Hey all, this is Adam Sedie, the producer of Pitch Pulse, writing to share my experiences during the MLS West Final. Never in my life have I encountered such a sporting event. That being said, lets jump into it!

After parking in what felt like Algeria, my colleagues and I conducted a pilgrimage towards will call to get our tickets. Seriously folks, it was close to a 15-minute walk. Eventually the huge HOME DEPOT CENTER sign became legible as we slowly arrived.

You have no idea how far the paring was from this sign.

I thought surely we had missed a goal due to a loud uproar pouring out of the stadium. After nearly slipping in dim lit mud trails working our way through and around the stadium to reach the will call, we ran into another set back. There was a line around 200 people deep waiting to pick up their tickets from will call.

At this point the grim reality was beginning to set in that we might get tickets and find seats with only a slim chance of witnessing any goals, or with little to any time left in the match.

After handing my ID to a roving Home Depot Center security person, I held my breath, fearing that this could only get worse by never seeing her or my driver’s license again. We fortunately got the tickets as well as my ID (thank god!) and begin charging in.

As we were walking towards our seats, we heard rumblings and buzzing stadium-wide, and the confusion became clearer when a patron searching for the shortest beer line divulged to us that the lights had gone out and the game was still paused while they are fixing it.

All in all, our freaky Friday the 13^th luck had changed and we only missed the first 17 minutes of the match. No goals were scored, and the earlier roar was actually that of the fans screaming as the lights went out. YES!

We nested ourselves in the Houston Dynamo supporters’ section right as the match restarted.

The game was well fought by both sides, but the Dynamo seemed to be more aggressive in the second half. That was of course before the power died for the second time.

The Galaxy fans quickly decided to kill their boredom by taking it to the Dynamo fans.

Chants of “Houston sucks” surrounded and engulfed the Houston fans. That was until Dynamo supporters retaliated with a clever impromptu “We have Lights”song, immediately evolving into a rendition of “Pay-Your-Bills” that puzzled, eventually silencing Los Angeles fans.

Ultimately, it appeared the second power outage cooled the Dynamo’s momentum, and the game basically became a defensive quagmire. The regulation time whistle had blown.

In overtime we saw David Beckham whine to officials about what he thought was a incorrect throw in call awarded to Houston.  Although he swung his arms an almost hit the referee, Beckham was not warned or issued a yellow card. His unsportsmanlike conduct surely deserved one, but Beckham is the golden boy and could do no wrong this night.

Beckham was lucky to not get a yellow for his behavior.

Things got ugly for the Dynamo during overtime, and after Landon Donovan converted the penalty kick to put the Galaxy up 2-0, the writing was pretty much on the wall.

It was a hard fought battle between two teams, and I only wish that it would have been uninterrupted so that match would have been played by two teams playing at their natural rhythm without the distraction of power failure. Looks like Friday the 13th gave the Galaxy a home field advantage.

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Craig delivers his first ever Pre-Playoff match podcast from Los Angeles.

In this quick fire edition, Craig reviews his week of training, and discusses how he and his teammates deal with the travel and preparation for the  MLS West Final against the Los Angeles Galaxy, the team Craig started his MLS career with!

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Craig provides feedback to the first round results.

After analyzing the results, he uses his view of the first round to give solid predictions for the beginning of round 2.

He then shifts to your Facebook and Twitter questions.

If you got questions, Craig will provide you the answers.

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It is comes as no surprise as Craig dives deeper into the pool of MLS playoff discussions. He reviews the first batch of playoffs and cannot allow himself to get over the concept of teams with lower ranking records to have home games during the playoffs.

He gets into your email, and dishes out some more playoff predictions. Stay tuned for more Pitch Pulse!

Craig discusses the first round results of the MLS Playoffs, discussing the importance of the Dynamo’s next meeting with the Seattle Sounders.It is going to be a massive match after the 0-0 draw in Seattle.

Craig also gives weekend predictions and how he sees the playoffs unfolding!

Craig takes you into the final weekend of the MLS regular season! He gives you this predictions, and talks about his own major showdown with Chivas USA on Sunday for 1st place in the West!

This i the most bizarre Craig Waibel citing ever!

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Craig brings you the “quick hit” midweek edition of the show.

Craig then breaks down the weekend matches, USA vs Honduras, and then previews USA vs Costa Rica.

He previews tonights games, and Craig then responds to a comment left on one of his training tips sectionon the Pitch Pulse website.

Craig gives us a swift breakdown of the small scaled MLS weekend. Craig mentions the importance of playoff eliminated San Jose vs Toronto,predicting a Toronto onslaught.

Columbus needs to win versus New England in order to secure the the MLS Supporter’s Shield. If New England loses, their playoff bubble might just burst.

Kansas City at Chivas is a huge match up as Chivas has 12 more possible points to collect to end the season.

He then discusses the team USA vs. Honduras match.

Team USA needs to win in order qualify for World Cup 2010.

Keeping our game fresh will help come playoff time

The first-ever Dynamo Charities Cup was announced last month, and the Dynamo will play against Mexico’s CF Monterrey in a friendly match.

Dominic Kinnear enjoys keeping us busy, and wants us staying focused and not to become complacent due to getting idle before the MLS Playoffs begin. I was interviewed and asked about my perspective on this friendly, and you can read the Article here!