We’ve even recounted the woe and heartache of a tie against a short handed, over played squad.

A weeks gone by, and somehow, I can’t seem to find the silver lining to this all.

The Bulls take on the expansion San Jose Earthquakes in a rematch of the Carolina Cup Challenge (San Jose beat New York in convincing fashion, 1-0).

Though one team is an expansion squad, and expected to play poorly, the Bulls are a stacked squad with injuries that may bring their play down a notch.

Here is my Bulls projected lineup:

=======Altidore====Wolyniec=======
Van Den Bergh==Magee=======Sassano
====Stammler========Reyna======
===Goldthwaite==Parke===Leitch===
==========Conway==============

That is 2 players whom are making their first start of the season, one rookie, and a withdrawn Reyna. Could it be enough to beat San Jose, a winner last week against Colorado? We shall see.

Prediction : Bulls 2 – 1 SJ

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3 ties.

Since 2005, this is what they have been able to achieve against the Revolution.

Zilch.

They were able to hold Jozy and Angel to one goal apiece in 5 appearances by either man, respectively.

They were able to shut the Bulls down in last years home and home playoff.

But the Revs continue pwning. Period.

What will it take to beat back this horrendous Curse of Twellman?

Well, start with a win while he isn’t on the team. They can attack those depleted backlines. They can send the Dynamic Duo to rid the league of the scourge of Boston!

There is plenty to be done. But most importantly, at home, They have to maintain pressure and hope that the Revs patchwork defense and newly assembled offense can be taken advantage of.

Let use be RID of this wretched curse already! Saturday, 7:30pm – HDnet. Ill be at the game.

For more in depth analysis, Check out this weeks Game Preview at the ‘Reader.

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Blog – what I do best, right here on theoffside. Irreverent as always!

For those who dont know, I contribute hard news to AmericanSoccerReader.com. I have posted the Red Bulls Game Preview, and I would love your input on it.

I will be contributing previews weekly on their site, so read up, and let me know what you think. Overall, its an excellent news site, enhanced by this cool feature:

They have a blog with Red Bulls (highly missed) defenseman Hunter Freeman. This weeks blog discusses his injury and its progress. He also takes emails from fans, which is pretty cool too.

Well, go check it. And if its too dry for your tastes, just stay right here

Anyway, enjoy.