Things fell apart at the end, but it was a good second half for the most part, and Andy got three assists!
not only did andy get three assists, but they were all good. He was distributing wonderfully and obviously his dribbling was entertaining. Whitfield managed to be disappointing in the end (even without the bad foul) but he did have some of his best moments of the season. Ralph and razov are a great pair. I think Faria will do well comming off the bench in games that we're trailing, but htose two are clearly the starters. But all that is for this week. it seems to change week to week.
Its always fun to see five goals scored, but this was a bit of a sloppy game. I wonder if chicago wins this game if howard is in the net. seems as if Grafer made a few mistakes in his positioning that may have allowed goals to be scored.
on the second goal he certainly was in a bad position, and howard may ahve made that save...but he might have been in a bad position because he didn't expect ralph to get to it. Ralph made the goal with his speed and the toe poke. I have another question. Why didn't Whitfield get a yellow for that foul at the end. Its like the ref was so excited to give the PK that he forgot to give a card.
Mathis would have scored on that early 1v1 with Thorton. Of course he probably would have flying kicked Thorton in the head after he threw amado guevera into the goal too. Metros played well when they had confidence. The passes got sloppier as the score line got worse. I guess that comes with youth. Love that field turf.
What a game Razov and Ralph continue to contribute. Andy Williams finally starts to make a difference. Thorton throws Guevarra into the net. We beat Bob. Couldnt ask for more!!
Who knows if we would have scored those goals with Howard in the net and yet who knows if they would have scored that first goal if we had carlos,armas and beasley. Nice finishing and I hope to see more of that kind of play in the future from Williams. We need someone to create and make that great last pass. I don't care if Whitfield did push a little on the pk call you almost never see that call made with the offensive guy's back to the goal and no real chance to score. He went down like a ton of bricks he wasn't pushed that hard. They lose to a bad team like dc and then beat ny. With this team you never know what you're going to get.
Yeah, good thing the Fire didn't have any guys called up to the national team or anything. We sure caught a break there.
Perhaps the ref saw Guevara provoking him? They were much closer and could hear what was going on. It'll be interesting to see if the disciplinary committee has anything to say on this.
I can't believe that whiny POS Guevara didn't get a card for having his arms around Zach's neck either.
And he was acting like he got punched, when he didn't. It was the right call. Yellow was appropriate for both players poor behavior. Zachs behavior was a bit worse - he let the little guy get under his skin.
Guevara is a goon who was picking fights all day as well as diving. You don't go into an opponent's goal after your team scored and grab the keeper and hold him like he did. Scum. But we had Brian Hall so what do you expect. We got rid of Graziano. Now we have Guevara.,
Yeah, I mean he wasnt even the one with the ball. The ball had already been taken from the net and by holding Thornton he was just wasting more of their time. So he got what he deserved. We'll have a good time harassing him from Section 8 in two weeks time.
Illuminating as always, Tom. You know, you're totally right about Guevara going in and mixing it up with Thornton, and he got what he deserved by getting thrown into the side netting. But he's not a diver-- he plays through fouls as much as any other midfielder in the league-- and he is certainly not a goon. Guevara should have gotten a yellow, but the over-the-top response from Zach made Guevara's bitchy hassling look like nothing by comparison, so I can see why the card was only shown once. Zach certainly shouldn't have seen a red. He was totally provoked-- he was making no move to prevent LeBlanc from grabbing the ball and running it back to the center line, which seems to be what Guevara was anticipating. Hall called as good a game as you'll see in MLS. I wondered if anyone could complain... it's not a surprise to see who did. Fun game, in any case. Chicago should have an easier time of things in Naperville, especially if the Metros defense continues to slob around like it did today.
Forgive a metro fan from jumping in...but...well...the PK seemed pretty soft to me (and I was behind the goal). It struck me as a make-up call - perhaps the ref was unwilling to show red to the keeper and this way he punished him twice. And I'm not trolling here, but after the first metros goal, Zach moved to block the 2 metros from bringing the ball back to center. Metros grab ball, turn around and sprinted into a sumo wrestler, and things went downhill from there. Anyway, your guys outhustled us all game to almost every loose ball, and defended well against the many crosses that were conceded. I was impressed by your back 4, and also with the way your forwards held up the ball and laid it off dangerously. You deserved the points.
He's most talented goon I've ever seen gooning around the field. What did Hall do wrong, you don't think Thorton deserved at least a yellow? Thought Hall did one of the better jobs of reffing than I've seen all season.
Guevara was demonstrating the Honduran choke hold, since we all know how proficient Hondurans are at choking.
Hopefully this is a sign that he is starting to gel with the team, if so, this could be a very exciting season, even without some of our USNT stars.
Re: Re: Metrostars v. Chicago POST Match Thread [R] You know, if he had three assists every time we play one of his former teams, he'd have a hell of a lot of assists this year
Guevara is good. He may have been provoking Thornton and he did pull a Rivaldo after the fact, but he played a stellar game. Chicago easily deserved the win in a very entertaining match. Williams played a surprisingly (with this manic Chicago squad you never know what to expect) good game, and Ralph was awesome, just like he was against SJ. BTW, it's my personal opinion that Brian Hall is the best ref in MLS. This after he called a pretty good game between LA and Colorado last week.