Dallas, Chivas and Portland are the top three teams in the Western Conference. Seriously.
MLS 2013, Week 8 preview and fixtures: An unlikely trio tops the Western Conference
Who’s leading the West? You won’t believe it.
If you had that in your preseason predictions, either stop lying or ... nope, just stop lying.
Saturday, 4 p.m. ET - MLS Live
Toronto are for real! They have six points from six matches. That is the bar for being “for real” in Toronto.
Pick: Draw, 1-1.
Colorado Rapids vs. Seattle Sounders
Saturday, 6 p.m. ET - MLS Live
The Rapids have actually won a match this season (two, to be precise). They also have Deshorn Brown.
Pick: Colorado, 1-0.
Saturday, 7 p.m. ET - MLS Live
The one thing the Revs have going for them is their midfield. The one thing that the Red Bulls still can’t figure out is their midfield. Also important, the Red Bulls are the Red Bulls, which is code for cursed.
Pick: Draw, 1-1.
FC Dallas vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Saturday, 8:30 p.m. ET - MLS Live
At some point, the Whitecaps are going to win away. They’re too good not to. But Dallas isn’t a team that a struggling road team gets on track again.
Pick: Dallas, 2-0.
Saturday, 8:30 p.m. ET - MLS Live
The lamest rivalry to ever rivalry.
Pick: Snooze.
Saturday, 9 p.m. ET - MLS Live
As good as Chivas have been, they have only played one match away from the Home Depot Center so they aren’t exactly road tested yet. Admittedly, they won their lone away match 4-1, but that was against the Fire. RSL is not the Fire.
Pick: Salt Lake, 2-1.
Saturday, 10:30 p.m. ET - NBC Sports Network
Last week, the Galaxy had to go from a midweek contest in Monterrey, Mexico to a weekend contest at Dallas. This week, Sporting will go from New York on Wednesday to Los Angeles on Sunday. The Airline Miles Derby should be fun.
Pick: LA, 1-0.
Sunday, 5 p.m. ET - ESPN2
Oh great, give the conspiracy theorists more reason to believe ESPN is secretly trying to kill MLS.
Pick: Nobody.
Sunday, 11 p.m. ET - UniMas
Even ignoring the Alan Gordon incident, the Quakes and Timbers played a very testy match on Sunday, which is why it's great that they get to square off again seven days later. Keep your mouths closed and your gloves up.
Pick: San Jose, 2-1.
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