthquakes (West)

3) Sporting Kansas City (East)

4) New York Red Bulls (East)

5) D.C. United (East)

6) Vancouver Whitecaps (West)

7) Real Salt Lake (West)

8) Chicago Fire (East)

9) Montreal Impact (East)

10) Colorado Rapids (West)

11) Houston Dynamo (East)

12) LA Galaxy (West)

13) Philadelphia Union (East)

14) Chivas USA (West)

15) FC Dallas (West)

16) Portland Timbers (West)

17) New England Revolution (East)

18) Columbus Crew (East)

19) Toronto FC (East)

Major League Soccer Match Predictions, Matchweek 9, Saturday and Sunday Matches, 5/5/12

I picked Seattle's victory over the Galaxy and San Jose's victory over DC United correctly, but got the other two matches played this week wrong.

Here are the balance of my picks for this week:

Saturday 5/5 Matches:

Sporting KC will beat Montreal at home

Columbus will draw at Portland

DC United will win at Toronto

Seattle will beat Philadelphia at home

San Jose will draw at Vancouver

New York will draw at the Galaxy

Real Salt Lake will beat New England at home

Sunday 5/6 Match:

FC Dallas will beat Colorado at home

Idiot...

What possesses a guy to write this kind of stuff? Phil Mushnick of the New York Post is an idiot. Check out what he wrote about Jay-Z and the Brooklyn Nets:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/double_standard_TFPqqilUHif01I9BKkQSkN/1

By the way, I think their logo is pretty cool!

Reds Win!

Beat the Cubs in extra innings. My boy Joey Votto was 2 for 3 with a run, so no contribution to my Joey Votto Jersey fund today. I might need to change my self-imposed rules...

Reds Lose, No Contribution to my Joey Votto Jersey Fund Tonight.

Cubs beat the Reds. Joey scored a run, but no RBI.

Joey sad...

Bummer...

Rainout. No Reds game tonight...I hate when that happens.

Major League Soccer Match Predictions, Matchweek 9, 5/1/12

Last week I only picked winners. I was 5 for 7, not a bad start for my prediction season.

I'm going to pick all the results for this week, putting my rankings to the test (Note, I will pick the weekend matches that involve teams playing midweek after those matches are completed.):

Wednesday 5/2 Matches:
Colorado will draw at New England
Seattle will beat the Galaxy at home
San Jose will beat DC United at home

Friday 5/4 Match:
Chicago will draw at Chivas USA

Saturday 5/5 Matches:
Sporting KC will beat Montreal at home
Columbus will draw at Portland
DC United at Toronto
Philadelphia at Seattle
San Jose at Vancouver
New York at the Galaxy
New England at Real Salt Lake

Sunday 5/6 Match:
Colorado at FC Dallas