not sure we even deserved a point
not sure what to write… so i will just pause, take a deep breath and write what first comes to mind….
*pause*
*deep breath*
WE WERE CRAP
ah, there, now i said it.
the first 20 minutes had me quite pleased. peppering the goal, fluid movement, and dominating possession…. then the game changed. i don’t know what did it, but we just decided to not run down the flanks and put balls into the box anymore. we were going to be lucky to make it to half 1-0 up but they took advantage of a lapse in defending to make it 1-1.
the half time talk must have been something like this “play like crap the second half and give them 3-4 clear chances to win the game”. if it was that, well, the boys listened to their coach to a tee.
so the main talking points.
our goal…. hurtado did really well to take his goal. he was a touch lucky that he wasn’t called for a high boot. yes the keeper was diving in, but we all know that keepers are like little porcelain dolls and are protected like nobodies business. it would surprise me if that was called. but luckily for us, it wasn’t.
their goal….mcgrath sounded like a blathering idiot when analyzing this one. the goal was not offsides, and it was not WAY over the 2 minutes. in fact, the goal was at 2:10 of stoppage, and they had the run of play. had that been our goal and it was disallowed 10 seconds over, i would be livid. not to mention, it is the referees prerogative to add time, on top of the stoppage time if there was a delay that warranted it. mcgrath also needs a few more pairs of drew’s glasses b/c ianni was holding rocha on by a few yards at least.
the second half…. well, we were just terrible. i don’t want to get into the details, but we had no fluidity and we played down to dallas’s level. we were very lucky to not give away another goal b/c they had some very good chances.
cliff mcgrath…. oh my word he is bad at announcing. he missed call after call and i will put it on mute if he is in the commentator box next game.
the only two players that i feel can really hold their head high from this match were evans and alonso. they were solid throughout the match and let’s hope that evans injury isn’t serious. keller didn’t do much wrong, but i am not commentating due to his position.
the bottom line on this game is, if you miss your chances and can’t put away a team that you should do, well, you pay the price. dallas may be a very poor team, but they are human just like our team and they could tell that during the game, we were not going to put them away. this allowed them to grow in confidence as ours started to deteriorate. if you give a team confidence you might as well let them play with 2 extra men on the pitch. this wouldn’t have happened had one of le toux, evans, montero, jacqua taken their VERY good chances. 2-0 would have turned into 4 -0 in my opinion.
while some might say we can just be happy that houston, chivas, colorado all drew and RSL lost, but you know what, i am not. we could have gained points on chivas and distanced ourselves more from the others. so i don’t want to hear that crap.
finally, step aside beckerman… don’t even apply de rossario… the stupidest and worst hair in the MLS goes to brek shea. his hair looks part rooster and part shag carpet mixed together with 12 ounces of hydrogen peroxide, a broken pair of hair clippers and electric shock therapy. the only logical explanation could be a lost bet. for his sake i hope that is true.
well, somehow when i have nothing to say, i have a lot to say…. what say you.
