Columbus lineup: -----------------------Clark Williams---Gonzalez----Parkhurst---Francis ---------------Trapp------Tchani Jimenez----------Higuain------------Anor ------------------Oduro Toronto lineup: ----------------------Cesar Bloom---------Orr-----Hagglund----Morrow Jackson------Bekker--------Bradley-------Rey -----------------De Rosario -------------------Gilberto Wow, that TFC backline is awful. No Caldwell and no Henry. No Defoe or Osorio as well. Crew should win this.
MLS Live has the TFC announcers . I really don't want to listen to these hosers all game...where's my mute button
Anor and Trapp just standing around letting Bradley run right at the goal unmarked. Clark has to do a bit better on the save attempt though.
Gonzalez is having a poor first 13 minutes. Dispossessed in midfield (which led to the De Ro chance) and given away a couple of really poor passes straight to TFC midfielders.
We need more from our midfield. Bradley is playing very well and if our mf doesn't step up (Jiminez especially) their shit back line won't matter.
Gonzalez literally just jumped and dove into a sliding tackle. Good thing he timed it well, easily could have been a card.
What an absolutely, completely, horrifically abysmal first half for us. As soon as we cross midfield, we give it away. One thing I'm noticing: In previous games, our wide midfielders would pinch in, giving Francis and Williams space to move up the flanks, and at the same time being in close proximity to Higuain and Arrieta/Oduro, allowing for quick close passing combinations. However, today Anor and Jimenez seem to be staying wider, leaving no where for the fullbacks to go, and more importantly giving to help to Oduro or Higuain in the middle. Everyone is too far away. The real question is this: This is the first time GB's 'Plan A' hasn't worked. Yeah, against Seattle we were 1-0 down at halftime, but at least we pressured them and created chances. We've done nothing today. So what's 'Plan B'? We have no big quality center forwards to bring off the bench, so other than maybe bringing in Arrieta for Jimenez and putting Orudo wide right, and moving Anor high up wide left to make a 4-3-3, I don't know what we can do. EDIT: And the half ends with both Anor and Jimenez wide right, Higuain on the left. WTF?