US Open Cup - from Midnight tonight

[Napoleon Solo]

New England Revolution - Harrisburg City Islanders 1.37 4.00 7.50

Rochester Raging Rhinos - Columbus Crew 3.00 3.20 2.15
Wilmington Hammerheads - Chicago Fire 6.00 3.60 1.50
Charleston Battery - Club Deportivo Chivas USA 2.75 3.20 2.30
Washington D.C. United - Ocean City Barons 1.15 6.25 12.00
Minnesota Thunder - Kansas City Wizards 4.30 3.45 1.70
Portland Timbers - Seattle Sounders FC 2.85 3.20 2.25


00:00 New England v Harrisburg 1.40 4.00 7.50

This is taking place away from New Englands home stadium in the Veterans Stadium in New Britain. New England are shorthanded, with just 15 available players, many of whom have played 4 games in the last 10 days, a gruelling schedule which may take it's toll tonight.

Harrisburg are top of the USL-2 (3rd division) and are at full strength. They're worth a point against a depleted and possibly jaded New England.

Harrisburg @ 7.50 (BetSafe) - 1 point

[MickeyPaul]

Harrisburg @ 9.00 with bet365 I see Nap. I'll try a few quid on that. Cheers and good luck.

[Napoleon Solo]

Cheers Mickey, forgot about Bet365!

Actually quite fancy Charleston to beat Chivas as well at 3.35 (BWin).

Charleston top of USL-1 and playing well, Chivas with major injury/suspension/international call up issues.

Charleston @ 3.35 (Bwin) - 3 points

[Napoleon Solo]

New England Revs 1 - 2 (E) Harrisburg City Islanders So close!
Rochester Raging Rhinos (p) 1 - 1 Columbus Crew
Wilmington Hammerheads 1 - 0 Chicago Fire
Charleston Battery 3 - 1 Club Deportivo Chivas USA
Washington D.C. United 2 - 0 Ocean City Barons
Minnesota Thunder 3 - 3 (p) Kansas City Wizards

[rcgills]

Bah, I keep missing these. Nice work Napoleon

[MickeyPaul]

Wowsers. Still a great work there Nap. I ditched the bleedin double chance at the last minute too as I thought it was a bit gay.

[Napoleon Solo]

Originally Posted by rcgills

Bah, I keep missing these.

Probably because I post in the middle of the night, 5 minutes before the games kick off!

[MickeyPaul]

Aye. It's tantamount to after eventing. Or are you planning to spam a tipster service and become the next aPauling dRoss?

[Napoleon Solo]

Two nice early ones just for you RC!

Austin Aztex v Houston Dynamo

A speculative punt here on the Aztex, with them at full strength, while the Dynamo are decimated by injuries and national team call ups. Houston have also gone out of this competition in the last three seasons at this round, the last two to Charleston Battery, another USL-1 team. The only thing that really puts me off a decent sized bet is Aztex questionable form of late.

Austin Aztex @ 6.31 (5Dimes) - 1 point

[Napoleon Solo]

Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders

There's an intense rivalry between these two teams due to their close proximity and their years spent playing each other in USL-1. Now Seattle are in the MLS, but that rivalry is as fierce as ever.

Portland come into the game in fine form, coming off the back of 5-1 and 4-0 home wins in the league. They've got an almost fully-fit squad and should be cheered on by a packed home crowd.

Seattle come into the game off the back of a 3-0 home win overColorado, but they've been pretty average recently, especially away from home. They're missing a couple of players who have been called up to the Gold Cup (Brad Evans and Tyrone Marshall), Osvaldo Alonso is injured while Steve Zakuani is doubtful. Coach Sigi Schmid has used a lot of backup players up to this point of the competition and is likely to do so again.

Portland Timbers @ 3.00 (Stryyke) - 3 points

[Napoleon Solo]

And nothing for you Mickey!

[MickeyPaul]

I understand.

I was hoping there would be streams for these games but nadda.

[rcgills]

Originally Posted by Napoleon Solo

Two nice early ones just for you RC!

Agh, with that comment you've just had me looking everywhere trying to find the damn things, assuming they were being played tonight, only to now find they were actually played last night