Winning ugly>>losing ugly = losing beautifully Houston are a better team than their record. Defense got it done, midfield on ciggy break for 85 minutes.
Congrats on your victory over us and to your coach on his 100th victory. Your Supporter's Group looked well on that corner section too.
Top of the table, AND we have a game in hand against the second and third place teams. Un-freaking-believable.
Ezra scared the crap out of me the last few minutes, he was giving up way too much space and was getting beat to the corner every time. We have to hope nothing is too serious with Gino.
Sigi was booted out of LA because of his "defense first" style but it paid off with big dividends tonight against a very very good team. Last year Dynam would have pulled off a tie or win at the end. Different team this year!
Hesmer is MOTM, and it's a no-brainer. He made every kind of save tonight, both glamorous and rugby scrum. He also took a beating but stood tall. Good stuff. Gaven and O'Rourke, who seem to draw criticism more than others, both put in a solid effort. And yes, Ezra scared the crap out of everyone. Hope Padula is healthy next week. There's just no way in hell we win that game - or even tie it - a year ago.
MOTM: Will Hesmer We allowed far too many quality chances for the Dynamo, but Hesmer bailed us out. We also need to possess the ball better. Like someone else said, Sigi's subs [in general] baffle me, but congrats to him for getting his 100th win. This is the kind of game last year's team fails to take three points from. Let's keep it up boy! We shall not, we shall not be moved We shall not, we shall not be moved Not by the Goats, the Scum, or Dynamo We shall not be moved We are the team in yellow, we shall not be moved We are the team in yellow, we shall not be moved Not by Klejstan, DeRo, or Emilio We shall not be moved!
I think Ezra gave up so much space wide because he's just too slow to play wide anymore. I'd much rather see Migs in that spot. Of course, that would break the streak of an Ezra/Evans sub in each game. Overall, I thought we should have lost 2-1 or 3-1, but, if you're going to be any good, you've got to win a some games like that. Last year, we wouldn't have. Hesmer MOTM, despite they rugby scrum he created on the line in the first half.
3-0 at home and 4-1-0 to start the season? We didn't have three home wins until June 30 last season. I think we can officially say the Crew are for real this season. You don't beat DC in DC and H-Town in back-to-back weeks without some gumption. Was the win ugly? Sure. So was the 2-1 loss at home to this same Houston outfit last season. As was mentioned earlier, I'll take ugly wins over beutiful losses any day of the week and twice on game days. No matter what happens the rest of the weekend, we are top of the table and most wins. That KC match next week is a top of the talbe affair (damn that sounds good to say ....) BTW, is it just me or is toronto showing signs of life? Maybe that 2-0 win in week one was against a better team that we thought.
Wow, go Crew! And hats off to Sigi... congrats on the century mark. I admit that I was one of the ones (after the Red Bulls fiasco) saying it was time for him to go; but it's become increasingly clear has put a really good team together -- one that believes in and spielen his style of fussball...
Probably, but the players they've brought in since certainly have had something to do w/ their recent successes...
Freakin awesome...Hesmer definate MOTM a little tense late. Vaughn couldn't blow that whistle soon enough for me. Great fans in the corner. Another great night at the Hunt...COL-LUM-BUS
Absolutely. All that remains for me is to see if I dislike Guevara as much in a TFC uniform as I did when he was with Testos Rojos. After serious consideration . . . I dislike him equally. But the guy can play.
The corner was rocking again. Especially liked it when GBS had to come over and tell us to stop throwing the streamers because he wanted play to continue. And Hesmer is absolutely amazing!!! Great save towards the end!
Hejduk deserves mention. He had a great game and has had a great season so far. If he could only cross, he would be terrific. I've stuck up for Hendrickson for a long time but his lack of quickness just gets more obvious every year. Schmid should consider giving all or at least half of the free kicks to Padula. Schelotto is too inconsistent and rarely has pace. I just checked the possession stats: Houston 98%, Columbus 2%. I think the Crew's possession percentage was exaggerated. They say good teams win even on bad days, hopefully that was the case here.
Hesmer=Rickey Bobby=Inspector Gadget what a freaking save...We need a Sierra Mist Save of the Week....
Great win. We weathered the storm and still came through. Listened to the game online via the Houston radio feed (610AM did not have the game online that I could find, just talk radio). The supporters sounded amazing in the background of the announcer. And the streamers got a great response from their homer announcer too though he accused the fans of throwing the smoke bombs AT the Houston players which I highly suspect was the case.
Crew did not control the center of the midfield at all and that will have to improve-Rogers and Gaven can be very dangerous on the wings but they need service. But TEAM defense made up for that and a victory was the result. I like Padula the pirate. Hopefullly he is okay.
How'd it go? I am so happy to see the win. This really beats having the flu and having to go to graduation activities such as the baccalaureate.
For many years I was of the thought that Frankie was a bum. His game has never been easy on the eyes-I just always thought of him playing like a chicken with its head cut off... But if it was possible to do more than a 180 on my thinking Ive done that. Hejduk is a legend and deserves more recognition than he'll probably ever get. Im not sure if hes really gotten that much better since hes been here or if I was just able to set my bias aside-but he is without question the best right back in the league right now.