Predictions, Thoughts; Dynamo v Crew

Columbus Crew travel to Houston, Texas today to take on the MLS team down there. Kickoff is Today, 8:30 PM Eastern and will be televised on CSN Plus, Time Warner Sports Channel Ohio. The name of the venue is BBVA Compass Stadium.

GAME NOTES
CLB: Have only won one of their last 11 on the road
CLB: Traveled 18 players, reportedly
CLB: I'm sure there's other news around here somewhere
HOU: Are a team branded as "The Dynamo," have orange and white colors
HOU: \
HOU: *

GAME PREDICTIONS
Number on far left is percentage accuracy picking result this season. In parentheses is correct picks in last ten games.

52% (6) COLUMBUS DISPATCH ... HOUSTON DYNAMO (fav)
48% (4) WHOSCORED.COM ... HOUSTON DYNAMO
44% (6) MLSSOCCER ... HOUSTON DYNAMO
44% (6) WIN DRAW WIN ... HOUSTON DYNAMO
41% (4) GOAL.COM ... DRAW
41% (6) HOME TEAM ... HOUSTON DYNAMO
37% (5) BET365 ... HOUSTON DYNAMO
30% (6) TABLE POSITION ... COLUMBUS CREW
--% (-) WV HOOLIGAN ... (no pick)
--% (-) MASSIVE REPORT ... (preview only)

MATCH THOUGHTS

Should be a good one today. Houston trying to game this season by keeping roster small going into next CBA and trying to make a push to sneak into the MLS Cup tournament after the season ends. The Columbus Crew are in an advantageous position right now.

Speaking of the Crew, they have been poor on the road after winning a couple early. The thought was that this was due to inexperience but I just went over where players stood with total appearances last night and some of these guys have mountains of experience, just not as starters (completely different mindset). Would like to see Finlay, Meram and whomever plays up top (Schoenfeld) have a good game tonight.

*I'll never understand why a MLS team in Houston would build a stadium without an open end. I think this every time there is a Houston game on. Head scratcher. That said, looks to be "cooler" for that part of the country today, temps in the 80s with chance of storms. Rain would be very welcome addition to this match. Fall is here in Ohio, really nice out!