It's kind of a sad statement that two days after the match, the Revs site still doesn't have a recap link on their schedule page. Is it really asking that much work? When your three subs are Daigo, Watson and Bunbury, I don't really expect much help coming from the bench. I thought we looked blah most of the game. There was a few minutes here and there when we looked like we were putting something together, and then there'd be a bad pass that would kill all momentum. Frustrating loss. So in other words, nothing's changed. Being at the game, didn't see much movement off the ball. Lots of standing around ... Did get to talk to Kei at the airport in Denver, and the one positive we took from this game, the weather was spectacular.
I thought he was. After Watson came in I thought he was the most dangerous attacking player the Revs had going forward. I was wondering if Teirney should sit and let Watson play that spot.
This is what was really getting me upset. Ball in the midfield, all players ahead of the ball standing or walking. Pretty easy to defend that. Where is the dynamic flow to this formation?
Do you think the altitude is a legitimate factor? They looked more and more listless as the match wore on. I know from personal experience that when I travel to Denver, and go for a jog, it's absolutely brutal and I can't even go half the distance that I can at sea level.
It's partially a factor of course. But you're not a professional athlete who should be in peak physical shape.
I also think having this as our first game of the season hurt us from a fitness vs altitude factor. Then again, you could light a fire under Kamara and he'd still just walk lazily and aimlessly around the pitch.
Count me with Teskicks on this one. Despite Brad's whining, I thought the foul call that led to the free kick goal was legit, and I can't think of another questionable call that went against us (and I'm usually the first to call out sub-par reffing). Jay should be yelling at himself -- none of his subs made sense to me at all, and why the hell didn't he start Alexis Sanchez (oh wait that was earlier in the day).
Of course because why would he take accountability? It's against the revs' culture. Because he's a petulant child. Arsenal may be the one club with less ambition than the revs!
Does Arsenal have 7 open roster spots and don't bother to sign new players in the transfer window? Sure, they are complacent, figuring that as long as they make the "playoffs" (Champions League), who needs to actually win the league. I see where you're going with this, they are a different kind of bad, but I'd take their "lack of ambition" over ours any day.
It's a major factor - just look at Colorado's home/away record for their team lifetime. Yes, as someone pointed out, you could have the Revs arrive a week early to get acclimated, but they've been away from their homes and families for a couple of weeks already and this is just the beginning of a long season. Travel and being away from home takes a lot away from players, so you have to give them home time when you can. I really don't think that such a negative reaction is warranted. Yes, they looked listless and uncoordinated on offense - it always takes more time for offenses to click than defenses. And, the attackers need to think about pacing themselves in the thin air (and balls played up to them in the air tend to carry a lot further than players expect them to). We lost 1-0 on the road to Colorado - that's going to be a tough place to get points any time, let alone for their season opener. We defender pretty well, but generated little attack. Let's see how they do through a few home and away games before judging too much.
Last year the Rapids were a good team, so it's not surprising they had an excellent home record. But when they were mediocre to bad, was their home record significantly better than the average home record across the league? Every team is going to do better at home over the course of the season. Well. maybe not the Bruins of the last couple of years, at least before they made the coaching change.
How about this ... I look at Colorado's home/away record in the last 6 full seasons (Jay Heaps' tenure with the Revs). Home 46-32-24 (W-T-L), 170 points. 1.67 PPG. Away 23-24-53, 94 points. 0.93 PPG. PPG differential 0.74 higher at home. And let's compare to the Revs: Home 48-28-26, 172 points. 1.69 PPG. Away 22-23-57, 89 points. 0.87 PPG. PPG differential 0.82 higher at home. Those numbers are facts. Must be that Mile High air making all that difference for the Revs having a better PPG difference home and away than Colorado. Yeah, I'll stick by my original comment. Yes, the Mile High air makes a difference. It's not the key. Or are we now going to say that playing at sea level is the key for the Revs? Didn't go through the whole thing, but in the 6 years that I just looked at: 2011, Rapids finish 5th in the West (9 teams) and 6-9-2 (W-T-L) at home.. 2012, finish 7th, 8-3-6. 2013, 5th, 10-4-3. 2014, 8th, 6-5-6 2015, 10th (out of 10), 5-5-7 2016, 2nd, 11-6-0. In their worst season at home (2015) they got a full whopping 2 more points than the Revs did in 2011 (their worst season during Heaps' tenure).
Of note - Revs are undefeated all time in league games played below sea level. You can't take that away from them.
Is it wrong for me to expect that this professional organization would become better prepared to start 'clicking' in the pre-season? Oh nevermind. It's the Revs. The season doesn't start for a few months.
What about that game they played in Holland at the Rongen-Goulooze family reunion? Maybe it was pre-season, so it doesn't count. And they actually beat the much heralded Death Valley XI amateur side that time
Bolding mine. Who is "their" referencing, the revs or rapids? I probably misread your post but Heaps took over in 2012. 2011 was Nicol's last season.