A plea for proper narrative

In life there are so few opportunities where events lend themselves to proper narrative -- where the plot builds with the appropriate amount of conflict before the protagonist overcome adversity in a dramatic, cathartic event that leaves all spectators sated in the denoument.

I am hoping for a happy narrative tomorrow in the Open Cup match between Dynamo and FCD. Our offensive woes have not abated; if we're not all-out impotent, then we're certainly sterile at least. We have only scored more than 2 goals four times this year (five if you include the Cup match versus the PDL level Dynamo). We dominate play, but do not have the vision, control, and even the serenity necessary to get the ball in the net. We miss absolute sitters (Barrett? Moreno?) or provide ill-timed service...which isn't a workable tactic anyway with Ching out due to surgery. The goals we have recently earned are gifts from our defenders (Serioux and Waibel being the latest bestowers).

We need to cast off this dark mantle in which we've draped ourselves and allow our true nature to shine forth. We need to score, and to do so with gusto and proclivity. We need to continue the streak against FCD and leap into the semi-finals in this, our inaugural season. We need to banish the Mark of Cain that our forwards have engraved on the team and establish a talisman built on the effusive talent Dynamo has in spades.

We're playing in a new venue (Dynamo's practice field at the Carl Lewis Complex) in front of a small but dedicated crowd. Let's win this then reignite our league play as we make a run for the MLS Cup...and let's turn this around before the Scotsman, Paul Dalglish, arrives so we can claim the turnaround for our own. (But here's hoping Dalglish does well for us and becomes a valued member of the Dynamo family as well.)

And let's get this story told right.

Of course some could argue that the proper narrative result is that the hapless Hoops, having never triumphed over their in-state rivals, overcome the odds and triumph for the debut of their inspirational keeper, in a match that gets them into the semi-finals of the oldest competition in the US.

But that'd be just pulp fiction. I want a solid piece of story telling, and Kinnear is just the raconteur to tell the tale. Go Dynamo.