Alright, what is the deal with Velasquez? We joked last game about him and Kries' wife, but now I am starting to actually believe that is the scenario.
maybe he hasnt been playing well in training? he was a bit of a ghost against SKC and with grabavoy coming back it may be enough to keep him off the field. cant deny grabs, he brings an energy and presence to the field that is good for RSL.
My thoughts exactly, first few matches with Valasquez on the pitch RSL looked like a better side than they have looked without him in the last few. Did not even make the 18, just don't get it. Wil Johnson has looked better this match.
Saborio plays a lot of defense for RSL. Sometimes he plays defense like he's playing forward, with heal flicks and such. That time it bit us badly and we were lucky that Fringes remembered that he cheated the US out of a World Cup Semi-Final.
I'm not sure what Shuler was doing watching the play rather than trying to help or get back. Sabo & Morales have done nothing today.
I also didn't think we looked good in the first half. Dunseth was saying that RSL was doing all the little things right... I didn't buy it.
i havent seen morales do a single thing other than his free kick service. our defense is mentally challenged right now.
The feet are insufficient to tell the story on offside. It is about if any part of the offensive player's body (except the hands/arms) being closer to the goal than the defending players at the moment the ball is played. I can't tell from the camera angles we had.
I wonder if a Javi not so rusty, not so out of sorts, feels the need to dive on that play rather than jump over the tackle and go collect the ball?