Throwing stuff on the field and a "put0" chant so loud that it rivaled the Wembley crowd during Queen's Live Aid set.
A Chivas by any other name smells just as bad. (That's Shakespeare, folks. We are all literary and stuff in here....)
Maybe with Marlowe there'd be a little more cutting edge truthiness .."Why, this is Hell, nor am I out of it".......
To expand on this some fans threw so much stuff at Rimando that the ref had to stop playoff five minutes. During the break Vela and Rossi went to the fans behind Rimados goal and begged them to quit throwing stuff on field.
The NYFC & ATL players need to switch to titanium shin guards for the 2nd half. Twenty-two players in full playoff mode on a sub-regulation size postage stamp size field. Every time someone has the ball they are lucky if they only get kicked once per play. Hopefully no broken legs by end of game.
Zardes named comeback player of the year https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018...si-zardes-named-2018-mls-comeback-player-year
I think most of us forget that he blew out all the ligaments in his knee less than a year before returning to the field for us.
Yep. Part owner. A friend was at their game at OC and said that Drogba was very cool. Stuck around after the game to meet people and sign autographs. I suppose another way to describe it would be "fan appreciation"...
Yep. Although I almost wanted Portland to lose that PK shootout as punishment for not telling their players the MLS playoff rules....
Gotta say, if we can't win MLS Cup, at least Seattle, DC, LAFarceC, and Man City Lite won't either... Zardes did nothing in the second leg and the Crew crash out 3-0, 3-1 agg to NYRB.
Definitely. He actually pulled back his reach at the last second thinking the ball was going over the bar. Lose focus for a nano-second and "it's in the net!" as the the DCU (I think?) announcer always says. And despite the score line I was disappointed in NYRB's play. I had watched them a couple of times earlier in the season and they looked pretty sharp. But tonight they played a lot of panicked boom-ball from the get-go and had trouble stringing 3 passes together. CLB actually did more pressing and won the possession battle in the midfield but just weren't productive in the final third. NYRB v ATL should be a good series. I think both win at home but ATL wins on aggregate.
LAG is not the only MLS team to not understand the most basic principles of defense. Let's look at RSL thirteen minutes into a 0-0 playoff elimination game. Note that RSL is playing four in the back. 13:10 - Both of RSL cb's and the left back get pulled to left side of field, leaving center of field wide open (much clearer on TV). Right back is out of frame and completely disconnected from teammates. He is in fact about 20-25 yards away from the nearest cb. Meanwhile SKC's Gutierrez (#21) is making a slow jog upfield behind Beckerman who is ball watching and not paying any attention to what is going on behind him. 13:16 - Gutierrez now joins attack, but it's still 3v4 so in theory it should be no problem. Especially since the attackers have zero support as their teammates have decided to hang back and watch. In fact the only way RSL could be in immediate danger is if they follow the patented "Sigi-LAG defender template" and part like the Red Sea, leaving a 20 yard wide open lane in the exact center of the field. If you think I'm exaggerating how ridiculously bad RSL's defensive positioning was here is a better angle: You can watch the whole play develop here: https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/m...s-city-vs-real-salt-lake/details/video/178777
Bobby Warshaw on the Extra Time Radio podcast had a rant on this a couple weeks back. They were talking about Martinez scoring record and whether or not the gap between attacking quality and defensive quality is the largest its ever been in MLS. Warshaw then went on about how there seems to be a lack of individual defensive effort in the last couple seasons across the board -- players not closing down or doing the basics things. I thought of @skydog. I wish they'd talked more about it.
I actually think this is a trend in modern football generally. It used to be that anything over 0.5 gpg for a player was top-drawer. Nowadays we see a fair few close to or even exceeding 1 gpg.
It was always fascinating watching Jones's defensive tactical mind at work. I saw him against some of the best of his generation and it was at times like he literally had them in the palm of his hands... https://goo.gl/images/x2LA68