Game: FC Dallas vs Sporting Kansas City Date: Sunday, October 6th Time: 3:00 pm [DFW] | 20:00 [Universal] Location: Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas, United States of America Weather Forecast: PM Thunderstorms; H 89, L 60 Competition: Major League Soccer Opponent's Recent Form: D-L-L-L-L Live TV: KTXA-21 [DFW] | Fox Sports KC [Kansas City] | ESPN+ [USA] | DAZN [Cananda] Radio: FCDallas.com/radio [English] | 99.1 FM [Spanish] Welp, this should be interesting. Can't say we deserve to make the playoffs, but neither does San Ho or Portlandia.
Can't believe Gyasi, who hasn't even made the 18 in a while, is the second-highest paid player on the team. He's returning to Bulgaria at the end of the season, but that's a lot of money for a guy with one foot. And then there's the debacle with shirt sponsor Advocare being labeled a pyramid scheme by the FTC. But hey, we could make the playoffs. Even a loss would do the trick if San Jose manages to lose its sixth straight match on Sunday in Portland!
Finished 6-0. KC had nothing to play for but yeah, they've got issues. Looks like Seattle for the 1st round of the playoffs. Woof.
Hey, at least it's Seattle and not the couch. And no chance of a home playoff match, so the FO is happy. And amazingly, we've got a West Coast game that starts mid-afternoon instead of 9PM Central (though if we make the Semifinals those are already scheduled for past-my-bedtime o'clock). What is the deal with this team? In our last ten games we've scored: 5, 0, 3, 5, 3, 0, 0, 1, 0, and 6 goals. It's feast or famine. I'll take another stretch of 3 goals, 5 goals, and 3 goals again over the next three games. A lot of those goose-eggs are on the road, though, so I'm not expecting much.
Will Luchi have the balls to keep Badji and Pax on the bench for the playoff game? Feel like our starting eleven on Sunday gives us the best shot at this crapshoot.
Badji sitting should be a no brainer. Pax I'd understand but maybe he's an ideal sub because of his hip. Hard to say the starters this weekend don't deserve to the chance to start the playoffs.
By all reports, Pax's hip issue isn't a problem during a game, it's the next day he pays for it. Luchi took a big risk Sunday by sitting him and it paid off. Credit to him. I'm burnt on the hype on F/S/A midfield trio. Go check out who those games are against, specifically the wins. Get back to me if you're still impressed. Bonus: Is that math by whoever did it correct? 7 games = a possible 21 points. They collected 15 of the 21, which is 1.4ppg, not 2.14 - or am I the math idiot? just to save you the trouble, I did it for you: The seven games featuring F/S/A in a CM trio those games are: @SKC - W RSL - T HOU - W CIN - W @SEA - T (pax starts a RM) NYC - T SKC - W So, you can tell me if this is impressive for F/S/A or more about the level of opponent. Just to be fair the other games in this mix (all happened after the 7/20 SKC win) that didn't feature a F/S/A start. In these games ORL - L MIN - W LAG - L MTL - T CHI - L COL - L Of note in this run: Servania did not start/play in five of six of these games. The only one he started was the ORL loss, in which Acosta was suspended and Hayes started. As I've said for some time, Brandon Servania has been this teams PotY and is the key element to success. He's not a singular talent, he needs support, but he needs to start.
Agree about Servania and if Pax was healthy that would be a great pairing. I'd go for it by moving ferreira into Mosquera's spot since it will be three months until he has another good game and then Pax into Ferreira's spot. Pomykal-Servania-Acosta midfield with Ferreira-Pax switching between left mid and left center. If we lose I'd rather lose with the kids who will improve with the experience than with Mosquera or Badji who may not be here next year and are what they are. BTW, Peter would you discuss with Luchi how Dave Dir used the four-headed monster to great effect in the playoffs as the Burn? Bring in Pepi, Badji and Mosquera and leave in the Cobra while pulling whoever if behind and needing a prayer.