Sounders Give Dallas A Clinic

Seriously. The hype going into last night's game in Jabba-The-Hut Park in beautiful Dallas, was that FC Dallas with only 1 win in the season, was not very good. For 20 minutes, Dallas showed what bad MLS soccer can look like. Then, the Sounders took over and our boys in the Rave Green showed that they knew a thing or two about playing the kind of awful, uninspired, soul-sucking football that has caused grown men to swear off the game and take up pottery. A 1-1 draw has never looked this unappetizing.

Seriously. They were that bad. The best thing I can say about that game is that its 90 minutes of my life that I'll never get back. Of course, if it involved watching that game again, I don't want those 90 minutes back. Give them to someone whose looking for a reason not to live.

OK. Got that off my back. On the positive side, they did pick up a vital road point in one of the least hostile MLS arenas in the MLS. They withstood the relentless jeering and taunting of the hundreds of rabid Dallasites (?). The fact that they were all wearing Drew Carey glasses could not have helped.

Actually, I have to note that the fans were really getting into the game. After all, it was Drew Carey giveaway night. Sensing the possibility of a shock win, the fans realized that if the team actually beat the Sounders, FC Dallas would give everyone a Drew Carey suit to match the ugly glasses. Hey, its Dallas. There's no accounting for taste.

Let's see. I don't want to get too down on the boys. This was a team effort. But our forwards stink right now. I have to believe that both Nate Jacqua and Fredy Montero are better players than what we've seen the last 2 - 3 weeks. Jacqua, combingin a lack of speed with a lack of effort to make runs is not a good combination. Fredy, combing speed and talent...with a lack of effort to make runs, is producing about the same thing.

Good on Jhon Kennedy Hurtado for scoring his first goal as a Sounder. And on his birthday! Other than El Presidente, the rest of the team needs to go to finishing school.

If the defense hadn't fallen asleep in first half stoppage time, this still could've been 3 points against the league's easiest opponent...Remember Chris, its not 90 minutes of your life wasted...its 1 point and that's good.