I'm actually pretty interested in this matchup. Two teams that have been very strong in recent seasons but are struggling mightily this year.
No Altidore, Bradley, Osorio, Morgan, and Okello for Toronto due to call ups. No Russell, Nemeth, Barath, and Hasler for us.
With all those guys gone, SKC should just send the Rangers up there and give the 1st team guys another week of rest and recuperation. Seriously, I think the SKC bench can beat the TFC bench. Salloi, Croizet, Rowe up front, Benny, Felipe, Ilie in the middle, Sinovic, Besler, Smith, and Zusi in the back. Zendejas, Busio, Medranda, Fontas, Zelalem, Wan Kuzain on the bench.
I could pretty much copy/paste my houston post with respect to the game outcome. A tie in Toronto looks good, but given our table position is not enough. That being said, they definitely deserved the win more than us, which i would not have said about Houston last week, so I guess I feel a tiny bit better about this one.
I think Zusi was the problem on both TFC goals. However, TFC was more dangerous all game long and deserved the point. The late goal was no surprise to me as it just keeps happening over and over again in these kinks of games. The best I can take away from this game is.....at least it’s not a loss.
Maybe a little bit on the final goal, but I think there are so many other people to blame on both goals than Zusi. Salloi is the one who lost his runner on the first goal, not Zusi. On the second goal, take your pick, Sinovic stepping up too far on his man, Fontas stepping up on Pozuelo when he didn't need to leaving the middle of our defense gapping, Smith for being somewhere. Zusi maybe for not stepping over enough but there are so many other people to blame on that goal than Zusi.
This is complete BS. Gerso was trying to defuse the situation between Sinovic and Lareya. There wasn’t any ill intent or action on his part. The DISCO got this one completely wrong. https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...ee-fines-gerso-fernandes-sporting-kansas-city
Reminds me of the year they decided all hand/arm-to-head contact was automatically a red and Thierry Henry got tossed for patting a Portland player on the head.
I didn't remember that one, so I googled it, and looks like it was Aurelien Collin. It was more of a choke from behind than a hug, but they were both laughing about it until VAR got involved and the ref pulled out the red. Have we really been doing VAR that long? When was the last year Kaka was still with Orlando and Collin with NYRB?