Meet the Menace / Beat the Menace

A few quick words prior to tonight's game (I almost never do this).

One : The Menace are in the middle of a crazy scheduele Here's what their road trip looks like.

Six games on the road in 15 days. Ouch.

Two : Surely their team name is a play on Dennis the Menace, right?

Three : Weather looks to be... interesting. I was going to bring my daughter tonight as this may be the last time her and I get to do anything together before the wife pops out the new daughter, but long walks to and from the car in rain and hail with a two year old don't sound fun at all... for her, at least. Personally I like it. But to make matters worse, tornado watch until 10 PM...

Four : If you can't make it out, or don't want to, SKC apparently has a YouTube stream prepared.

US Open Cup: Sporting KC v Des Moines Menace

Five : Given the unavailability of some of the guys you would think would normally play in this match, namely forwards Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad, and Teal Bunbury, I think SKC will almost be forced to use some "top-tier" forwards in this match. I'm thinking we see Jacob Peterson, CJ Sapong and Kei Kamara. Here's a wild guess at the starting XI.

Six : Gonna have to run home to grab my parking pass and scarf :( Ah well, should be a fun game, assuming it actually happens. Would be a real shame to need to postpone it.

The calm before the battle

I don't really have a lot to say going into tonight that hasn't been said elsewhere, better, but I'll first throw it over to James for a much better discussion of tonight than I can give.

Will you be one of us?
I'll just repost here my quick thoughts from Big Soccer. Namely, tonight is going to be awful no matter what for at least 90 minutes.

I'm generally pretty easy going to sporting events. I mean yeah, I love when the team wins, but just being able to watch pro soccer in person is something I'll always enjoy where ever I am.

Wednesday isn't about going for enjoyment, at all. I don't expect to have a good time. This game won't be entertainment for me. This is business, and I expect to be completely miserable for at least 90 minutes no matter what's happening on the field.

 I'm also reminded of a line from the ever quoteable Futurama.

Soldier: This is the worst part. The calm before the battle.
Fry: And then the battle's not so bad?
Soldier: Oh right. I forgot about the battle. [whimpers]

So I'll just leave this here. We agree Jimmy. We want it too. Maybe even more than you do. But maybe not.