Tonight we face CSD Municipal in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions cup, Municipal are a rich and storied club located in Guatemala and is the nation’s most successful team formed in 1936 and winning a mind blowing 25 league titles, this is going to be a tough game but we will need to get into scoring positions fast and kill in the game in the first 45 if we want to be in good position for the 2nd leg in Houston.

I see us playing something of a 4-4-2, with this line up:

Onstad
Waibel-Robinson-Boswell-Barrett

Ching-Caraccio

I may be wrong with the starting of Caraccio up front but I think Dominic will start him just because he has South American experience. I think this guy is the real deal and after hearing about his level of play against D.C. United I would start hurting in the pants if I was the defense up against him.

The atmosphere is supposed to be electric at the Estadio Mateo Flores, seating 30,000 and Municipal being the biggest club in area I foresee us having some problems with the heckling but overall this will be a cracker to watch.

My prediction : CSD Municipal 1-2 Houston Dynamo

Comes on at 10:00 PM Central Time on Fox Soccer Channel

The gist of the article is about how much money is being spent by the city to “investigate” and (basically) say no to possible public funds for sporting complexes.

The sports authority spent close to $3 million to operate last year and one in four of those dollars went to pay lawyers, even though the three big projects of the Sports Authority, Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center and Reliant had long been built.

But there were some tidbits about a Dynamo stadium:

Is the Houston Sports Authority planning to join the city to help the team build a new [stadium] with your money?

“I don’t think there’s any question that’s what they are going to do,” said Harris County Commissioner Steve Radack. “That’s what they are leading up to and I am 100 percent opposed.”

No one is saying yet whether taxpayers will get to vote on a new stadium, but Mayor White says a Dynamo decision could come this year.

Unfortunately, this doesn’t sound much better than the stadium situation in San Jose. Houston already supports other sports and yet when it comes to soccer — where expenses are dramatically cheaper — they decide that they must draw the line. But at least there are more locations available in Houston. San Jose’s so cramped it’s hard to find a place everyone can agree upon.

So, we’ll just watch and wait.