Mon 13 Nov 06
MLS Cup Starting to look like Football
Yesterday saw the Houston Dynamo defeat the New England Revolution on penalties after two rounds of overtime play. What got them into the showdown was some thrilling play in the second part of overtime, as each side scored dramatically within a minute. The downside was the 112 minutes of pedestrian play that it took to get there.
MLS is coming up in quality, although there ought to be a league rule forbidding cannon volleys unless the players are named Wayne Rooney or Michael Ballack, judging by yesterday’s wide misses of the sticks. And ESPN could take some lessons from Sky Sports in field camera work. But with expansion coming to Toronto next season, we may expect to find more Canadian coverage on TV.
Paul Canniff
