RSL Without Beckerman Tonight. Are You Scared?

I'm sure I'm supposed to be saying something grand and epic about RSL's massive match tonight but I kinda feel like it's all been said already so why write something fro the sake of it? I will say though that the absence of The Great Unwashed™ due to yellow card accumulation has the potential to open the door for Monterrey.

No offense to Ned Grabavoy or whoever takes his place in the middle but the Morales-Beckerman tandem is arguably the best central midfield combo in the league right now and their chemistry is the bedrock on which this team is built. I know Kreis doesn't have a choice but this is like introducing a new drummer to the bass player during soundcheck just before you record a live album at the Hollywood Bowl; you gotta do what you gotta do but there potential for a rhythmic disaster to be be seen by all and for eternity.

VIDEO: RSL In Costa Rica

It's going to be on and cracking in Costa Rica tonight. RSL are down there to play Saprissa in the semi's of the CCL and I for one think they're going to take it. I probably just jinxed it but oh wells, the media will never blame me for it if they lose so I'll say it again: they've got this.

My man @3dimes is down there with the team and filming the whole thing for the day job. The clip above is his latest dispatch from the land of this. Oh how I wish I was there.

EVEN MORE RSL x CCL x BTS

So yeah, I'm supposed to be on a vacation day and off of the computer but I guess I'm just too far gone to ever walk away completely. And with RSL v. the Crew on FSC tonight it's not like I was going to be able to totally tune out anyway.

So with the CCL being the theme if the day here is part 5 of Champions League 360, produced by my dude @3dimes. You should watch it ahead of tonight's game and get yourself hyped. Or not. Really it's up to you but I'm thinking you should because it's not everyday you get to ride shotgun in Kyle Beckerman's luxury SUV.

RSL x CCL x BTS

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST TIME TO CATCH NICKY RIMANDO ON THE TWITTERS OR THE BOOK OF FACES? MATCHDAY. APPARENTLY DUDE SPENDS HIS TIME BEFORE GAMES THE EXACT SAME WAY MY 18 YEAR-OLD SISTER DOES: ON A COUCH '@'ING AND 'LIKING' PEOPLE. THANKFULLY THOUGH HE USES FAR FEWER EMOTICONS :).

VIDEO: The Stadia of the 2011 Gold Cup

Appropriately enough this clip starts out with Mexico playing in a packed Cowboys Stadium; $5 and Jack Warner's glasses says that is exactly how the 2011 Gold Cup will start as well.