We made it, folks. The first month of the MLS season is in the books and the early season excitement is behind us. But if you are still a true MLS fan, someone who truly loves the league and its clubs, you are still excited. Are you a true fan?
MLS 2013, Week 6 preview and fixtures: Are you a true fan?
Here comes MLS, April edition.
George Frey
True fan debates are the real measure of whether a league is “for real.”
Friday, 8:30 p.m. ET - MLS Live
Are you ready for some football? Some Friday night football? Why do I get the feeling that Hank Williams Jr. wouldn’t fit in so well with the MLS crowd?
Pick: Draw, 1-1.
Toronto FC vs. FC Dallas
Saturday, 4 p.m. ET - MLS Live
Dallas are joint top of MLS, but their wins are over Colorado, Houston, a Salt Lake team that was decimated by World Cup qualifiers and New England. So how good are Dallas? Toronto probably won’t tell us.
Pick: Dallas, 2-0.
Saturday, 5 p.m. ET - UniMas
Federico Higuain, Sebastien Le Toux, Jairo Arrieta, Jack McInerney. This match has its fair share of entertaining, fun players. Oh, and Conor Casey.
Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET - NBC Sports Network
Two Rocky Mountain Cups in three weeks? How did we get to be so...lucky?
Pick: Salt Lake, 2-1.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Saturday, 10:30 p.m. ET - MLS Live
Both of these teams have been very good at times and very bad at others. The difference is the Whitecaps have been at full strength. The Quakes have been a MASH unit.
Pick: San Jose, 1-0.
Saturday, 10:30 p.m. ET - MLS Live
The Dynamo are the pragmatic, organized, mature, boring team led by the stalwart Dominic Kinnear. The Timbers are the young, energetic, attack-minded, dynamic team led by the inspiring Caleb Porter. Guess which team has scored more goals this season? The Dynamo.
Pick: Houston, 3-1.
Sunday, 5 p.m. ET - ESPN2
At least one of these teams has made the playoffs in every season since Chicago came into the league in 1998, but at this absurdly early point in the season, neither is in a top five place in the East. Insights like this are why it is important to carefully track the standings in April.
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