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Tomorrow night at 7 p.m. the Minnesota Thunder will take on the L.A. Galaxy in a fourth-round U.S. Open Cup Match at the Metrodome (a surprisingly decent facility for soccer).
The Thunder will be massive underdogs. They've never beaten an MLS squad and the Galaxy are the most explosive (and quite possibly the best) team in the league. If the badass Guatemalan chihuahua Carlos Ruiz is on his game, along with Jovan Kirovski and Andreas Herzog, it will be a very long night for the Thunder.
That said, there are a few reasons to not rule out an upset:
1. The Galaxy are coming off a 1-1 tie against D.C. United, in Washington, on Saturday. Their legs will not be fresh. (Although it looks like Kirovski and Herzog each played only half the game.)
2. The Thunder have allowed an absurdly stingy 7 goals in 19 games so far this year. The twin towers of Joe Warren in goal and Dustan Brannan in central defense have dominated A League opponents all season long. If they can frustrate Ruiz and company perhaps the Thunder can sneak in a goal.
3. The massive, raucous crowd that will surely be on hand at the Metrodome.
Posted by Paul Demko at July 19, 2004 3:01 PM