Saturday, June 7, 2003:
Colorado @ Los Angeles
Believe it, or not, I have had this game circled in bright red ink for 2 months and the time has come to take advantage of it.
The Galaxy opened with a brutal 8-game road trip to open the season. Why did they do that, you ask? Well, their brand spanking new home stadium, “The Home Depot Center” wasn’t ready until now, so they opened on the road until it was ready. It now is and Saturday marks their 1st game in this GORGEOUS new building.
On the road they went a brutal 0-4-4 capped by last week’s 1-0 loss @ Colorado where they failed to get even a single shot on net. This team was dead tired after being on the road forever (I know they get to come home between games – but then having to get on a plane is different). Now they get to play at home – in front of a national TV audience (ESPN @ 1P - PDT).
Getting Colorado in a back-to-back series is a dream come true for LA, for CO is 0-3 on the road this season, being outscored 8-1 in the process (losses of 2-1, 2-0 and 4-0).
LA has the best home record of any opponent in the MLS against Colorado – getting 34 points in 14 games out of a possible 42 points. Colorado’s 1-0 win last week broke a scoreless drought of 395 minutes and their “-9” goal differential is by far the worst in the league (even LA is only “-5”).
If LA is going to have any prayer of defending their championship they MUST start winning home games – and win this one they will – as they usually do against Colorado.
At Olympic there are 2 options for betting this game:
LA –118
LA -1/2 –118
Both numbers are the same since they only consider regulation. In the 1st line there is 3-way betting so a tie after 90 minutes you would lose your bet – while the 2nd option is also for 90 minutes - so really, both lines are the same – so betting whichever one you want won’t make a difference.
LA –118 is my 2003 MLS GOY!
Colorado @ Los Angeles
Believe it, or not, I have had this game circled in bright red ink for 2 months and the time has come to take advantage of it.
The Galaxy opened with a brutal 8-game road trip to open the season. Why did they do that, you ask? Well, their brand spanking new home stadium, “The Home Depot Center” wasn’t ready until now, so they opened on the road until it was ready. It now is and Saturday marks their 1st game in this GORGEOUS new building.
On the road they went a brutal 0-4-4 capped by last week’s 1-0 loss @ Colorado where they failed to get even a single shot on net. This team was dead tired after being on the road forever (I know they get to come home between games – but then having to get on a plane is different). Now they get to play at home – in front of a national TV audience (ESPN @ 1P - PDT).
Getting Colorado in a back-to-back series is a dream come true for LA, for CO is 0-3 on the road this season, being outscored 8-1 in the process (losses of 2-1, 2-0 and 4-0).
LA has the best home record of any opponent in the MLS against Colorado – getting 34 points in 14 games out of a possible 42 points. Colorado’s 1-0 win last week broke a scoreless drought of 395 minutes and their “-9” goal differential is by far the worst in the league (even LA is only “-5”).
If LA is going to have any prayer of defending their championship they MUST start winning home games – and win this one they will – as they usually do against Colorado.
At Olympic there are 2 options for betting this game:
LA –118
LA -1/2 –118
Both numbers are the same since they only consider regulation. In the 1st line there is 3-way betting so a tie after 90 minutes you would lose your bet – while the 2nd option is also for 90 minutes - so really, both lines are the same – so betting whichever one you want won’t make a difference.
LA –118 is my 2003 MLS GOY!
