ReAL, Part Deux

ReAL Salt Lake returns to Houston for the final time this season. At the last meeting, Jeff Cunningham put the visitors on top early in the second half, forcing Dynamo to come from behind to score 2 in the 2-1 victory.

ReAL has improved overall in the interim. They are more confident and a clicking better as a team. The SLakers will not have defender Eddie Pope or midfielder Douglas Sequeira due to World Cup duty (USA for the former, Costa Rica for the latter), but they'll still have proven finishers Cunningham and Jason Kreis up front, Chris Klein as the midfielder/forward, and the salt-n-peppered Scott Garlick in goal. No word on if Scott will be sportin' his 70's-era 'stache. (That rookie in the midfield, Mehdi Ballouchy, is supposed to be in good form as well.)

Still, look for Dynamo to win this one. I'd like for Dynamo to not be so stingy in their goal scoring this time. Let's try for a 3-1 victory shall we? And it's time for our forwards (Moreno? Cerritos?) to get on the scoreboard.

My family had planned to go to this game, but the weather is supposed to be rainy, which is no fun when you're with the kids. It is Father's Day weekend, so it would be nice to go. We've not missed two home games in a row (having missed only the season/franchise opener versus the Rapids and the last home game versus the LA Galaxy). If Mother Nature gives us the rain we need, in the profuse quantities she tends to give us when it does rain, then we'll be watching the match on Fox Sports.

A coworker of mine said she's going to the game with her fiance. She knows nothing about soccer and this is her first time to watch the Dynamo. Here's hoping that Dynamo wins some new fans while also winning the match.