That was quite the howler though, worse than the tying goal in Olympic qualifying. Fergie ran Tim Howard out of Man U for less.
I disagree. It would have taken a hell of a save to stop that one. It’s. It a crime for a goalie to let in a goal that could have been stopped with a hell of a save.
it also had no impact on the result, which takes the sting out of it. the rebound that Meram skied over the bar was a far worse gaffe, imo.
Tough call. I’m not a goalie coach so I'm less tough on them than others. A dipping, hard shot ball at ground level is something I want but don’t expect the goalie to stop. Funny though, both examples are low shots. Either it’s a weak point of his game or a tough point for all keepers, or perhaps a conbination of both.
I would like to point out, for the record, if Sean Johnson was NOT an Ex-Fire player, we probably would have received a Bye from the first one-off game (there was at least one game (and probably several) this season that we would have won instead of tied/lost due to our crap goalkeeping). We could be discussing actual Chicago Fire soccer. We would not be relegated to debating whether a mistake was made in a game between our arch enemy team and Manchester City's sloppy seconds in New York.
He put his head really low but I can understand where you're coming from thinking it should've been a red instead. Vancouver doesn't have a difference maker or the offensive firepower to overcome even a one goal difference IMHO. They look like a USL side (1st leg too).
Anibaba with an assist on Houston's first goal in their victory over Portland. Edited to add - Alex got a yellow.
this reminds me - I think a lot of the small "give andy a chance" crown misunderstand lots of things, not the least of which is assuming any time we question a player leaving we mean "this player is awesome" Anibaba is not awesome. But clearly he's capable of successfully complementing a good team. And at least for me, that's always been the issue - 95% of the moves made by this club under Andy have failed to address actual on field issues in favor of destroying squad continuity to avoid giving players even the smalles fo raises. I didn't love this team in 1998, but I did by 2000. I'm not sure that would have happened if there was only one 1998 player still on the squad in 2000.
You build the team from the ground up and the culture from the top down. Greetings from the empty middle. #HauptmanOut
Not only ex-FIRE players, but ex-players now. https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017...tes-justin-mapp-chris-rolfe-officially-retire
I thought they both had retired prior to 2017. Too bad Chris Rolfe's career ended as it did, through accumulated head injuries. I just hope that he was able to get out prior to any damage having become permanent. He always played hard and he always played with pride. Justin Mapp never fully developed into the player people thought that he could have been. He was, probably, rushed at a young age and was not, probably, as good as people thought. That being said, he did manage a 15 year MLS playing career, and that is not bad. Good luck to both of them.
I had a chat with Rolfe at the anniversary party and he was telling me that he is still feeling the effects of the concussions frequently. He is trying to deal with the symptoms and is partnering with a former NFL player to get something going to educate athletes about concussions. He also said he moved to Denver so that he can have easy access to marijuana to help with the symptoms.