Is it weather? The economy bringing you down? Start time of the game? What else? If you have “other” as an answer let us know what is the reason by posting below here.

Can Columbus repeat? Or will a new dog appear like New York or Toronto?

Will DC or New England return to the top? Or will Blanco and the Fire steal the show in 2009?

So let’s hear it folks. The poll will be up for the rest of the week as next week a poll on the west will be up!

I’ve included the few teams that I thought have had solid winters so far in terms of addressing team needs and making the biggest splashes. Most are teams that didn’t do well or in one club’s case didn’t exists last year. For the most part this winter has been a dud in terms of player signings as most clubs haven’t even made a peep other than the draft and some trades.

And as always, if you vote for other in the poll, feel free to post here why you did.

A couple Generation adidas players on the list but if you think someone else will hear their name be called out first that isn’t on that list feel free to post it below.

A new poll will appear after the draft.

Happy voting.

Let’s hear it!

Utter shock. That’s a way to describe one result this past weekend. It may also be another way to describe the Western Conference final match-up. Yeah who saw that coming?

I must say the result in Houston yesterday was a big one. One that will not only save the job of Juan Carlos Osorio, but one that may make him a hero in the Big Apple if they continue to pull the unbelievable. His mad science coaching type this past weekend proved to be the difference maker. No one saw that scoreline coming. Maybe some Houston fans thinking it would be 3-0 Dynamo but not 3-0 Red Bulls.

So we have it now, our final four. Chicago against Columbus (MLS Cup before MLS Cup?) and New York against Real Salt Lake (really, you’re kidding me?).

Yeah one side of the plate we do have a MLS Cup-type match. The Crew against the Fire. Winner should easily be favored to win the Cup. I can’t even begin to say how much I like the thought of this Eastern Conference finals. Probably one of the better match-ups in either conference that we’ve had in some time.

But the Western side of the plate is one that is, well, rather interesting. If you correctly predicted a New York-RSL match for the Western Final then congrats to you. But let’s be honest I highly doubt too many people predicted that. It actually should be a good game on Saturday out in Salt Lake because these two always and I mean always produce a entertaining game.

I think one of the good things out of this though is that BOTH conference finals will be played at soccer only stadiums. That actually is a positive thing here when you think about it. Crew Stadium, the Wrigley Field of MLS and Rio Tinto Stadium.

I’ll have more on these games this week though.

So what do you all make of these conference finals (VOTE ON NOW AT THE NEW POLL)? Will we get a good MLS Cup out of it? Or will that Eastern Conference clash on Thursday be enough?

This one will be up for another week or so as the first round will end next weekend.

Voting will end in a couple weeks. I’m thinking the next poll will center around what the Philly expansion club will be called!

I will probably leave this up for a week or so to see what people think. Obviously we will know better after this week who has a better shot and who doesn’t. Two of these clubs have a good shot at getting eliminated this weekend while a couple others have a shot of moving into the playoff picture once again.

So vote away!