On Saturday, March 16, the New England Revolution hoped to accomplish two historic firsts: open the season with back-to-back wins and defeat the Philadelphia Union. Both objectives proved to be elusive as the Revs fell to the Union 1-0 courtesy of a Jack McInerney goal in the 76th minute.

With World Cup Qualifying starting up again, many MLS teams will be losing players to their national teams. The following players have been called into their national team and will miss MLS games on March 23-24.

Win this match, and the rest of the season may not matter. Such comfort could easily be ascribed to if the season’s auspices weren’t so promising for Hyndman and company in Dallas. With Houston visiting today in Frisco, much more than a 19th century howitzer will be at stake: the Dynamo need to rebound after a 3-0 CCL thrashing at the hands of Santos Laguna, knocking them out of the competition. FC Dallas need a full 90 minute showing offensively and defensively, and to prove that their offseason-acquired firepower isn’t going to waste.

The Impact are looking to face off against bitter Canadian Rivals Toronto FC at The Big O today at 4:00p.m. The game will be broadcast on TSN.

The New York Red Bulls (0-1-1) open up Red Bull Arena to its fans for the first time in 2013 against much hated rivals, DC United (1-1-0). Fresh still are the wounds of the Eastern Conference semifinals, where DC bounced NY in their own stadium. This will be the first of three matches between these foes this season, battling for both one of five spots in the Eastern Conference playoffs and the Atlantic Cup.

As we prepare for MLS’s astro-turf ‘rivalry week’ and eagerly await the victor of storied competitions like Philadelphia v New England or Columbus v San Jose, many Chicago supporters are still licking their wounds having lost at home for the first time in ages to their truly hated foe New England. I shouldn’t be snarky about rivalry week but I can’t help it. The promotion feels like part of a larger MLS plan to create a college football bowl game-like atmosphere, that is a circus of meaningless or inappropriate sponsorships, out of supporter cups. But rather than impotently whine, I’ll just focus on supporting my club.

As DC United successfully took down Real Salt Lake last weekend, the New York Red Bulls were dismantled late in their match against San Jose by a late-winner from the penalty spot. DC and New York reconnect at Red Bull Arena on Saturday night after last seasons stellar Eastern Conference semifinal last season which saw DC survive and advance.

Only two weeks into this brand new MLS season and it has already been an eventful one for the Vancouver Whitecaps. They began the season with a two game homestand against Canadian rivals Toronto FC and then against the Columbus Crew in the following week. So far, we have seen many different things occur, including a serious injury to Jay DeMerit, two beautiful goals, many players making their MLS debuts and two tallies in the win column for the Caps.

In the Union’s first game of the 2013 season they suffered a 3-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City. The team played an outstanding first half, the Union being the prominent team.

CHIVAS USA 3 – 1 FC DALLAS