Houston, you have a problem.

And Bob Bradley—heh—you have yourself a blessing...a big blessing, and as a disguise he wears the #14 for a team called the Los Angeles Galaxy.

You may not realize this for sure until you check out the news just in on Bleacher Report and elsewhere, but Edson Buddle could be the savior of the USA Men's National Team this year.

There's no disguising this stat for starters: Buddle has accounted for all five goals in their three victories in this young 2010 Major League Soccer season.

With Charlie Davies recovering from his injuries and Brian Ching getting dinged for a month on the sidelines, maybe it's time for Bradley to give Buddle his shot against the Czechs and Turks.

Who knows; Buddle's golden touch could make all the difference against Slovenia and Algeria, if not the bloody Brits.

That brings up another situation: what if Bradley does give Buddle his shot? And-cue the gasp-Buddle IS called on to the World Cup roster with Landon Donovan (who certainly will be on this team, one way or the other, barring an Act of Bob)?

Hmmm...that means contingency time, Bruce "Almighty" Arena. Here's hoping that in the meantime, the Buddlevan Connection-with or without the "van"-keeps churning the W's, allowing for some room for error until the players' post-WC diaspora back to their respective clubs.

Something is telling me that a certain Beatles song is playing in my head, specifically the first few lyrics: "It's getting better all the time."

Ins-and-outs from tonight's contest:

Personal foul, FSC, delay of broadcast:
Shame on Fox Sports West for tape-delaying a contests that Internet-savvy viewers will watch live anyway. As a follower of this league, I hope my wager of this being the last tape-delay game holds out. Woo hoo. Big payoff. Then again, I don't mind watching the replay, if only the for comedic value of it all.

Ahhh, Maximilian Bretos. How you humor me.

Don't mind the guts, that was just Landin's brain explosion from a few hours ago:
Luis Angel Landin, a designated player for the Dynamo, had a big opportunity to fill Ching's shoes in. Turns out, he used it to decleat Omar Gonzalez.

This is something he should know about Senor Baldomero Toledo: he runs a tight ship, see. And tonight, El Capitan de Los Arbitros por Houston sent Landin overboard. At that moment, it was clearly going to be a challenge for the Dynamo to reprise their comeback against Real Salt Lake last week.

Oh mon Dieu, un soulèvement de l'Union! (Oh my God, a Union uprising!):
Let me take this time to congratulate the Philadelphia Union, who have defeated the declining D.C. United 3-2 through Frenchman Sebastien Le Toux's hat trick. While it's against D.C. (of all teams), Philly and the Sons of Ben proved that they will not be an easy team to down under manager Peter Novak.

The Galaxy and Union square off for the very first time on May 1st at the Home Depot Center. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT.

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