As for tonight's game

I'm still going with the Crew. They'll need to come out with a positive attitude and some creativity to break down Salt Lake, but there's no question they're capable of it.

A lot has been made of Schelotto getting benched, but I don't think it will be a problem in the end. Warzycha's approach to this series was to make it two different games - defensive and nasty in Salt Lake, and wide open and attacking in Columbus. He leveraged his deep roster, and why not, given that the second leg is on short rest?

Something that hasn't been talked about too much is how Schelotto's been stewing for the last four days. The man's going to be ready to kill tonight, and on decent rest like he's had, I'd expect nothing less than death from above for Salt Lake.

As for the Realists, some people think that Kreis was blowing smoke when he talked about bunkering down and holding on in the second leg. Really, what else can he do? On the weekend his team looked like trash. Total trash. Just not a good side. And that was the leg in which they had the advantage. I mean, really and truly, other than that soft goal at the end, how good did Salt Lake look going forward? Not very. If they get a goal on the break, they'll be fortunate.

So yeah, I think the Crew are going to run out for a good win. As much as has been made about Salt Lake having a good chance to move on, I think it will be a massive upset if they do.