Only in North America can you have a summer game’s title match in December. Thankfully, or unfortunately (depending in your levels of schadenfreude), that game is taking place in Los Angeles. Today, the MLS Cup final pits New England against the Galaxy and I almost don’t care except I openly hopped on the Lee Nguyen bandwagon and would like him to win. Also, the Landon Donovan narrative is annoying, tired and overblown. I’m still predicting his heel return to footie when he joins the new Spartak Los Angeles Wanderers Town. New England have caught absolute fire since August and or since the blind draw that stole Jermaine Jones from Chicago and placed him in Foxborough. They’re playing some nice footy and the goals are coming from everywhere. Including the boot of son of Canadian legend Alex Bunbury. He’s upsettingly became lethal in the post season. Fuck that guy. Predictions Final Score Landon Donovan mentions during the telecast of it being his last game @kitnerdmark 2-1 NE 6 @grawsee 5-2 (aet) LA 25 @RedWineRoz 2-1 NE 29 @kzknowles 3-2 NE 37 @theyorkies1812 2-1 LA 17 @DuncanDFletcher 2-0 NE and Landon injury 28 Onto the Match : 2′ – Rodgers nearly walked one in but it was barely cleared off the line 21′ – Keane walks into the left side of the box and fires right at Shuttleworth 45′ – YELLOW – Donovan goes into a tackle and nails Sardes in the back with a knee. 45+1′ – Jones takes out Donovan for no card. Then Juninho revenge tackles Jones brutally. Fun stuff. Half Time mood : poor finishing but back and forth. Not bad. 50′ – in a no-Nguyen situation (you’re welcome) , Lee is in front of goal and gets hauled down in the box to no call. Hard to tell if he had a legit claim. 51′ – GOAL – Zardes takes a cross, side steps a tackle at the right post then buries it GALAXY 1, REVOLUTION 0 57′ – SUB – Diago Kobayashi comes on for Caldwell 68′ – Keane goes one on one with a defender with a wide open Donovan and elects to keep and gets stopped by Shuttleworth 79′ – GOAL – Mullins cuts a deep ball back into the box, Tierney beats a defender and nutmegs the keeper. Game on. GALAXY 1,...