Orange Sunday

Today, we're going orange. The family is eating squash soup and pumpkin bread, and drinking Sunkist and Tangerine Cosmos. We're going to spend the beautiful afternoon with the windows open and the Dynamo game on. We're hoping for a victory, and I think we'll get it.

The talent is quite balanced between the teams. We have a hole with Ricardo being gone, but I think Adrian Serioux is actually better suited for a D-Mid role than his usual C-back role. Ryan Cochrane is generally solid in the back and will bring good defensive consistency to our back line. He even scored in the first matchup versus the Revolution.

With such balance between the teams, I think we have to look at the x-factor as the potential difference maker. In today's game, there are two such factors: Dalglish and fan support.

The Revs haven't faced Paul Dalglish, and brings a different dynamic to the Houston attack. He doesn't always work seamlessly with Ching, but he brings a level of unpredictability that is hard to defend. He's an excellent complement to DeRo and Davis-Ching-Mullan. Let's say Dynamo 2-1.

Regardless of the result, I think the game will conclude with a general consensus that the Dynamo should have won. Either this will be confirmed by the victorious result, or it will be another frustrating match where our domination of possession and the run of play is for naught. Either satisfied or frustrated, we'll be here in beautiful northern Houston, draped in Orange and filled with various orange comestibles. Go Dynamo!