Dallas v LA Galaxy 11th May

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11 May-01:30

Dallas v Los Angeles

1.90

3.25

3.50

Odds from Bet 365


I really am on a stinker of a run at the minute but i am going to try and get it all back on track with this game.

Will have a look around and report back later with my thoughts but 1.90 is far too short for Dallas regardless of how well/poor both sides have been playing.

More to follow

[Grga]

Tried to post picks for MLS last two weeks but I must admit I'm too bad.I post under it's 2-1 HT, I post over it's 0-0 FT.So I have to say you can't be worse than me.

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Yeah its been tough going Grga so far.

Dallas v LA

Due to my current poor run im not going to do my big huge review which takes hours as its just been a waste recently

Anyways, you have two teams coming off defeats. Dallas unlucky going down 4-3 while LA coming off an absolute hammering 4-0 away to NE and in truth could've been a whole lot worse.

Worst performance i have seen from them to be honest since following MLS. Lots of reasons for it - players having their mind on the WC, players out of position, players giving their first starts and injuries also.

My view on both sides is that for Dallas, you have a side which has a great offense in Ruiz, Milna, Cooper etc and they are very dangerous and very capable of scoring goals but they have a poor defence that gets exposed more times than not and then gives them a mountain to climb to win games.

LA also have a good offense although they don't have that out and out striker they crave who will consistently put the ball in the net. Glen had looked good for them but he will be missing again due to going to his national sides WC training camp.

Vagenas will be returning to the side tonight although unsure of whether he will start but if he does it will be a big boost as he is a great anchorman for the side.

Defensively, LA have looked a far cry from last seasons side where they looked solid throughout the season and were very hard to break down but due to the managers changes in the line up at the back they haven't got any consistency going.

After some thought, thinking on the outright bets are a bit too tough. You could make arguements for both a Dallas or LA win but i am just going to sit on the fence and go with the over 2.5 goals bet.

5 out of 6 of Dallas's games have gone over the 2.5 goal mark while only 3 out of 6 of LA's current games have gone over but the 3 that have are the games which they have played away so there is definately value in the over bet.

Dallas v LA - Over 2.5 goals @ 1.86 Betfair

Lets see if we can get back to winning way

Good luck

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Bah, just purchased the mlsnet tv channel for the full season for $19 only to find they ain't showing the game tonight and the best i have is audio

For the record, i have 8pts on the over and 1.5 pts on LA. Decided to take that for interest only @ 4.25 as its a decent bet value wise i think but the over is the main one for myself.

[sdsponger]

Late chime in here...

I like the over like the rest of you, but I'll be on FCD tonight. I think LA will fold if FCD gets up early...LA has been really soft lately and if they don't improve dramatically from how they played against NE, the same thing will happen tonight.

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FC Dallas

Starting Lineup

48 - Dario Sala (GK) 3 - Greg Vanney 6 - Ronnie O'Brien 9 - Roberto Mina 10 - Ramon Nunez 14 - Drew Moor 17 - Simo Valakari 19 - Bobby Rhine 20 - Carlos Ruiz 21 - Alex Yi 33 - Kenny Cooper

Substitutes

0 - Jeff Cassar (GK) 7 - Abe Thompson 8 - Richard Mulrooney 11 - Clarence Goodson 12 - Arturo Alvarez 15 - Mark Wilson 16 - David Wagenfuhr

Los Angeles Galaxy

Starting Lineup

1 - Steve Cronin (GK) 2 - Todd Dunivant 7 - Herculez Gomez 8 - Peter Vagenas 10 - Landon Donovan 13 - Cobi Jones 14 - Tyrone Marshall 15 - Ugo Ihemelu 16 - Kyle Veris 17 - Paulo Nagamura 18 - Joseph Ngwenya

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Must say Spondger its probably the best line up LA could have minus Glen and i quite like it actually.

Its as solid looking as it has been for a while for them, the only worry is where the goals are going to come through.

Donavon is a great creative player and will chip in but he isn't an out and out goalscorer like LA need just now.

Should be aninteresting game mind. Im stuck to listening to it on audio