Pre-match: DCU @ Montreal Dairy Products

Discussion in 'D.C. United' started by pr0ner, Aug 2, 2018.

  1. Dizi

    Dizi Member

    Feb 13, 2015
    Club:
    DC United
    It was a scrappy but entertaining game. Strange feeling but I enjoyed it and was glued to the screen watching how everything developed.

    Stranger still...I felt like giving Fischer the MOTM trophy for managing to contain Piatti all match. Never thought those words would come out of my mouth but he earned it.
     
  2. UnitedBorn

    UnitedBorn Member+

    Dec 7, 2015
    301
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He also had some solid crosses into the box. One of them should have been a goal by Lucho.
     
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  3. Petworth Posse

    Feb 24, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    Could this mean the official end of the Nick DeLeon era?
     
  4. NicktheGreek

    NicktheGreek Member+

    Feb 15, 2001
    Someday we'll see a column for style points in the standings.
     
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  5. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The VAR folks will decide the points :)
     
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  6. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    Couple interesting links:

    https://www.americansocceranalysis.com/by-game-2018/
    On the expected goals chart at American Soccer Analysis, we outplayed Montreal, but only by about 0.4-0.6 expected goals. (It expected about 1.75 goals for Montreal and 2.1 to 2.3 for DC, depending on which model was used.)

    http://www.sportsclubstats.com/USA/MLS.html
    According to a randomized (other than home/away) simulation, this result affected our playoff odds almost not at all. I was thinking it would maybe hurt us, coming as late as it does, when we're a bit behind, but not really; we actually have an 0.2% better chance after the result than before.
     
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  7. NicktheGreek

    NicktheGreek Member+

    Feb 15, 2001
    Just as long as there's no essay questions
     
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  8. NicktheGreek

    NicktheGreek Member+

    Feb 15, 2001
    Looks like you discovered the soccer equivalent of a 13 year old boy finding a stack of Playboys
     
  9. Eastern Bear

    Eastern Bear Member+

    Feb 27, 1999
    Great Falls, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    I did not read Olsen's post game comments, but this exact scenario plays out all the time for DCU teams under him. Even worse, his post game comments tend to praise the team for finally gathering their composure and holding the ball when we know it was the other team just tapping the brakes. It shows me that he just doesn't even know what he's seeing out there -- or trying to pull the wool over our eyes at best.
     
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