RSL Game 34: Decision Day, Day of Decisions! RSL at Vancouver Sunday, October 6th 2:00pm MT

Baird with a brace in the 1st 5 minutes!

 

If only Vancouver had built their stadium in Point Roberts it wouldn't technically be on foreign soil.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington

 

Looking at the notable residents who called Point Roberts home includes a few hockey players and Kekuta Manneh, who lived there so he could fulfill the US residency requirements before getting US citizenship.

Point Roberts sounds like Campione d'Italia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campione_d'Italia

 

At this point, next year is probably going to be a mess so RSL should just go for it. Throw the kitchen sink at Vancouver, try to get as good a playoff seed as possible, ?????, win MLS Cup!

 

far too much of an actual plan for this organization. Please come back with less ideas

 

Or Kaliningrad
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad

 

I wouldn't consider Kaliningrad (or Konigsberg for all you Prussian matheticians and beer-drinking philosophers) the same thing. It's more like an Alaska situation.

 

Going into this match one cannot help to think about some of the points lost during the season. 2-1 RSL.

 

I'm kicking myself for not staying up to date on my points stolen/lost thread. Its too late now to go back and give an honest assessment on games. From my past experience doing that thread, though, things tend to level out over a season unless you're having some crazy luck (either direction) that is an anomaly.

 

To me, there's only one really lost point: the stoppage time loss to San Jose.

 

So if we win today? we have a real good chance of getting that home playoff match. Worse result would be a Seattle vs Minnesota draw. Houston cannot shock LA two years in a row.

 

Healthy DP Sam Johnson not starting again tells me all I need to know about where he stands this offseason.

 

We beat Vancouver in the second match of 2019, at home, on a bogus PK call drawn by Corey Baird.

 

Away to Vancouver is when I wanted to have Olmes Garcia on the pitch.

(He is with a Colombian Second Division team this season.)

 

Really good cross from Baird, finished as it had to be by Damir. 1-0.

 

Wow have we ever had several good chances to go up two right away.

 

Nice save from Crapeau to save Sava's shot.

 

Things are looking good at the half.

 

Having to listen to Bill Riley on radio at the Orlando airport.

 

LAG with a goal means we slip back down. For now. Go Houston!

 

I'm enjoying this game a ton. The lead up to that goal was beautiful to watch.

It's fun to have Tony Beltran on the broadcast, but he seems a tad hesitant/nervous. Once he gets into his groove, he could be great.

And Freddy looks incredibly nervous.

 

Our defense sounds uncertain on the radio play by play.