the draw might be ok

Fredy Montero against Chivas USA (Jack Hunter- publicola.net)

let’s be sure, a win would have been massive. a six point swing over one of our closest in the table, even if they have the games in hand would have been a giant leap towards the playoffs.  however, keeping the distance equal behind us isn’t the end of the world. of course we would have preferred to put a bit of distance between us, but the alternative, them taking the 3 from us, would have been a lot worse.

having said all that diplomatic crap, boy that was frustrating. the game can be summarized in just two sentences

chivas came to defend. we hit the keeper 4 times.

fundamentally, i suppose there isn’t anything wrong with a team going to get a draw on the road. it makes sense. win your games at home and get draws on the road has been a mantra of most teams over the years. but there is a difference in aiming for at least a draw,  vs doing everything you can to bring the game to a standstill by playing only defense. chivas were in this for a nil nil draw from the beginning. they are a decent team, but if they can only muster 3 shots, and one on goal ( a 30 yard feeble effort), well you know that they didn’t come out to attack.

ok, so that is what they did, and we have to live with it. but as mike mentioned in the earlier post, we are now 585 minutes from a home goal. what is the problem? you have to ask our team, even if all the teams want to do is defend, how can we not score?

thornton today was annoyingly good. and without taking away from his great saves, i really don’t think that it was him so much making great athletic saves as it was him jumping to where he thought we were shooting, and he was right.

are we that predictable? i dont think so. i really think we do that all over again with those same chances, and we get at least 3 goals.

well i don’t want to beat that horse too much. results from this weekend haven’t been too shabby so far. houston and LA both winning could be viewed as a bad thing but you know what, it could also be seen as a good thing. at this point in time, we might LA and Houston to run away with our division but winning against our other rivals on the way. it was tough to see them win today, but we also got to see toronto and RSL lose today, which isn’t bad at all. those results are still a massive help to us with regards to the last few spots for the playoffs. that, and colorado drawing last night is quite a silver lining to our result.

any way you want to slice it however, there are a massive amount of points to be dropped by ALL   of our possible competitors into the playoffs. honestly, if we can just make the effort to win a few of our own games… it will take care of itself.

ok, i am tired and this is pretty much the most boring post i have ever written. i guess i was inspired by our first half today.

oh, but before i forget, the informant is a good movie and the huskies won the national championship today, so good for them.