THE MATCHUP: Put us out of our misery

De Ro: He was Beckerman before Beckerman

TORONTO FC VS. REAL SALT LAKE
CONCACAF Champions League - Group A
　
BMO Field - Tuesday 8PM ET
TV: GOL TV
　
Now that Toronto FC are truly out of the MLS Playoff hunt... again, all efforts can be put towards the slight hopes of getting to the CONCACAF Champions League's knockout stages. Of course, the team's full effort was apparently on show during Saturday's strange loss to San Jose - and look how that turned out. ML$E is in desperate need of some good PR right now so there will no doubt be a good deal of pressure on Nick Dasovic to keep TFC playing in some kind of meaningful matches during ML$E's most critical part of the campaign - season ticket renewals.
　
It could be a strange atmosphere in The Reds' locker room after team captain Dwayne De Rosario's much publicized call for a better contract. Will the fractures on this fragile club crack further or is there enough respect for De Ro that it won't spread on-field? RSL beat up on TFC in their last CCL match so The Reds will need a monumental effort to get the necessary win. However, you may be in the growing school of thought that feels that RSL could do Toronto a favour by ending their 2010 season once and for all so that the important work of re-building the club can begin. And no Mr. Anselmi - making Jim Brennan he GM doesn't count.
　
MANUFACTURED DERBY NAME: "Great vs. Salt Lake-Off"
　
FAULTY: Chad Barrett, Nana Attakora, Maicon Santos
SALTY: Nick Rimando, Will Johnson, Kyle Beckerman
　
THE ODDS:
- ML$E Executives keeping warm at BMO Field by burning piles of supporters' money: 2-1
- Kyle Beckerman, Julian de Guzman and Dwayne De Rosario leaving at halftime to form a reggae band: 25-1
- Julian de Guzman scoring the winning goal and then making an ATM withdrawal motion in celebration: 50-1
　
WHO ARE YA?
- In response to North End Elite's "Dollar Sign" protest, ML$E designing a giant wallet to put the giant dollar banners in
- BMO Field staff are now using the new "ANSELMI 3000" attendance counter which uses advance mathematics to add any actual attendance figures to the sum of 20,000
- RSL were pleased to escape some bad PR back home in Utah after the ill-advised "Kyle Beckerman Bobblehead Doll" giveaway which saw dozens of young fans injure themselves on the sharp, plastic dreadlocks
　
FRESH WATER SAYS: 2-1 Toronto FC
SALT WATER SAYS: 2-0 Real Salt Lake
HEADLINE: "TFC OUT OF ALL COMPETITIONS - CLUB PLANS TO RELEASE FAKE DP RUMOURS SOON"

Kyle Beckermans head to the match...