Weekly POLL: To MLS or not to MLS?

By: BoriQa | November 13th, 2008

Nov 26th UPDATE: Dynamo beat Firpo 1:0 to claim last berth in Champions League quarterfinals.

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Four MLS teams and two USL teams competed in the CONCACAF Champions League. The overrated MLS league is almost extint and out of the tournament; while the teams from the USL (the supposedly weaker league), the Puerto Rico Islanders and the Montreal Impact, both advanced to the quarterfinals.

Two of the MLS teams, the New England Revolution and Chivas USA, fell by the wayside in the preliminary round. New England fell 2-5 in aggregate to Joe Public from Trinidad & Tobago, while Chivas USA fell 1-3 in aggregate to Tauro FC from Panama. The Puerto Rico Islanders defeated 4-3 in aggregate the Tauro FC, while the Montreal Impact defeated 6-1 in aggregate the Joe Public, in their respective groups in the group play.

Meanwhile, DC United was eliminated in group play, as they only managed to score 1 point in the group standings with a single draw and 5 losses. The surviving MLS team, and current (2007) MLS champion Houston Dynamo is at the edge of elimination…

The Houston Dynamo is currently in 3rd place of Group B with 6 points, behind 2nd place CD Luis Angel Firpo from El Salvador with 8 points. The two teams drew 1-1 in their first encounter in San Salvador, and they will meet again on November 26 in Houston for the last match of the group play round to decide the remaining Champions League quarterfinal berth. Firpo will move on to the quarterfinals with either a win or a draw. Dynamo must win to save the MLS’ face in this tournament.

The Houston Dynamo were upset by the New York Red Bulls and failed to advance in the 2008 MLS Western Conference Semifinals. Can the Dynamo now recover from this recent MLS playoff loss and advance to the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals? You be the judge…

Will the Houston Dynamo make the MLS proud and move on to the quarter-finals round of the CONCACAF Champions League?
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