Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy & How You Doin' – Houston Dynamo at Waking the Red

All the preview materials for Toronto FC's match on Sunday against the Houston Dynamo is up over at Waking the Red.

Know Your Enemy digs into the opponent in two parts: Part One assess their lineup and form; while Part Two reviews the game film for strengths and weaknesses.

In How You Doin' WTR exchanges questions with Derek Stowers of Dynamo Theory – his responses to our questions can be found here, while WTR replies are here.

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Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Houston Dynamo – Meeting the Third at Waking the Red

Preview of this evening’s match between Toronto FC and the Houston Dynamo at BMO Field is up over at Waking the Red

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Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Houston Dynamo, Meeting the Second at Waking the Red

Preview of this evening’s match, between Toronto FC and the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium, is up over at Waking the Red – check it out.

Beyond POV-FS – MLS Week in Review: Playoff Edition – Conference Championships, First Leg at Canadian Soccer News

    With the second legs set to kick off this evening, seems a perfect time to go back and look over what happened in the first legs some two weeks ago.

    Post is up over at Canadian Soccer News – Check it out

Beyond POV-FS – MLS Week in Review: Playoff Edition – Conference Semifinals, First and Seconds Legs at Canadian Soccer News

    Full recaps of the four conference semifinals are up over at Canadian Soccer News.

    Thus far the playoff have been a rollercoaster with the first two rounds packed into a compressed time span while the upcoming international dates are set to distance the two legs of the conference finals by a full two weeks.

    Hardly an ideal situation; the lack of breathing space has been a combination of exhilarating and overwhelming.

    Like a fine wine, sometimes it is better to let a series simmer and there is some fear that the large gaps between rounds will cause the attention to dwindle.

    Anyways, the reviews – First Legs & Second Legs

Beyond POV-FS – MLS Week in Review: Playoff Edition – Play-In Round at Canadian Soccer News

    Reviews of the two midweek one-match knockout rounds to decide which of the fourth or fifth place teams would move on to the MLS Conference Semifinals is up over at Canadian Soccer News.

    Check it out

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Houston Dynamo – Meeting the Second at Waking the Red

    Preview of Toronto FC’s match on Saturday against Houston at BBVA Compass Stadium is up over at Waking the Red.

    Check it out.

Beyond POV-FS – Pre-Match Notes – Toronto FC vs. the Houston Dynamo at Waking the Red

    Some last-minute notes prior to this afternoon’s match between Toronto FC and the Houston Dynamo at BMO Field is up over at Waking the Red.

    Check it out.

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Houston Dynamo at Waking the Red

    Preview of Saturday’s match at BMO Field between Toronto FC and the Houston Dynamo is up over at Waking the Red.

    Check it out.

MLS 2013 Preview – The Big Questions: Eastern Conference

    While most folks are busy foretelling and projecting just how this season will play out, we – the royal we – here at POV-FS prefer to offer you questions.

    Each offseason MLS clubs undergo radical player overhauls, in part necessitated by the restrictions of the salary cap and roster spots.

    As such, sometimes it can take weeks - or months - before a club’s true nature presents itself. Some clubs will not have their rosters sorted until the midway point and with the nature of playoffs being what they are, it may not matter how things began, only how they end.

    Remember, prediction makes fools of us all; so, on with the questions.

    In this installment: the Eastern Conference.

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemies: 2012 MLS Cup Final Preview at Waking the Red

    Preview of this afternoon’s MLS Cup Final at the Home Depot Center between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo is up over at Waking the Red.

    Check it out.

    Also, highlights of last season’s final and a behind-the-scenes feature.

POV-FS Mail it in Friday Video – 2011 MLS Cup Final

    With the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo set to meet in a rematch of last season’s final on Saturday afternoon, it is the perfect time to revisit that match with these extended highlights.

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemies: Eastern & Western Conference Finals Previews at Waking the Red

    Preview’s of today’s conference finals are up over at Waking the Red.

    Check them out – East and West.

First Person View - Mariner’s Contrasting Comments

    In the space of just under a month Paul Mariner has radically changed his tune.

Upon First Glance – Toronto FC at Houston Dynamo

    The initial reaction:

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Houston Dynamo – Meeting the Third at Waking the Red

    Preview of Saturday’s match between Toronto FC and the Houston Dynamo at Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium is up over at Waking the Red.

    Check it out.

Foresight – MLS Round 22 Weekend Preview

    Four questions to be answered in this the twenty-second round proper of MLS weekend action.

Foresight - MLS Round 21 Weekend Preview

    Four questions to be answered in this the twenty-first round proper of MLS weekend action.

Upon Further Review – Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo

    Rewatching the match was a desperate undertaking.

Upon First Glance – Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo

Some immediate (relatively) thoughts on the most recent TFC match: