Charity, Becks, Minnesota, and Other Stuff

By: Jeremy | October 8th, 2009

Beckham It’s a slow news week for the Dynamo so I’m piecing together some stuff.

The inaugural Charities Cup match versus Mexico’s Monterrey is this weekend. Is anyone going? I wonder how many starters will see action for this one. Probably not many considering Holden, Rico, and Ching will be in Honduras with the national team. So look for it to be another matchup featuring the Orange Abyss.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the upcoming match against the LA Galaxy marks the first time the Dynamo will face David Beckham. Previous scheduling conflicts and suspensions have prevented it from happening in the past, which makes the Dynamo the only MLS team he hasn’t faced. I’m glad he’s also found time away from voicing the GEICO gecko and will finally grace us with his presence.

In other MLS news, check out San Jose’s Ryan Johnson. Maybe if his last name was a little more common this type of thing wouldn’t happen. I blame his parents.

I am issuing a challenge to you! Go to mlsstarting11.com and try to beat my score on the Soccer Star Trials and H Bounce games. I currently sit in 19th place with 71,700 points on Soccer Star Trials. I’m 24th on H Bounce with 595 points. My scores are posted under the name of “Jey”. Post your scores in the comment section so I know who beats me.

This must be one of the best weeks in Minnesota sports history. They hosted the ratings booming Monday Night Football game that featured some player that I won’t name. I have nothing against him, it’s that I’m so tired of hearing his name that I refuse to type it. But The Onion came up with a good article regarding the hype. Tuesday was the stellar American League Central Tie-Breaker between the Twins and Tigers. Then the Wild got in on the action by rallying from a 3-0 third period deficit and managing a 4-3 overtime victory against the Anaheim Ducks. Did you hear that, MLS? Overtime… look into it.

Speaking of hockey… The Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, in conjunction with the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage and Texas Stars, announced they will compete this season in an inaugural intrastate rivalry to be called the “Lone Star Faceoff”. Whichever team on top when the three-way concludes (ahem) will choose a charity to receive a donation from the two losers (Dallas and San Antonio). The official trophy for the “Lone Star Faceoff” will be revealed later in the season.

One last thing, from the Department of Ridiculous Product Ideas, the Chia Obama?

FOREVER ORANGE

Dallas sucks.