The Dynamo advance to face the winner of New England-Atlante who face off tomorrow night at Gillette Stadium.

Also wanted to give you a quick update that we’d been having some issues with the site, but believe we’re on the right track again. So, folks, comment away like there is no tomorrow. Perhaps some goal celebration suggestions for Bobby? He needs them.

In the event that you’re not aware as to what’s going on, the Houston Dynamo will make their first trip to RFK Stadium tomorrow night since winning MLS Cup there back in November. Señor Boswell will also be making his first official visit as a resident of Houston after being traded for goalkeeper Zach Wells (and a draft pick) in December. I don’t want to promise that those two will square off in some form of a fisticuffs battle at midfield pre-game, but it will probably happen.

I can’t confirm the following to be true, either, but there are rumors - just rumors, people! - that Bobby will finally get the exclusive interview with Ben Olsen that he’s been trying to get for so long…

By the way, since Bob doesn’t like tooting his own horn, did you see this? I’ve titled it: How to Score a Game-winning Goal, by Bobby Boswell.

His goal celebration still needs work, but overall… not bad.

Meet Katie. I wanted to share with you one of my favorite emails that I received in the “Dynamo Fan Contest” held here on bobbyboswell.com by me, Bobby Boswell. This was a video sent in by a fan named Katie. The video made me laugh and I thought it was well done. So in return for her effort, I gave Katie a pair of my game worn cleats after our recent win against Colorado.

Enjoy.

Then there were some creepy, weird ones…which I of course LOVED. There were a lot of nice and well written ones as well which I will prolly talk to the player that was chosen and see if I can’t work out a way to get something to the people for trying. So if you submitted something keep an eye out for an email from BB.com. So who won?

I was kinda torn on how to decide on the winner. I mean there were some great entries that involved poems and pictures and bribes. Some made me laugh, some made me shake my head, and I am still not sure how to take one of the entries, but I am thinking about seeing a psychologist to help me out. But in the spirit of a true Dynamo Fan Contest, I decided to pick the best fan that responded. In this case, that fan is Devin Brown. His favorite player is Pat Onstad. He and his friends have a sign that they made for Pat saying You’ll never beat Pat Onstad which I remember seeing when we used to arrive on the bus to play the Dynamo (this was when I played for DC). He traveled to see us play in Hawaii and San Antonio, so I figured I would reward him by crowning him the first ever BB.com Dynamo Fan Contest winner. Congrats Devin. Thanks again to everyone who participated.

Sidenote: I will announce the winner of the fan contest on Wednesday.

It is time for a new contest. I have noticed that the Houston fans really like some of the Dynamo players more than the average fan. I mean REALLY like them. I have been getting emails asking for player’s email addresses, phone numbers, shoes, dates and some other odd requests that I won’t mention. I figured I could somehow turn this into a contest. So what is the contest? It’s simple really, all you have to do is email me at bobby@bobbyboswell.com.

Dynamo Fan Contest: Tell me who your favorite Dynamo player is and why they are your favorite player. Feel free to use large words, write poems, send pictures of you with your favorite player, bribe me, record yourself singing a song that you wrote about your favorite player, anything really. The more creative you are, the more likely you are to win.

“But Bobby, what do I win?”

Great question!! I will send you something worn and signed by your favorite player.

Get to work Houston.

We are back to more of a normal schedule now having games on the next couple of Saturday’s. This weekend we take on the Galaxy in LA. We will be without my fellow center back Eddie Robinson who was suspended by the disciplinary committee for a play that happened in the Kansas City game. I also saw a familiar face today in the locker room as Guy Roland Kpene (pictured above on the right) is now training with the team and will participate in the first reserve match this weekend for the Orange. It wasn’t long after I warned him about John Spencer’s jokes that he was under some serious fire from the guys (of course being led by John Spencer himself). It was all in good fun and everyone had a laugh.

So after hearing that Oscar De La Hoya was my new owner, I now have the honor of joining a small group of athletic men who could say that their boss could not only fire them, but kick their butt after doing so. Although I hear that Will Chang was a master in the Judo world, Oscar seems to have those things called World Champion Boxing Belts. Like 10 of them. So I posed this question to my teammates and friends and family. I like hypotheticals.

The De La Question of the Day:
How long (how many rounds) would Bobby Boswell (that’s me), MLS Player, last in the boxing ring with Oscar De La Hoya, World Champion Boxer? I would be allowed to wear a headgear. Oh, and would he actually knock me out? Like knock me out, eyes in the back of my head, out?

Tale of the tape:

What the experts are saying:
“I give you until the 3rd round. Then you are done.”-Brad Davis

“If you ran around the ring he probably wouldn’t be able to hit you for awhile.”-Brian Ching

“I don’t think I would last 30 seconds.”-Pat Onstad

“You need a life!!”-Eddie Robinson

Paul: “The dude is a WORLD CHAMPION BOXER. He gets paid to hurt people. You would get murdered.”
Me: “But I would be wearing an Eskandarian (head gear) and he would be wearing gloves!!”
Paul: “News flash Boswell, head gears don’t stop noses from getting broken…”- Good friend Paul

“Honey, I know you are tough, but you have never been hit by someone who can hit that hard. It would be bad.”-My loving mother

“I think it’s a great idea. If you somehow work this out, please tell me when and where so I can come and watch you get…I mean…watch this happen.”- My roommate from DC who used to train with me at Nomis Boxing Gym on Capitol Hill.

The only optimistic response came from my brother from another mother Rod Dyachenko, who claimed,
Rod: “Well you do always get the high score in those ‘punch the bag’ strength games, so maybe you could get lucky and hit him with that jackhammer.”
Burch chimed in: “Hey Rod, do you remember when you tried to kick that one bag in Chicago and fell into a table?”
Rod: “Hey Burch, do you remember every time you hit the bag that you get the low score?”
Burch: “I hate you”
Me: “I love my friends!!”

SOOOOOOO… there is my hypothetical question for you. Feel free to leave comments below with your opinion. Based on the Tale of the Tape, I think I am 3 to 1 underdog.